Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, January 07, 1993, Page 7, Image 7

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    WOMEN
Continued from Page 5
build the team around n wnmf point guard Mili
ca Vukadinovit.
Vukadinovit was named .1 first-team All-Amen
can hy Stiff! untl Smith after finishing in the top
10 in five categories, mi.hiding points and assists
Six-foot-2 center Kesha Martin returns up front tor
California after petitioning for an extra sear of eh
gihility when an injury limited tier to just six games
in 1900-91
Depth will tie the biggest problem fort at, who
returns only one player besides Vukadinovit and
Martin tli.it averaged more than two points jut game
a year ago. Newcomer lai kn- ! ear has stepped up
during the preseason and is averaging more than
15 points per game
Pat - It) Credit turn: 12-ti
- t i St: — t st returns arguably the
I most i-xi itlng playei
Leslie, end three other starters from
^ iast year's team, whit li finished set
ond in the conference and won two \( AA tour
linmeut games I.eslie tuts dunked in prai tu e and
is looking to be the first woman to e\er tin so in .1
game I.eslie averaged 20 points and H 4 rebounds
per game a year ago.
Forwards Kim ( a-ssig and Junlenh Woods are bat k
up front next to Leslie, and Joni F.asterly returns in
the hai kcourt With six new players on the team,
head coach Marianne Stanley will li;ne plenty of
candidates tor the other guard spot
Pat -10 Pred it lion: 11-7
4. Arizonii Stall* l’hc Sim I h'vils sur
prised everyone lust year by (jualifying
fur the \( AA tournament after going 20
<1 and finishing fifth in the < onferonie
Arizona State returns all five starters
trnm last year and lost only one new n p'nunm'i
from tong
Point guard Rvneldi His onti is coining olf a sjhm
tat ulnr debut season m Tempo last soar, when she
averager) I I 2. points and a league-high 0.0 assists
per game, and will once again team with I ro/ena
jerro in the bn* ki onrt
Sivloot-fi i enter Monique Amliers averaged H I
points and 7 1 rehounds last year and is looking
to establish herself as one ol the premier centers in
the league this year She is joined In forwards
Involute Smith and lasa Salsinan up front
I'lii - to Predii lion: 10-8
5. ()rt‘RC»n I hc Dinks son son will
uiu.f n^uin fli-iumd on t h«* loam’s alii I -
it\ to cnuriomo injurios lo kov |>i.iv
crs So f.ir. thu Out ks havo survival!
injurios to ^iiiinl (ossit a S< hull anil lor
ward IVbmt' Sport u h. going 1-1 wrnlu «m« h
er u.is siilrlinrd Forward CintU Murphv is the
latest Dm k to be hampered bv in)tirs. but she is
expei ted to return after this weekend s names
Oregon’s fiat k< ourt has stepped up during the
absent e ol Debbie Sport u ft. v\itfi Miss\ Stowell.
Karen Healea and I'egg) Swadener heating up from
outside Sara Wilson will get attention from oppo
nents w ithout Sport it fi next to her. but she should
still tie a fort e inside
I’at -10 Prediction: 9-9
JKPtZQKa
I> Arifiitid Arizona has sot to
establish itself as .1 I'.ii Hi con
tender. lint took i tic; sii'ji toward
doing so when luring head coat ti
loan Honvu ini last ini Hon
Vlt llH won imin' man > pert rm 111 ill-1 gann-s mil
hk; 1 ~ \ ears .1! 1 ony flearh .Stain, but her i Ids ats
struggled to a t-1 ■ 1 oiiferem re< ord a vw ago
Arizona return* lour starters front a year ago.
int hiding torwauf Margo Clark who was named to
tfte all-< onlereiu e team alter averaging t ’ I points
atnl H 1 rehouilds per g yne honor Megan St 1
also returns up front after ,1 year m whu li she aver
aged 11 points and "1 r> rebounds per game
Par-10 Predu lion: 'Ml
?. 1 ( 1 \ l l I A I.. Ms!-. ' .rr.ltcs!
tiMii.ilt* ^tH1tin th*’ (onfnrvni t' in
N.tlalm H illiams U ill tint-. ,n iT.i^fii
; I 5 points and l .l 8 mhountls fM*r
game last year. lint she missed tin1 pm
simmmi ih*(.iitiso sm* was for in** «»nmis
\(.A A runner-up s odes ball !»*;»iis
I orsvard Ann jaless.»I i * * and guard Nil ole \mli’t
son arc I he other two returning starters Irom last
sear’s third -plat e leant in the i onferem e I)e|»th
mas !>e a problem as only four players on this sear s
squad suss extended (It lion last sear
I’et - ID Credit lion: H-10
8 Washington I he Huskies um e
a national power til women s I.pit
liasc fallen on hard times Washing
ton had won at least 7 t games and
qualified tor the \l A A tournament
for six i onset utis e years before last season si’ll
finish
The Huskies lost their top Isso st orers from a year
ago. but return three starters I aru Das is is the top
returning si orer aseraging u 2 points per outing
and finishing among league leaders in three point
percentage and steals ( enter Rhonda Smith ss as
named to the t onferem e’s all-freshman team after
averaging 7 a points and four rebounds per g tine
Cat • 10 Credit lion: t>-1 '2
M Orison SI all* Ih»* h**a\im • vv fill <
la in lh«* Pat 10 last v«tir ami lost load
i mg si ort*r and robmindor Jutlv Shannon
to gradual ion. hut thny havu gun** l> 1
in the nresooson Nonjhia Homing and
Missy Smith an* thi* lop two returning s< ortttv jut
<iXin>> 1 I 7 and ' J points pt’f game. respci tivrlv
Forwnni Angola Allril dso returns, ami the addi
lion of four talented freshman has optimism run
nim> high in (lorvullis
I’ai -10 I’redn lion: S-1 I
10 Washington Slalr I'lm (.otig.irs
riiturn thrttf starters from l.isl \>-,n
mt hiding ('^mti11<* Thompson, who .hit
^ i^i'il 14 2 points and h I rebounds w In!••
leading the i on It Tt'in e vs 1111 a >H H shoot
ing pun intake Niv loot-H c eiiOT kallH Wt-twrwill
iilso mm* Iinut up friinl
Thu hijft>t*st problem lor Washington Stilli* tu-.nl
ciui h Harold Rhodes will In* finding guards to
replaie tho departed Heather Norman and Darla
\Vi 11 him son
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