SPORTS J ¥ * r»« J van* 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 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." 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