SPORTS
Oregon wins exhibition opener
By Robert Weber
Emerald Sports Reporter
Oregon's women's basketball team started its
season on a winning note Thursday night with a
65-61 win over the Canberra Capitals in an exhi
bition game at McArthur Court.
Duck Coach Klwin lleiny was encouraged by
his team's performance, especially the strong
play of his two returning guards. Vanessa Selden
and Staci Wallenborn.
"Overall I'm very pleased with the game to
night." lleiny said. "Vanessa and Staci really
came through when we needed them down the
stretch."
Wallenborn. a junior who plays both guard and
forward for the Ducks. Ie<l the team with 19
points, hit nine of 11 free throws and also added
four rebounds and three steals
Selden. the Ducks' sophomore point guard,
added 18 points, seven rebounds and four steals
lleiny also received solid contributions from
his two starting freshmen, 6-foot-;) posts Sara
Wilson and Debbie Sporcich.
"I thought our young posts played outstanding
tonight," lleiny said "They really gave us some
solid defense."
The two struggled on the offensive end most of
the night, hut found other ways to contribute to
the Ducks' win.
Sporcich finished with six points and eight
boards and all three of the team's blocked shots
while Wilson tossed in three points and snared
four rebounds.
lleiny stressed the importance of the win. even
though it was only an exhibition game.
"We really wanted to win the game," Heiny
said "I think the players always want to win no
matter what type of game it is
After falling behind early, tin1 Dm ks came hark
behind the shooting of Selden and VVallenborn to
post a 3.1-2B halftime lead, but Canberra made a
game of it in the second half
The Ducks fell la-hind midway through the sec
ond half after forward Trina McCartney fouled
out with 10 minutes left, hut pulled out the four
point win after late flaskets and free throws from
Wallenbom and Selden
The Capitals, an Australian club team who
kicked off their I'S tour against Oregon, had
lour players in double figures, led by center Kar
en Smith and guard Trudie llopgood who Ixith
tallied 11 points
Neither team shot the hall well from the field,
.ind both squads seemed to have .i hard time
avoiding turnovers
Oregon hit 21 of 57 shots | tiirt) from the field
and gave the hall away 2.1 times while tin- Capi
tals made only IH of til attempts | 2‘15) and
turned the ball over 1(1 times
Heiny said the exhibition games would provide
an opportunity for his team to learn to score in
game situations, and he saw some things he liked
Thursday night
"We saw some ol what we were looking for,"
Heiny said "We had some breakdowns on the of
fensive end and we ended up resorting to some
one-on-one moves The one-on-one moves were
fairly successful tonight, hut we will have to do a
(letter job of running the offense "
Oregon plays another exhibition game Tuesday
night when it hosts the Portland Saints at 7 it)
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Tn l>eat Cal. the Oregon defense must
stop the deadly tailback combination of
Anthony Wallace and Russel! White,
two of the Fac-tO’s premiere backs
Wallace has rushed fur 812 yards this
season, third-best in the conference and
White is fifth with 777 yards.
"Their two tailbacks. Wallace and
White, are great football players."
Brooks said. "I think they have a tre
mendous running game.”
The biggest concern for Brooks tins
week might be keeping his team moti
vated, because the Ducks know they'll
be l>ack in a bowl game in December
“We have a lot at stake as well,"
Brooks said "I hope they don't have an
emotional edge on us.
"I hope our players understand the
importance of this game to us and the
goals that we set at the start of the year,
.nul certainly reset the Washington
game." lie said.
Those goals. Hrooks said, are to finish
second in the Pao 10 lor the second
straight year and to win nine regular
season games for the first time since
t‘H8
Duck Notes: Oregon should regain the
services of i enter Scot Itoatnght this
week, and wide receiver Michael Mi
Delian could play for the first time
since the Arizona State game
Defensive end Jeff Cummins probably
will not play again this week because of
a knur injury.
Quarterback Hill Musgrave suffered a
minor injury to his shoulder in last Sat
urday's game with IJCl.A, hut will lie
ready to go against Cal.
It's burn a big week for Hoatright.
Sunday night, his wife. Mani, gave
birth to the couple's first child, daugh
ter Megan Anne
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