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Emerald MM --v-v-V... - • :'*.-S8ds THURSDAY Fetyuary 8. »906 Oregon lands strong football recruiting class ■ FOOTBALL: A wide receiver and a few replacements for a depleted secondary top me its! of s»gr>ees By Trevor Ktamty Spam (am Two consecutive pre*tigiou« howl appearance* translated into a top-rote recruiting dut that included one of the nation'* foremost prep foot hail player* for the Oregon football team. which announced it* I99h letter of-innmi ugnwi on Wednesday Th* Duck*' big fi»h was wide receiver IM «j»wy Collin* of Skviinw High School in Oakland C-altf Among hU many honor*. Collin*, who verbally committed to On gon a few week* ago. was * member of the «sra**c All- America lit* The vortatil* play • •r had 51 pasta* for 74A yard* and |]\ tack* hi* senior year “Inf orey t j»lhm it who* you would util «n impac t player." hewn! coach Mike del Uxti Mid the tt a great food* 11 player that I Ha** known about for a long Urn* * The A foot-4. 2 10-pound blue-chip recruit giv** th* I iuc h« a big receiver, tomefhing t begun ha* lac ked in the past “Ha it a b*g. wll. fast ttrung wtda m.«a* Bailout Midi "Me u a great (ihkUII pi.iVT'f that I »pKl will tw on th« football field fur ua neat year to give u« the big m»l*m mrm haw not had in • long tun* The IXukV recruiting clasa aland* to be one of the Seat in the IWifl.10 Confer en<e aa well aa the country "Yum really darn know far • couple of ftmn how good a i.iau t«. and I don't wtar r> about where we will lie ninked,' Bel lots said "I think beutua* of several of the mriulen of that i kon it will Iw ranked very highly in the l*a* to and certainly last «»t# of the better Uaaam we have had “ I’art of why the I tuck*' recruiting < law I* no stranft »-* the trip to the Cotton Bowl last season and the Roe* Bowl the year before. Bottom said *Wh«n you *»» to bowl names you «et In morn thm. doom *tay open lar you a lit tle hit longer." Heliotti aald “That int.reaeed thl* year with the two straight New Y ear 's lk#v bowl aupntratti es I flunk we «*>! mentioned in the same breath *• Nebraska. Ohio State, Teaas and Miami and alt the rest of thaw.** The thn ks tapped Skyline for another iop prep in Jason Cooper, a defensive ”fum 10 FOOffcuTpMwlO Ducks looking to win again as Washington schools come to town ■ WOMEN S BASKETBALL After a loss to USC, the Ducks try to get back on the winning track tonight By Pete Schneider Sport* **w*vm* Thu (begun waman'i baskel hell team has rebounded smooth ly. pushing Us record io the elusive 500 mark after losing Its first (our Pacific-10 Conference contacts Following the 75-44 spanking of UQ.A ia»< Thursday, filings wens looking good for the Du*is — that is. until USC burst their bubble. "I think it was really deflating” Oregon coach Jodv Rung* saul "I thought we played well enough to win. but we |ust couldn’t figure out a way to put the hall in the basket It’s tie fisting because were not on a winning streak and vs* tost to a team that was below us |in the standing*! Now they are even with us when we had a chant e to win “ Doing a Dr lekyll and Mr Hyde impersonation Saturday night at McArthur Court. Oregon (12-7 overall. 4 5 P«c-10}. who! previously held its opponents tu just «m shooting. allowed the Troyans to mix* 75 points on 4-4 I shooting The Duels, (tuning off flwir most prolific scoring outing of the P<* 10 MtHffi against the Bruins, had to go to overtime to rod up fMi points "We didn't pull it together against USC.“ freshman guard Usa Bowyer said "I don’t know what the difference was lief ween that and Thursday against UCLA It was iusi a completely different game “ The put that popped Oregon’s victory balloon vs a* the lack of offense the team showed in the clutch, as the Ducks could man age only two points in overtime against U$C The Troyans went on an 11 i run to end the game, effectively ending the Oregon wmmrtg streak "I foil like DSC hadn't played the way that they re capable <»f.~ Bunge said. "They were just a tal ented basketball team that could make the big plays while we couldn't” Turn to WOMEN Page tO CM MN CMMCWmw Guard Kaoya WtMdn* may b* Nnd—d tonight by a raoccurrtng injury Mw wow mm to wmm ■ D<iCv on n#» itn wg _ . . _ tN*»NC>W*«U * Guard U«i Bowyar Haa baan » k*y to tha Duck* turnaround. awarding mora than 10 potma par o»«n# Oregon searches for success in Seattle ■ MEN'S BASKETBALL: The Ducks took to break the 500 mark on Thursday night By Trevor Kearney Sjtitns C0tm Confidence breeds )un«u Amt after a confidence-boosting road trip to Co* Angel* last week, the Oregon men's tsiskettiall intm »* toping it Mill translate into tonight >»iniu the surprising Washington Huskies in Seattle The Ducks (10-10 overall. 1-ft I’a* ihc-10 Coo for - «n*l start the wound half of their fcjur-$*me road trip tonight m 7 pm at Her: Kdmunaun Pavilion in a game televised by Prune .Sports Network The long road trip would seern to be a distraction to a team that Hasn't even been aide to win at home on a consistent basis, but it has actually been a blessing in disguise The Ducks went to California as 17-point under dogs to DC!-A, but came back home having played tough with the Bruin* and having beaten the USC Trojan* handily in the next game, snapping a six game losing streak "U s not easy playing on the road This is a real ly unusual road trip in that we play four road games back to back." head coach Jerry Green said. But the Ducks, who are healthy axr.ept for an injury to Kenya Wilkins that will nave him wear ing a brace on his left leg. have started to compete after struggling during ihe middle of the »mkm l*artw uisrli offensively,Oregon ha* *iwj>|*«l n* play up a level, leaving SOW free ihruw shooting and mttwd jump shot liwmn Iwhind Again*! USC. tlu< Ducks shot 611 from ihe field, hd ft-of |7 three pointers and sank 2«of2? free throw* "We have really e*«w uled and shot well offen sively." Green said, adding that the team ha* set tled down and started to play ita sstyle of game We wore a little let more patient, nut like a truck falling off of a d»fl.“ lie said "Finally, we are darling to show patience Al*o. we are darting lo mm pete ' Which wa» evident not only in last week * read trip, hut agatnst Arizona at home two week* ago a* well "The past two week* we've really gotten to a lev el where we can compete. " Green said, adding that the Duck*1 u*e of the tone defense, particularly against .Southern California, ha* helped them. ~| think the cone give* us an opportunity to settle in, whereas in the man-to-man you are sort of scratching and clawing.** But the Duck* face Washington tonight, a team that already ha* confidence and is now esperienc ing success The Huskies are 13-5 overall and fi-3 in the l»ac 10. and are led by forward Mark Sanford, who I* Tom to MEN 8 BASKETBALL. Page 11
