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ON THE TUBE Men’s College Basketball Iowa State at Kansas ESPN (34), 6:30p.m. DAILY TRIVIA Who did the New England Patriots defeat in the 1986 AFC Championship? See scoreboard for answer. New England ousts Jaguars ■ AFC: The Patriots force three turnovers in final four minutes to knock Cinderella Jags out of playoffs The Associated Press FOXBORO, Mass. — Out of the fog, then out of the dark, the New England Patriots are in the Super Bowl. Shrugging off an 11-minute power failure at Foxboro Stadium, the Patriots won the AFC Championship 20-6 Sunday night, making the Jacksonville Jaguars look like the second-year team they are. New England did it with defense, coming up with three turnovers in the final four minutes to halt Jacksonville’s attempt at a comeback. Willie Clay intercepted a pass in the end zone with 3:43 to go after the Jaguars finally got moving, then Otis Smith grabbed a fum ble and went 47 yards for the clinching touchdown with 2:24 remaining. Tedy Br uschi picked off another pass with 1:52 to go A week ago, the Patriots played through a heavy fog to rout the Pittsburgh Steelers. In two weeks, they get a chance to snap the AFC’s 12-year losing streak in the Super Bowl when they face the Green Bay Packers in New Orleans. “I’m just very excited for the opportuni TurntoAFC, Page 16 ■ MATCH-UP: New England vs. Green Bay ■ WHEN: Sunday, { Jan. 26,3 p.m. ■ WHERE: New Orleans, La., the j Super Dome ■ TELEVISION: j Fox (5), Pre-game 12 noon, Game start 3 p.m. Green Bay Packers to return to big game The Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. — The challenge all season was to return the franchise to the lus ter of the Lombardi years. And Sunday’s stage was perfect: a frozen field at Lambeau, 60,216 Cheeseheads shout ing their hearts out and a minus-17 wind chill. All that was missing was Vince himself, huffing and puffing in the frosty air and flashing his famous gap-toothed grin. When it was over, Green Bay and tradition Turn to NFC, Page 16 ■ NFC: Green Bay rides quarterback Brett Favre’s arm to its first Super Bowl since 1968 “Ice Bowl” Oregon 67. Washington 60 Ducks-Dawgs, the same old rivalry ■ WUmtN: Oregon has Jour players scoring in double-digits in its third Pacific-10 Conference win By Mark McTyre Sports Editor The likeliest of heroes hit the unlikeliest of shots to put the Oregon women’s basketball team ahead for good in its 67-60 win over Women’s Basketball ■ LEADING SCORER: UW, Redd 27; UO, Fegent 21 ■ LEADING REBOUNDER: UO, Boyer 13; UW, Hall 11, Redd 11 ■ ASSIST LEADER: UO, Bowyer 5; UW, Redd 3 Washington at McArthur Court Saturday. Oregon center Renae Fegent launched a three point attempt with the score tied at 57 and two minutes, 20 seconds re maining in the game. Her shot from the top of the key, only her third three-point attempt of the season, was good. “There was no one near me, so I thought 1 would shoot it,” said Fe gent, who has hit some clutch shots throughout her career. “I shoot around that area quite often, and it was just a little bit further out, so I wasn’t really worried about it that much.” Oregon head coach Jody Runge applauded Fegent’s shot after the game. “I think Renae has always had confidence in her shooting, and I’m glad it went in,” Runge said. “Around the league we kind of call that [shot] chicken salad if it goes in, and we call it something else if it doesn’t.” Following the three-point score, Oregon guard Cindie Edamura pushed the Ducks’ lead to 62-57 with a steal of a Huskies’ pass attempt to Jamie Redd, finishing the play at the other end of the court with a layup. Turn to WOMEN, Page 12 MATHEW STIFFLER/Emerald Oregon center Jenny Mowe scored 13 points and collected six rebounds in 22 minutes of play against the Washington Huskies Saturday at McArthur Court. ■ STANDOUT: The Ducks’ freshman center scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds in 22 minutes of play By Ryan Frank Sports Reporter Twelve games into the 1996-97 season, it appears that Oregon’s 6-foot-5 freshman center Jenny Mowe has arrived. For the first time this season, the Ducks were looking for Mowe to score in the low post down the stretch of the Ducks 67-60 win over Washington at McArthur Court Satur day. And for the first time, the freshman looked comfortable with being the focus of Oregon’s of fense. In her first chapter of MOWE an eight-part series ot the Oregon-Washington rivalry, Mowe scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds in a career-high 22 minutes. “She did a great job for us. We’ve been looking for her all week inside,” Oregon center Renae Fegent said. “When she got it in there, she went up strong.” Oregon forward Arianne Boyer was equally impressed with Mowe’s perfor mance. "She is tough, and when she gets the ball inside, she can turn around and shoot over anybody,” Boyer said. While this was the first time that fans have seen Mowe as the dominant force of the Ducks’ offense, it is nothing new to Mowe. “I’ve known I can play like this, and I’ve been playing like this in practice,” Mowe said. “I am starting to show more and more that I can score, and I am starting to get confident to where I can shoot over any Turn to STANDOUT, Page 11 n p r i. i *~r—r— :w YESTERDAY’S RESULTS NBA Toronto Orlando .85 .88 Milwaukee.... Golden State ....111 .93 Sacramento.93 Charlotte .97 DAILY TRIVIA ANSWER The New England Patriots, a Wild Card team that year, defeated the Miami Dolphins 31-14. Oregon loses to Huskies on last-second basket ■ MEN’S LOSS: Oregon loses its second game in a row and ends its Washington road trip empty-handed By Chris Hansen Sports Reporter Todd MacCulIoch made a shot off the backboard with less than four seconds left in the game to give the Washington Huskies a 78-77 victory over the 17th-ranked Ducks Saturday night in Seattle. MacCulloch’s basket came immediately after Oregon’s (10-2 overall, 1-2 Pacific-10 Conference) Jamal Lawrence drilled a three pointer with 11 seconds remaining to put the Ducks up by one. Those final 11 seconds ended a back-and forth second half that saw Oregon eclipse an 11-point deficit in the half to go up by seven. Fourteen of Oregon’s points during that peri od were scored by Lawrence, including a BASKETBALL three-pointer that put the Ducks up 66-57. Lawrence led all scor ers with 27 points, including six three pointers. But Washington (10-3,2-2) quickly tied it back up, going inside to the seven-foot tall MacCulloch for all seven points. It was dur ing that stretch that both Kyle Milling and Rob Ramaker fouled out for the Ducks with in 1:02 of each other, leaving them with only Mike Carson to guard the imposing MacCul loch. From that point it was anybody’s game. Oregon’s Jamar Curry hit a three-pointer to get the Ducks back on top 69-66. MacCul loch made two free throws for Washington, Turn to MEN’S LOSS, Page 12
