Oregon daily emerald., January 21, 1985, Page 15, Image 14

Duck women
By Ion Watkins
Of Uu> Kmerald
The Oregon women’s basketball team
faced its greatest test so far in conference
play Saturday — and the results of the
challenge were mixed.
The University of Washington beat the
Ducks, 65-57 Saturday night in McAr
thur Court. However, the game was
closer than the score indicated, as the
Ducks battled the more experienced
18th-ranked Huskies to the wire, but
came up short in the end.
Oregon fell to 1-1 in NorPac Con
ference play and 8-8 overall, while the
Huskies improved to 2-0 in league and
15-1 overall.
The Ducks had better luck on Friday,
when they collected their first NorPac
win of the season against Washington
State University, 59-50 at Mac Court.
From the start, the Washington game
seemed destined to be a exciting one as
both teams displayed two of the premier
guards in the conference — Oregon's
Lauri Tennant and Washington’s Leteia
Hughley. Neither one disappointed the
expectations of the 516 people at Mac
Court, but in the end, UW’s experience
prevailed over the Ducks’ youth.
Oregon came out strong and led most
of the first half on Tennant’s shooting
and the inside play of Gabi Neumann.
The Ducks roared to an eight-point ad
vantage, 22-14, with 10:22 left in the
first half. With the momentum on their
side, it appeared the Ducks would blow
the game wide-open.
But UW coach Joyce Sake called for a
time-out. Then Hughley, the Huskies’
senior All-America guard candidate,
took over. Hughley scored six straight
points to rally the Huskies within two,
22-20.
From there, UW’s Renee Avelino
scored six points in an 11-8 Husky run,
as Washington took a one-point halftime
lead, 31-30.
The second half started out close.
Again it was Tennant and Neumann
leading the Ducks’ offensive attack. The
two scored the first 12 points in the final
20 minutes for Oregon.
For Washington it was all Hughley —
hitting jump shots and dishing assists in
side to forward Avelino, as both teams
battled back and forth.
Oregon coach Elwin Heiny was im
pressed with Hughley’s performance.
“We had a hard time stopping Leteia
(Hughley) tonight,” Heiny said. “She is
one of the finest shooters and ball
handlers in the country.”
With seven minutes remaining,
Hughley was fouled going to the basket.
She made one of two free throws to put
the Huskies up by one, 40-39. On a Sue
Brown turnover, Hughley took the ball
the length of the court and passed to
Avelino for a layup to put the Huskies up
by three, 42-39.
At that point, Oregon’s offense sput
tered and the Huskies took advantage of
the opportunity. UW stretched its lead to
nine points, 54-45 with 5:45 remaining,
as Neumann was saddled to the bench
with four fouls.
But Oregon refused to give up. The
Ducks made one last effort to catch the
Huskies. With just over three minutes
left, Oregon crept to within three points,
55-58 on Sheila Sattiewhite’s rebound
basket off the glass. But that was as close
as Oregon would get, as the Huskies
sewed up the game with free throws —
and the Ducks could only manage to
score one field goal in the final two
minutes.
‘We missed a lot of easy shots down
the stretch, which could have affected
the game,” said Heiny. "We lost concen
tration and did not execute well.”
Tennant ended the game with 21
points and 12 rebounds, while Neumann
contributed 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Hughley finished with 21 points and
Avelino added 14 for the Huskies.
On Friday, the Ducks picked up their
first NorPac win against WSU, thanks to
the play of Tennant.
Tennant again led the Ducks in scor
ing with 23 points.
The free-throw line was a critical fac
tor in the game, as Oregon hit 24 of 35
foul shots.
Oregon resumes the annual Civil War
basketball battle with Oregon State
University on Friday in Gill Coliseum at
Corvallis.
Photo by Rocs Martin
Oregon's Lauri Tennant (left) edges out the University of
Washington’s Leteia Hughley for the rebound in the Huskies'
65-57 victory over the Ducks at McArthur Court Saturday night.
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