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.”
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