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Oregon Daily Emerald
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Seniors to play final home court game Sunday
Reynolds, Dunn, Ranniger
concluding college careers
By Ashley C onklin
Emerald Sports Reporter
1 in Keith Kevnolils tin
Dunn .mil Steve Kannigei tins
week s games with I VI.A and
Suuthern ( nlitormn are more
than just two more I’ai it it 10
basketball games
Sure the games are vei\ im
portant for the Dinks as they
trv to position themselves tor
the I’m 10 tournament and a
possible berth in the \H Hut
tor these three seniors Tluirs
das and Sunday's games mark
the last tune (ties w ill plas a
regular season game in \ti Ai
thill ( unit
Although Kannigei is the
mils one ol the three to play
tour years tor the Dinks all
made i.ontrihutions in one ssas
or anothei tor < o.u h Don Mon
son s team
★ * *
Keynohls lias had the most
unpaid ot tlm three players
starting almost all ot hist year
after transferring from Southern
Idaho t’ollege This season he
has started 10 ot d t games
missing three games be< ause ot
a knee injury
hast season the h tool 0 tor
ward averaged Id I points per
game, good loi third oil tile
team but was inconsistent at
times and didn't always play
under i ontrol
As the top returning si orei
on the team. Reynolds knew lie
would have to lie a team leader
this season whir h meant doing
all of tire things assoi lated w ith
being .1 leader in< billing 1 on
sisleiHA
"l.ast ve.ir, personally it was
nn up and down veal tin me
Kevnolils said 1 wasn't taking
it as seriousK as I should have
been
Keith Reynolds
Reynolds said he knew what
Monson expected ol him tins
season as a senior and set that
as his top priority
11 le told me Keith yon will
he a senior anil coming hac k as
the top si orer w itli a lot of min
Utes so lake ovei and he a lead
er "' Reynolds said l h.it was
my goal to give the leant .1 lot
ol leadership. I think they see
me out their Irving my best and
it rtihs oil on in cm y one else
\ot only li.is Reynolds giyen
the Due ks the leadership they
needed hut lie has played tin
del control this season and
list'd Ills mitst.Hiding .illdt'lit
ability lu its best
I m looking lit'lorr going to
llii- basket now In' said I
look for an open shot or look In
lind tlif open man
W ilh a lot ol iii'oplf pn king
Ori'gon to finish last in tin- I’m
111 Ibis season atli'r an It Jt
mark last season. Km Holds ad
mils that lit' had his doubts at
Ibf start ol tin' srason but
thought tbr llinks bail what it
took to turn it around aftri a
(.It ti t w in m rr thru
sri ondraitkrii Arizona in \o
ITIIlbri
U In n wr plav rd Arizona I
saw wr bad a lot niorr lalrnt
Ilian List v rat bri ausr vvr
wrrrn't looking tor |nst oilr
scorer. lull all five plavrrs to
st on* Kr\ Holds said I bat
was a positivr as a ti'.un and at
ti l vvr brat Arizona vvr catiir
togrtbri No our was putting
our another down like last veal
or making rudr remarks about
one anotbri
Aftri grow ing up in Spring
field plavmg lot Oregon vvas
‘ like a dream i nine ti lie lor
Kev nolds An Amrru an Stud
ies uia|or Kev nolds will gradu
ate next gear and would like to
get a shot at pl.iv ing proles
sionullv either in tbr I S or in
I lirope
And what would Reynolds
like to do after Ills plav ing dav s
i ome to an end '
I wouldn't mind being a
high si bool i oai h hr said
l ii like to lie able to teal h (itb
ei people w bat I learned
* * *
Hungs haven't always gone
the wav Dunn might have liked
at Oregon after growing up in
Ihglevvood (aid attending
high sc hunt ill si lliTii.ini s
High Sc In >i>1 m I'lav .1 di'l Ki'\
( slit .mil pi,iv ing iiiiiiiir i ii!
lege h.iskrtli.ll I .il 1:1 I ammo
tsdlege bill it's mil likr Dunn
In lomplain
I clou t reailv li.ivr .inv re
girts hr s.llil '' You illw.IV S
u Isliril yi in i oil li I li.ivr clout*
morn bill 111.it s |nsl w isbliil
thinking
Like Krv Holds mil I hr rest
1.1 sI NIMSOII VV.ISIl t .111 r.lsV our
lol I >111111 I'hr I. H toi w .ml .iv ri
aged i points .mil 1! I I'r
bounds pell game last srasoll III
limitrd pl.iv ini’ Iimr
llovvrvrr llir oil sr.ison was
mm b lougliri loi I hum just
brforr si bool slartrd Dunn s
filltn11 (u-orge Dunn |i dird on
Srpt I " Both hither and son
where- very i lose brlorr the id
dri I )cimi passed aw av
(leorge Dunn |i was like bis
son a talented athlete, and was
ollrrrd a baseball scholarship
to bong Hrai Ii Stale, but bail to
give up the offer to work It is
understandable then wliv In
got so mm Ii pleasure out ol Ills
F.rit Dunn
son's .i{ i omplislniiriiis
lie uas promt of mr was a!
iiais telling mr 'voii'ri' doing
I In- thing Dunn said
\\lii-i» hr wasn't .it mv Kami's
I knew hr was working provtd
mg It ii thr hiimU . hut hr 11 .is
iisu.lllv ill llir stands with .1
simlr 011 his t.u r
I lull r .1 lot ol mr Nil irics ol
him and I rrmmisc r ,1 lot hr
.iihlril lust about all ol thr
things hr s.ml to mr situ r lin
age ol seven hair 1 ollir llai h to
mr 111 somr lashiou or anoth
r 1
It would hair hrrn uudri
staildahlr had Duilll not rr
tut uni lo thr Oregon this sra
son lo sta\ 11 it Ii Ills mothri
hrothn and sistris in Ingle
Hood I Ir (In till'd to i onir hat k
lor Ins senior srason uitli Ills
mother s hlrssinK
She told mr that she h ould
support whatever decision I
mudr hr said
W ith a 1 ear ol l“a< III expert
riu r Ilium has sent more plav
inn tiiiii'. and Ins numbers have
Kolir up
lie stalled the lust | _’ games
ol llir season and allhough
freshman Hob Mir has started
the Iasi I I g.lines lor him
Duiiii sees almost as much
pla\ mg lime even game as I dr
does
Dunn is averaging "1 I points
and I I rebounds per game,
ranking tilth on the team in
both i alegories lie has had Ills
share ol big games for the
Ducks scoring 17 points and
grabbing seven rebounds
against I’orlland and netting I I
points against I tab
I or I>11 mi. this week's games
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