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Oregon's Helen Higgs soars over a Bellco defender for two of
her 22 points in Ducks' 83-75 win Saturday night.
'Skins topple Eagles
to clinch plavoff soot
From Associated Press reports
The Washington Redskins,
defending Super Bowl cham
pions, clinched at least a wildc ard
playoff berth Sunday, using the
running of John Riggins and pass
ing of Joe Theismann to eke out a
28-24 victory over the Philadelphia
Eagles.
Riggins rushed for 99 yards and
a pair of touchdowns, and
Theismann threw for two scores
to give the Redskins an 11-2
record, tied with Dallas for the top
spot in the National Conference
East. Washington and Dallas are
the only National Football League
teams which have clinched playoff
spots.
In other early games. New
Orleans defeated Minnesota
17-16, Chicago stopped San Fran
cisco 13-3, the New York Jets
downed New England 26-3,
Cleveland clobbered Baltimore
41-23 and Tampa Bay defeated
Houston 33-24.
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)im McMahon threw a 49-yard
touchdown pass to Dennis McKin
non, and Bob Thomas kicked two
held goals to give Chicago, 6-7, its
third straight victory, while San
Francisco, 7-6, lost for the fourth
time in five games. San Francisco
quarterback Joe Montana passed
for 253 yards, but the 49ers blew
their only TD chance when
Wendell Tyler fumbled on the
Chic ago 1-yard line.
In live late games, Seattle
defeated Kansas City 51-46 in over
time, the Los Angeles Raiders beat
the New York Giants 27-12, the Los
Angeles Rams walloped Buffalo
41-17, San Diego defeated Denver
31-7 and Atlanta edged C.reen Bay
47-41 in overtime.
Dan Fouts led San Diego over
Denver with two first-half
touchdown passes to Kellen
Winslow. The victory was only the
second for the 5-8 Chargers since
Fouts injured his shoulder Oct. 16
in a game against New England.
This win won't count
Women cagers hold off Bellco, 83-75
By Doug Levy
Of the Emerald
With everything to lose and not much to gam,
Oregon's women's basketball team scraped to an
83-75 win over Bellco of Seattle Saturday in a non
counting contest at McArthur Court.
The Ducks, 3-0, came into this one looking for na
tional recognition after taking a first-place trophy at
the Straw Hat Classic in San Luis Obispo, Calif., last
week. In Bellco, Oregon faced a talented AAU team,
but one it had no business losing to.
So, although Saturday’s game won't make a dent
in their overall record, it was a victory the Ducks had
to have.
"You can't go around losing to a senior women's
team and get a ranking," explained senior Alison
Lang, who had a Lang-like 24 points and 20 rebounds.
"We want a ranking."
If the Ducks are to be ranked, Lang will need
help from 6' 4" Helen Higgs, who has often relied on
height rather than ability. Saturday, Lang got the help
she needs.
Higgs bagged 22 points on 10-13 shooting and
tound time to pull down seven rebounds as well.
"I don't think I've ever had a better full game
than tonight," said Higgs, a senior from Anchorage,
Alaska.
Behind Lang and Higgs, Oregon jumped on top
of Bellco by six points in the first half, but the Seattle
team had taken a 39-38 advantage by the time the
halftime buzzer sounded.
Oregon coach Elwin Heiny substituted liberally
in the first frame, but in the second half he went
primarily with his starters.
Still, Bellco marched into a 48-44 lead with 17
minutes to play when Jo Metzger-Levin coaxed in a
20-foot jumpshot.
The game was a war for the next seven and one
half minutes, until Lang, Higgs and guard Heather
McDuffie (eight points on four of seven shooting) led
a surge that put the Ducks in control.
"We won the game, and that was a super team,”
said Heiny, obviously pleased that the Ducks didn't
suffer the same fate as Washington State University
and Idaho, two earlier Bellco victims.
Heiny knew the Ducks were lucky to slip out of
the gym with a win, and he probably wouldn't mind
seeing better guard play from his team in the future.
McDuffie's running mate, talented freshman redshirt
Laurie Tennant, waded through 0-5 shooting and just
two points. McDuffie and Tennant had a rough go of
it against Bellco's full-court pressing defense.
With renewed life from its guards, Oregon could
be a team to watch, according to Bellco coach
George Carter.
"If their guards get to where they can handle
pressure, they'll be OK because Lang is so good
down low," Carter said.
The Duck guards better improve in a hurry,
because Heiny takes his troops to Boulder, Colo.,
Saturday for a matchup against rugged Colorado
(21-8 a year ago).
The Lady Buffs feature guard Diane Hiemstra,
who attended Oregon, but left after her freshman
year.
After Colorado, the Ducks face Portland State
University Dec. 10, and then it's on to the Giusti
Tournament Dec. 15-17 in Portland.
Oregon's Hayes
gains place on
national team
Kathy Hayes. who plat ed
third in tin* NCAA women's
i ross country finish
ed sixth in The Athletics
Congress cross country
championships Saturday.
Hayes, completing the
course in a tunc- ot 17:02,
qualified tor the1 sixth and
tinal spot on the national
women's cross country
team that will take1 part in
the world championships
March 10 at the
Meadowlands Kac ewav »n
Rutherford. N.J.
Kim Roth placed llth in
what women's cross coun
try coach Term Heinonen
c ailed one ot the best rac es
ot her life. She was lollowed
by Kim Ryan. 12nd, and
Brigit Petersen. r»Mh
|tm Hill plac ed 22nd tor
the men with a lime ot
UJ-.28.
Kentucky's No. 1?
it's Wildcats, 65-44
From Associated Press reports
Louisville Coach Denny Crum
saw a Kentucky team that was "in
midseason form" on opening
night. Bobby Knight saw an In
diana squad that was anything
but.
Crum's Cardinals were victimiz
ed by a sharp Kentucky team
Saturday night, falling 65^*4 to
their intrastate rival in the first
regylar-season meeting between
the schools since 1922. The
second-ranked Wildcats at one
point led 51-24 and rode the out
side shooting of Jim Master and
the inside work of Melvin Turpin
and Sam Bowie to the decisive
defeat of No. 6 Louisville. The Car
dinals had beaten Kentucky last
March in the NCAA Mideast
Regional
Knight's 19th-ranked Hoosiers,
meanwhile, lost their opener to
unheralded Miami, Ohio, 64-57 as
Ron Harper, the Mid-American
conference freshman of the year
last season, scored 26 points and
hauled in 13 rebounds.
Elsewhere Saturday, No. 1 North
Carolina beat Missouri, 64-57; No.
3 Houston took 17th-rated Kansas
91-76; fifth-ranked Memphis State
blitzed North Texas State 101-79 in
the Mid-South Classic final; No. 7
Iowa outscored Illinois Wesleyan
86-60; eighth-rated Maryland
routed Johns Hopkins 108-65, and
No. 9 UCLA downed Long Beach
State 65-59.
UCLA was held to a 26-26
halftime tie but put away visiting
Long Beach State with a 16-6 surge
at the start of the second half.
Senior Kenny Fields led the Bruins
with 13 points.
Derrick Taylor, a sophomore
guard who sat out last season with
academic problems, poured in 22
points to pace LSU and spoil the
dedication of New Orleans' $38
million Lakefront Arena, where a
sellout crowd of 9,519 watched.
et at.
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