SPORTS
Oregon survives scare from last-place Huskies
By Jake Berg
Emerald Sports Reporter
Oregon is currently the hot
test team in the Pacific-10 Con
ference. but the Ducks wen*
hardly breathing fire Saturday
against Washington
The Huskies, 3-10 in the Par
10 and 12-11 overall, lost their
sixth consecutive conference
game, a 07-04 decision to Ore
gon at McArthur Court, giving
the Ducks their fourth consecu
tive win in the Pac-10.
Combined with a Washing
ton State loss at Oregon State,
the Ducks. 7-5 in the Pac-10
and 12-10 overall, and the Hea
vers moved into second place
in the league, two games Ire
hind first-place Arizona.
Vet. figure this out: In the
first half. Oregon shot 52 per
cent from the field and Wash
ington hit only 20 percent of its
shots; the Ducks were 5-ot-ll
from three-point land to the
Huskies' 2-of-H performance
Oregon led by as many as 15 in
the half and was up 10 at the
intermission, hut won by only
three.
Hut a mark in the victory col
umn is still a win. and that's
what counts. Oregon Coach
Don Monson said
"1 don't want to take away
anything from winning because
our players did what they had
to do: win the ball game,"
Monson said "The name ol the
game is winning it "
Oregon's Terrell Hrandon
and Richard Lucas agreed with
their coach.
"We can't complain." Hran
Pac-10 Men
Arizona
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Washington
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don said "We won the game,
so I'm just happy with that "
"1 guess all the cylinders of
the team weren't going at the
same time, hut the victory is
what we mainly were after and
that's what we got." Lucas
said
For a while, however, a win
over the last place Huskies
looked to he in question Ore
gon failed to immediately add
on to its halftime lead, and the
Huskies gained ground on the
Due ks to start the set ond halt
"The thing that bothers me a
little is we get a lead, and we
can't build on it." Monson
said "It was really a i bore get
ting through the game with a
lot of interest or inspiration "
Freshman Jordy l.yden's
three-pointer at 15: i t in the
second hall was Oregon's lone
si ore in the first six minutes ol
the second period, a time in
which l.yden's basket was the
only one made out of Oregon's
10 attempts
Washington pulled to within
three. 41-38, on Tom Caviezel's
trey at the 13-minute mark, and
fortunately for Oregon, it was
the Huskies' closest whiff of
the Ducks until the final score
"I'm really proud of our of
fort." Washington (loach l.vnn
Nance said "Wo could have
(.onto in hore against a loam as
hot .is Oregon is and ha< ked off
and taken a loss and gone
home, but we didn't
Saturday's win and a Thurs
dav triumph over Washington
State avenge what were per
haps the l)ui ks most frustrat
ing losses of the year
Oregon held a nine point
halftime advantage at Seattle in
the season’s earlier matchup
with Washington before the
Huskies won the game in over
time, MH MO
"We were looking forward to
both of these games not |ust be
cause we lost them." said
guard Kevin Mixon, who had
17 points "Hut now we're in
second place It was two big
wins for us
The Dm ks w ill attempt to ex
tend their winning streak at
I'dl.A Thursday night and at
l !S( I on Saturdav
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