Women's basketball wants to forget '82
Ducks feel they can win games,
dominate Northwest rivals again
By l oaa i-ieicner
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After a 15-14 record, two losses to arch
rival Oregon State University, and disap
pointing season-ending losses to University
of California and Washington, Oregon
women's basketball coach Elwin Heiny
would just as soon forget about the 1982-83
season. So would his players.
For the first time since 1977-78, the Ducks
did not win 20 games, and the unofficial ti
tle of the No. 1 in the Northwest went to
OSU instead of Oregon.
Heiny points to injuries and a lack of
depth as reasons for Oregon's tailspin. The
Ducks lost six of their last eight games.
“We're putting last season behind us. It
was frustrating for everyone," says Heiny.
"We were down to five or seven players at
the end and we had people playing out of
position."
Although his team wants to forget last
year, Heiny believes last year's situation will
help the Ducks when they open their
season Nov. 17 in San Luis Obispo, Calif,
because of last year's situation.
"We will be better off because we will be
returning seven players who all have a lot of
experience and all started at one point last
year," said Heiny.
Heiny says sophomore guard Heather
McDuffie was one player that benefitted
from the player shortage.
"Heather is a better player this year
because she was forced to mature quickly
last year."
Playing out of position as a point guard,
McDuffie averaged 9.2 points a game while
dishing out close to four assists per contest.
With a wealth of depth, Heiny plans to br
ing back the Duck attack of old — a press
ing defense and fast-break offense.
"Last year we got away from it (tast
breaking and pressing) just because we
didn't have the bodies. We had to play a
style that suited our personnel," Heiny
says.
This year, Heiny is optimistic Oregon can
play a running game. Two reasons for his
optimism are the return of All-American
candidate Alison Lang and freshman red
shirt Lauri Tennant.
Lang was the nation's sixth leading scorer
last year (23.9), and led the NorPac Con
ference in scoring, rebounding (12.4) and
blocked shots (4.9). In the first four games
last year, Tennant averaged 11.8 points
before being sidelined for the year with
torn ankle ligaments.
"Lauri will make a big difference for us
this year," says Heiny.
With Tennant in the lineup, Heiny feels
Oregon would have lost only six or seven
games during the season rather than 14.
Both Tennant and Lang want to forget
about last year and start anew as much as
their coach.
"We can't wallow in it (last year's perfor
mance)," says Tennant. "We're going to be
underdogs at first because of last year, but a
lot of people are back and everyone is ready
to learn and are practicing hard. We are go
ing to do very well."
Lang is equally confident.
"Last year we had a lot of downs. At prac
tice, sometimes we only had five players
and the coaches had to step in and play,"
says Lang. "This year we are going to sur
prise a lot of people."
The Ducks have been practicing since the
first week of October, and Heiny is pleased
with his team's effort to get over last year
and to concentrate on this year.
"Everyone is working hard and very op
Alison Lang and Helen Higgs go for broke during practice. The women's first
game will be during a tournament Nov. 17-19 in San Lous Obispo, Calif.
timistic. I'm pleased with the performances
so far," says the seventh-year coach.
"Last year was frustrating for us and for
the fans, and we want to come out and
show them that we are working hard," says
McDuffie.
Besides improving their overall perfor
mance, the Ducks want to get back on top
of the Northwest, where they have
dominated for so long.
"We will be back on top," says Heiny
without hesitation. "Oregon State lost an
awful lot.”
Lang makes her prediction, saying
Oregon would be in the top 14 by January.
The Ducks put that prediction to the test
early. They play Georgia, ranked first in pre
season polls, at Portland's Guisti tourna
ment Dec. 18-20. Then it's No. 2 University
of Southern California, last year's NCAA
champion, at the Winton Tire Classic Dec.
29-30.
"We should be good. We are good,” says
Heiny.
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