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USC holds on to defeat Oregon
By Adam Worcester
Of the Emerald
Like a greyhound chasing the rabbit, the
Oregon men’s basketball team came close time
after time Thursday night, but it couldn’t quite
catch the University of Southern California as the
Ducks fell 65-62 in the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
USC clinched at least a tie for the Pac-10 title
with the victory, while the Ducks fell to 15-15 on
the season and 8-9 in conference play. The loss
seriously jeopardized Oregon’s chances of gain
ing a National Invitation Tournament berth.
The Trojans moved to 13-4 in league play, one
game ahead of Washington, 12-5 in the con
ference, with one game left against Oregon State
Saturday. Oregon now faces UCLA in McArthur
Court Saturday at 7:35 p.m. The UCLA game
looms as a must-win for the Ducks, who need a
win to assure a winning season and a chance at an
NIT berth.
Oregon's Blair Rasmussen did all he could,
but it wasn't enough as poor rebounding and foul
shooting foiled several Duck comeback attempts.
Rasmussen pumped in 27 points and grabbed 11
rebounds and kept Oregon in a game, which they
could never quite control. Anthony Taylor added
12 points and nine rebounds for the Ducks.
After the Trojans had built a 20-12 lead,
Oregon fought back to within five at the half,
32-27. The Ducks’ shooting went cold in the se
cond half, and they fell behind 47-32 with 10:52
left in the game. Then Rasmussen hit two shots
and a rebound bucket to key a Duck run that cut
the deficit to 49-42.
USC increased the lead to 53-42 before
Oregon made its final run. The Ducks managed to
cut the Trojan lead to six twice, 53-47 and 55-49,
but Oregon couldn’t get any closer than the final
margin as Rasmussen nailed two free throws with
seven seconds left.
The result might have been different if
Oregon had hit its foul shots. For the game,
Oregon shot a woeful 10 for 19 and were outre
bounded, 32-28.
“We fumbled some very crucial rebounds,”
Oregon coach Don Monson said. “The reboun
ding wasn’t good; it drove me nuts.”
Going into the final home game of his career,
Rasmussen continued his tear through the Pac-10
after being recently named to the All-Pac-10
team. For the seventh time in eight games, the
7-foot senior center scored 20 or more points.
“We never seemed to really take control,”
Rasmussen said. “They beat us up inside. That’s
where they won it.”
UCLA, 15-12 and 11-6 in league, comes to Mac
Court after a big win over OSU in Pauley Pavilion
Thursday night.
“We’ll have to please the home folks Satur
day night,” Rasmussen said. “We’ve got to give
them a good show before we close it out.
The Oregon women’s
basketball team will start it’s
“second season” this Friday
as the Ducks travel to Seattle
for the NorPac Conference
playoffs beginning tonight at
6 against the Oregon State
University Beavers.
Oregon, 13-13 overall, has
won five of its last six games
with the only loss coming to
the 12th-ranked University
of Washington Huskies.
“We’re pretty excited
about going to Seattle,”
Oregon coach Elwin Heiny
says. “Our goal this season
was to make the conference
tournament, and we’ve done
that.”
The Ducks, 6-5 in the Nor
Pac, will open the tourna
ment against OSU, 18-8 and
8-2 in league. The Ducks beat
the Beavers a week ago
Wednesday night in McAr
thur Court, 63-50.
The Oregon men’s golf
team is in third place after
the first round of play at the
54-hole Rancho Murieta In
vitational in Sacramento,
Calif.
In the Pacific 10 Con
ference Swimming Cham
pionships in Beaverton, the
Oregon men’s team is in
eighth place with 26 points
after the first day of competi
tion. The Ducks were paced
by a 17th-place finish by
Steve Nichols in the 50-yard
freestyle.
Both the Oregon men’s
and women’s tennis teams
have early season matches
today. The women are in
Washington and will meet
Puget Sound at 3 p.m.
The men have two home
meets against Eastern
Washington today at 9 a.m.
and the University of
Washington Saturday at 3
p.m. Both matches will be
held on the 15th Street
courts, weather permitting.
et al.
LECTURES
)AMES HART wilf speak tonight at 7:30
in the Museum of Art on "Discovering
Oneself and Discovering America: The
19th Century Persona! Narrative."
ROSE GLICKMAN Department of
History. Stanford University, will speak to
day at 3:30 p.m. Room 167 EMU. She will
speak on women in the Soviet Union: Does
work bring liberation?
DR. FEDERICO MORALES will speak on
“Racism arid Ethnic Relations in Central
America’’ today at noon in Room 101 EMU.
MISCELLANEOUS
CENTURION AWARD Recognition of
outstanding student leadership is now
underway. Information sheets are available
in Room 202 Johnson Hall. Suite 4, EMU,
or at the information booth in Oregon Hall.
Deadline for submitting Et AIs to the
Emerald front desk, 300 EMU, is noon the
day before publication. Et AIs are run only
once, depending upon space availability.
Events with a donation or admission
charge will not be considered. Events oc
curring nearest the publication date and
campus-originated events will be given
priority.
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