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 ! J
(irogon ads .mi oil to thf sim ond round
and a malt hup ssith thud sood (Colorado
\nothor ganif anothor hum h ol advoisi
ts
( olorado ss is rankoil fifth ill thf nation
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