Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, January 04, 1994, Page 8, Image 8

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things reverse
Oregon pul It'd away midway
through the first half with an 9
0 run to take a 35-1H lead with
6:45 left in the first half The
Ducks load got as big as 23
points m the first half before
they went cold, failing to get a
field goal in the final 3:51 of the
half to lead only 46-31 at half
time.
Alaska Fairbanks never got
closer than 15 points in the sec
ond half, and the final scorn was
Oregon's biggest lead.
Five Ducks scored in double
figures, led by freshmen Henry
Madden and Kenya Wilkins
with 17 points each. Wilkins
adder) six assists and four steals.
and hit on six of seven shots,
including a trio of throe-point
ers.
Orlando Williams had 14
points, despite playing only 1H
minutes, while Damon Runyon
had 13. Oregon finished the
game shooting 47.5 percent from
the field, hut that would have
been even better if not for the
final minutes of the first half
when the Ducks missed their
last seven shots,
Dalon Bynum and Mike Haj
dukovich scored 14 points
apiece to lead Alaska Fairbanks.
"What do we get out of a game
like this7." Green asked. "One.
we get a win and two, we get a
chance to see some young kids
try to develop and coordinate
offensively. I thought I saw both
collectively and individually."
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score 28 20 Oregon, Oregon head
coach Jody Runge opted to go to
her reserves.
"We tried to play a lot of peo
ple in the first half... in the Fac
to, we may get into foul trouble,
and we're trying to not l>e totally
untested when they (reserves)
have to go in there." Runge said
Forward Arianne Boyer pro
vided a spark off the bench, scor
ing siv points in a row lorOrt^gon
and giving the Ducks a 3(>-24
lead. However. UTEP countered
with an 8-1 run to end the half,
cutting Oregon's lead to 37-32.
In the second half, the Duck
post players took charge. Oregon
looked tentative on offense in the
opening minutes of the second
half, dropping into a tie with the
Minors before Sporcich caught
fire. She scored 19 points in the
second half and a game-high 23.
Runge said Oregon didn't
cause its 15-0 run with any
changes in strategy.
"We took a timeout and just
said Settle down and get a good
shot Come down and rebound
and stick a fork in the ball. We
were shooting ourselves in the
foot.' " she said
Down the stretch, the Ducks
took care of the hall and made
their free throws to preserve their
lead. In the second half, Oregon
was 22 of 29 from the line and
committed only six turnovers.
Schutt, who finished with 21
points, said while UTEP wasn't
Oregon's toughest opponent this
preseason, "we played more os a
team Fundamentally, wo were
pretty solid."
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