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Oregon Daily Emerald Sports Women get past first round; fall to Colorado By Scott Simonson For tht- Oregon women's basketball team, the month ot Man h w as a lesson in one of sport 's most time honored, time w orn themes Adversity, and 1 low to llan die It Near disaster followed minor i alamo tv. which had followed disappointment and misfortune Through it all the Dm ks fared well, if not surprisingly well Ore gon won an N't \.\ tournament game lor only the second time in the school s his torv before the Dui ks season ended with a 92-71 loss to Colorado on Mari h 1 o Nothing m Man It had (n*en easy for ()re gon I'he month opened with Oregon s Is-st reserve, freshman forward Arianne Hover, hnsikmg a lame in her left hand Boy er was thought to he aide to play sparingly if at all. in the team's remaining games Oregon finished short of its goals ol a Par-10 championship and a 20-win reg ular season But after a season where ()re gon had found wins more attainable than respect or notoriety, the limbs finally received some attention Oregon got a home game, against San ta Clara, for its first game in the NCAA tournament. Head Coach Jody Kunge was named I’acifu -10 Conference Coach of the Year Senior forward Debbie Spun ich was named All Pnc-10 first team Not all the news about Spun ich yyas good.news Oregon's best player sprained her knee in the final week of the regular season Kunge anticipated having Sporci ch start against Santa Clara before an MKI the day before the game showed that the sprain was in fa< t a torn anterior t run ate ligament Sport i(.h was pronomu i*tl finished for the season Oregon hail overwhelmed undersized opponents all *si«>n, hut with out Sporch h it had no chant e of doing so against a small Santa (Mara team It mat have been fitting that the Broil i o's smallest plater did the most damage against the Dm ks in the first half Santa (Hara s offense moved the hall.patiently against Oregon's matt hup zone, finding gaps and exploiting them with a mix of medium range lumpers and three point shots Nobody did tins lietter than (inlette ( In amparino, a S foot a im h long range spe i ialist who i jiniu off tile hem li and made lour (if si x three point attempts Mv tub's not really to si reen or any thing II I'm left open. I'll shoot she said dte: the game Ohiampartno lied her i ireer high, I I points, hy the time the first half ended Oregon trailed iH lt> at halftime Ore gon had I (liintered Santa (Mara's outside shooting with its inside game < enter Sara Wilson yvas a force in the low [lost, si or mg 1 1 in the first half Wilson gut help from an unlikely souri e Hover. Despite lining fitted with a cast that looked like a i truss N't ween a hi ixing glm e and an oven mitt, the treshman started the game and si ored eight points in the halt She missed only one shot in the game, made all four of her free throws and fin ished with 12 points and four rebounds in minutes Things i hanged quickly in the second halt (hegon's defense started denying the easy shots that the Dm ks allowed in the first half The Hrom os started lo get imp a ‘When you have 7,600 fans out there rooting for you, the adrenaline is so intense that there’s never a down point.’ Jessica Schutt. egon'forward tient Mistakes hegtin to follow After six minutes. Santa l lata hadn I si ored md Oregon led f» ^ .18 I he Dm e got i hi,; assist limn a \ix it erous home • rowd 1'he attendant e for the game vxas ' tail the largest t rowd ev er for an ()regon vv omen s home game The fans were noisy, animated anil unafraid to give the referees or the Santa Clara players an earful Santa Clara found a way to silent e the i rowd It i neutered i Iregon \ in () run with a full a utirt press and a 1 Ml run of its ovv n With a little less than III minutes remain mg. Oregon led O a 1 Wilson and guard M:ssv Cmshaw led t Iregon s attai k III the se< olid half As for Santa (dare it w as scoring w ithout Chi a in par i no, w ho found herself harassed l>\ the (Iregon defense Santa Clara's leading si orer in the first half look seven shots ill the sei ond half and missed them all She wasn't the only player missing in the final It) minutes livery shot was i untested, and neither team could make one (Iregon found a solution It went to the In f throw lint' ()rogon s* ortul 14 (minis in .1 mu .it tin- foul lino down the sin'll h Mo.mu hi It- it wasn’t gis mg tin* Brotu os i < h.tni i' to do tiio sumo Santa ( llara kopt shooting .uni kopt missing rhti limn i os shot only JO pen cut from tin* Rudd in tin' sim oiui half \ dm nu; lav up In (In-gon s lossii a Si hu.lt |ust insulii tin' two 1111111111' mark math' tin' si on' nit vi (Irogou and seah'd tin' u in I In- Dm ks i I'li-hr.iti'il loin; and uibilantlv on tIn* lloor.»ftr I In- win. thnn sail' i ri'dit to thi'ir fans and to tIn*ir ill'lt'llsr tor till' u III When vim have ’ tiOt) fans out I boro ri»otm>; tor ion. tlii' adninalini' is so inti'iisii tli.it thorns iii'vit a down point I think that’s what kt-(it ini' in tin- mil' I think that's wh.it kopt tin' wholi’ 11 * a 111 in tin1 garni'. Si hull said I hoy (Santa (Mara) shot just hiistoring in thf lirst half I told tlu'iii (t hogon) at ha I It mu' i on art' going to havi' to < out ml your own dnsfini It you don't got out on tiioiii. thoi if going to ki'fji shooting likf dial. Kongo said i thought Uf did a good job ot gottmg out to thmr shootors finally and i louring SOIIII' OI tfif hoards and just gis mg I hunt OIU! shot Wilson finisliHil ss ith .! I points and 1 < rohouiids to load I bo I )m ks ( roshass and Hoyor oai h finishod w ith ! 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