Duck men seek to upend OSU for second straight time
By Donnis Fernandes
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The Iasi time Oregon men’s
basketball visited this scene, the
40-mile trip back to Kugene was
probably the sweetest in
memory for the Ducks.
That scene was Corvallis' Gill
Coliseum, and the Ducks were
BO-47 victors over the Oregon
State University Beavers l.ast
year's win was especially im
portant for all those associated
with Oregon basketball during
the previous 15 Civil War mat
chups. all of which were losing
efforts.
The Ducks hope to avoid
beginning another losing streak
when they square off against the
Beavers {9-3 overall. 2-2 in
league) in a Pacific-10 con
ference game Saturday at 1 p.m.
in Corvallis. The game will be
televised by the Pac-10/Raycom
Sports Network, which telecasts
on KPTV (Channel 12 in
Portland) and KVAL.
Five years of frustration end
ed when reserve center Greg
Senior slammed home the final
points in that contest. Hut
Oregon coach Don Monson
claims there is no added
pressure on the Ducks to ac
complish a similar feat in this
game.
“There wasn't any (pressure)
before. It's just a matter of going
out there and doing it." Mon
son said, but he added,
“There's nothing you'd rather
do than beat your Pac-10 rival
on (heir floor in a crucial time of
the year."
The Ducks are at a crucial
point in the season, having won
two straight Pac-lti games to
even their league mark at 2-2
and up their overall record to
8-5. including a gutsy overtime
win over University of Arizona
last Saturday.
The Heavers struggled against
Arizona, losing 53-48. but
regrouped to defeat Arizona
State University by an 81-75
margin
Ralph Miller, the winningest
active coach in NCAA Division
1 basketball with 822 wins, has
once again surprised critics and
the media by succeeding with a
squad that has little college
liasketball experience. The only
returning players with any
substantial playing time are
sophomore guard Eric Knox and
6-foot-tO post player Jose Ortiz.
This year Knox has a dazzling
running male in freshman point
guard Gary Payton, who leads
the Pac-10 in assists with an 8 3
average. Monson feels his star
ting guards. David Girley and
Anthony Taylor, match up
"reasonably well" with OSU’s
pair.
"Anthony's probably quicker
than Knox, and Payton's as
quick as anybody. Girley's not
exceptionally quick, hut he's
quick enough,” he said.
Oregon's biggest problem
looms in the 6-foot-10 Ortiz,
Myers wins Top Six award
for academics and athletics
For the second year in a row.
a University athlete has won the
prestigous Top Six award given
annually by the National Col
legiate Athletic Association
(NCAA).
Distance runner Dub Myers, a
four-time all-American in in
door track and the 1986 NCAA
1,500-meter champion, was one
of six athletes nationwide
selected on the basis of
academic excellence, athletic
ability and achievement and
character and leadership
activities
Last year, volleyball All
American Sue Harbour and
distance runner Kathy Mayes
were selected for the honor,
which is the highest and most
prestigous award offered by the
NCAA.
Myers has a 3.78 grade point
average in computer and infor
mation science and is an active
member of the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes (FCA).
"We are all very' pleased for
Dub Myers
Dub.” said University Vice
President Dan Williams. "I'm
also pleased for the University
because I think this illustrates
the high standards the ad
ministration. Athletic Depart
ment and coaches all set for the
athletic programs,” he added
who is much more agilo than
center Sven Meyer and boasts a
23.5 scoring average.
Hut both teams are defensive
ly sound, so it is likely no
player will have a big scoring
day.
"They do a good job of defen
sively turning on the pressure
It's going to be real tough for
lM)th teams to get good shots in
the half-court game." Monson
said.
The starting lineup for the
Ducks looks the same, with
Girley and Taylor at guard.
(>-foot-7 Keith Balderston and
junior Rick Osborn at the for
ward slots and the ft-foot-11
Meyer at center.
Osborn has played very well
since coming off the bench after
Taylor's neck injury in the
opening round of the Far West
Classic. The fi-foot-4 Portland
resident had 13 points and five
rebounds against ASH and nine
points, five rebounds in the
Arizona game
italderston has been struggl
ing of late and was scoreless last
weekend's games. Kenny
Sprague’s sore knees have
recovered somewhat, anti he
will come off the bench at for
ward. "When (Sprague's knees)
get some rest, they're good.
What he needs is probably a
year's rest, but having used up
his redshirt year, he can't do
that," Monson said.
Photo bv Kim* Marlin
The Ducks will neetl to keep the clamps on OSl /’» lose Ortiz if
they want to win the Civil Mar yame Saturday.
Women's basketball
Continued from Pa«e 11
The Beavers have been nothin# but a sweet
suprise for coach Aki Hill and her staff, and
will prove It) la? a headache for Oregon coach
Klwin Meinv and his Ducks.
OSU was picked to finish 10th in a pre
season poll by league coaches in the newly
formed Pac-10. Consensus was way off.
because OSU is rolling with a 10 1 record and
is perched atop the Pac-10 at 2-0.
The matchup against the Ducks will prove
interesting The Beavers do not have a player
over 6-foot-1 and will surely have difficulty
with 6-foot-5 Oabi Neumann and 6 foot 7
Stefanie hasperski, but they do sport a mean
press defense.
OSU has stifled opponents into an amazing
23.2 turnovers per contest and use a smaller
lineup to their full advantage in terms of
quickness.
"They are pressing full-court and doing a
good job of it They don't have any dominant
post player in terms of size, hut they have
smaller post players who are extremely agile,
jump well and defend big players well,
Heiny said.
Heiny still feels that guards Lauri
Landerholm and Carol Drouet have the
quickness to handle most of that pressure
defense. He is concerned, however, alxmt the
Beaver defense on post players Neumann.
Kasperski and ti-foot-.i reserve forward Kris
(Hidden.
"They've lived off Ilnur defense, he said.
"They beat Texas Tech (a team which defeated
the Ducks earlier this season, 68-tKt). who had
a li foot 5 player, and they were able to shut
her down."
"The key will l>e netting into the offense and
not getting out of control." Meiny continued
“We do have a size advantage, and getting into
our offense gives us that size advantage."
The Heavers don't live entirely off their
defense, because they have some offensive
punch as well Sophomore guard Chelle
l lamoe leads the team in scoring at a 17.H clip
while shooting a sizzling 57 percent from the
field, mostly from the perimeter. In addition,
junior Monica Kasplierry totaled a c areer-high
ill points in OSD's 110-72 win over Arizona
State t Jniversity
The 7-2 Ducks are quick to ackriowledge the
importance of winning this game as part of the
Civil War tradition, but this game is equally
essential for Oregon's league record
"In terms of of league right now. we i annul
afford to lose They could because they still
have us at their place later on in the season."
Heiny said.
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