Center: Mowe has more confidence ■ Continued from Page 7 She had offers from Connecticut and Georgia, both Final Four regu lars, but she chose Oregon so she could help continue to lead a pro gram from the middle of the pack in the conference to a program that sets the pace. As a freshman last season, Mowe looked to Fegent and Ed wards for leadership and direc tion. The high expectations were there for Mowe in her first season, but at the same time, she was guarded by the fact that she was a freshman still making the transi tion. But that transition time is over. No more freshman mistakes or ex cuses that she is just learning. Now it is Jenny Mowe’s time to be looked to for leadership and di rection. “That is what I like,” Mowe said. “I think we’ve got a team now that is really going forward." If this team is to go forward and improve on their second-place fin ish in the Pacific-10 Conference from a season ago, Mowe will have to play a leading role. With the loss of their top two scorers and rebounders from last season, she will have to replace much of what Oregon lost. In making her transition from the competition of 1A high school basketball in Powers, Ore., to Pac 10 competition last season, Mowe averaged 14.5 minutes a game, yet was Oregon’s fourth-leading scor er with 6.9 points pergame. Like most first-year players, Mowe’s season was full of ups and downs. Against Stanford, the nation’s No. 1 team for much of the 1996 97 season, in Maples Pavilion, Mowe had a career-high 17 points on seven for nine shooting. But against Gonzaga earlier in u This year I basically know what I’m trying to do and what 1 need to do and what the competition is going to be like. >> Jenny Mowe UO center the season, she played only five minutes and didn’t score a single point. Throughout the first part of tire season, she was often taken out of games for her lack of attention to defense or her propensity to foul, which earned her three dis qualifications. Early in the season, her uncom fortable nature on the court was clearly visible. She was more used to turning and shooting a four footer against a 5-foot-8 player, as she did in high school, than she was to running a complicated de fensive scheme against some of the nation’s top teams. After a season of transition and a summer spent with the Women’s Junior World Champi onship Team in Brazil, her some times apparent timidness is not likely to return. “1 have more confidence,” Mowe said. "I don’t have to think as much, where everything last year was new. Every aspect of the game was new. “This year 1 basically know what I’m trying to do and what I need to do and what the competi tion is going to be like. ” Which is a must, considering the Ducks’ forced reliance on her. Edwards was expected back for her senior season this year, but be cause of an illness in her family, she decided not to play, leaving Mowe as the only true center. “It puts more pressure on me be cause I don’t have a backup to come in and help me out,” Mowe said. But Edwards will also be missed for her presence off the court as well. “Sandy helped me out a lot mentally last year,” Mowe said. “She was always making me laugh.” The loss of Edwards means the days of Mowe playing 15 minutes are long gone. Head coach Jody Runge told Mowe she expects 33 to 38 minutes a game from her, which Runge said is possible if she can stay out of foul trouble. Not such an easy plan for Mowe. "That’s a heck of a lot,” Mowe said. “1 don’t know about that. I think 1 could play 30, but more than that depends on the type of game we are playing.” muwemay ue me oniy true cen ter on the Oregon roster, but she will not be expected to fill the role by herself. Power forwards Sonja Curtis, a 6-foot-2 junior, and Angelina VVolvert, a 6-foot-.'i frt simian from Oregon City High School, will al low Movve at least some time to rest. Despite her youth, VVolvert can contribute to this season, Mowe said. "I don't know how many people have seen [her] play, but the girl can board," Mowe said. And she’s not to bad offensively either, according to Mowe. "I think she’s even better than [Arianne Boyer],” Mowe said, comparing VVolvert to Oregon’s leading scorer and rebounder last season. First Christian Church 1166 Oak • 344-1425 “I’M AFRAID YOU DID COMMIT ALL THESE SINS. SIR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE VIDEOTAPE?” Morning Worship 11:00am What our employees do on their days off, ensures that they know what they 're talking about when they 're here. 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