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Oregon Daily EmerM Sports
Women hope luck continues
By Steve Mims
£ morale! SoortS Reporter'
It's amazing what a win can do for u struggling
(train.
The Oregon women’s basketball team beat
UCLA H‘l-78 last Saturday for its first Pacifii 10
Conference win of the season, breaking an 11-game
losing streak this season and a 14-game Pac-10 los
ing streak that dated back to last year With one
win under their belt, the Ducks have renewed opti
mism
"We’ve got to come back and win one again."
Oregon head coach Elwin Homy said. "The feeling
that we can’t do it is gone. We hove finally started
playing the way we have in practice "
The Ducks (l-10) will travel north to Seattle and
Pullman this weekend to face the Washington
schools. Thursday night Oregon faces the fi-5
Huskies, who are coming off a road trio that saw
them go 1-3 and drop near the lower division of
the Pm 10.
Washington is led by center Khouila Smith, who
averages 18 H points and 7.7 rebounds per game
Smith finished with 111 points and 12 rebounds in
the Huskies' 87-74 victory over the Ducks earlier
this year
Oregon could move out of sole possession of Inst
place in the l'ac-10 .Saturday mgnt against me
Cougars Washington State (2-9) i* on n seven
game losing streak and has not won since its 66-54
victory over the Ducks |an. 21
The Ducks' Debbie Sporcich appears to have
recovered from an ankle injury that narn|>ered her
this season, as she totaled 46 points and grabbed
16 rebounds during last week’s games against USC
and UCLA. Sporcioh was especially tough in the
Ducks' victory over the Bruins when she scored 27
points and 10 rebounds. Sporcich was named Pac
10 co-Player of the Week lor her efforts
Sporcich is leading the Ducks in scoring (14.0
points a game), rebounding (6.2). blocked shots (.8)
and field goal percentage (60 percent). Sporcich
is in realh of ex-Dur k and current Oregon assistant
coach Stefanie Kasperski's Pac-10 record of 60.6
percent field goal percentage.
While Sporcich and Sara Wilson have played
well inside for the Duc ks. Oregon has also found
its range from outside The Ducks lead the Pac-10
in three-pointers made (t 12) and attempts (314).
Oregon's Peggy Swadener is set ond in the con
ference in three-point percentage at 39.7 percent,
followed by teammates Karen Healea. Jessica
S< butt and Missy Stowed, who all rank among the
top 10 in the conference
NABC condemns Campanelli firing
KANSAS CITY, Mo (AIM •
For the first time in its fifi-year
history. the Notional Associa
tion of Basketball Coat lies pub
licly condemned the bring of
one of its members as if i ami: to
tfir support of Lou Compandli
Tlif NABC. signaling a new ntti
tuili- concerning a i 001 h's rob*
in the administration of the
sport, a> i.list'd California of
treating (iimpamdli unfairly and
called Ins firing “a shot k to the
college basketball community."
"The NABC is not a judicial
body, but the association must
lie i oncemod with the treatment
of its members.” the NAHC said
in a prepattHl statement,
“W« < an son no evidence ol
coach Ounpanelli being grant
oil rights that everyone deserves
If Ins employer had concerns
regarding his |<>b performance,
he was entitled In fair standards
to be informed and notified of
the seriousness of those t on
corns in a timely manner and
provided an opportunity to
respond”
Carnpanolli was fired unex
I Hated I v Feb H lbs young team,
led by star freshman Jason Kidd,
was 10-7 and had beaten several
highly regarded teams, includ
ing UCLA and Louisville
The NABC's in-member
board of directors, which
includes many prominent
t oaches, met for almost one
and-a-half hours by conference
call Monday to discuss Campari
elli and what they view as a
trend toward mill season dis
missals.
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Golfers finish 11th at
Hawaii tournament
By Steve Mims
Emerald Sports Reporter _
The Oregon men's golf team started strong hut finished slowly
on its way to on nth-place finish at the Big Island Intercollegiate
in Waikoloa. Hawaii, last weekend.
Oregon sophomore T«d Suavely played his host collegiate
tournament ever, finishing third with a 2-under-pur 214. The
competition in the tournament was tough, as eight of the top 10
individual finishers were All-Americans last season.
The Ducks started the tournament well and were tied for sixth
place at 204 after the first day Snavely shot a 3-under-par 69 on
the opening day. followed by Cam Martin, who shot a 72, and
junior Kandy McCracken at 74
The second round of the tournament killod Oregon's chances
of u high finish, os the Ducks shot a 23-over-par 311 and had no
individual shoot lower than 76. Suavely and Jeff Lyons each shot
76 to pace the Ducks.
Oregon entered the third round Monday in 11th place, 27 shots
behind Arizona State, and was unable to make up any ground
during the last round. Snavely once again led the Ducks with a
69 and Lyons followed with a 73. but the rest of the team strug
gled. The Ducks finished at 301 for the day and remained in 11th
place with a final score of 906.
Lyons and MtrCracken finished tied for 43rd place with totals
of 229. followed by Martin at 235 and Paul Regali at 242.
Arkansas took the team title with a score of 872. one shot
ahead of Arizona State. The Sun Devils' Todd Dempsey led the
tournament after each round and won the individual title with
an B under-par 208.
The Ducks return to action when they host the Duck Invita
tional March 8 and 9
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