Jenny Mowe: Tower of Powers’
In just three games this season,
freshman basketball player Jenny
Mowe has made an impression
By Ryan Frank
Sports Reporter
Living in Eugene is not exactly the
same as living in Powers, Ore., for fresh
man Jenny Mowe.
When the 6-foot-5 freshman basketball
player walks around campus, she gets
the usual stares from the public; and
sometimes people think she is one of her
teammates, Sandie Edwards or maybe
even Renae Fegent.
Apparently, she has yet to earn a name
for herself with the people of Eueene.
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■ WHO:
Jenny Mowe
■ HEIGHT:
6-foot-5
■ HOMETOWN:
Powers, Ore.
■ POSITION:
Center
■ AWARDS:
Parade Magazine
second-team
selection. USA
Today and Street j
and Smith third
team All-American i
selection
But Oregon’s
opponents have
been quick to take
note of the Ducks’
new force in the
middle.
Three games
into the season,
Mowe is averaging
nine points and
six rebounds a
game, which is
good enough for
third and second
on the team, re
spectively.
But it is not just
Mowe’s statistics
that have oppos
ing teams worried.
“She is just such
a pnysical talent, dead coacn Jody
Runge said.
In Oregon’s first game of the year, an
exhibition contest against Slovan Slova
kia, Mowe made her first appearance
ever in an Oregon uniform.
“I dreamed about that a lot,” Mowe
said of her first game. “It was just like I
pictured it. The crowd roaring, us run
ning in, music playing. It was cool.”
Mowe’s debut gf ve Duck fans their
first glimpse at the 1 tture of Oregon bas
ketball, and they didn’t go home disap
pointed. Mowe turned in a stellar re
bounding performanr e and several times
cleared space for heiself following a re
bound with flying elbows and physical
play.
Then last week age nst Idaho State in
the first game of the Pepsi Shootout Invi
tational, Mowe had her best performance
of the young season. She recorded 15
points and nine rebounds in just 15 min
utes of play in the Ducks’ 68-33 win.
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MARK McTYRE/Emeraki
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I feel like I
should be
doing some of
the stuff that
everybody
expects me to
do.... It is just
going to take
time, I just
have to be
patient with
myself.
— Jenny Mowe
UO Center
In the Pepsi
Shootout Invita
tional, Jenny
Mowe had 15
points and nine
rebounds in just
15 minutes of
play against
Idaho State.
WSU coach contacted
by Minnesota for job
■ COACH: Mike
Price has been
talking to
Gophers about
possible job
opportunity
The Associated Press
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State
confirmed Wednesday it has given permis
sion to University of Minnesota officials to
talk with football coach Mike Price about
their vacant head coaching job.
“Minnesota has asked for permission,”
WSU sports information director Rod Com
mons said.
“Apparently he was there last night,”
Commons added, referring to media reports
that Price dined with Minnesota athletic
director Mark Dienhart in Minneapolis on
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Oregon takes one from Portland State
■ BASKETBALL: The two teams battled from
behind the three-point line all game long
By Andrea DeYoung
Assistant Sports Editor
PORTLAND — It was the men against the boys
Wednesday night at the Rose Garden, at least it was in
theory. The Oregon men’s basketball team took on Port
land State, playing in only its fourth regular-season game
in 15 years.
But for a team that has only been in existence for less
than a year, the Vikings put up a good fight. They
couldn’t overcome the Ducks’ experience, though, as
Oregon (3-0) won its third game in a row, 85-66.
Portland State kept it close in the first half thanks to
seven three-pointers, four of which came from Mike
Vanderhoff. The Ducks countered with six from behind
the arc, including two each from Terik Brown and Kenya
Wilkins. The teams combined for 47 shots taken from
downtown in the game.
The Vikings stayed with the Ducks for the opening
minutes oi me game, nut aner me two
teams were tied at 28 midway through
the first half Oregon ended the half
with a 16-8 run to take the 44-36 lead.
Halftime didn’t slow the Ducks as
they came running out of the locker
room and put the Vikings away. Port
land State never came within more
than eight points in the second half and shot only 36 per
cent, as opposed to 55 percent in the first half.
Oregon’s defense can be credited for putting the pres
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