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Emerald fR|0AY Match t, taae SCOREBOARO l i Owgan 3i 36 67 USC 23 » 53 THURSDAY’S STAR Jamal Ijtwnrnce hit »<wi lhrre ptHMrr% ami scared 25 point* in 26 mtnutes tn the fhu ks' 80 60 win over l/SC HIGH SCORERS Uwmrnc* (UO) 25 W*un» (UO) 15 Ooua* (USC) I? M#f*n (USC) 15 Cofry (UO) 12 Bownnan (USC) 10 STATS UP HOT Owjpw takrt <m UCLA Waters is more than a great coach It seems like only yester day that 1 met Charlie Waters for the first time Last spring I walked into the new Oregon defen sive coordinator's office as a nervous. 19 year old aspir ing sports reporter, fretting about asking an NFL legend about coaching at the colle giate level, l was sweaty palmed, had butterflies in my stomach — the whole nine yards. I had my set of questions all ready to go and my story all out lined in advance — two things t n«vw. «ver da. But before 1 could even get the first question I.! rmr bray out of my mouth. Water* beat me to the punch He proceeded to question me about my life — every thing from what paper I worked for to what I was studying and what I wanted to do alter college From what I could tell. Waters fust wanted to know a little about the person who was going lo ask him questions for the next 20 minutes Tim next time J saw Waters was last fall, after the first football gome This time he was surrounded by other members of the media, and he was awe some He commanded respect — he didn’t let the media dictate the inter ' *ew> He simply answered the questions and got out Brisk, but not cold. The week after the Ducks beat IXXA, I caught up with Waters after t practice to talk about the Oregon defense Another journalist was waiting to interview him, and I was supposed lo «tt in on that interview But when the first pause in questioning came. I saw it a* my cue to alip a question in I asked Waters if Stan ford, who the Ducks were to play the following Satur day. was going to be the first really good'offensive team that the Ducks would he facing Considering the Ducks had just barely beat UCLA Turn to KEARNEY, Page 16 Ducks stomp Trojans; tackle Bruins next ■ ■ < . Fr**hman T*rtfc Brown drtvo* to tha hoop tor (wo of hi* til point* lr> th* Duck* #O«0 win ov*r USC on Thursday nfpht *t McArthur Court. ■ MEN'S BASKETBALL: Oregon rods to its second easy victory over USC of the season By Andrea Oe Young Aaesmi Seam tm* If there t* such a thing as an easy win. Thursday night** stomping of USC. wa* ‘t. at the Oregon men's haskettsell team heart the Trojan* 80 fiO high I away the Out Jut knew the gaum would not be one of their hardest The Trojan* dowsed only 10 players, one of whom wa* a student manager USC also didn't start two of It* key player*. Stats Bo*»man and Avnndre lone*, because they were late to a team meeting They did not play the whole fit*! half Oregon nmifwni out to a 12 i lead in the first lew min ute* ol the game lama) lawreme scored eight of the thick* first 10 point*, including two three-pointer* Ore gon continued it* scoring barrage throughout the first* half, tending try as many a* 20 point* The half wa* highlighted by three Duck dunk*, one from lamar t urn and two In a row by Kob Kamaker The Trojans never seemed to muster enough energy to play with the Ducks ami went to the locker room down 40 2ft The second half started much like the first, despite the presence of tknaman and |«mo* Oregon began the second 20 minute* with an 11-0 run. |aha Wilson quo kly fouled out at 17 1ft and tire Trojans were In great need of a lift If they were to have any chance of winning the game They found It fur a few minutes a* they went on an eight point scoring run of their own. thank* in jmrt to si* point* from David Crouse Hut the closest t ISC could come was with in 15 point* ami the (hick* held off the Trojans for the win ”1 thought the first half, the defeuse set the lone fur everything." head com h Jerry t'.reen said 'Setond half. I wa* really glad that we got line lend hud! up to 2« point* or so itt there and 1 thought we were playing realty good I would have liked to have extended it. hut they bit a streak in there where they played awful good Overall, I'm pleased * 'We kind of came out and exm utml." Lawrence said That's what made It look easy We executed our offense and we played great defense We didn't allow them to make e«*v pass.-* That was the difference in the first hall In the second half, we same out and played a little hard er and that's what made it easy “ lawmiu* ended with a game high 25 point*. Including 7 of n from three point land Kenya Wilkin* st ored its (mint*, hitting U-ol-10 from the free throw line Tom to MEN S B-BALL, Page 18 Oregon women nab first ever road win against USC ■ WOMEN S BASKETBALL: The win moves the Ducks into sole possession of third place m the Pac 10 By Pete Schneider Sparta flaponse The Oregon woman'* basket belt team completed the first leg of its must win. three-game swing Hiursday night with a 87-53 rued victory over USC It was the first win by the Dudu (17-9 overall. 9-7 in the Pacific 10 Conference) at USC* Lyon Center in the history of Oregon's women * program, dating back 11 games to the 1980 81 reason The Puck* knew going into the game that every win over the last three game* of the season t* vital in impressing the NCAA Tourna nwnt selection committee The win moves Oregon into sole possession of third piece in the Pm. 10 standings The Ducks passed Arizona (8-7). which loaf last night to Washington Stale, and Washington (8-7). which became only the second Arizona State Par 10 vic tim of the year The Wildcats and Huskies fell into a tie for fourth place in the conference The Duck* raced out of the Mock* against the Troian* last night. «n route to a 31 23 halftime advantage Oregon ended up hit ting 43 4 percent from the held on the night, their second consecu tive above- 400 shooting game Junior Betty Ann Boeving led the way for the Ducks with 10 point*, one short of her season nigh against (lonzaga on |an 2 Freshman Lisa Itowyw added 12 points and (our assists while senior Kenae Fegent filled in 12 points. Tina Thompson, star of USC’s victory in Eugene earlier this season, led all scorers with 25 points The Ducks' Fee-10 leading defense stepped up again, hold ing UStr* high scoring offense to fust 37 percent shooing on the night while allowing the Tro|am to convert 7-oM0 from beyond the three-point line Only one USC player, besides Thompson, scored mure than two points, as Adrian Williams scored 17. Oregon will continue its quest to sweep the Southern California schools (Mi Saturday night against UCLA (11-12. ti g in thePac 10) History is not on the Ducks' side as Oregon has only three wins in . team history on the rued against the Bruin* "We hope we will »how tip to play against UCLA.” Oregon head coach Jody Bunge said “US*; is the tougher of the two teams, tail IX3A has been playing very good basketball lately. We can't louk past t X3A to our match up with (begun Stale lo end the season ~
