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Ducks take care of business against OSU Kris Henry Oapse OWy Brrmmfd Oregon tool one of nine vital step* forward on Saturday in an effort to ac hieve the program's ultimate goal — a berth in the NCAA tournament Hie victory over Oregon State was just one in a long list of ar.c.omplishmcmt* the Oregon program has attained this sea son. from winning the Far West Classii; title to selling out Me Arthur Court But the Ducks' job is still not done. "It's another monkey off our backs," Ortfgon head coac h Jerry Green said of sweeping the Beavers for the first time sinc e the 1060-61 season. "We had so many monkeys on our hack when we got here that we've got ten rid of But the big monkey is still there, and that's the NCAA tournament." Oregon completed the season sweep of Oregon State on Satur day. leaving little doubt who rules the Willamette Valley with a 107-B6 spanking of the Beavers in front of Mac: Court's fifth straight sellout crowd. The victory improved the Ducks record to 14-5 overall and fi-4 in the Pac-tO while the Beavers fell to 6-13 overall and 3-7 in conference. Oregon was able to do nearlv anything it wanted in one of the least contested games in Civil War history "1 think if you look at the dominant program in the state right now." Oregon forward Jeff Potter said, "you have to look at the University of Oregon." The Duc ks wasted little time proving this fact as they jumped out to a 21-12 advantage in the opening nine minutes of the* half, using an opportunistic defense and nine of twelve shooting from the floor. Oregon pushed its lead up to 15 points on Kenya Wilkins’ fall-away jumper that ended scoring in the first half at 4H-33. Potter led Oregon at halftime with 13 points and five rebounds while Oregon forward Darryl Parker chipped in 10 points, three steals and suffocat ing defense on Oregon State star forward Brent Barry — holding Barry to only four points in the first half. Oregon guard Orlando Williams hit a 3-pointer to open the scoring in the aecond half, and the Ducks never looked back as they coasted for much of the half The Ducks displayed a bal anced attack seen only once before this season as Oregon had six players score in double fig ures and shot a season-high .625 from the Held against the hap less Heavers. Wilkins li(d all scorers with 18 points to go along with his seven assists. Oregon forward Henry Madden answered the call in a rare start for the sophomore and scored 16 points on seven of seven shooting from the floor. Rounding out the double-digit scoring group were Potter with 13. Parker with 12. Williams with 11 and Jamal Lawrence with 10. Damon Runyon, once again providing a spark off the bench for Oregon, barely missed the cut with nine points "We're going to try to use this and carry over to the Washing ton schools." Wilkins said about Oregon’s effort in opening the Mj ond-half of the 1’<u 10 sea son. Conference foes Washing ton and Washington State visit Mac Court on Thursday and Sat urday! respyctjyel)\ a*flY CWUV,t «ww Oregon's Damon Runyon misses an open dunk In Saturday's offensive onslaught at Mac Court The Ducks took care of their In state rivals 107-86 Big-time scorers held in check in 301st War Chris Mett Oregon Datty Em&ak} It's not that big of a sur prise that Saturday's Civil War blowout was such a high scoring affair After ail, three of the conference’s top four scoring leaders were on the McArthur Court floor Hut the production of Ore gon's Orlando Williams and Oregon State's Brent Harry and Mustafa Hoff were mere sidebars as the Ducks retied on one of the most balanced scoring attacks in recent memory, and the Beavers just couldn't seem to get anything going — especially in the first half. Combined, the big three scorers could only manage four points between them in the first half as the trio's t -of It shooting from the field minimized their impact in the opening half. Williams, whose hardduek rim shots left him scoreless in the first half, finished the game with It points but was only 1 of 5 from 3-point range But as important as Williams is to the Ducks, the Oregon offense is well equipped with plenty of other scorers who can chip In at any time. But for the Beavers, who usually rely on Hoff and Barry for roughly half of their offense each game, a flat out Tum to SCORERS Page 12A About the only aspects of the game in question were if walk on forward Jesse Coulter would grace the court and whether "Green Hoy," a painted student with apparently too much time on his hands, would get anoth er reprieve and he allowed to return to The Pit With three minutes to go in the game and chants of "Coul ter" ringing in his oars, Green finally gave in to the fans' demands. Coulter was immedi atuly fouled on Oregon's first possession and hit one of two front the charity stripe, eliminat ing any agony the crowd might endure in wondering whether the freshman from Portland would score. Duck Notes: Oregon's 7-foot freshman Michael Carson did not play on Saturday and is out for the season Carson aggravat ed the stress fracture in his right foot that delayed the start of his season, and he could have to mm BASKETBAli ! Oregon 107, Oregon St. 86 L_ ■ Next: Washington at Oagon, 7:05 p.m Thursday; Washington Stats at Oregon, 7.05 p.m Saturday, Feb 18 ■ Notable: The Ducks moved up to No. 18 on this week’s USA Today CNN poll. undergo mom surgery to allevi ate the problem . Oregon head coach Jerry Green sported u new bobble on Saturday in the form of a gold Nike swoosh pm. The coach said the new accessory had "a little something to do with paying my salary" . . . The Ducks hud six players in double figures on Saturday for only the second time this season , . 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