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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1995)
The Road Starts Here Oregon tests its No. 17 ranking against Washington State Kris Henry The 17th-ranked man s (rnsketball team can add to its must successful start in 20 years when it takes on Washington State tonight at 7 in Pullman _ The thinks have won eight straight games the most sin< e 1075 7fi when they won nine in a row — and face a gritty Cougar team that upset Arizona and Arizona State in their previous home contests O r e g o n, 111 overall and 3 0 in conference, is in a position to remain atop the P a c i f i c • 1 0 Conference with a victory, and con trols its own des tins .is the team climbs the top 25 national rankings " There's two things we've tried to do since we've lieen here," Oregon head coin h Jem C.reen said "One is to try to get lictter every day and I do think we re (letter “And No. 2 is to try to gain some respei t 1 do think we've gained respec I internally from our players, and they have a lot more confidence than they did liefore I think we're also gaining respect externally from the people who follow our basketball team Respect is something the Cougars (ti-5, 2-2) gained early when they dismantled two nationally ranked programs in their first two games of the league season. Washington State has had to settle for the middle of the Pnc-10, though, after losing to UCLA and tJSC on the road last week Hut the Cougars w ill be looking to close the i onferem e gap with a win over Oregon. Oregon split meetings a year ago with the Cougars, winning at Pullman, OH 87, but losing a hearthreaker OREGON BASKETBALL Oregon at WSU, tonight, 7 p.m. ■ Next: Oregon at Washington, Saturday. 7 p.m. ■ Notable: The Ducks have won eight straight games on their way to a 11 -1 record and a No. 17 ranking in this week's Associated Press poll Turn to BASKETBALL, Page 8 uAfti m.i Providing he stays out ol toul trouble, Jett Potter and his aggressive rebounding could help the Ducks leave Pullman with a victory over Washington State Ducks put to the test against visiting Cougars HOBT! TCSMEOKJCfni »! Recent strong defense could help the surging women's basketball team beat Washington State tonight at 7:30 p m. at McArthur Court. Mark McTyre CAHOOT! i Uu-> f "wr&i t The Oregon women's basket ball team is on a roll, having won four of its last five games. At stake tonight against the visiting Washington State Cougars is a second-place ranking in the Pacific-10 < ion Terence The Ducks (') il, 2-1) will attempt to extend their three game home-court winning streak against the Cougars {9-41. w ho are [leaking as they visit Oregon The Cougars snapped a three game losing streak in a big way as they took a pair from UCLA (B5-8Q) and nationally ranked USC (61-60) last weekend at home. The main reason for the Cougars' resurgence has come from their proficiency on the offensive end of the court The Pac-10's second-best scoring con tingent (79.0 avg ) has benefited from four regulars shooting (let ter than 50 percent from the field and a trio of double-digit scorers Heading the pack of Cougars has been guard/forwnrd Jenni Ruffs 13 8 (>oints and 4 5 assists per game, with hirticn Kilts adding t t ft points and a team high ft i rehounds per contest !'m not sure our kids knew what W ishington State was i apt hie of until they beat USC. but they do now,” Oregon head coach Jody Ktmge said. The Dut.ks will rtdv on a strong defense to stop the Cougars Defense has been tin key to f )regon’s suet ess, with the team leading the conference in field-goal percentage defense (3H ft percent) and ranking fourth in st oring defense (ft!) 0 average). Along with a strong defensive game plan, the Ducks also will txi looking for the same produc tivity they has been ret eiving from their offense Ariantu* Hover, Sally Crowe and Renat! Fegent have remained as the consistent storing trio for the Ducks The three have com bined to average 47 ft points a game in conference play. Boyer and Crowe have already been compared to the elite in Oregon history Few Oregon standouts have possessed the T cm !u TEST, ; Jaiiuatv 19, 1995 Volume <>ft. Issue so MEN S HOOPS Scoring 0 PTS Smorgg *m is m Huff , OSM_1? ?48 Baffy Q$U_1? f OtWwt, get* to tge_ William*. ORt 12 220 Cn»s STAN 13 Iffl 13 !« AVO _?W 198 198 18.3 18? 18 l !/ t UiB 16 i Assists 0 AST AVO 66 Cimwi. asu Wilkins, ORE Krs/t! ST AH Gat Ur xn CM _ M n ’»_ Haff'ii’Qfi WAt>l Haffvj USC 15 12 1? I? 14 10 3g 69 . *5 61 tlj 45 14 58 o ; 5 8 JlL 6 6 .JLL 45 4 0 PAC-10 SLATE Thun Me. 19 _. uCtAft*wotw _use a «wi 9__ _Siannua 9 C.i_ * 0 A r.' ' Oregon Si a iv Sat Jan ?1 USC <1 Ai i/qrva UCl* < A»--/on> Si _ _ Oregon 9 >v ■>«,.* >- jw_ iDrepoo Sl 0 t'i,jv - gton Si QUOTE OF THE DAY JJ The toughest ir«ng to do sn the Pac 10 is to yen on the road on Saturday after los ing Thursday — Bill Frteder Amona State head coach rr
