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Women cagers open season
By Steve Mims
fcmaraic] 5poc!s Ruportor
The Oregon women's basketlsill loam should
gel an idea of how good il Is ihis weekend when
the L)ut ks play two of the top 1 .r> teams In the na
tion at the O Charley s Classic in Nashville. Tenn
hi win Helny returns for his 17lh season as
head ( oat h of the Due ks. and he said he believes
he stpind could return to the NCAA tournament
for tire First lime since 10H7.
"I think we < an make the NCAA tournament."
Hein> said "Our depth could he a problem, we
have only 17 players and three are freshmen If
we stay healthy we should be able to compete
Sara Wilson and Debbie Sport it h art- both
coming off of Injury plagued seasons when they
only played together in three games lor about 70
minutes Wilson suffered from a stress frai lure in
her rigid foot, and Sporcuth fractured a bone in
her left ftxd
"Our inside* gumr is outstanding/' Hrinv said
Wi- want to gut I)rt>t>ir and Sara tin- ball as mu< h
as |K»ssiblo and have thi'in shoot it
Sporcich, a 0-foot-4 junior, was Oregon's se<
ond-leadlng moot last yeur, averaging 12 points
per game She led the team w ith 8 7 rebounds per
contest in 18 games Sporcich played in every
game during her freshman season, averaging 15.1
points and ‘1 8 rebounds anil was named to the
Par ifu 10 Conference all-freshman team
Wilson, a tefoot i junior, has vet tu establish
herself as a force in the conference, but she is
healthy and led the Ducks in their only exhibition
game this year Wilson averaged *1 t points und
5 ) rebounds Iasi season, but she paced Oregon
with 20 points in the Duc ks' 70-67 loss to the
Australian Institute of Sport two weeks ago
The fortunes of Wilson and Sporcich will de
pend a lot on point guard Missy Slowed Stowed I,
a 5 foot -(> junior, started 2(> of Oregon's 28 games
last season and finished second on the team with
100 assists while scoring more than 10 points per
game
Stowell is also the team's host long-range"
shooter, making 40 three-pointers Iasi year while
shooting iti percent from the tliris' point line
Sophomore Jennifer Johansen and junior Cin
dy Murphy will back up Stowell at point guard
"Missy will he our point guard." Heiny said
"Jennifer has looked good in prar lice and Cindy
can help out as well Even Debbie could play
there if we needed her
Sophomore Jessica Schull started at oft guard
m the Dur ks' exhibition game, hut Heiny said
Murphy, senior Peggy Swadener and freshman
Debtor Reynolds will also sit action at the spot
Reynolds, the sister of former Duck basketball
player Keith Reynolds, has the Due ks' only signif
leant injury right now with a dislocated shoulder,
but Heiny said she should la- back in action soon
Senior Jean Manx; Lillard, a 5-foot-10 forward
from Koseburg. will start ul small forward Lil
lard. a junior college transfer playing in her third
year for Oregon, averaged l> 4 points and 3 1 re
bounds per game and played in all but one game
Lillard shot 55 percent from the field to lead the
Ducks.
"Jean Maree and Cindy will see most of the at
tion at small forward and big guard; those two po
sitions are interchangeable." Heiny said "Jessica
and 1‘eggv can also play those spots, so wo have
F its photo
Missy Stowell will run the offense as the Ducks try
to improve on last season's 14-14 record.
four capable players there."
Sophomore Karen Hoalea, a 5-foot H guard
from Tigard, is Oregon's other reluming player.
Healeu saw limited action in only nine games last
season.
Diamond Livingston, Shanlhi Barton and
Reynolds are the Ducks' three true freshmen this
year. Barton, a 5-foot-fl forward from Kirkland.
Waste, was the Kingto Conference Player of lire
Year last year for Lake Washington High School
Livingston is from Gresham High School, and
Reynolds attended Springfield High School
Die Ducks lost two players last month when
junior lesha Smith dor ided to transfer and senior
point guard Vanessa Selden was declared aca
demically Ineligible
The Ducks' season begins Friday against tilth
ranked Southwest Missouri Stale, a team tlut
went 31-it last year and advanced to the Final
Four On Sunday (tie Duck* meet third-ranked
Vanderbilt, which lost last year in the NCAA re
gional finals
The Du< ks si hedule des s not get any easier
when they begin Par -10 play in January, us the
conference should tie as tough as it was last year
when five teams were invited to the NCAA tour
nament The favorite to win the conference is
Stanford, which won the national title last year
and returns us basically the same team from a
year ago, including 1(M)l-‘>2 Pac-10 player of the
year Vai Whiting
"Stanford is No 1 in the country," Hetny said
“But after them I feel the conference is wide
open. With all the great teams in the conference it
is tough to have a great record."
Thompson gets first-team honor
Oregon kicker/punter Tom
my Thompson received first
team all-Haclflc-10 (Conference
honors for his work as the
Ducks' field goal kicker
Wednesday.
Thompson, who kicked 20
Hold goals this season and was
a key contributor to Oregon's
6-5 record, was the lone Duck
to be named to the first team.
Thu junior was also named to
the second team on defense as
punter, averaging more than 41
yards a f*tnt Thompson was
joined by Oregon defensive
linemen Romeo Bandison and
Jeff Cummins on the second
team
Other Ducks receiving honor
able mention awards were line
backer Joe Harwell, who led the
Ducks in tackles this season;
tailback Sean Burwell; free
safety Eric Castle; offensive
tackle David Coilinsworth;
punt returner Konnie Harris;
linebacker Ernest Jones; comer
backs Alex Molden and Her
man O'Berry; and offensive
guard Jon Tat tarsal I
Washington State quarter
back Drew Bledsoe was named
Offensive Player of the Year,
and Washington Inside line
backer Dave Hoffman was hon
ored with the Defensive Player
of the Year award.
Arizona head coach Dick
Tomey was named Pac-10
Coach of the Year
CORRECTION
An article in the Dec 2 is
sue of the Emerald incorrect
ly reported some dates of the
Oregon wrestling team's
schedule
The Ducks will compete at
the Las Vegas Invitational
this weekend The team will
moot Oregon State Dec. 12.
The Emerald regrets the er
ror.