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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1994)
Women win sloppy Civil War By Scott Simonson Vtugon CX.pl)r The team that makes thi' fewest mistakes wins, but the mistakes came so often at Me Arthur Court oil Friday that it was hard to tell who was ahead The Oregon women s hasketfiall team beat Ore gon State 5a -Mi in a game lacking in aesthetic s fmt full of intunsctv Amid the mass of mistakes. Ore gon did manage to do a few things right, and those mode the different e m the game The team played solid defense tor almost evert one ot the game s 4(1 minutes It kept its poise under pressure, and its veterans provided leader ship Most importantl\. the Out ks saved their best basketball for the second half After making six of 24 shots and scoring 17 points in the first 20 min utes ()regon put together a solid se< ond halt while Oregon Stale foundered Oregon is 7 - A in the Par i fit;-10 ('.on fereme. good lor fourth plac e, and are 1.1-0 overall "I thought it would tie more of an offensw e game than a defensive gome." Oregon hood coach |odv Kongo said I thought wtt covered their outside shooters pretty well, and took core of their hig kids prottv well Imt they shut down our outside shooting altogether We kept pounding the hall inside and finally it started going in the basket Calling the game a "defensive game" mnv have been a polite way of saying the two teams took turns shooting badly enough to make the basket look like a thimble. Oregon State's 47 points was its lowest total of the year. Oregon It.is scored few er than .r)4 only once tins season. Oregon drew 3,H5!t fans for the game, the set ond-largest crowd ever for a regular-season women's basketball game at McArthur Court Defense dominated Iruni the onset with both teams applying intense hall-court pressure Alter three minutes the st nre was 1 •() (fregon Alter six minutes the Ducks led > l and it appeared that the only wav either team would real h 50 was to keep committing turnovers l he two teams combined for 1 a turnovers in the game s lirst five minutes Oregon started i|uieker. hul it was the Heavers who were in control in the closing minutes ol the first hall Alter lulling behind I t-9 w ith l> 97 left in the first half, (fregon State outsi ored the 1 fucks I -I •4 to finish the half Oregon State center Kristina betas found room to operate in Oregon's zone defense, accounting tor seven points in lour minutes The Ducks trailed 2t 11 at halftime The second half was o different store Oregon passes that even- mtssed or dropped in the 'irs! half started to prorim e easy baskets Tough shots start ed to fall. Trailing 2H-22 early in the second half, the Dm ks outscored the {leas ers I l-.l in the span of five minutes 1 ittmgh it was two Dm ks who were playing their last game against the Heavers that made tile difference Senior forward Debhie Sportich scored 15 points and had seven points in the second hall while senior i enter Sara W ilson had 10 points and seven relrounds F’ho pair scored Oregon's first 12 points of the halt and lt> of Oregon's first 1H "At all times through the game we thought that we were going to w in. Wilson said That's our attitude this Near when we go out on the court Spore n il pu ked up her fourth foul with 10 \\7 remaining to play, hut played the last eight mm utes uf tfie game and scored five points Mean while. Oregon State saw its two host players, lor ward Ionia Kostn and point guard flo/ana Vidic. foul out Oregon streti bed Ms lead to 4 I Hi on a Wilson jump shot with 7 H left Oregon State y\as shoot ing abysmally and appeared to he ready to fold when the Beavers got two baskets off steals in t s*>< onds to make the snore -1 I 40 The teams took turns making mistakes down the streti h. but ()n»gnn yyas able to get to the foul line while Oregon State continued to struggle from the field. Oregon st ored its last 11 points on free throws The l)iu ks made some mistakes in the dosing minutes, hut Oregon State shot only -!‘)0 in the second half and was not able to knock down enough open shots to i hallenge the Dm ks at the end. I think we did |ust atxnil every thing to lose that game Sport it h said We were missing a lot of shots (in the first half) They yvere good shuts but maybe yye yvere pumped up a little I think yye set tied doysn a little in tile set otnl half We played our game better than they did tonight Last time yye played, they look us com pletely out of our game. Ortgon guard Missy Croshayv said Oregon plays Washington .'hursdav at Mat Court The Huskies were ranked No 15 in last week's Assot cited I’rtiss poll After up jetting No 4 USC on Saturday, Washington y\as a half game ahead of Oregon in lint conference standings Mti ll»! 1 1II! . i , Oregon's Sara Wilson puts up a shot during th Ducks Civil War victo ry over OSU Friday Crook joins DAF staff Brady Crook has been appointed regional direi tor for the Uin.k Athletic Fund m southern Oregon and north urn (laliforma, athlete direi tor Rich Bruoks annoum ed Friday. Crook graduated from Washington State University in 1991 and later served as an assistant to the director of athlete development, han dling donor stewardship The Pullman, Wash native was a three-sport varsity uth lete in high school and went on as u scholarship baseball player for Washington State Women’s tennis picks up three wins at home By Sean Forsha I of to,, <. .Wnjofi /At, f /ntv.i ,/ 1 lut Oregon women's tennis teem displayed impressive form by going undefeated in its first liomostand of tlit* season tins weekend Tridav, tlin Ducks faced Port land and Portland Stain in a gru eling double-header The women were without their two top seeds senior k'lise Adams due to bronchitis, and junior Kara Yoshida due to foot infection; however, this seemed like only a minor setback lor the team as it pounded its toes 8-1 and *1-0, respectively Seniors Jackie DeKord and hrissy Barger stepped up two places each in their team rank ings and both played very well DeFord (iro|)(K)d only fivu games total lor tlio two matches while dominating both opponents Barger looked solid in her indi vidual matches, i oming Irom behind in ii long second set to defeat her Portland rival I'he doubles teams of Del’ord and Cynthia Armstrong. Sherry f'airgrieve und Barger and Anna y i 111k and Ann Tilmams made short work of their opponents in both mail.lies flic only Dut.k loss of tfii’ evening was suffered by Tilmams. who rebounded qun kly and played strong with Yillik in their doubles contest On Sunday.the Ducks faced a more formidable opponent in the form of Seattle I he day con sisted of long individual matt li es two ol them were decided by seven-point tie breaker a IVKord shined one e again taking her match in straight sots, and freshman Anna 'V'iIIik hatllcd Kit k from ii set down to win in a tie breaker. The contest was marred by r.iin, whi( li i aused matches to be moved from < ourt to court in scan li of a dry surfm e Seattle's Hum lira Mou|ahid suffered ii knee in)urv. which ultimately forced her to retire from her bout with Armstrong I lie women ended up winning S--4. hut coach loin (ireider said he wished the win did not have to (.nine because of Moujahid's injury We had people really step up today (ireider saidd "We luck dv played \sell enough to win ' (ireider said the absence of GlacierJBay Lodge SUMMER EMPLOYMENT Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska We will be visiting University of Oregon on FEBRUARY l^th Ottering summer employment lor qualified applicants. For Applications and information iee student employment HAPPY ff VALENTINE'S DAY “31 years of Quality Service" Mercedes • BMW • Volkswagen Audi • Datsun • Toyota -GERMAN AUTO SERVICE, INC. 2025 Franklin Blvd. Eugene, Oregon, 97402 Get results. Advertise in the ODE Ailmas mill Yoshida hurts tlm tunm ns a whulu hut Del-'ord and othurs helped fill tflu gap. (irei der also mentioned that the cir rus-like atmosphere of the dou Iduhuadiir on Kriday was tough, hut that it was good preparation for thr opt oiuing road trip to (California where they also will have to play two mail.lies in one day The Ducks leave Wednesday for ( California. where1 limy face a ililtic till lour (lav. fivematch si liednle Tim woiimn will lake on nalionally ranked California on Imh 17, Nevada on Teh 18 in Santa (Horn, and St Mary’s on I eh lu Oregon has two match es scheduled I i'h 20 l imy will square off against Sail Jose Slate in llm morning and travel to play Santo Clara at 2 p in. RAVEL Puerto Vallarta MEXICO $463* R I air from Portland 5 nights hotel Transfers & taxes •Pnte Subject to availability Call Sara or Sanni 343 6818 388 W 6th Ave. Eugene, OR 97401 342-2912
