Oregon's Andre Collier shoots lor two of his 17 points against Cal
Poly-Pomona Thursday as the Pucks won their second game ol the
season 83-69
Ducks win second,
now head for Japan
By Jayson Jacoby
Emeiald SplVS fit ’ oftO'
An Oregon team th.it vs .1
playing with i.imfidnmi' . 1!:>. ,
surprising Fresno St.it'' l.ist
Ihursdav made it tvv.. in .1 ■ vs
S.itnriinv night i>v brat ii it ■■
sinn !! Cal Poly-Pomona. H t t>*i,
in M Art!n 1 r ( >. 1 r!
Tin' Uu< ks jumped nut t 1 ’
45-21! halftime load and dr
Spite gelting a little < 1 teles-,
with the hull for parts o! the
second led! under constant de
tensive pressure front the si r 1 p
py Broncos. Oregon never led
!>V less titan 12 in the lead .it)
minutes
All live Oregon starter laid
at least 1 1 points, as sopho
more forward )ordv bydrn led
with l‘J .tnd guards Andre (In!
;ic! and Orlando Williams uid
ed 1 7 each
Olyde Iordan followed l areet
iiiglis ot 17 points and 1!> re
hounds Iti tile I-n-.no Slut- vv.n
with 1 1 points and nine re
hounds, while holding 1’omo
nu s leading scorer Ohancellur
Mi ( uhh tii just 1 me p not in the
hrst halt Mi < ubb who came
in averaging 22 points pier
gam. finished with 12 on 4 of
1 2 shooting
Oregon senior 1 enter (Junk
Patterson also had a solid game,
collecting 12 points and eight
rebounds in 2‘i nun lies
II was another good experi
erne for our (.lull, ’ Oregon
coach Don Munson said
don't think there's any question
III tfic first half VV e vv ere a more
confident team than we v e
boon
Although the Brum os (I U
pluv a run-iind-gun style the
Ducks probably won t see in
the Pacific-10 Conference tins
year, Saturday s game should
prove to be a learning expen
once for tin: Ducks
After using Pomona's last
paced style to their advantage
in the firs! half, the Dui ks came
out flat at the start of the m i
* ond half, giving up three quit k
turnovers and seven quick
points trying to plav Pomona s
helter-skelter game
Luckily, the Broncos were
still down by 1H, and forced to
gamble defensively, they gave
Oregon enough easy scores to
keen the lead in the comfort
Pomona used ,i 17 c ! to
i:|nsc to f»7-fi0 with gist over
eight minutes loft, but Patterson
hit .1 'f! I)' ink lit till- i.ine t :
in.ik.i- it i, S .0
the Broncos narrowed tin
g i r til 17 t vv ie:i' -:, nr* .it
i.i i!,ti (it) hut t- •
hue f )regutl Vv is able to i i * I: i' ■
(ili n-f 1 spin tally had triiuh ■
with Pomona's press in tin- %«
: I halt, after breaking :t In:
-,1-vtal easy baskets m the hist
hail. The junior point guard
h.id nine turnovurs In go with
! ' piHnts and til as-.i• ts
In tin- soi olid half they start
od running a guv tx-hind turn
ami had ttuuhlo p;. king that
.. i: M ni “..ii.l : ■. ' -.: '!, ■ ■
hall a couple of times, hut he's
d . i -g a Oi-ttol 1 i i k I
U didn ’ it!.o k '. .1 pl
us well, and tfiov re more ust-d
to that up tempo game than we
an- ; think t -d vv a- us
getting tired
They i anie out vv till a little
more intensity titan they did in
tin- first half,'’ Collier said
Hu! they had U > W- w anted h -
control the tempo, hut it's hard
to pu II It out when V ai got easy
I ham . s like tla-y give you You
just need to team a little disci
pline
Oregon's defense was eu •-!
lent m tile first half, holding
the Broncos to .1 percent
shooting on M-ven iil lit) from
the held. mi hiding an 0-7 elforl
from three-point range
Met ohh m p.trie alar was in
effective, as Jordan allowed
him )ust four shots in the lirst
70 minutes, alt of which were
missed Mi (.ohh did get hot for
a streti 11 in tin- second half, at
ter earlier being helped off the
i ourt with a sprained ankle, hut
most of Ins points i ante alter
the game hail i>eon decided
The Ducks now take their 7-1
record, which may have
seemed an impossibility after
the embarrassing d'i point loss
to Montana two weeks ago. all
the way across the Pat.ifi<
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