Oregon Daily
Emerald Six
Ducks fall in last exhibition game
By Steve Mims
Oregon Oats* f mwMI
Oregon finished its exhibition season Sunday
nigflt wilh a 7H 77 defeal to Athletes ill At.tion at
Mi Arthur Court. The Dm Vs split two exhibition
games and got their first c ounting vie tors of the
year over llimdioliit Stale in lietween
Oregon overcame a slow start and player) well in
the second half, hut c ould not overcome Athletes
In Action, a traveling exhibition team made up of
older players, many with college exponent <• Ore*
gon eventually gained the lead AIA went on a 10
0 run in the sec one! half, shutting out Oregon for
five minutes during that spun
The two teams traded free throws in the last two
minutes and Oregon was not aide to regain the
lend However, AIA didn't seal the victory until
Robert Sewell rebounded Mario Donaldson's
missed free throw and ran out the c Inc V with three
seconds left in the game
"I thought wo c ante out anil looked like a young
club, which we are. Oregon head coach |err\
(ireeu said.
(iris'ii experimented with several different units
Sunday, as all 1.! players ployed, and guard Orlan
do Williams led the team w ith 27 minutes play eel
1 ight players played at least Is minutes for the
I )iii ks
Athletes In Ac tion was play ing its 12th game in
I .1 day s, hut showed no signs of wear early on as it
jumped out to a cpiic k 15-4 lead six minutes into
the game The Due ks hit only two cd their firs! 11
shots arid c nine up empty on ten of their first 12
possessions of the game.
"Turly in the game our effort was slacked."
Williams said. Our defense was terrible They did
what they wanted to and their early lead led to our
downfall
Oregon began to w arm up during the end id the
first half, and got within -I I t-t .it halftime )>v s< or
mg on six of Ms final nine possessions
After falling behind by I f points at the begin
ning of the so* ond half, the Ducks went on a lt-2
run to take a 55-51 lead with 11 04 remaining in
the game W illiams spurred the Du< ks during the
run. scoring ten points, including two three-point
ers.
I felt good." said Williams, who led the Ducks
with 11 points John Mitchell kept getting me the
hall The first two games were tough for me so I
wanted to play well. In the second half I got it
going "
Oregon's Jords l.vden finished the run with a
layup to give the Ducks their first lend at 52-51 fol
lowed by a three-pointer from the right side
The two teams then traded baskets for a while
lie fore Athletes In At tion went on its 10-0 run to
regain the lead for the final time
Oregon's biggest bugaboo all night was free
throws, as Oregon finished 18 of 3*i from the line
Oregon missed nine free throw s in a row during
one stretch ill llie first half, and the i rowd of 4.4*tr»
responded with loud applause when l.vden final
ly broke the streak
"Tree throw shooting killed us most of the
night." (Inun said ' We only shot four of f 3 in the
first half ami that's not good for any team much
less a major college team
Oregon's scoring was well halant ed. with four
players in double figures Point guard Kenya
Wilkins s< ored 12 points despite being ill The 5
foot-10 freshman had a lough test going against
former NBA player Rod Foster and Keith Smith, a
former All-T.u in point guard for California.
Zai h Sellers also added 12 points, to go along
w ith a team-high nine rebounds l.vden and Aaron
Johnson put in ten points em h for the Dm ks
Oregon has a week of practice ahead before fa<
mg I'm ific: at home Saturday night
Orlando Williams lad Oregon with 13 points in Sunday night’s 78-77
loss to Athletes In Action "Early In the game our effort was slacked, "
Williams said. "Our defense was terrible. They did what they wanted
to and their early lead led to our downfall."
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The Oregon wrestling team
opened its dual season with a
2H-20 win over Stanford at
Mi Arthur Court Saturday night.
The Dm ks i ante frotn behind,
winning their final four matches
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to pick up the vu torv over the
Cardinal Heavyweight Chris
Anderson won Ins third tnati h
ol the season in the evening's
finale to wrap up the Oregon
win
The Ducks fell behind 20-H
when IsK pound Scott Chap
man pinned Oregon's Scott Nor
ton Chapman led 2-0 when he
pinned Norton les-. than two
minutes into the mail h
At IfV pounds, Oregon's Peter
Stavner won a major do< ision
1HH over Stanford's Kvati
Harm's to get Oregon within 20
12 Stavner got ahead early with
a pair of takedowns and never
trailed in the match.
Oregon’s Tom Glenn won by
forfeit at 177 pounds to cut Stan
ford's lead to 20-1H, and Jeff
McCoy (190) gave Oregon the
lead with a 10-0 major decision
over Bryan Vaniman. McCoy is
now 3-6 overall and 1-0 in dual
meets.
Anderson built a 21-7 lead on
Stanford's Chris Serjak before
pinning him 5:32 into the match
to give the Ducks the victor)
In the first match of the night.
Oregon's Kevin Roberts (11H)
remained unbeaten at 4-0 with a
21-6 victory over Kany Saad.
()ne-hundred>forty-two -pound
Corv Sonnen lifted Ins record to
4- 0 with u 5-4 dec isiotl over |im
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Oregon's next tournament is
the I.as Vegas !m itational Dec
5- 4
Oregon's women's basketball
team split a pair of games in the
Paradise Classic in Hawaii this
weekend, losing to Hawaii and
defeating Northern Illinois
Oregon lost 73-64 to Hawaii
on Frida) The Ducks led 2.1-21
at halltime but were hurt bv
jioor foul shooting in their first
regular season game Oregon
made oitlv eight of 21) free throw
attempts
Forward Jessica Schutt pac ed
Oregon with 25 points, four
rebounds and four assists For
ward Debbie Sporeic h had I I
points, nine rebounds and five
assists for the Ducks.
Oregon bounced back Satur
day with a 73-64 victory against
Northern Illinois. Oregon shot
.591 for the game while holding
Northern Illinois to 35 percent
shooting from the field.
Sporcich scored 17 points and
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had 14 rebounds for tho Ducks.
Schutt scored 16. and guard
Missy Croshaw added 13 points.
The Oregon men's tennis team
was swept In Hawaii and
Brigham Young last week in
I lonolulu
I he Rainbows beat the Ducks
5-2 Thursda\, and Brigham
Young picked up a 5.5-1.5 victo
ry over Oregon Fridas
Josh Prager and Mike Goldstein
won their singles matches, and
the doubles team of Lee Kirner
and Christian Oelke also picked
up a vi< tor\ against Hawaii Matt
Coho vs on Ins singles match
against BYt ’ and Goldstein had
a dravs against the (iougars
Against Hawaii. Prager
cruised past Ales Simon in
str.light sets. 6-1,6-0. Goldstein
had a rougher time against
Hawaii's Kula Oda, splitting the
first two sets l>-7, 7-6 Indore Oda
retired Kirner and Oelke heat
Blair Collins and Kai Hans Jur
gens H-6 in doubles at tion
Kridav. Cobo defeated BYt!'s
Lance Squier 6-3, t>-2 for Ore
gon's only victory of the match
Goldstein and Brian Hart of
Brigham Young played to a 3-6,
7-5 draw.
Oregon plays next in the
Pacific-10 Conference Indoor
Championships in Seattle on
Jan. 14 17.
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