Oregon's Jeff
Potter prepares
to take It up
against Stan
ford's Darren
Allaway In Sat
urday's physi
cal battle
between the
two conference
rivals that are
considered to
be on the bub
ble'' In terms of
gaining a berth
Into the NCAA
tournament.
Mac Court rocks
as Oregon rolls
toward NCAA bid
Kris Henry
It rained nil day Saturday hut no amount of watt
i ould have put out the fir.- in-ad- Mi Arthur ( onrt .1
Oregon Ihuiupwl iOth-ranked Stanford, H‘i HO
Ihe ISt was eiet tru .1-. > iv;fit seniors paid thei
fare Well tribute !.. the Mu ( .uirt far. , t,v u dku
OREGON BASKETBALL
hits the road to l
Angelos to take on USC
Thursday and No. 1 UCLA
on Saturday.
■ Notable ' Shi *
inched back into the USA
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j week with then .weep
Over the Day Area
j schools.
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allowed it In main
tain Mill' jlllSSeVSUm
of fourth plain in
the demanding
Pal ilti it) imtliir
out f. Hilts a one
game lead over
fifth-plain Wash
ington Stain ami
only a half game
behind third-place
Arizona State
At 1M*7 overall
and 10-8 in league
play, tfie Din ks are
kntx king at the
N i A A tunriiii
ment's door One
win in l.m Angeles
on Oregon s iiiial regularseason matt trip should
topple that dour. punthiip' the Ducks first tii ket to
the Hig Dbin « !>>f tlic first tune in M sears
Senior guard Orlando Williams pumped in a
game-high 25 points while sophomore sensation
Kenya Wilkins came dose to a triple -double fur the
set und straight game Wilkins finished the game
with a team-high nine rebounds and eight assists to
go along with -’1 (mints seven mining from the» bar
lt\ stripe to secure a vie torv in the final minutes
Greonlmll was m rare form against Stanford ns
lO.OHfi M is Court faithful buzzed with e\i iternent.
those attending sellout No 7 in lhe Pit got a
glimpse of what tain happen when a team rallies
around one another Oregon player, wen* taking
charges, sotting solid pit ks, helping teammates on
defense and slapping high-fivi *. m one of the best
team efforts this season.
fum ! DUCKS, i i | 10
Stanford women
blowout Oregon,
clinch Pac-10 title
STANFORD. Calif- (AP) — Tara VanDerveer has her
ideas about how the postseason might take shape now that
her Stanford team has won another I’at -10 title But she's
tfbt willing to bet a nh ke! on her vision coming true.
"I would have to think that we might be seeded in the
West, since we’re the Pac-10 champions, but nothing is
ever a lot k with the NCAA 1 need to see it in writing."
VanDerveer said following her team's 97-55 blowout over
Oregon Saturday.
Anita Kaplan si orud 24 points and hit 11 of 14 from (he
field as No. 5 Stanford clinched its sixth conferenr '• title
in seven years Stanford had won five straight titles tiefore
finishing second last year to USC.
“These last few (conference) games are important to us.
bei ause our pride is on the Inn- and liecause I need tu see
how some of our other players will step up w hen needed."
VanDerveer siiid.
"We're also fighting for seeding I want it |a high seed in
the first round March lt>. possibly before a partisan crowd
at Stanford), but l‘m not going to worry about it."
The Cardinal (24-2, 15-1 Pac-10) dominated both ends
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Seniors finish up strong in
physical battle at The Pit
Chris Metz
Oregon Dtvb Em&MJ
The eight seniors who make up
the 1994 1995 Oregon Du« k-»
couldn't have scripted their last
game any better.
Going into the game that wa ■
considered a must-win if the
Ducks had any ideas of an NCAA
tournament berth, the eight outgo
ing Ducks spearheaded a big-time
victory that was not only their I i t
at Mi Arthur Court, hut their most
important.
"it was probably our biggest
game of the season." a battle-tested
Jordy Lyden said after tite game.
'Having such an important game
as our last was great.”
As special as the game was for
seniors l.yden, Orlando Williams.
Jeff Potter. Zach Sellers. Damon
Runyon, Jon Mitchell. Aaron |ohn
soil ami Darryl Parker, it wtts morn
importantly a crucial step to secur
ing their shot at the NCAA Unirua
merit — an invitation thut has
eluded the Ducks for more than
three decades.
The win over the Cardinal
didn't come easy. A Stanford team
that most certainly wasn't pre
pared for a sweep at the hands of
the Oregon schools ( ainu out ready
to do battle with the Ducks. The
two loams hooked up for one of
the mure physical contests of the
year.
“They came out ready to war,"
Oregon head coach Jerry Croon
said, “and we dir! too.
"Stanford knew that, with their
toss to Oregon State, this was
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Duck Notes
Women golfers place fifth
Oregon s women s golf team
,i fatal-round 301 so
pt.K <> fifth in the Stanford
in'isfco-ingiate Golf Tourna
’ 1' ’i! on 5 r iflde y
Shannon Mare shot a 75 for
the third day m a row for the
Ducks to finish sn a ho for
ninth place with San Jose
State's VSbeko Stonsrud at
72b
Top-ranked Anyone State
vtas nme strokes better than
San Jose State to grab the
team title
Oregon hosts Invitational
Sixteen teams make up this
year's f>4 hole Oregon Duck
Invilat'iK’iii that begins today
at the Eugene Country Club
T be two-day tournament
concludes Tuesday with 18
hikes at Emerald Valley in
Cresweii
U S Amateur champion
Tiger Woods makes his
Eugene debut as the fresh
man phenom leads his sec
ond-ranked Stanford squad
nto the Willamette Valley
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