A pair
of aces.
Blair Rasmussen and Alison Lang
have been schooled weil So v
well, in fact, that they are able to
often run their own clini.cs on
how to the play the post position
— using actual games as their
classrooms and opposing players as their
students ' , >
Rasmussen, a 7 foot center on the
Oregon men's basketball team and Lang,
the 6-3 center for the Duck women are-im
pregnable obstacles With their ability to
score just about anytime they please on of
tense and block shots and rebound at will
on .defense, Rasmussen and Lang are heed
ed shots in the arm for the Oregon men's
and women's basketball teams
The pair have the capability to
smglehandedly dominate a basketball
game Rasmussen proved its last year dur
ing his sophomore season when he averag
ed*14 8 points and 5 4 rebounds a game
Lang has demonstrated it in her three years
in a Duck uniform Last year alone, she
poured through 23.9 points and plucked 11
rebounds per outing
The two have drawn raves from team
mates, coaches and opposing players. And
the raves have been well-deserved
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Green
light
attack
Oregon basketball
coach Don Mon
son has installed a
new fastbreaking
offense to lift the
Ducks’ attack.
r
3B
Mac
lacks
IT
The days when stomping
fans shook the
scoreboard at Mac Court
are recent history — but
Don Monson would like
to change that for
Oregon fans.
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Back on
track
The women’s
basketball team
is off to a 4-0
start — and
looking like the
Duck teams of
the Bev Smith
era.