No matter how you slice it,
Monson’s team is hurting
FROM THE
SIDELINES
BV JAVSON JACOB*
There's .1 disease running
rampant through the Ore
gon nun's basketball team
tiiis season
And it's one of those pesky
ones The disease's symptoms
and their results are obvious
enough, but there just doesn't
seem to be a cure
The disease is. ol < nurse, in
juries They come in different
shapes and sizes but cause de
press! ngl y similar results
blowout losses
It seems like it's becoming a
chronic disease to; I Jut ks m
general Hack in the lull you'll
remember the I no (ball .inti vol
leyball teams were let! .10 battle
the lough Pat ffit 10 llunferem e
competition' without Mini- of
their top players
Both of those teams bad pool
seasons, and Don Mohsott s
Ducks art- t aught in a last -mov
ing whirlwind ol losses, with
calm water beyond the horizon
The men's team started tire
season vs ith long odds, anyway
Oregon bad only three return
ing players with much Pec-10
experience, and was pit ked in
most to occupy the league cel
lar
But .tiler an embarrassing de
bacle in thi- season opener at
Montana the Ducks showed
some potential, handing a l-'res
no St.tie team its lirst loss and
puking up the championship
trophy at the Daiwu Ball in Ja
pan by handily heating hast
Tennessee State an NO. A A
tournament team last season
and losing to another tourney
leant Northeast Louisiana
by tw o points
Then, Georgetown transfer
Antoine Sioudamlre gained his
eligibility and responded by
leading Oregon scorers with l‘t
points oil the bench in his lirst
game against Oral Roberts Dei
_'() Suddenly the Ducks Were
looking hk'' the surprise team
In the Put 1 It
But then Oregon had to play
co-host with Oregon State at
the rejuvenated far W(lias
su in Portland
The Due ks were blow n out
by Minnesota in their (llassic
opener, hut that was just a non
league loss to a solid Big It)
team It wasn't something to he
proud of. hut tl was certainly
something Oregon could allord
But the next night against
LaSalle, Oregon lost something
a lot more important its
point guard Junior transfer An
dre (Jollier broke hts foot in the
lirst hall of an eventual l()rt-7f>
loss and is out for the season
Collier had heen progressing
ra;ilci 1 v .is the Dm :ks' floor lead
rr. and Ins aggressive p<tnutra
tion and scrappy defense vst-re
a hi); part of the team s sui . ess
in December
With Collier out. even more
jiressure vs as put on sophomore
jordv l.vdnn. Oregon’s leading
scorer and most experienced
player
It vs as just a ss-eelv and
only one game Inter that l.v
den. too. went down in the first
hall of a blow out loss with a
foot injury
\t firs! there was some ion
.solution, as hvdeli; vs is expe. 1
ed to be out for only afioui ball
the I’m II) se.ison with a liga
men! injury
\nd after lfreg.in played <!<■
reivllv ill Its t onlert-IH e open
els heating l all and losing to
SI.illford. there was some hope,
that with l.yden coming hat k
the I)u< ks might just salvage an
OK season
But one day alter another !•:>;
loss, itiis'time In seeond ranked
! 'OLA tie- Dili ks got the rest o!
the had news they hoped to
avoid Ih.U l.yden was out Inf
the rest ol the season
tiregoii responses! vvtill Hi
third-straight loss, a go-pomt
defeat it the hands of US('
Sinia- (milter s injury vvhtrh
is starling to look 11k>• the little
snowfiall that became an ava
latlche, tin Ducks have lost si\
of srvrn hv an average of mono
than iif> points
Hut possibly thr v\ . rst part t
this situation is th.it nothing
i an hr doin' to fix s!
Udii-n you losr two id Vviur
top three players tor the season
helore the toughest part of the
s< lied lilt! the I'm 10 season
even begins, it s time to start
some serious head si ratchtng
bven with ( oilier, Lvden and
Stoudaniire healthy. Oregon
wolds! have had a tough time in
thi' Par It) It's pretty frighten
ing to consider playing lit
games ill .1 league where the
ms enth ranked team itl the
s oiiniry Arizona ■ an lose
ti U ashmgt.m. h: !: !h .! only
two Uivision I learns during its
non a (inference schedule
Hut to [ilay In that same
league yvliu h also happens
to include second ranked and
undefeated I'OLA ami defend
mg NIT chatnpion Stanford,
whir li has lost just oru e this
season without two id those
three players, well, that's the
makings for a top-notch horror
rnov ie
And unfortunately for the
l)ui ks, it isn't all happening on
the fug si reen and the lights
won't come on at the end to
make it all flutter
/av.so/l ltnob\ is a sports re
porter /or thr Lmer.dd
WRESTLING
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rtiu bout was licit 7-7 when
time ran out, but Hirui scored
an addilional point for accumu
lated riding time, giving him a
narrow victory
The Titans closed to within
17-15 with two matches re
maining, but Scott Myers deci
sionnd John SuncJiez 12-4 to up
the Duck lead to 21-15 l-uller
ton had no heavyweight, giving
Anderson a forfeit victory and
the Ducks another six team
points, making the final score
27-15
Head coach Kon l-in ley
seemed pleased about seeing
Ills squad remain undefeated in
ihr I’m 10 bill In: could only
shake his head when .1 ski <i
about Fresno Stain
I'huy're a real lough team."
I mins said "From lop to bot
tom they have y><><xi ssri'stlrrs.
lluirr aren't any v matches
whim you go against Fresno
Slate
"I think, ssi' also havu to give
,i lot of in-ilit to somi: unsung
heroes lor us tins weekend. " he
s.nil "Hirai stepped in and did
a grout job, but somi- guys, like
|ason Joni's anil Solomon Fuip
also helped out even though
they didn't win their matches
By moving up a svmght ( lass,
thes helped us avoid forfeiting
anv matches "
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