Duck women fall just short of upsetting USC
By Scott Simonson
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The Orison women's basket
ball team came within two
points of beating the No 10
team in the nation Saturday
night The Ducks weren't at all
happy with the result.
After Oregon's 47-45 loss to
IJSC at McArthur Court, nobody
talked about how close a team
pic ked to finish near the bottom
of the Pacific-IQ Conference
come to a major upset It was a
loss that easily could have been
on Oregon victory.
The game was a sometimes
ragged, sometimes ugly defen
sive struggle, with both teams
shooting less than id. percent
from the field and less than 50
percent from the free-throw line
for th«f game
"We got good shots both off
our *one offense and off our
man offense, and they wouldn't
fall." Oregon head coach |odv
Kungu said "I have no explana
tion for why that is except for
that maybe we're just really turd
and we couldn't finish
"They just outhustled us."
USC head coach Cheryl Miller
said. "Wo i nine out very slug
gish in the first half, and we art
damn lucky to get out of here
with a ’W.‘ " she said.
Both teams started slowly,
and neither ever caught fire The
first half featured far more
turnovers (27j than field goals
(lt>) Oregon led for the first nine
minutes of the game, building as
much as a five-point lead in the
early going
The Ducks trailed 22-1' at
halftime Oregon's Sara Wilson
( arried the Due ks in the first
half, scoring 11 points and
pulling down five rebounds.
t'S( scored the first two has
kets of the second half and took
a 2717 lead, but Oregon fought
hack Guard Miss\ Groshaw
kno« ked down a couple ol shots
from the outside, and Oregon
continued to hold its own
rebounding and on defense
However, consistent offense
eluded both teams The Trojans,
who are allowing opponents to
shoot only lit percent from the
Held on the season, wen- both fast
and physical on defense USC
didn't shut down the Oregon
offense, but it didn't allow easy
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Oregon center Sara Wilson was tough Inside lor the Ducks, scoring 16
points and pulling down 13 rebounds, In a 47-45 loss to No. 10 USC .
shots or ( hoap baskets, either,
Oregon's matchup zone was
equally tough on the Trojans
Oregon tied the game at .15 - "if*
and at 38-38 but could not retake
the lead Zone defenses domi
nated. with neither team able to
hit shots or get its high-scoring
forward involved Oregon's Deb
bie Sporcich made three of 15
shots and finished with 11
[Miints USD's Lisa Leslie was four
of lfi and had !() points.
A Wilson jumper in the lane
finally (nit Oregon ahead 41 40
with 3 l .i left la-fore l'S( scored
seven unanswered points A
rebound basket by Sport u h with
six seconds left brought Oregon
within two, but the l)tn ks were
unable to foul before the ( lock
ran out.
Wilson led Oregon in scoring
with 16 points. Croshaw added
15. Wilson was the lending
rebounder for Oregon with 13.
I think we were disappointed
in the enthusiasm we bad for the
game." Croshaw said "We were
in the game, but we weren't play
ing ns well as we could."
"Jody is a fighter. She has this
team believing in themselves
They believe they can play with
everyone. Not only can they, but
they believe Once you put those
two together and put them on
their home i mirt. they can beat
anyone." Miller said
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