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Emerald MONDAY January 8. 1996 Hi Oregon begins Pac-10 season with uolv Civil War win ■ MEN S BASKETBALL ' Ducks were forced to play the Beavers’ style m order pull off the wm By Andrea DeYoung Kight day* after clobbering Oregon State 7S-50 in the con solation game of the Ear Wen! Classic. the Duck* heat the Heaver* on Sunday, but thi* time not a* easily The Civil War contest signi fied the first Pacific-10 (kmfwr ence game of the season for the two learns The Ducks came in with an overall record of 7-4 but had problems beating the 2-7 Beavers, Much to the chagrin of most of the 7,fifi5 fans in Mr Arthur Court, the Heavers stayed in control for the fin! teven mm utm of the gam* m they Jumped lo a 14 8 lead with three three C»tnt 'hot* and a couple of tmy i*ket* underneath Hot the Duck* took over tor the ne*t It minutes. holding Oregon State scoreless a* they scored It •freight point* to lake the lead 3? 14 The Beaver* were able to come back trt the l**t two minute* of the half and »c«ire *even straight point* of thetr own to narrow the Duck*' lead to tour (mint* Junior guard Jamal lawful* c however, wu not worried about the Beaver* coming *o clo*e Indore halftime “I wa*n‘t too i wu nrned ‘ Lawrence said “I ju*t knew that the momentum had switched Im* k to then side and that in the second half, w# would come out and play better * The ««* uiid half did not Mart mKHXXhty Both Seam* eonnlt led a foul before uoring a tin gle ba*ket Bus she Ducks and Beaver* evenluatly got down So thooting tlie ball and went ha* k and forth a* netiher loam wat able So put) ahead Oregon'* large*! lead of she half tame with five and a half minute* to go when the Dudttl went up by 12 pcnnt* Although Oregon State OMlttnued to wore with a combination of layup and lump «hoi* the Out L countered with I? [mint* from the ftv«>'throw line. Including eight in a row. to finith of! the Beaver* ro-JW Oregon waa led by lutuor guard Kenya Wilkin* with lit point* Junior forward Kyle Turn l MEN'S frOAll, P>,» ?QA MWff WWTM R ff, ■ ..T^T Physical play between th* Duck* and Beaver* lad lo ittml technical fowls, including a flrsf hart call agafns! junk* forward Kyle Milting ****** ft* f**MUmmwd Th# Ducks fumbl#d in# ball thr## Um#s and UINkJ flv# total turnovers on th# day let thair 35*0 Cotton Bowl Classic loss to Colorado on Jan. 1. Colorado defense stops Oregon cold ■ FOOTBALL: '* ** Di. kn ow- •• * uxj rr -.yr, turnovers !o pull ou! a vciory By Trovof Kearney 'The fMegpme hype surrounding ii»> i««» t ntlim Bowl Cla* *n pilled I begun * ietng Green defense against Colurndnt Ihiim Khu alltmw 1 he bull after the game, htmvvw, mow »m«d the other half of the )*ame Colorado t ame into the game averaging 4H6 ft yard* |wr game and Oregon ImmisImI the 12th ranked defense in the nation, bui ti we Colorado * ibbmtive efforts ami Onwin't offensive self dust run um lhat taught th*> spotlight in Del tas While die Collun Howl malt hup tea* no! what the media built it up to lie. Onyon head »<>a*h Mike Bellutti prwiit t ed that the struggle hetwenn the Oregon offense and the tail outdo defe»><»< would las important Ami it »n* Colorado'* defense it alto very good, and I think over kwked IMIotti Mid two days Indore the game I think probably, this will Iw the unsung part of the game, in the •en.se of how oof offense does against I heir defense It is half of the game Maybe, if one of those tides steps up and plays groat foodedl, it will U> a lugger impat t on the game than the tts{Hw ted matthup between our defense and their offense " lietlcgti we* right It w »-> when < begun s offense .md (olorado's detente wore on tlie field that the leg play* mine, and those Ing plays killed the i to* Is The Buffaloes kept the Diu ks offense off ImiI.iiu *> Turn to FOOTBALL, f\i I Five years and three bowl games later, 12 men leave Oregon ■ SENIORS: An impressive group of players leave their uniforms behind to be filled by others By Mark Me Tyre Auiattm Sport! ( Mat The Ducks '18-6 loss lo Colorado on Jan l at the Collon Bowl Classic marked the ••nd of an «ra for the Oregon football pro gram as 12 players walked off the held for the final time. Kach of the wmon ams to Oregon a* a freshman hoping to impress the iLoaches - as most newcomers do — and even ■ player on the game squad Sortie took longer than others, but each of the do/en earned their positron. While making the game squad was important to each player, the newcomers Sut that goal aside and made a pact for a tgher achievement — a top bow l appear •not. "A.* freshmen we talked atiou! how viitm of us could have gune ahead and played our first year." Cbegun Units* k R«lv VV hu tie said after the Cotton fk>wl lo*». “but instead we wanted (the enthusiasm! to eat inside of u* To tome from a high school where you're the star, you have to he pul in your place We basically sat down and said. We ll use this whole year to get ready.'" During their year of preparation tn ttWl. the Ducks l) in shod the season with a 3*fl rec ord, losing their final sis games With that in tntnd. the freshman class had nowhere to take Oregon but up The nest year brought dramatic changes to the fallen football program. Whittle exploded into the Oregon spot light as a red shirt freshman, tarrying the ball 133 times for 6'M yards. Defensive ly. i urtierW k Ales Mohleit posted career numbers as a rwdshtrl with four intercep tions and three tackles for losses llieir play along with other* Minted the l>ut k * • ft-5 record — good enough fuf an invitation to the t'Wj tndependera» Ikml Although Oregon tori the bowl game 3ft 35 to Wake Kuresl. the newcomer* that saw a* tson hie ante seasoned veterwm, for the following season In IftftJ mom ol the U man clan saw action <— Jeremy Asher, Troy Hatley, Kugene fas: It ton, Dante lewi*. OUiJn McUmnu*. Knit Huhl ami Isa* Walker •— In a season that started i|ultkl> with three i onseculive wins, but ended wtlh a dis appointing loss to Oregon Stale at AutJten Stadium Using the previous season to rebut Id. nobody knew what the Ducks would he capable ol Itt lftt*t Some predicted a Ruse Bowl berth while others predu ted anoth er 3 d season At the beginning, ii seemed as though tile latter predictions would prevail as tlte Ducks sinrt.nl 1-2 with losses to Utah and Hawaii However, as the season moved along. Oregon lound wav* l<> win When the win* tiegan to pile op, am) the Ducks began to break into the national spotlight, tin* birth of Gang Green took (>I,m «> with ilefunsive stand* against nation* ally-ranked Soul horn California. Arizona and Washington Onto the Oock* had defeated the Huskies It Ik* arms obvious that Oregon would not tie denied of a trip to Pasadena After a disappointing ,1H ill Una to Pmn State at the Row Bowl. the Duck* and the 1 - senior* knew now tliat they hot) been to a New Year * Day bowt game and lout, they had to return and win ■Anything short of a New Year * Day bow! would he a disappointment." Hatlev said prior to the beginning of thi* season. When the Docks finished their 11-game m lied tile with a 9-2 record and received an invitation to the (lotton Howl Classic, they had completed part one of their two Turn to SENIORS, I*.
