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HOME OF 9 MEDAL WINNING MICRO-BREWS.
Win: Ducks hit 23 of 27 free throws
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darn good basketball team,” said
Runge, obviously frustrated when
asked if she felt it was an ugly win.
“We had to play really well to win
tonight. They did a good job of get
ting it inside, and they did a great
job in their zone. We worked on
zone all week and still had trouble
with it.”
The Cougars’ zone defense es
pecially gave Oregon fits in the
first half, when the Ducks shot just
27.6 percent from the field and
scored only 24 points.
Lucky for Oregon, Washington
State was just as bad, if not a little
worse, connecting on just 27.3
percent of its shots from the field
and managing just 21 points.
The Cougars’ Alke Dietal (two
for two) and Oregon’s Sonja Cur
tis (one for one) were the only
players on either team to shoot
better than 50 percent from the
field in the first half.
Both teams picked up the pace a
bit in the second half, when Ore
gon outscored Washington State
37-30. The Ducks drastically im
proved their shooting after half
time, hitting nine of 19 field-goal
attempts while the Cougars upped
their shooting to 38.2 percent from
the field in the second half.
The Ducks outrebounded the
Cougars 24-12 in the second half
after the teams were tied in that
department with 19 each in the
first half.
Bowyer led all players with
nine rebounds on the night, eight
of those in the second half.
One of the most impressive sta
tistics of the night was Oregon’s
free-throw shooting as the Ducks
made 23 of 27 attempts from the
line.
Curtis led the Ducks there, mak
ing nine of 10 free-throw attempts
in the game, including four
straight in the final 3:18. She fin
ished as the Ducks’ second-lead
ing scorer on the night, with 15
points.
With 4:17 left, Washington
State was down only seven, 52-45.
But as a team, Oregon made nine
of 10 free-throw attempts in the fi
nal four minutes to finally pull
away from the Cougars down the
stretch.
Yvonne Kunze, a 6-foot-4 se
nior, led the Cougars with 20
points, while the freshman Dietel
chipped in 13.
Next up for the Ducks is No. 17
Washington, which comes to Eu
gene for a 7 p.m. matchup Satur
day at Mac Court. The Huskies
(16-5, 7-5) have won four straight
after beating Oregon State 84-74
Thursday.
“We need to come to play,”
Runge said. "We need to play one
of our best defensive games, we
need to execute our offense and
handle their change of defenses.
I’m a little concerned about their
inside players, especially Amber
Hall on the boards.”
Hall leads the Pac-10 in re
bounding with an average of 11.6
per game.
Bowyer: Season-high nine rebounds
m Continued from Page 11
19 rebounds apiece. But the Ducks dominated the
boards in the second, scoring a 24-12 advantage, de
spite being out-sized down low by the Cougars’ two
six-foot-four post players, forward Alke Dietel and
center Yvonne Kunze.
That it was the 5-8 Bowyer able to sneak under the
basket and lead the game in rebounds surprised no
one — except maybe Bowyer.
“I don’t know where that came from,” she laughed.
“My girls kept telling me I was taking their re
bounds.”
Added Rhodes: “I was reading an article about
Michigan State being blue-collar workers, and that’s
what Bowyer is. She gets out and works hard and
makes things happen.”
Which explains why Bowyer is the team’s best de
fender, always in her opponents’ faces, diving for
loose balls, providing the defensive spark that usual
ly ignites the Ducks’ offense. Thursday night it was
no different.
“She’s a gamer,” Runge said. “She’s the heart and
soul and pulse of this team when it comes to getting
things done.”
Even if she doesn’t look good doing it.
“I’m not the prettiest player out there,” Bowyer ad
mitted. “But I get the job done when I have to.”
Civil War: Polkinghorn gets rematch with Orndorff
■ Continued from Page 11
vidual seedings. And of course,
we want to win it for Finley.”
This will also be the final
match at McArthur Court for
three Oregon seniors, each of
whom has been an integral part of
the No. 19 Ducks’ success this
season. And each will have key
match-ups against the Beavers.
John Taylor, who missed Ore
gon’s first six matches of the sea
son with a leg injury, is healthier
than he has been all season and
close to the form that earned him
an NCAA Championship appear
ance in 1996. The 118-pound se
nior is only 9-5 this season, but he
recorded one of the Ducks’ three
wins over Oregon State on Jan. 16.
Taylor gave Oregon the lead with
a 20-10 major decision over Ben
Richards in the opening match.
Finley is looking for a similar
start tonight.
“John has made a lot of im
provements and is one of the best
wrestlers we have right now,”
Finley said. “His match will be
crucial and could set the tone for
the whole night.”
Jeremy Ensrud leads Oregon in
wins with 26 and ranks second in
pins with seven. The 134-pound
senior missed the first meeting
against Oregon State with a shoul
der injury. Ensrud, who ranks No.
1 in the Pac-10 and No. 3 nation
ally at 134 pounds, will face Ryan
Sugihara, who defeated Oregon’s
Mark Castle 8-2 on Jan. 16.
At heavy weight, Rich Polking
hom will face Oregon State’s Matt
Orndorff, who ranks No. 2 in the
conference in his weight class.
Polkinghorn dropped his fourth
straight match to Orndorff earlier
this season. A win over Orndorff
tonight could give Polkinghorn a
psychological advantage entering
the Pac-10 Championships.
“I think the team is mostly fo
cused on our individual
matchups,” 158-pound Sean Mor
gan said. “I haven’t even thought
about this being Finley’s last
home match.”
Finley wouldn’t want it any
other way.
“I want to see our guys wrestle
hard for seven minutes and stay
tough and focused,” Finley said.
“This match is too important to be
worrying about all the other
stuff.”
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