Arizona letdown results in Husky upset
SEATTLE (AP) The Wash
ington Huskies aren't going to go
through the untin; Pncifit - to (imi
fenmt i* season without a victors
"I rcalls believe tins is a team
that never has thought of them
selves as losers." first-year c oai h
Hob Bender said, "despite our
record."
The Huskies, a team with more
determination than talent, got
their first t nnferent e sou ess Sat
urday In heating No. 12 Arizona
74-tit) Jason Tvrus stored a
t.aruer high 20 points and l> ftMil
10 Maurice Woods stored 20
points and gralilted 10 rebounds
Trying to avoid bet tuning the
first Washington team in lusto
ry to lose 20 games in a season,
the Huskies broke a nine game
losing streak and a 1 2 game I’at -
10 skit)
And they did il against the
defending Pat.-10 champions,
who think they're NCAA tour
mtment title contenders tins sea
son.
Arizona roach hole Olson
found it hard to lx* positive 1 lie
Wild* ats are trying to catt ft H 1
U( :i A in the l’ac-JO rm.ii
"Nim-, there's very little mar
gin of error left if we want to
defend Our conference champi
onship," Olson said "We've got
to go 9-0 in the second half and
that's a lug task."
After winning a tough Po< 10
game Thursday night at Wash
ington State, the Wildcats made
the mistake of looking past Wash
ington
Arizona's lnghh publicized
hackcourt of Damon Stoudamire
and Khalid Reeves ( mutinied for
!H points -11 for Stoudamire
and 1 for Reeves fill! il look
42 shots Stoudamire was 10-for
2 1. tin hiding 1 -of 10 three point
attempts, and Reeves was I- for
2 1. mi tuding 1 of ft three point
tries
1 lie \\ ildi ats went lathind to
2:t at halftime and tried to get
I sick into tin* game with full-court
pressure ill the second half It
didn't work Washington I mat the
pressure most of the game and
had only 11 turnovers
When Woods made a luvup 18
seconds into the second half.
Washington had <i i > point load
for tho first limit this season.
The Wildcats i 1 r-4. fv.i) admit
tod thits weren't ready for W ash
ington after an 8()-(>H triumph in
Pullman. It was their third loss
in Seattle ill four years
"It was a complain letdown."
Reggie Gears said 'Seattle is a
place w here you've got to get a
vii torv if you're going to win the
Pm -10 Now. that's almost impns
sible for us We jus! weren't ready
to play
Mow hig was the victory for
Washington’
Dander said it was his best
And in* had an NCAA tourna
ment team in 1990, Ins first of
four seasons at Illinois State
After the game. Mender tele
phoned com li Mike Krzy/.ewski
at Duke, where he played and
then worked as an assistant con h
for sis seasons.
"Did you hear otir score yet,
coach’’ he asked
Washington (t 15. 1-H) has
nine Pai tt) games left, five on
the rood hut Mender didn't want
to tall about the possibility of 20
Iosm s. only the Arizona win
It was just one w in but it was
a lug win that i ante at an impor
tant time,' Bender said. "A little
bit of adversity can sometimes
prepare you for a vie ton You get
a little hardened
Washington didn't get any
points from starting fonvard Sain
Allen, who was in fool trouble all
das. and starting guard Jamie
Booker was out with stomac h flu.
hut Tyrus and Woods pi< led up
the offensive slai.1 Woods scored
1H points in the second half
Tyros, starting in Booker's place,
got lti ill the first half
Bender deserves some kind of
medal (or Ins positive-thinking
approach tins season lie hasn't
let Ins players thinl negatively
despite the losses
"I'm so hapjn for our lids and
our staff." Bender said "They've
really hung in there tough This
team has showed what a real
competitor it is You don't need
to get a tropin to prove you're a
winner "
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Murray scored 14 points
while the (wilder) Bears built
n 25-9 lend
Oregon (6-12 overall. 2-7 in
the Pm -10) got into the game
and brought the crowd with
it, going on a 11 -3 run to dose
the first half and getting < lose
at 39-32 at halftime
The Ducks stayed in good
shape for the first few min
utes of the second half and
trailed |ust 43-3<) with 1 r>
minutes remaining in the
game Kidd responded with
the three three pointers, s< or
ing nine of Cal's next 14
points and feeding guard
Monte Bucklev on n break
away dunk for two more.
By the time Kidd. Murray
and Co. were done, (ail had
limit a 60-43 lead and can
celed any upset plans of the
Dm ks. California head i oat h
Todd Bozeman said he wasn't
surprised when Oregon made
its run. Instead, he just wait
ed for his team to respond.
make a run." Bozeman said.
"It's just a matter of time It's
whoever has the longest run
or the biggest run that wins
th«! game."
Green was disappointed in
his team's performance hut
said he sensed a problem
even before the game Green
said players had missed class
es and were late for other
team functions during the
week, which resulted in poor
concentration and prat tices
"We had our worst practice
of the week Friday." Green
said "The consistency is a
good showing of how we
prai ticed all week This week
was the first setback we've
had this year.”
Oregon point guard Kenya
Wilkins hacked up Green.
"We have to practice hard."
Wilkins said. ''This week we
didn’t progress and it showed
in the game."
About the only people
Green was satisfied with were
the fans.
"This is the kind of envi
ronment we'd like to play in,"
Green said. "This is the rea
son I came to Oregon I know
it can he done. This shows
people have pride in Oregon
basketball."
Wrestlers
knock off
Raiders
Thu Oregon wrestling team
won the first four matches and
dropped only two overall in
defeating Southern Oregon State
25-fi Saturday in Ashland.
Kevin Roberts continued his
great season, getting the Ducks
out to an early lead with a win
over Brandon Keosky. Chris
Jensen followed at 12b pounds,
gaining a 12-3 major decision
over the Raiders' Ty Sonnen
Pot lhrai and Cory Sonnen fol
lowed with wins for the Ducks at
134 and 142 pounds, respective
ly Oregon's Chris Anderson
ended the meet by gaining
revenge with a win over John
Paul Jones, who had beaten him
earlier in the season.
The Ducks. 7-4 overall, will be
back in Eugene this week to face
Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo Thurs
day night at McArthur Court.