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 , .
Every Oregon player who saw
playing time on Saturday scored
except Aaron Johnson, who had
six rebounds with no shot
attempts in six minutes of ploy
, Oregon's !07 points against
Oregon State was the most
points ever scored by the Ducks
in a conference game . . The
107 points was also the most
scored against anybody. The
most points the Ducks have
scored in a game came in the
1974-75 season when Oregon
overwhelmed Villanova, UR-77.
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