SPORTS
Ducks take on underdog role against Beavers
By Jake Berg
Emerald Sports Reporter
When the Oregon women's
basketball team last playnd Ore
gon State In January, the Ducks
wore favored to boat the Boa
vors.
Needless to say. favorites had
no bearing on the mailer, ns Or
egon lost 74-5B.
"We hnted being favored in
games, so wn wanted to create
the undordog Image,” Oregon
Coach Elwin Helny said of the
Ducks' earlier Pac-10 games.
"Now wo are tho underdog,
evon going against Oregon
State.” no said. “The first gamo
(against Oregon Stain) wn wore
favored to win, and now wo aro
dourly tho undordog going into
this game. Seven losses do that
to you.”
Sunday’s game features a re
match of the two teams, but
don’t expect Oregon State to be
tho underdog this time. The
Deavors, 13-6 overall and 5-4 in
tho Paciflc-IO Conference, are
currently tied with IX’LA for
fourth in the conference and
will host the 2 p.m. contest at
Corvallis’ Gill Coliseum.
Dospite winning Its last two
contests, Oregon. 2-7 in the
Pac-10 ond 9-10 overall, is still
ninth in the conference after
topping Arizona and Arizona
State at McArthur Court last
weekend.
Oregon playod somo of Its
best basketball of the season
against the Arizona schools,
hitting 20 of 35 throe-point at
tempts in the two games, 49
percent of its field goals against
Arizona and 48 pnrcont over
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tho Sun Devils. The 10 throe
pointers In each game set a
school record.
Against Arizona State, Jenni
fer Bourn workod tho outsido
for another Oregon record.
Bourn broke her own mark of
six treys in a game by knocking
down seven of eight throe-point
attempts on routo to a 22-point
night.
"It was great,” Hoiny said. “If
wo can shoot like that again, wo
can be vory good, but that’s
vory difficult on the road. It
comos down to tho form you
have that game.”
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with 42 points, seven stouls and
six blocLs in the Ducks' sweop
of the Arizona schools. For her
weekend performance, she be
came the first Duck honored
this season as tho Pac-10 Player
Of The Week.
Oregon State will counter
with tho league’s second load
ing scorer and ono of the Pac
10's premloro rookies.
Judy Shannon, a Junior col
lege transfor for tho Beavers, av
erages 20.8 points, nine re
bounds and 3.2 steals a game.
Freshman Natalia Mattlck ranks
socond on tho team with 17
points and eight rebounds a
contest.
In order for tho Ducks to
walk off tho Gill Coliseum floor
as winners Sunday, Oregon
will need to shut down both
Shannon and Mattlck.
"(The Beavers) are right now
ono of the top ffvo teams In the
league, and 1 still think we can
boat thorn.” Heiny said. “We do
have to play a good game, and
wo have to stop thoir key play
ers.”
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