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Emerald Sports —
Men earn respect,
lose to ‘Cats 98-86
By Dave Charbonneau
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The Arizona fans didn't get
ilnnr free pizza, and tfn* Oregon
men’s basketball team didn't get
embarrassed
The Wildcats fell two points
short earning the Mi Kale ( enter
crowd a free pie, and the l)u< ks
foil just 1- points short of upset
ting tilth-ranked Arizona losing
98-Hfi Thursdnv in a game that
moved Oregon a few more
notches up the respect meter
"I'm as proud of the way this
team played tonight as any team
I've ever coached." Oregon head
coat h Jem C.reen said of his
team. "A few shots here and
there, and we would have had a
i ham e to make a game of it
The Pucks — who shot r>7
percent in the first half just
couldn't hit the shots when they
needed them most Arizona, on
the other hand, could.
Oregon trailed bv only seven
with 4 Hi left in the game, and
Orlando William* had two
straight < hom e* to cut the load
to four, but both three-point
attempts missed the mark
I he Dm ks then t ut the lead to
six with t to remaining, but Ari
zona guard hbalid Reeves
buried i three-pointer to make
the m ore Ht> " 7. and the W ild
c.its coasted the rest of the wav
for the win
Arizona led ifi-4" alter the
lirst half which saw both teams
shoot nearly 60 percent and
combine tor la three pointers
Williams hit all four of Ins three
point attempts and had 14 by
the end of the half Besides |eff
Potter's game-opening bu< ket.
the Dm ks never led but trailed
at one point -12 -11 before Ari
zona built the lead bm k up
Williams led the Dm ks with
lti. Aaron Johnson added I i
and 12 rebounds and Konva
V\ llkitis also had 1 a with nine
assist Damon Stoudamire led
Arizona with 27
Women s hoops wins
third game in a row
By Scott Simonson
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Cuard Missy Croshaw scored
23 points and tiod a si hool re
cord with six three-pointers to
lead Oregon to a 78-fif> victory
over Arizona on Thursduy nigiit
at McArthur Court
Center Sara Wilson scored -1
points and had a team-high nine
rebounds for the Ducks, who
improved their record to -t-2 in
the Pacific-It) Conference and
10-5 overall. Arizona fell to 3-3
and 9-5.
Oregon coach Jody Runge said
Oregon know it could plav bet
ter despite the winning effort
"We didn't have a good shoot
ing effort from the outside We
got the ball inside but wo
weren't going at the basket
aggressively We were playing
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