Women cagers keep NorPac title hopes alive
By Capi Lynn
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The Oregon women’s basket
ball team kept their sights on
the NorPac Conference title
with important road victories
over San Jose State University
and the University of Califomia
Berketey over the weekend. The
Ducks boosted their conference
record to 7-1 and improved
their season mark to 18-6.
Junior Gabi Neumann poured
in a career-high 27 points, in
cluding a nine of 11 showing
from the free-throw line, to lead
the Ducks past Cal 68-51, Sun
day in Berkeley.
The Ducks played a zone
defense for the entire game,
hoping to shut down Cal’s in
side game. It proved to be a key
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factor in the victory, as Oregon
held the Bears’ post-player Jen
nifer Bennett, the NorPac’s se
cond leading scorer (16.6 points
per game), to only eight points
on the night.
Oregon led the entire game,
but the Bears managed to stay
within reach in the first half by
outshooting the Ducks. Cal shot
42 percent from the floor, while
the Ducks connected on only 38
percent of their shots in the first
20 minutes of play
Despite the poor shooting and
a sloppy first half of action, ac
cording to Oregon coach Elwin
Heiny, the Ducks established a
28-25 halftime lead.
The Ducks roared out to a
commanding start after inter
mission, holding the Bears
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scoreless in the first 5:40 of the
second half. Cal finally found
the scoreboard, connecting on a
free throw. But the lead and
momentum was too much for
the Bears to overcome, and
Oregon cruised to yet another
victory, its 17th in its last 19
outings.
Kauri Iamderhcim and Amy
Pettersen led Oregon with seven
rebounds each.
According to Heiny. guard
Tammy Richard played an ex
cellent game, and Sue Brown
made some key first-half
buckets to spark the Ducks.
Ch s Metzger, a former
Oregon player, led Cal with 18
points fend five rebounds.
The Ducks clobbered the
SJSU Spartans, winless in con
ference games. 81-59, Friday in
the Spartan Gym. Oregon made
use of its overwhelming depth,
with 11 of 12 players seeing
more than 10 minutes of play
ing time.
Junior Lauri Landerholm was
the only Duck to reach double
figures, hitting eight of 12 shots
for 17 points in just 22 minutes.
Oregon's frontline players Kris
Glidden. Neumann and Pet
tersen combined for 22 points,
hitting 10 of 16 shots.
Heather McDuffie, Glidden
and Pettersen all finished with
six rebounds apiece.
The Ducks initiated their
zone defense on the Spartans,
playing it the entire game for
the first time this season.
Oregon's strategy paid off. as
it allowed SJSU to shoot just
38.2 percent from the field and
held the Spartans leading
scorer, Dana Foster, to a mere
three points.
Oregon, meanwhile, shot a
respectable 54 percent from the
floor, hitting 34 of 63 on the
night.
Oregon now has the week to
prepare for the most important
weekend of the season when it
hosts Washington State Univer
sity Friday night.
The Ducks will then face the
University of Washington at 6
p.m. Saturday night in a
showdown for the conference’s
automatic NCAA bid.
The Ducks squeaked past
WSU on the road earlier in the
season 68-67 in overtime, but
fell to the Huskies 69-68 in
another overtime contest.
Oregon is only one game
behind the conference-leading
Huskies, who top the NorPac
with a perfect 7-0 record.
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Gobi Neumann scored a career-high 27 points against the
California Bears as the Ducks kept their NorPac title hopes alive
with a pair of victories this weekend.
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The Oregon Ultimate team won the first an
nual Ashland Ultimate tournament this weekend
as they easily dispensed of four opponents on the
way.
Oregon won the five-team tournament as it
finished with a 4-0 record in the round-robin
competition.
Oregon first took on an Ashland club team
and eaaily defeated them 11-2. Oregon then went
on to beat Chico State 11-3, Corvallis 11-5, and
Humboldt State University 11-8.
"It was a team victory all the way," said
Oregon coach Jeff McBride. "We played very well
against Humboldt. They are usually our toughest
competition."
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