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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1997)
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With No. 3 Stanford on their agenda for Sat urday afternoon, the Ducks must first play eighth-place California tonight at McArthur Court at 7 p.m. The Golden Bears (6-14 overall, 2-9 Pacific 10 Conference) come into tonight’s contest having lost six in a row and eight of their last nine, but their most recent loss was enough to put a scare into the Ducks. Against USC on Feb. 8, California was lead ing by four points with one minute, 50 seconds remaining. But the second-place Trojans scored the final seven points of the game for the 66-63 win. “Cal’s improved a lot this season,” Oregon center Renae Fegent said. “They had a great game against USC last weekend, and they are going to be tough.” Earlier this season, the Ducks found out first hand just how tough the Golden Bears could be. After Oregon led by as many as 14 points in the first half, California fought back to tie the game at 56 late in the second half. It was not until guard Lisa Bowyer hit two free throws with 7.1 seconds remaining that the game was out of California’s reach. Bowyer’s free throws gave the Ducks a 68-64 victory, their seventh straight over the Golden Bears. “They just hang in there,” Oregon head coach Jody Runge said. “They shoot threes; they’re playing with confidence and playing well.” California is led by Patrycja Czepiec, who is scoring 17.2 points per game (good enough for sixth in the Pac-10), and Tigard native Jennie Leander, who is averaging 11.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. fifi Cal’s improved a lot this season. They had a great game against USC last weekend, and they are going to be tough. — Renae Fegent UO Center -39 Oregon (15-5, 8-3) is currently heading in the opposite direction of California. The Ducks have won two straight and three of their last four, the only loss coming from second-place USC. “We picked up our defense in the last four games, and I think if you play good defense then your offense just comes,” guard Natalie Hughes said. If the Ducks are able to beat California and pull off the upset over Stanford, they would be in prime position for a their fourth straight bid to the NCAA Tournament. Boyer: Forward had 14 points off the bench aqainst ASU ■ Continued from Page 11 When Oregon returned from its Bay Area road trip, Oregon head coach Jody Runge decided it was time to make some changes. For the first time in 29 games, and almost a year ago to the date, Arianne Boyer would not be in the Ducks’ starting line-up. But the woman known by Duck fans simply as “Red,” responded. Boyer came off the bench to have her best shooting perfor mance since Dec. 19 while scor ing 14 points and grabbing eight rebounds. “It has been a really hard strug gle for [Boyer],” Runge said after Oregon’s 74-62 win over the Sun Devils. “In the California game she had a hard time scoring in side. [Not having Boyer start] is a hard decision, but I think she han dled it well.” Not starting the Arizona State game seemed to get Boyer back on track toward the kind of season Oregon fans had been accus tomed to seeing. In the Ducks’ next game, a BO 57 loss to Arizona, Boyer record ed 17 points in Boyer-like fash ion. The senior drove to the hoop time and again, drawing foul after foul, finishing 7-of-ll from the free-throw line. Following her 17-point outing against the Wildcats, Boyer’s play continued to pick up steam. The Ducks faced a pivotal four-game road swing with postseason im plications — and again Boyer re sponded. Over that four-game stretch, she averaged 19.5 points while shoot ing 66 percent from the field, and the Ducks went 3-1 with wins at UCLA., Washington and Washing ton State. Boyer’s play during those four games increased her season shooting percentage from 47 per cent to 51 percent, and her perfor mance against Washington and Washington State earned her Pac 10 Player of Week honors for the first time in her career. What caused Boyer’s drop in performance? “I really don’t know what to at tribute that to,” Runge said. “We tried to attribute that to some thing, and 1 don’t think we ever found an answer.” However, Boyer said the zone defense Oregon saw early this season made things tough on Ore gon’s inside players, including herself. “It is hard to get the ball inside when there are other people in there with you; and once you do get the ball inside, you get double teamed very quickly,” Boyer said. Boyer also mentioned the tougher Pac-10 defense as a prob lem. “I think that once Pac-10 play starts, the [other teams] know who all the players are on the team,” Boyer said. “They can key on certain players, and you get more difficult defensive assign ments on you.” But like Runge, Boyer’s fellow 1996 first-team all-Pac-10 selec H It is hard to get the ball inside when there are other people in there with you; and once you do get the ball inside, you get double-teamed very quickly. —Arianne Boyer UO Forward -„ tion Renae Fegent is at a loss for words as to what happened to Boyer, calling it “one of them things.” Even if she doesn’t know what the problem was, Range is happy to have her leading scorer back in preseason form. “She just has worked it out, and we’re glad to see she is back on track,” Runge said. If Boyer is in fact “back on track,” the Ducks could be steam rolling their way right into the NCAA Tournament. 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