Oregon daily emerald., March 14, 1983, Page 11, Image 10

Ducks flounder in NorPac loss
By Paul Danzer
Of the Emerald
Consolation games are always tough to play,
but the Washington Huskies made Friday's game
for third place in the NorPac Conference tour
nament miserable for Oregon.
Led by guard Leteia Hughley and forward
Karen Murray, who combined for 49 points,
Washington salted the Oregon women's basket
ball season into the history books with an 86-79
win at McArthur Court.
The loss came on the heals of Thursday's
heartbreaking 76-75 loss to California in the
tournament semifinals and dropped the Ducks to
15-14 on the season, the worst record ever for an
Oregon team under coach Elwin Heiny.
Washington ended the season at 15-12.
After Oregon jumped to a quick 7-2 lead, the
Huskies took control of the game Hughley
chipped in 14 points and Murray added 13 points
and six rebounds as the visitors surged to a 44-29
lead with a 12-point run in the last three minutes of
the opening half.
A Lori Carver layin and two Chris Metzger
free throws made the halftime score 44-33.
Perhaps the most telling statistic of the first
half was the fact that Oregon center Alison Lang,
who was named the NorPac s Most Valuable
Player earlier in the week, had only one point and
had taken only one shot from the floor while
picking up three personal fouls.
"They were collapsing on me and I wasn't
getting the shots," said Lang, who admitted she
can’t remember another half where she only took
one shot.
“She didn’t look for the shot,” said Oregon
coach Elwin Heiny of Lang’s dry first half. "She
was getting the ball farther away from the basket
than she wanted it. I think if she had gone one on
one she would have scored some points."
A different Lang showed up at the start of the
second half. The 6-3 junior popped home four
layups in the first two minutes to pull the Ducks
within seven at 48-41.
With 17:14 to play Lang picked up her fourth
foul and returned to the bench But, ironically, the
Ducks showed the most spark of the evening with
Lang on the sidelines. With Lang out of the game,
Oregon outscored Washington 19 to 12 during a
9:05 stretch to tie the game at 60.
But when Lang, who finished the contest with
11 points and only three rebounds, returned to the
floor, the Ducks started trying to force the ball into
her and lost the momentum they had gained.
Heiny admitted that the team sometimes
looks for Lang to do to much. "Tonight that was
very evident in the second half. We forced some
passes into her, and she forced some shots."
But Heiny pointed to the lack of intensity,
which has been a problem for him all season, as a
major reason for Oregon’s undoing in the tour
nament. “The main thing lacking is intensity,
Phoio by Mark Pynes
Chris Metzger was brought to her knees, as were
the Ducks as they loss to Washington 86-79, for a
fourth place in the NorPac conference cham
pionships Friday.
especially defensive intensity,” he said.
“I think too many people were tired and just
wanted the season to end,” said Lang, whose
season will begin anew when she joins the Can
adian National Team in two weeks.
The Huskies looked anything but tired when
they went on an 16-6 tear with just under eight
minutes to play. Point guard Hughley, who fin
ished with a game-high 26 points, and Murray,
who notched 23, led the charge. Forward Renee
Avelino also contributed by connecting on three
straight field goals.
The Ducks made one last charge, pulling to
within five points with just over a minute to play,
but that was as close as they could get.
Heiny gave credit to the Huskies, who have
now beaten the Ducks twice in a row after never
beating them before this year. "I've said all along
that UW is a very good team. They have some
players who are the top players in this league and
I think they proved it tonight."
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