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Oregon’s road woes continue ■ MEN S BASKETBALL The Ducks finished the*r i 3 road (rip with a loss to Washington Slate By Andrea Da Young Winning on the road In the Pacific' 10 Coafarettca la a diffi cult thing to do, After beating Washington in Seattle on Thun «tav night, the Oregon men * be* kethnll team looked to sweep the Washington school* on the road and « reep closer to the elusive S00 mark at Washington State But the Cougar* were not will lnlt•*» **v" “P • precious home win as they defeated the Ducks 70-AS on Saturday. The game began with an *-0 Washington State run. and the Cougars never looked back as they maintained the lead throughout the entire game The Ducks retaliated, outs* uring the Cougars in the second half but the 35-27 Washington State lead at halftime was too much for the Ducks to overcome. "We sure shot it quickly in the first half,' (hreg«n head coach f«m Green Mid ttn thought '“it effort in the second half was C*d enough to get it done First (f, we were s&out 30 percent ifrom the field! snd that's net good enough Their defense had something to do with that snd our impatience also bed some thing to do with that We were s lot more aggressive offensively In the second half * Although th» Ducks beat Washington State last month in Eugene, the Cougars wove with out two key players Mark Hen drkkson and Donmlntc Ellison were back in the line-up on Sat urday and this proved to be key In the Cougar victory Ellison scored 16 points and was four for saven behind the three-point line He also dished ihe ball out, collecting sis assists. Although Hendrickson only managed sis points, his presence was important because the Ducks often double-teamed the scoring threat, leaving his teammates tpen for easy snots Additionally, he grabbed eight rebounds I*** Fontaine M theCougar* with 19 (Hunt* and Curio* Ik* mat had nine rebound* Oregon had ttrong individual Bumbm. but could not bring themvelve* together to pull off the win For the Duck*. |unlar guard |«m*i l^wrumo came oft the bench to liNid the loam with 22 point*, including *1* thro* point •hot* luniot wntw Rob fUtnak « had a game high 11 rebound* *nd came within one point of ret arding • double double with nine. lunior forward Kyle Milling only made three rebound*, but compensated with 11 point* Junior guard Kenya Wilkin* also had II (mint* and led both team* in aa-titl* with nine Wilkin*, who lead* the team in minute*, played all but one minute of tne game The loo* dropped the Duck* to II II overall ami 4 7 in the Par, 10 After two week* of playing on the rued. Oregon will tie playing at home thia week when California and Stanford come to town. Wrestling: Ducks gained a Pac-10 win ■ Continued from Pag* 11 jumped fo a 12-5 fint period lead that included six i«k«-downs Then wilh 52 seconds remaining in 'he metHid period. leading 15-7, he pinned Kopet *ki for the victory. "Johnny Taylor U going to be right in there with tin* elite wrentiers." mid head coach Ron Finlay He is very, very intelligent and I* very quick and has a lot of skills You better watch out. he is going to sneak up on a lot of people." In Sunday's meet against Stanford, tha Ducks took an early 50 lead when Stanford forfeited the match Taylor lost the nest match making the scree 5-3 Jeremy Ensrud and Blake Tompkins beat the nest two opponent* to give the Ducks a 13-3 lead going into the featured match of the day: Scott Nor ton. ranked third Nationally at 150-pounds, taking on fourth ranked Tod Surmon The two wrestlers remained even at sett) for the first four minutes when Norton scored one point on an escape lie held the lead until 30 seconds into the third period when Surmon escaped Nor ton's bold to score one point and tie the meet at 1-1 and take the match to overtime With 30 seconds remaining in the sudden death overtime, Surmon scored on a take down that appeared tu lie two wrestlers out of remind rather than Surmon taking Norton down. “It was a real scramble." said Finley 'I think it was a tough decision by I he referee on who lo award the point* to EImh au**i they war* going around and around and-arttumi I peraonattf duni think there wu any control anywhere at that point, but that»• the reform*'* dm ition. that * why n« • out there We'll |u*t have to watt unlit the IPac-IO championship*) for them to meet agent " Surmon* wtn. coupled with SahUn Martin * pm of l.«« Brocket!, brought Stanford within one of Oregon making the wore |3 U But Oregon reeled off four straight win* to take the meet 20 12, Ne*t up wa* Pacific Robert* far ed off again*! luatin Orian anri »et a pace Oregon would follow throughout the meet He *0 thoroughly domtnat ed Orian that the match wa* caller! one minute into the Mcond period with Rotten* leading tn t A victory by Kntrud am! Tompkins, ami a pin by Scott Norton who had been visibly defected line* hi* lot* earlier in the day. made the »core 23 0. The Ducks lost the nest two matches giving Per il If a alight glimmer of hope Indore Rot ye Repenn slammed the door *hut when he pinned |u*tin Steven* after only 31 second* into the bout Thl* gave the Duck* their third fall of the meet to go along with their two major decision* and one match termination Robert* ranked third nationally, *uffered hi* first lo*» of the *mmm Friday night «>gam*t Arizona State’* Danny Felix. “I wa* ready to get back in there." «aid Robert* I wa* glad to get to wrestle right away and get the thing* I dlri wrong (again*! Felix) ironed out " USC stand-out ready for the show ■ DRAFT: The Pac-10 offensive player erf Ihe year doesn't care where he will play in the NFL INDIANAPOLIS (API — Keyshawn Johnson once handed oui helmets to football player* Now, the former Southern Cal bellboy. who went on to Mar dam wtth the Pacific 10 Confer ante Kjhool, i» ready to atari catching footballs in the NFL lohnaon ia being toutad by some a* the likely too draft pita in April, a refection hold by the New York feta He met with rep rerentattvM of the lets this weekend at the NFL scouting combine, as well as many other teama, ami Mid ho doesn't have prafar»seM>v.it i»h<. MiltHU hui. W&ai lh«> tiall it^ins April 20. •Til play lot anybody. I don't care who it i*." Mid lohnton during a break from the tedious three-day routine of the com bine. "If New York want* to take me No. 1. then I will be more than glad to go to New York. If the Raider* want me to stay in California. 1*11 be glad to go with the Raider* 1 don’t want to get caught up in Mying that I want to go to thi* particular team, because that’* not the cam," he •aid. The fr-foot-4. 210-pound John tun will bring impressive cre dentials to whatever team select* him A* a senior, he caught 102 passes for 1.434 yard* and seven touchdown* He ended hi* college career by making 12 receptions lor 216 yards as the Trojans defeated Northwestern in the Kose Bowl. But he doesn't believe that performance boosted his stature arming Nil scouts and coaches “I hope it helped How much higher cuutd I be rated? I'm rated pretty high." Johnson said "All I could do wa* drop I just went out to play for my team I didn't play to raise my level of possible draft picks I went out there to win the game.” ODE Classifieds... Worth Looking Into! Spring Break! 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