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Emerald 1 FRIDAY February 2,1996 --V' rik .*• BASKETBALL EXTRA SCOREBOARD wnainEiMu % « mm Omgon 38 40 UCLA 38 48 mwrt MttfiMu t t Omgon 30 45 UCLA 21 27 £?2 S3 THURSDAY S STAR Arimme Boyer led the Ihtt Ai with IS points, including it* of term free throws, ami added tesen rebounds HIGH SCORERS Boy#/ (UO) 18 Gome* (UCLA) 16 (UO) 11 Edamura (UO) 11 Hughs* (UCLA) 11 F*g*w (UO) 10 STATS h*u» mm. nmtmm Oregon 46 UCLA 3t mi TNMW FVMCtKTttt Oregon 75 UCLA 40 UP NEXT Orrgi«i lain tt* use Ducks get needed shot of medicine II wa* « tale of two com ■ pleteiy illffort'llt women'» basketball team* going in complete ly different direction* at McArthur Court Thursday night. On one bench, you had the Oregon Duck*, a team mat own« into the season looking for it* third straight NCAA tournament berth but aune into Thursday Koracy nigni* game in need of a shot of winning medicine. just look tng to hit the 500 mark in Pacific-10 Coafwwxa play in order to erase the memo rise of a horrendous 0-4 con ference start On the other bench you had the UCLA Bruins, a team that had won three of its first five Pat 10 games and was looking to leave the state of Oregon with two more league victories and one of the beat records in the Pac - tO outside of Stanford “I think we had a good start in conference, hut w« «s peeled that,’ UCLA head attach Lathy Ofivier said "We wanted to come in here and we wanted to win (wo ’ But after a 7S-4I Oregon rout, it was the Ducks who got their wish and raised to the .500 mark in Pac-10 play, and it was the Bruins who drooped to 500 in league play and had )u*t noicaeo proueoiy tnetr worst offensive «nd defensive per formance of the yeaur. In {act, the Bruins pity«d down right horrible the whole game At halftime. UCLA hud coughed the bell up IS time* and was down by nine point*. And that w<i» their good hail, no teas While Oregon played right along with the Bruin* for the find few floppy minute* of the game, the Duck* elevated their play thank* to strong performance* from tunica forward Arianrte Boyer and freshman guard Lisa Bowyer In the first half, the Ducks did do the two things they needed moat They con tained the Brums' guards (or most of the period, and they Turn to KEARNEY. Page 16 Oregon beats UCLA in convincing fashion ■ WOWEM S BASKETBALL The Ducks shot 67 percent from the field in the second half to beat the Brums By Pet* Sdmdder S(x>rt« The Oregon women's basketball learn »ys ternall. ally dismantled the UCLA Hrxuiu 75-4« Thursday night a! Me Arthur Court. pushing it* league word hark to rasp** ubthty at 500 going into Saturday's match-up wilh USC The Ducks (12 « overall. 4-4 conferenc e! continued their recent team defense streak, holding UCLA to only 48 points on JOB shoot ing Oregon notched its fourth straight game in which ii limited its opponents to less that HO shooting from the field "I think we are doing the little things very well right now.“ Oregon head coach Jody Kunge said ”1 think we re playing well defen siveFy We te making free throw* and making the passe* we need to win hall game* I’m just really pleased with the effort and even more ideated that we play the nest three games at MOMS* Oregon shot 47S from the field and hit cm 18 of 24 free throw attempts to smother the Bru ins. who fall to 12 6 overall and 4 4 in league play The most impressive aspect of the over all team win was that the Ducks kept up the offeti •ive and defensive intensity throughout the game, even during the Iasi 10 garbage-time minutes »f the second half Leading JO 21 at the half way pond- Oregon went on a 24-12 run to start off the second half funior forward Artarme Boyer lead the often *iv« explosion for tire Ducks, scoring 12 points in the first eight minutes of the second peri od Boyer went on to lead a pack of Oregon player* scoring in double figures, with 18 Freshman guard Use Bowyer and (unior guard Ondia Edamura chipped in l J and senior can ter Return Fegent added 10 Turn io WOMEN S B-BALL Page t2 * At i€ W Tj *a it iWfTf *r*"' *t' Tim t froahman guard Liu Bowyw Kond 1t point* In m# Ouch* 7%-4» min ovar UCLA on Thura «**y night at McArthur Court. Seahawks escape excuse shaky ■ ntuvt: uumg pfooiems with the Kingdom©, the franchise intends to move to Los Angeles SEATTLE (API — The Seattle Soahawkm are moving, and thi* lint* if* Lna Angeles lhal is got Ung * loam The Soahawkm intend to play next *ea*on in Lo* Angela*. v% hi* h i**i year luet both of it* pit* football franchise* Citing the high coat of reno vating the aging kingdom*, team mourcem maid Thursday the Sea hawk* would play in the 102.083 meat Rote Bowl after 20 year* tn Seattle The operator* of the Rpae Bowl •ay they have nut been negoti ating with the Seahawk*. nor have they had any conversation* with the club The Seahawk* would be the fifth NFL franc hi *« to change title* recently The Raider* and Ram* left Loa Angela* la*t year i na utmiiM Brown* have amiDutu i'il they will play next season in Baltimore and the Houston ( hi*** will move to Ten MUM The Sea hawk* and King Court ty officials met Thursday, with a not iter meeting set for Friday. “We re still talking and that * always a good sign." King Coun ty Executive Cary Locke said, Seahawks owner Ken Behring would not elaborate In Olympia. Cov Mike Urwry said he expects the Seahawks to honor their contract with the county The Seahawks. whose lease runs through 2O0S. contend the Kingdom# is not the first-class facility guaranteed under their agreement "It's premature to talk about a lawsuit," Locke said. In Washington D C. Sea Slade Corton. K Wash said he would back King County In any legal action. It's totally outrageous." Cm Ion said i wo week* ago Behring wa» in my offfce **»ur ing mu lhe learn was staving In Soar lie tl is as plain as all gel mil lhai tie I Behring) planned this *11 along, and it has nothing to do with the Kingdom# '* Stale House Speak#* Clyde Bal lard from Olympia added. He hat just been looking for an ear.use to move ... He has a con tract and the ethical thing to do is to honor a contract " Ballard said stale aid is out of the question. Since the Rams and Raiders moved from l.oa Angeles, the nation's set und-largest TV mar ket we left without an NFt. team Al Mrnm, president Iff (tui Riwe Bowl Operating Company and the main spokesman for the Rose Bowl, said his group is still 'try ing to determine what is going on/’ "It's clear the league as well as the owners have known for some period of lime that the Rose Bowl Turn to MOVE. Page 13 Ducks lose again; play USC next ■ MEN S BASKETBALL: All five starters scored in double digits, but Oregon couldn't wm By Andre* Da Young ‘tuaMM V»rr» t.*St» For the third game in a row. the Oregon mnn'i ha* ketball lr«m (dine Close to a victory on Thursday night But close wasn't enough as UCLA pulled off the win •5 7* Again. thr> g«n*» taine down to the final minutes, and once again, the bucks couldn't get enough shots through the hixip to win. Turn to MEN Page t3
