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By Pete Alfrey
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On Sept. 1!) Oregon
women's itssi.sl.int basket
ball coach Richard Lucas
resigned from his position
to play professionally in
Austria, and on Sept. 4. for
mer men's .issisla.il coach
Mike Petersen became the
head women's coach at New
Mexico Stale.
Lucas leaves for Europe
after first joining the
women's staff on an interim
basis last December. In a
statement from the Oregon
athletic department, current
women's head coach Elwin
Heiny said. "I really hate to
lose someone the caliber of
Richard, hut on the other
hand, I certainly understand
his wishes to resume his
playing career."
In addition to his brief
coaching experience, the 23
year-old Lucas was a stand
out for Oregon's basketball
team from 19H7 to 1991. The
G-foot-7 center from Ana
heim, California finished his
senior season as the Ducks’
leading rebounder with 8.B
hoards a game, and the
team’s second-leading scor
er. behind current Cleveland
Cavalier Terrell Brandon,
with 15.3 points a game
Petersen was an assistant
coach for the Oregon men's
team. The 34-year-old
Petersen was also the head
women's coach at Gonzaga
for four years, in addition to
being an assistant for the
men's team at Northwest
Christian College.
In August, he left Eugene
to become an assistant coach
at New Mexico State He
became head coach when it
was announced that his
longtime friend Doug Hosel
lon resigned from his posi
tion as head coach of the
Roadrunners to pursue busi
ness interests in Arizona.
"One of the reasons I
came down here was to get
a chance to work under
Doug, and now I won't be
able to." Petersen said in the
Sept. 3 Las Cruces Sun
News Report. "I really have
mixed emotions, but I’m
delighted. I couldn't be hap
pier."
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Pac-10 teams head into brunt of schedule
The Pact no 10 Conference
schedule football gets into full
swing this weekend with eight
teams featured in conference
match-ups
Without a doubt, the biggest
game of the week features top
ranked Washington facing
Southern Cal Both teams are
undefeated and DSC' is coming
off a victory over favored Okla
homa The Huskies will be play
ing at home and have been
virtually untouchable this sea
son The Trojans could give
Washington a run for its money,
hut it’s not likely
Pick: Washington 24. USC 10.
Arizona is coming off an upset
of its own Sure they lost to Mia
mi last weekend, but the 8-7 score
m Miami’s home field has to give
the Wildcats a boost They will
return home to face UCLA.
The Bruins are coming off a
convincing pummelmg of San
Diego State anti are ranked 11th
in the nation if the Bruins play
the way they did against San
Diego Stale, forget Ilium! it Hut
if tile Wildcats can use tin*
home field to their advantage,
this one could lie close
Pick: UCLA 14. Arizona 10
(Iregon Slate faces its First true
test of the year when die Beavers
travel to Berkeley to fate the
Ooltlen Bears California defeat
ed a tough Kansas team that
killed the Beavers in the season
opener In addition, the Bears are
at home and Oregon Slate is com
ing off a big loss to Utah
California should run circles
around the Beavs especially on
offense It's tune for a reality
chei k for Oregon State's dated
offense
Pick: California 49. Oregon
Stale 7.
Arizona State lost its top run
ning back. Mario Bales, for the
season last week in its loss to
Nebraska It remains to be seen
what offer t the loss of Bates will
have on the Sun Dm ils. but the
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zona Stale has a host of good run
ning backs, but Oregon's defense
is corning off Inn k to Uick games
of holding opponents to less than
50 yards rushing But tins is the
same Sun Devils team that held
Louisville to 17 yards total
offense two weeks ago
The Ducks scored 50 points
last week against a grossly over
matt bed t M.v team (stick with
basketball) Oregon is also play
ins »• home for the fourth lime
in five games Both teams des
jieralely need tins win
Pick: Oregon 13. Arizona
State 9
Stun font is ranked in the top
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Damn tins weekend Stanford
has looked impressive thus far
this season, hot Notre Dame is
at home (what a surprise! I he
(Cardinal i ould really turn heads
with ,i victory this weekend, hut
it will lake quite a performani e
Pit k Notre Dame 24, Stan
ford 14
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the week. Washington Stale
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Pick: Washington Slate .15,
Temple 7
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