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Small forward Clyde Jordan slammed home two points here to
help Oregon beat Washington State 75-69.
Duck defense holds down WSU
By Jake Berg
Emerald Sports Reporter
Washington State, winners of
three straight and the surprise
team in the I’acifii 10 Confer
eiue this season, had only a
bad streak going Thursday
night cold shooting in a
75-0(1 loss to Oregon
The Cougars, 12th in the
country in three point field
goals per contest, found little
beyond the three point stripe,
hitting only four of Id treys,
and shooting only 37 percent
from the floor the entire game
Only Tyrone Maxey found a
rhythm from the outside, sink
ing a trio of three pointers and
finishing as the Cougars' lead
mg si orer with 1H points
Oregon forward [only l.yden
credited the win to Oregon's
defense
"We pretty much stopped
the three point shots." he said,
"and that was the difference in
the game
l.yden himself was three for
three on three pointers for a 12
point night, including two cru
cial treys with more than 14
minutes remaining in the
game.
The Ducks, fi-5 in the f’ac-10
and 11-10 overall, led 40-20 at
the half, but a 15 4 Washington
State surge fueled by five Ore
gon personal fouls locked the
contest at 44 44 Two consecu
tive three point Inimbs by l.y
Oregon takes win streak up north
By Robert Weber
Emerald Sports Reporter
The Oregon women's basketball team has de
veloped a couple of habits during the past three
games — hitting more than half of its three-point
attempts and winning
To l>e successful this weekend, on one of the
league's toughest road trips. Oregon will have to
tie up to the same old tricks.
Oregon Coach Elwin Heiny and his Ducks ( t-7
in the Pacific-to Conference. 10-10 overall) face
Washington State tonight before tangling with
lOth-ranked Washington Sunday afternoon.
Heiny believes that for the Ducks to win up
north, they will have to take care of the ball and
get back on transition defense.
"1 presume we know w'hat happened last here
against Washington State," Heiny said "We
played well against Washington and then must
have thought we were good."
The last time the Ducks met the Washington
teams, Oregon played the Huskies tough in a
55-50 loss before being humiliated by Washing
ton State, 102-69, the Cougars’ first win in the Pit
since 1974.
Heiny said he believes his team is more pre
pared to face both schools this weekend.
"We thought all along that we would be a bet
ter team toward the end of the season than we
would at the beginning." Heiny said. We are
seeing that happen now and hopefully it will
continue."
Another thing Heiny hopes to see continue is
the strong play of senior guard Jennifer Bourn.
Bourn, a 5-foot-5 native of New Jersey, saw her
season turn around after facing the Washington
schools hist mouth
Filtering those two games. Bourn had c ounei I
ed on only 20 percent (3 of 15) of her three point
attempts in Par-10 play Since then she has
knocked down 1H of 2-1 homhs (75 percent), in
eluding lti of 22 (72.7 percent) during the pasl
three outings.
Debbie Sporcich, one of Oregon's freshmen
(Mists, scored 20 points and snared 15 rebounds
against Washington last time before being shut
down against the Cougars She leads the team m
scoring (15.8) and rebounding (10 5) and has al
ready collected 12 double doubles this season
While the Ducks may lie hot, this weekend isn't
exactly the lies! time to fait; either of the Wash
ington schools, as the Huskies (0-2. 17-:i) lire
fresh off a 69-68 win at conference leading Stan
ford, while the Cougars (6-5, 117) were swept at
California and Stanford last weekend
Washington State features a balanced si oring
attack led by Darci Wellsandt who is si ormg at a
15.5 clip in Pac-10 games Teammate Kristin
Metson avorages 13.7 points and t> ti relxiunds a
game
''Washington State is a very good team." Heiny
said. "And they are protiahly going to its first
ever post-season tournament "
The Huskies have their game in high gear after
sweeping fail and Stanford, leaving Heiny to In
more than a little worried.
"They weren't playing very- well when they
were here,” Heiny said, “but they are now "
Washington's Karen Deden was named Pac-10
player of the week for her effort in last weekend's
sweep. She had 18 points and 13 rebounds
against Cal and finished with 14 points, seven re
bounds and three assists against the Cardinal, all
team-highs.
itni broke the tie. and srnt the
Dm ks on their way to a perma
nent lead. and the win
"We had our chances to win
the name." Washington State
(ioat h Kelvin Sampson "If you
want to win here, you need to
make plays and we didn't
w hen we needed too
Were it not for the unseason
ably i old shooting from the
Cougars. Oregon may have
found itself lamenting a loss as
the Dm ks missed 17 of 40 tries
at the free throw line
"We just couldn't seem to
put {Washington State) away."
Oregon Couch Don Munson
said "Sure would've helped if
we'd lieen hitting free throws
down the streti h
"The free throws killed us,
<11id I was the mam i ause of it."
admitted Oregon center Kich
aid l.ucas. who hit only t of 1.1
attempts at the charity stripe
Hut we got a victory, and
that's the most important thing
right now
Oregon hit 24 of 47 (51 per
cent) of its field goals, despite a
sub (i<ir performance by the
Ducks' top gun. Terrell Bran
don.
Brandon, leading the I'm. Ill
hi scoring at 27 a game, hit five
field goals hi the first half, hut
was held in diet k in the set
ond period, st oring all seven of
his points at the free throw
line
"Some people might say they
stopped me. but 1 don’t think,
they did." said Hrandon. who
finished with a game-high 21
points.
Not only did the win move
(Iregon w it ft i it one-half game of
second place in the Pat:-10. but
it also lioosted Oregon's post
season aspirations
While pointing to the Ducks’
lockerroom following the victo
ry. I.ucas said. "Next door is
written 'Think NCAA, and
nothing else.' This is my last
season here, and that's where I
want to go."
I.vden echoed Lucas' state
ment
"We know that we're really
good and can go to the
NCAAs." I.vden said "If we
w in the games we should, then
we should probably make it to
the N( !AAs."
WASHINGTON STATl <•«)
Critlon 7 to 00 14 CofMum u 00 J
M a.ay •> to S 7 t» leans -I 12 26 8 Derrick
J to .IS 0 '.ellre' 2 7 00 4 Mill II n t
Pain* IS It 7, Thomas 0 2. 00 0 Ttessanl
12 0 1 2 Hoere 00 0 1 0 Vik 00 00 0 To
Ials26 7 0 It 21 89
OatQON (TSI
t yilen 1S 14 12 file )S 2 2 8 l.ucas
e 7 1 12 IS Brandon » 12. It 16 2i Muon
1 12 4 4 It Jordan 1 1 0 2 6 .an .ter Veen
I 1 00 2 Patterson 00. 00 0 Tolntn 24 47
2140 76
Or soon State 29 40 69
Oregon 40 OS 7S
IPornt goals Washington Statu 4 19
lMa*ey 17 Mill 14 Sellrer 04 leans 02
Darn. SO 2) Oregon 4 9 ll y dan 1 1 Muon 1 4
Brandon 0 2) fouled out Mane Cotton
tyden Rat-.units Washington Stale 46
Hems tOt. Oregon 14 (Lucas 111 Assists
Washington SUIo 9 iMaioy 4| Oregon 17
iBundon 6| Total tools Washington Slate
28. Oregon 17 A 7.271
Tennis teams headed
to UNLV tourney, PSU
By Robert Weber
trm.jraW Spoor* Repotl*i
Oregon's tennis teams
jump back into action this
weekend with the men com
peting in a 16-team tourna
ment at tats Vegas and the
women's squad heading up
1-5 for a match with Portland
Slate this afternoon.
The UNLV tournament
will he men's Coach Buzz
Summers' first chance to see
his team in action since the
Pacific-10 Indoor Champion
ships almost a month ago in
Seattle.
After being shut out in Se
attle, the men's team has put
together three solid weeks of
practice that has left Sum
mers praising their improve
ments.
"The competition in Seat
tle was very intense," Sum
mers said. "But we came out
of it inspired and came back
to have our best practice
week ever."
The Oregon lineup begins
with freshmen Lee Kirner
and Ryan Marasigan playing
first and second singles and
combining to play second
doubles
Meanwhile, women's
Coach Tom divider will la?
taking a slightly revamped
squad to Cortland to face
Portland State.
Oregon has enjoyed a
groat deal of success against
the Vikings in recent years,
and the match gives Greider
a chance to play some peo
ple in spots where they
don't usually play
"These girls deserve a
chance to play because they
have been practicing hard
and need the match experi
ence." Greider said. "If I
didn't think they were good
enough. I wouldn't take
them."
Katie Glynn will play first
singles and combine with
Cynthia Armstrong, second
singles, at first doubles for
Oregon. Jackie DeFord
moves up the singles ladder
to play second singles and
team with Tracey Miller,
fourth singles, at second
doubles.
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