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Women: Seniors have yet to win at OSU ■ Continued from Page 7 17-point victory over then-sec ond-place Southern California. Oregon sits alone in second place in the Pac-10 at the moment with a 13-4 record and is destined for its fourth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. Oregon State, on the other hand, is on a four-game losing streak, and has lost two straight at home to UCLA and USC. The Beavers are now in seventh place in the Pac-10 at 5-12 and will not make the tournament for the first time in four seasons. “I don’t think I see [tonight’s game] as dangerous,” Runge said. “1 think the fact that we got a little bit of a wake against UCLA will help us not stumble at [Oregon State].” A “stumble” against Oregon State would be costly for Oregon, but it would not take the Ducks out of the NCAA Tournament pic ture. However, it would certainly hinder their chances of hosting the first two rounds of the tournament. With its sweep of the Los Ange les schools, the Ducks moved up to No. 22 in the power ratings (from No. 25), but remain on the outside of The Associated Press top 25. Runge said she hopes the NCAA selection committee looks at the Ducks’ performance down the stretch when deciding the top 16 bids in the tournament. “All I can hope is that they look at the last 10 games and how well we played, especially against Stanford and beating USC and not stumbling.” While the Ducks will be wor ried about tripping on their road to the tournament, Oregon State could be thinking about getting re venge for last season’s season-end ing 69-60 upset at the hands of the Ducks. “We beat them the last game of the season to get into the tourna ment, I think that is great motiva tion for them,” Runge said. If the Beavers are to return the favor with an upset of the Ducks tonight, center Tina Lelas will have to step up for the Beavers. The senior leads the Beavers in both scoring and rebounding this season with 15.2 points and 9.2 boards per game. And it was Lelas that kept the Beavers anywhere near the Ducks earlier this season at McArthur Court. She had 16 points and 17 re bounds in the Beavers’ 77-59 loss to the Ducks in both teams’ confer ence opener. For the Ducks, Boyer continues to lead the team in scoring and re bounding. The senior is averaging 14.8 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, and this week she was rec ognized as the Pac-10 Player ofthe Week for the second time this year. Football: Manning holds several school records in passing ■ Continued from Page 7 “The rascal knows how to keep a secret,” he said. Manning did not have to de clare his intention to enter the April 19 draft on Jan. 10, the deadline for most undergradu ates, because he is scheduled to graduate this spring. Manning holds Tennessee records for career passing yardage (7,382), touchdowns (53), completions (576), at tempts (904), completion per centage (63.7) and numerous single-season marks. He has been mum about his plans since the Vols’ 48-28 vie tory over Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day. Archie said he provided his son with a package of informa tion to study on agents and salary caps. Only one other college quar terback, Jim Druckenmiller of Virginia Tech, is considered a first-round prospect. Danny Wuerffel, the Heisman Trophy winner from Florida, is project ed at this point to go around the fourth or fifth round. Tennessee begins spring football practice on March 17. Investigation: Bettors laid out $250,000 on ‘a hunch’ ■ Continued from Page 7 Gaming and Control Board’s chief of enforcement in 1994, saidTues day that “there’s no cloud hanging over ASU as far as we are con cerned.” Asher said two of the bettors were from Phoenix and the other was from New Jersey. They bet big — $250,000 — simply because “we had a hunch, a tip that this was the time,” Asher said. The Las Vegas Review-Journal quoted sources as saying the Neva da board’s investigation extended to three previous games that sea son in which Arizona State had been favored but lost. Arizona State officials said the last they had heard about the case was in 1994, when rumors circu lated about the unusual betting. The Pac-10 Conference released a statement on March 7, 1994, say ing the Nevada board told confer ence officials no Arizona State players or officials were under in vestigation. “A representative of the board indicated it had no reason to be lieve there was any involvement of any ASU player or representa tive,” the Pac-10 statement read. “Its focus will be on the bettors and the pattern and amounts of their wagers.” The initial investigation cen tered on a March 3,1994, game in which Arizona State hosted Washington State. 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