Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, January 18, 1994, Page 12, Image 12

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    CIVIL WAR
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star team in Los Angeles during
high school.
"Stophonn made comments
about coming into the Pit. or
whatever they call it.' Parker
said "Me didn’t Irelieve we were
a better team or a proven team,
and we showed that we are
today
Spurred on by the aggressive
defense ol Parker, the t)u< ks
started the game on a roll,
compiling a 10-1 lead in the first
lour minutes, culminating with
a dunk bv Parker
Oregon controlled the entire
first half, keeping its lead in
double digits for the final 12 .! I
Oregon shot |Usl a > percent for
the half but let off 15 mom shots
and oulretxiundod the Beavers by
eight.
"I thought the first half was a
tremendous effort." Green said
"We only shot 4ri portent. but !
thought it was a good <>ffort
Thu Due ks appeared to bo
readv lotmise to \ iriorv until thu
final six minutes. whan Oregon
Stall' i.am*.1 alive and Oregon
willed trailing *>4 47. Oregon
State went on a it)-2 run.
ini hiding seven point* by Brown,
to get within f»h-57 with I 20 still
remaining on the dock.
h.ireom Anderson, who led the
Beavers with 2fi points, went (old
down the stretch, missing
I oiisoi utive thrwe pointers. before
hitting his fourth of the game to
get ( Jregull State ( lose it ',‘I)-C4
with t 02 left in the game.
Oregon put I hit game awav for
good when tenter Aaron Johnson
grabbed a rebound and found —
who else — Parker for a
breakaway dunk to seal the
victory
Oregon players expressed some
disappointment that they were
not able to blow the Heavers
away, hut Green said « win, no
matter how it's at lomplished,
is sweet
"We haven’t had that mans
wins sinn* I’ve lieen hen:*,’" Green
viiri, "So any win is good Pm pist
glati to have a chance to win
The Heavers were one of the
few teams ()n*gon will hat u a m/j*
advantage over all season, and tile
Ducks took advantage Nineteen
of Oregon's field gtuils caintt
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Ducks won ilit> abounding halt In
55*41
They re not the biggest team
in the world, and we needed to
utilize thatsaid Oregon forwarxl
Jeff Potter, w ho sc omd a c areer
high 21 points and grabbed eight
rebounds "We needed to take
advantage of as mam
opportunities as we have
Oregon forward Ifenrv Madden
added It rebounds and renter
Zac h Sellers had se\ en Twent y •
three of the’ Due ks' 55 retiounds
were on the offensive end
Parker began the game
averaging only 2.7 points and 2 t
rebounds this year hut put
together his best game since
transferring to Oregon from Mira
(osta junior college III Vista,
fjilif, liefore this season
It was my best game," Parker
said I play ed good defense*, and
that's what made my offense
come along. Pin fortunate to have
this opportunity I'm glad the
c n.ii lung staff had confidenc e in
me They gave me time, and 1
proved I c an play at this level."
Parker's play did not surprise
anyone who had seen him in
junior college or in practii ■«
"Darryl Parker played today the
wav that I fe It 11 klu> would from
lh«jjnt-)to.' Green said "It's taken
him a little hit of time to fit in
with us. and ! think he'll get
better ns time goes on "
The players agreed.
We needed that spark from
Darryl.” said guard Orlando
Williams, who added 10 points
Saturday "He's a tenai ions
ballplayer, and he isn't any
different in practice."
The win gave Oregon n 1-2
Pat ifit:-10 Conferem e record, a
far i.rv from a year ago when the
Dm ks suffered through I 1
i onferem e losses hefon* winning
.1 game As (Iregnn heads into this
weekend's home games against
Washington and Washington
State. Parker has the final word.
"This jump-starts us to the
whole Par-10 Conference
season." Parker said. "With this
win we go into the two games
with Washington schools and
hopefully carry on the same
things we did (Saturday).”
Runyon out for the year
Oregon junior forward
Damon Runyon tore the ante
rior cruciate ligament in his
left knee after practice Friday
and will be lost to the Ducks
for the remainder of the year.
"(Damon) hurt his knee on
a freak accident." Oregon head
coach jerry Green said. "He
was trying to dunk the boll
and came down wrong."
Runyon, a 6-foot-9 junior
forward from Fresno. Calif.,
was having his best year for
the Ducks, averaging 8.3
points and 3.6 rebounds in J1
games. Runyon was shooting
.627 percent from the floor,
ahead of Richard Lucas'
school-record pace, but he will
not have enough shots to qual
ify for the record.
Runyon had played well
lately for the Ducks, scoring
16 points against St. Mary's
and totaling 14 points in Ore
gon's first two Pacific-10 Con
ference games against UCUV
and USC.
"We will miss Damon."
Green said. "He hod really
played head and shoulders
above the other post players
in practice during the week.
He’s really upset and under
standably so because of how
hard he's been working."
Runyon is expected to
undergo surgery in about two
weeks, and Green said "it will
take a long time to rehabili
tate."
Murray, Leslie named
players of the week
WALNUT ( Rl-T.k. U.ilif (AIM
Lamond Murray of California
and 1 isa Leslie of Southern Lai
were named the Pacific Ill's
men's and women's basketball
players of the week Monday
It was tlie second straight
award for Murray, a tl-fout-7
junior forward who leads the
conference in scoring at J5..I
points a game
Murray scored Lt points,
im hiding a game-tying three
pointer with :i 5 seconds to go.
and grabbed 1 I rebounds in the
(.olden Hears 98'ld overtime
victory at Arizona last Thurs
day Ilf added 22 points and Id
rehounds in Cal s fid-60 loss at
Arizona State on Saturday
Leslie, a h-5 senior forward,
had ,;!) points and 20 rebounds
in USl.’s HI-70 victory over
Washington Thursday She
added 31 points and 17
rebounds and became the sec
ond woman in f’ai - to history to
score 2,000 career points, in a
101-70 victory over Washington
State Saturdav
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