oreSon Daily Emerald
Ducks jump on Canberra early, cruise to 89-60 win
By Dave Chartx>nneau
EfYHKafcJ Sports t cMcy_
The uniforms worn by Ore
gon's opponents I'uc-xdav night
had a- striking rosemblante to
those worn by Pacific-10 Con
ference foi' Arizona
Hut the learn was not the
Wildcats, and the game was far
from a Pac-U) showdown as the
Oregon men’s basketball team
rolled over the Canberra Can
nons 89-60 in Oregon’s first
game at McArthur Court under
head coach lurry Creen
The Cannons, at times,
looked no better than the worst
NCAA teams In the country,
but the Dur ks tried to avoid as
sumptions that this is a game
they wore expected to win
"It vyas a lot of fun." said for
ward Jeff Potter, who had I 1
points and six rebounds After
last season, I don’t mind heat
tng anybody that bad ”
Prom tile start, it was obvious
Oregon was the better team as
the Ducks jumped out to a .M-2
lead ten minutes into the game
In that stretch, Canberra hit
only one of its first 211 shots
Oregon ended up with a
-11-15 lead at halftime, and nev
er let the team from Australia
back into the game
The Ducks looked sloppy at
times, but at other times
seemed to bn clicking with
(’•men’s up-tempo game plan.
"Wo hit in the groove a cou
ple of times,’ Green said, but
not we re still not where we'd
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Duck guard Johnnie Reece (above) tries to steel the bail from a Can
berra player during Tuesday's game Oregon forward Damon Run
yon (right) throws up a hook shot lor two of his 10 points.
like to lie till the time ”
Green took advantage of the
blowout b\ substituting wildly
throughout tin' game, trying
many different combinations
within .1 ten-player rotation
"Wo wiir.tod to si'ii .1 lot of
players tonight.'' (.men said
With our style of basketball,
players are going to get tiri'd,
and therefore wu have to get a
lot of players in there "
Senior guar d An t oin e
Stoudamire tori all scorers with
20 points and said the Ducks
have made great strides since
their six game trip to lot rope in
September.
"Tonight, wi' playen a lot
niorr aggressively than when
we played in Europe." he said
()ur new system ts really start
ing to rli< k with the players
Omani Johnnie Reece who
scored 12 jiotnts and had four
assists said the team has a
lot better (low to it than last
year's team that finished t> .'1
■ Last year, when a play
broke down, one o! us would
just go one-on-one, he said
"This year, when the play
breaks down, we gel right bai k
into the flow Tonight, it finally
hit me that we re getting better
as a team
Lyden to skip season
Junior guurd-forward Jordy
L y d n n will s i l out the
1992-93 season as a redshirt
to enable his injured right
foot to fully heal.
Lydon has been limited in
practice time during pre-sea
son drills and is playing wall
below 100 percent. The in
jury is strained ligament
damage in the his foot which
occurred lust January and
forced Lydon to miss the re
mainder of the 1991-92 sea
son.
Women lose in closing seconds
Kristi narrower scored and hit a free throw
with four seconds remaining to push the Austra
lian Institute of Sport past the Oregon women
70-67 In an exhibition basketball game Tuesday
evening at McArthur Court
Trailing 67-05, Oregon tied the game when Sa
rah Wilson hit from the left post w ith 13 se< onds
left setting the stage for narrower
Wilson led the Ducks with 20 points
The game opened with a series of streaks by
both teams, with AIS pulling out to .1 10 2 lead
before the Ducks came back to tin the game .it 10
AIS scored 11 of the next 13 points but Oregon
responded with 10 straight points to take their
first lead at 23-21. and went into the looker room
at halftime leading .12 2H
The sis ond ball was tack and forlli with the
lead changing hands nine times bofoni AIS look
the lead for good at M o:i on two free throws by
Neridu Jeffrey.
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