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Green’s Ducks hit critical point
he )i“rrv Green era at Orv
gon tiegius its tirM crucial
stretch this weekend
when the Ducks travel north to
face Washington and Washing
ton State.
As the Ducks drag their 2-H
record anti eighth-place stand
ing in the Pacific-10 Conference
with them this weekend, they
are desperately in need of some
wins Oregon spent the first half
of the Pac-10 playing well
against some good teams, but
wen* only able to heat Washing
ton and Oregon State, the only
two teams with the same
amount of w ins as the Ducks
Oregon played well in stretch
es during the first half of the sea
son against good teams, but was
never able to put together a < (in
sistent 40 minutes The Dm ks
played well on the road against
national powers Arizona and
UCI.A. but went quiet for a
stretch of the first half and were
not able to overcome the deficit
Oregon also played competi
tively at l SC and Arizona State,
but was not able to get wins At
home. Oregon staved close to
Washington State and California
before getting burned by super
human efforts from Tony Harris
and Jason Kidd, respectively
The Ducks turned 1H0 degrees
against Stanford, falling behind
early before coming just short of
a coniebac k
The only tangible things the
Ducks gained from these games
were two wins and eight losses
l-'or a program that has i (un
billed for five wins over the last
two years victories are a much
needed i ommoditv Playing
competitively can only do so
much before .1 team must have
something to show for the com
petitiveness wins
It Oregon can't m rap at least
three or four wins out of the
final eight games, the 1‘t‘t t >)4
season will once again go down
as a failure Hus would be a
shame for a season tfiat started
I_C—--..A.—>■
Stkvk Mims
so bright with two wins in five
games However, the t orrent
five-game losing streak, has
made those memories distant
This week is crucial. because
it seems ttus Duck squad
becomes more and more frus
(rated as the losses pile up.
Internal and academic strifes
have begun to rip away at this
squad, .is the suspensions of
Hrion Smith and /.aeh Sellers in
retent weeks cost the Ducks
depth at point guard and
strength inside
Jon Mitt hell struggled to
move the hall when given the
chance against Stanford. Dalilor
nia and Oregon Stale, and while
Smith hasn't shown he can do
much better. I can't help hut
wonder if another option would
have helped the Ducks in those
losses Also, if the (>-<), - to lb.
Sellers was in the lineup last
Saturday, does OSIJ’s tv-foot-')
1>I2 lb. (erohn Brown grab Hi
rebounds?
The loss at OSW caused more
frustration, shown in the ges
turns two Oregon plovers aimed
at the Beaver fans This could lie
expected from Jeff Potter or
Orlando Williams. players
who ve had to sutler through the
numerous losses the past two
vears. hut so lai all tangible
signs of frustration have come
from first-year players
Another thing to stall thinking
about is the future of this pro
gram it the Din ks don't gel i
i oupfe of wins to boost their
confidence tins season, will it
hurt their confidence entering
into next year' Remember, tin*
WSU suspends point
auard for the weekend
IHM.I.M \\ Wash (AIM
Washington St.tic freshman point
t;uart! Domnimt Hibson has U*en
suspended fur two gomes lor t tit -
'met hisses root h Kelvin Samp
son said Wednesdov
! his is something 1 leel verv
strongly about ami something we
t an t allow to go on said Samp
son who suspended Kllison for
home games against (Jregon State
on Thursday and (iregon on Sat
urday
' There is .1 time in I host* voting
nun is lives when they have to
learn that at adeems is the if •
son whv they're here hven
though haskethall is important,
at .adorn it s lias got to become
more important to them
! he ti loot guard from Ingle
wood (aid has started Hoi lr>
. lines tins season, averaging 7 ‘I
jpomts and i u issists Washing
t m State is la H overall and vti
in the I’aufii -10(ionfertiiH.e
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Dm ks add only freshman Mike
(Parson and sophomore lamal
l.awrerun Hi the lineup current
ly intact Thus, any momentum
Oregon i an gain this war could
carry over into next year
Green desperately needs a
good season next year to keep
interest in the program. Ins a use
with eight scholarships avail
able in lo'i'i. the Dm ks will
once again he in the pro< ess of
ingraining most of the team into
a new system, a scenario that
rarely results in wins Sound
familiar'
With a road trip to the Bay
Area and visits to Mai Gourt
coming from UCl.A and Arc
/.ana. this weekend presents the
Dm ks with two ot their better
chant es to gam v it.lories I hurs
day s opponent, Washington, is
in last plat e in the conferent e.
and lieatahle, despite its current
hot streak, while Washington
State is beat up and will be
without suspended point guard
Dontninn Kiltson and possibly
injured forward Mark flentini k
son.
Last year when Green inherit
ed the program and its players,
wins were not expected and
thus the season was not consid
ered as much of a disappoint
rnent However, with a lively
i ast of six newcomers this year,
a little more hope was put on
the program, hope that was
fueled by a 2 I conference start
Oregon's challenge the rest of
the year is to renew that hope
with something more than ( lose
games The Ducks must start
putting to use some ol the
lessons they have learned from
the close games they \e (men in
and become the team that makes
a late run or hits the game - w in
ning shot Whatever it takes.
Oregon must begin to win
immediately
Nfrvr .Vfi/iis is thf S/xirts l\thu>r
of the Kmtmihi
dkm
Reviews
Coming Friday
in the Emerdld
Ducks, Huskies looking
for third conference win
By Dave Charbonneau
No. Nirvanti. Mudhonoy
iinil Soundgardon won't be
playing, but Oregon s game
tonight against Washington
could get |ust as gnmgy when
the two last-place teams in
the Pacific-U) Confereme
meet in Seattle
Oregon (2-8 in the I’m 10.
t>-1.1 overall) will lie trying to
end a five game losing streak
and a 28 game road losing
streak in the I’ai 10 I he
Ducks are coming olf their
toughest defeat of the season
Saturday in Corvallis when
they lost to Oregon Stale. 101
01 in double overtline
.Ml hough Washington's
record (2 0 1 10) is worse
than Oregon's the Huskies
hav e shown signs of 11le in
the past c otiple weeks
I v\ o weeks ago. Washing
ton broke a nine game losing
streak with a win over Ari
zona in Seattle, 74 tot I he
following week, the Huskies
gave l:( I A a si are, losing 70
70, and then defeated t !S( on
its home court >0 40 on Sat
urdav
Washington's pertormailc e
against CCI.A prompted Bril
in c oac h |im Ilarric k to give
the Huskies some praise
"Washington Inis learned
how to score, he said 1 hev
have renewed enthusiasm
and are ploying well now
They gave us all we wanted
and heat CSC that s a good
win They have three seniors,
and Bender's got them play
mg well right now
l-'irsl vear couch Boh Ben
dor said he is pleased with
Ins team s improvement
We've experienced a little
more suc c ess over the past
couple of Weeks. he said
Whi'ii you're having a sen
son like this on#, sometimes
your players have n tendency
to writii tlin st'iison off Hus
team hasn't done that They
t oniii to prin t h i* every day
and work hard to improve."
Oregon head coach Jerry
Green said he's equally
impressed with the |ob Hon
dor's done with his team
After all, Green went through
the same thing last year
"Washington is mm h
improved," Green said "Hob
Mender is doing a great |ob
1 'hey ve gotten their strategy
down as far as what they
want to do They are control
ling the tempo, taking good
shots and making you work
hard offensively to get a good
shot
I or the Dm ks, good shots
have lieen hard to i min' by. or
at least making shots has
been The Ducks hav e tailed
to shoot more than 10 pen ent
tor five straight games, and
their season pen outage is
barely above 40 pen ent
Orlando Williams scored
to points on Saturday iml is
currently sixth in the < onfnr
once in scoringWith a I 7.2
average forward let! Cotter Is
the only other Dm k averaging
m double figures, with I 1 2 a
game
I he Huskies are led by i en
ter M.uirii e Woods who is
averaging I 1 '> points a game
and five rebounds Guard
Amir Kashad is also averaging
lust more than 1 1 a game and
leads the team in rehounds
with 7. 1 a game
Oregon will fat i' Washing
ton State Saturday in Pull
man
I he Ducks' next home
game will he next Thursday
against Arizona State.
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