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Noon-9pm Consistency: Pegent and basketball are much better than chalk and cheese ■ Continued from Page 7 Slimjn* ol Kugarte and tha Urn v»miy wh»n her Australian touring team, the Canberra Cant* lot*. faced the Doth* in an esni bitian match in 1000 When her career with the Capitol* ended, *he left Australia with “only a backpack and a one way plane ticket * intending |u*» to travel and me the United State* In her travels. Regent met a friend of Oregon head coach Mv Rungs who persuaded her to talk to University official* and think about playing basketball •gain fagent joined the teem last season as a junior and the rest is history F agent ha* paid dividends for the women's program with mom than fuel her on-court play. She has worked a* a recruiter for the Ducks, getting players tike last year's scoring leader. Sally (hies, lo commit to Oregon -Id known her I Crown! for years." she said "So I exiled her and told her to corn* over and play She was fust a girl that I'd played with (or veers and when th*v a*kiHl m* if t knew elte who could com* over and plav the wi« the hrtt on# I though! of* Fegent alto played • tubtian tie! roi* in attracting freahman guard Ijm Bowyer boot the Aut traltan ionim#tii to play for th* thick* Fagan! contacted Bowyer through a mutual friend and jgo* haw to commit to Oregon "It * nica to hav* another Au* traltan over bare, tomeone who can undcretand everything you My." th* said. ’Everyone laugh* all th* tim* at what wa **v to li t niat to gat togvth*r and laugh at what tha American* tay." Adjusting to tha different vail anon* of tha Englith language t* on* of tha htggatt hurdle* for Auwraliant living in th* United State* Fagan 1 and Bowyer act Ilka interpreter* for each other, with Fegent translating Ameri can taytngt and phraae* hnuuw tha ha* Iren in (he U S. longer For example. Fegent recalled a story of when tha and Bowyer were talking about the differ #OCW between I WO Oregon opponent* "We Mid tlutt they were like chalk and cheese." Fagent Mid "That i* our way of Mytng that something it as different as night and day At training table, everyone on the team (bought that was really funny " “If* hie saying you'ra com paring apples and orange*.* •van more because we My apples and bananas.' Soma times we |ust get fed up and My. 'Those damn Americans!” Any way you slka it. playing basketball in the United States is like chalk and cheese for Fegenl The biggest difference, she says, is that In Australia, she played against older women and in the United States, her competition is college-age opponents. "The basics are (here, and if you have the basics, you can play anywhere," Fegent Mid. "It's like the way we've been winning lately, if you work hard with good fundamentals, you win bat (games." Women: Defense has been key for Ducks ■ Continued from Pag# 7 was a big accomplishment. «•%}>« tally I si reel An ton# had hasten Oregon Male on the Wednesday befure they (it#mi u* That had them fired up and feeling realty confidant about themselves I think <1 an a big win" Tire Bruin* promt** to test the OuckT tonfi d«m». however, as UCLA boast* four starter* that #4 »»r»ge in double-dibits in scoring Iwd by guard Nlckey Hilbert s 1H points-(rer gam* average the Bruin* are « 7 overall and «• 3 in lb# P*C-L0. (renter kisa Hughe* average* 12 9 point* per gam#, white forward /.rink* kristu h average* 12 4 point* and guard Knka (ionrer aver age* 113 point* UCLA t* on a streak of it* own as the Bruin* have won three of their 1*0 four games, dropping only to intrastate rival USC "They are a much improved team from the team ttrey put on tire flow last year," Bunge *atd “Play er* that played for them last year have improved their individual game*," Tire Bruin* score a lot of point* in and just oui sole of the pain! The team average* 37 9 rebounds per game, and Bunge kwU that lire Duc k* defense, which ha* treen a key in several games, will have to Mop the Bruins from getting intide “They key is (hat we have got to keep them away front the basket on penetration." Rung» said. "That is where they are getting a lot of their points, dri ving to the flasket and on offensive rebounds If we tan fust give them one shot every time down and keep them lwav from the basket on the drive. 1 think — with the exception of Gomez at the point guard position — they are not shooting the ball that well unless they put the ball on the floor first ” Laid by senior < enter Rente Fegent and junior forward Arianne Boyer, the Ducks have clamped down their defense on opponents as of late. Au-ording to Kunge. that has made up for a dip in the offense and kept the Ducks in several close twllgame* “It ha* been our strength We have probably leaned on it more than we ever have in the past because our offense has been struggling." 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