-Oregon Daily Emerald Sports
Ducks get a couple
of wins for Christmas
By Steve Mims
for the firs) time nil season,
the* Oregon men's basketball
team appears to have i pulse
While students were ;nvill
opening presents and stuffing
themselves during the holidays
the Ducks were beginning to
build a little i onfidenr e ()regon
was left for dead when it headed
into the winter break 1 2, and d
didn't gel any better during loss
es at home to Santa Clara and at
Wise nnsin-t iruen Has
Yet, after splitting up for a
shortened break of their own.
the Din ks won two of their final
three during the break, broke a
long road losing streak and
almost pu ked up a tournament
championship in Portland.
Oregon entered the Far West
Classic Dei 27-2H with a 1 t
record and given little chain « to
succeed even though the tourna
ment field was down from post
years The Dm ks entered their
first-round game at the dassii
against Portland shooting 30
percent from the field, but
quickly put those memories to
rest.
The Ducks shot :>4 peri elit
against the Pilots, but even that
was almost not enough 1 he
game was close throughout and
when Portland's Matt Houle
drilled a three-pointer with 0 5
seconds left, the game was tied
at 72-72.
Left wilhoul a timeout, Ore
gon quickly uvbounded the ball
and headed upcourt where lardy
Lyden buried a three-pointer of
his own with 2.8 seconds left to
give the Ducks the win. Lyden
finished with a team-high 16
points, hitting on five of only
seven shots.
Lyden, counted on to be one
of Oregon's lop shooters this
year, was shooting less than .16
percent from the field entering
the game. For a night, the game
winning shot took a lot o! has
kolball and personal problems
away front l.yden.
•The pressure. the slumps I've
hc.'i) in, the death of my grand
mother. a lot of things con
tributed mentally to taking away
from ms game recently." l.ydon
said "i wanted to come out here
and show what I can do to front
of ms fans and parents, espe
cially."
The victory gave Oregon head
t oaclt |err\ Green a < halite to
speak out positively about his
much-maligned team,
"Kverything I read and every
thing I see is disaster striking,
everybody's falling apart and
every thing's wrong with Oregon
basketball." Green said "Some
limes things improve, and hope
fullv, this is the time we can
continue to improve ”
Improvements wen? not as
easily seen the next night when
the Dm ks iosl 79-75 in ft sloppy
performance against Oregon
State The game was any thing
but a i lassie, as the tennis i oni
tuned for r> 1 tools and shot fit
total free throws
The Ducks never led in the
game, but stayed ( lose to the
Heavers throughout. The Ducks
reverted to their old. familiar
form, connecting on only eight
of 24 shots in the first half, but
c ame back to shoot almost 47
percent in the second half Ore
gon trailed 70-tifi after a Jeff Hot
ter Jay-up yvith 1:59 in the game,
but could not get any closer, and
eventually lost for the eighth
time in eight clastic finals
against the Beavers,
Oregon forward Jeff Potter was
named to the all-tournament
team after scoring 31 points
combined in tJio two games, Pot
ter, a career 6H percent free
throyv shooter, hit 13 of 16 free
throws in the tournament.
Although just a junior. Potter is
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Women win three during holidays
By Scott Simonson
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After going 3-1 during winter break, the Oregon
women's basketball team returns to action today
with a game against Texas-El Paso.
Oregon, 5-3 on the season, defeoted Idaho State
at home and Weber State and San Diego on the
road before a rood loss to San Diego State snapped
a four-game winning streak.
Oregon i^uised to easy victories in its first two
games during the break. The Ducks beat Idaho
State 50-36 on Dec. 11 Forward Jessica Schutt led
Oregon in scoring with 17 points.
Oregon defeated Weber State 95-711 De< 13. For
ward Cindy Murphy's 17 points paced the Ducks.
Freshman forw ard Arianne Boyer made major con
tributions in the two games, leading Oregon in
rebounding in each contest.
The Ducks traveled to Southern California last
week and split a pair of games against teams that
reached the NCAA tournament last season. The
Ducks !>ent San Diego 74-67 last Tuesday behind
forward Debbie Sporcich's 21 points and 15
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eight rebounds.
Oregon shot 5.1 percent from the floor and 45
percent from behind the three-point arc against the
Toreros. The Ducks also enjoyed a decisive advan
tage on the boards, outrebounding San Diego 42
25.
Oregon's winning streak come to an end with a
84-77 loss to Son Diego State last Thursday. Ore
gon head coach Jody Rungu said Oregon got in
trouble early when it had difficulty handling the
Aztecs' quickness and pressing defense.
Oregon trailed by 10 points at the half. The
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