Duck women fall just short of upsetting USC By Scott Simonson Oopoe ttoiiy (inerakl 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 Learn How To Save A Life C.P.R. Workshop Get Certified NOW! $10 Fee Includes: • 4 Hour Class • Instruction Booklet • Red Cross C.P.R. 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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 103 GREEK HAPPENINGS (MEEKS IW.to.5 w« back (corn f all I M3 LAST CHANCE lo now balor» th# nagabwi go to the land M lAaty K»«npa M* t7f>0__ REMNOER! 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