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 The UO Bookstore i Has Everything You f Need To Show Your Love On Valentines Day Beautiful Candy Boxes Huge Card Selection Special Books of Love Gifts For Anyone! Don’t Miss The New WALL OF LOVE Write Someone Special a Message of Love on Our 100 Sq. Ft. Wall Of Love In the UO Bookstore Lobby! ENTER TO WIN A ROMANTIC DINNER FOR TWO! PR \\V!\( , Ilium S ! !, NEED NOT Bt WtSI-Nl To WIN I'M tMKY ITR PERSON 13th & Kincaid 346-4331 M-F 7:30-6 Sat 10 00-6 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.” Stnci Wallenborn’s form last week shower! no flaws Tho ju nior guard finished the week -Pac-10 Women— Coni Own* Gama* Stanford Washington Washington St Orogon St UCLA California use Arizona St Orogon flr»nna WL 00 7-2 03 w 4 5 4 5 36 2-7 -Ikfl W-L 16 3 153 13 5 13 6 10- 9 11- 8 109 12-7 9-10 .5*11. 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.” What Jogged-Out Jocks Say About Onsen ©nseii CaII J45 904R for retorvatlonf 1683 Gordon Avo.. Eugana * MIN DEMAND A GREAT F OR PARTIES ANO BIRTHDAYS 'CVIDEO f GAMES ALL GAMES WORK WITH NICKELS ADMISSION ‘I SO SIN STRUT MIMIC MARKET EUCERE • MS-4444