Women: Ducks face No. 8 Arizona
■ Continued from Page 11
best record since 1993 with a 9-12
overall record and a 5-7 mark in
conference play.
In the two preseason polls voted
on by tlie media and coaches, Ari
zona State was picked to finish in
ninth place, ahead of only Wash
ington State.
But thanks to their 5-7 mark, in
cluding a win over then-No. 7
Washington, the Sun Devils are in
sixth place, two games behind
Washington.
“They’re doing well. I don’t
think they played very well
against us here, but we know
they can play,” Natalie Hughes
said. ‘‘They’ve proven them
selves against good teams, so we
know it’s going to be tough.”
Stephanie Freeman is Arizona
State’s leading scorer at 13.5 points
per game, but the Sun Devils have
received scoring from a number of
sources this season. Eight players
have led the team or tied for the
lead in scoring in 21 games.
While forcing 25 turnovers a
game, the Sun Devils are turning
the ball over at exactly the same
rate, and against Arizona last week,
they gave the ball away 41 times.
Oregon has now won eight of its
last nine games and three straight
to improve to 14-7 overall and 10-3
in the Pacific-10 Conference. The
hot streak gives the Ducks their
best start after 13 conference games
since 1994 and puts them in a tie
for second place with UCLA.
UCLA and Oregon are two
games behind first-place Stanford,
which has lost only once in Pac-10
play. Arizona is in third place
with a 9-3 mark, a half game be
hind Oregon and UCLA.
Last weekend the Ducks hand
ed then-No. 17 Washington a 16
point defeat at Mac Court, which
Oregon head coach Jody Runge
worries could lead to a letdown in
Tempe.
“I think there’s a worry because
it was such an emotional week,”
she said. “I’m not worried to fright
about it, but I just think the poten
tial is there going on the road.
“I think the kids know how im
portant every game is, that we’ve
got to come to play. There’s not
that many games left, and I think
they’re capable of getting up for
every game.”
With an eye peering down the
schedule at games against Arizona
and Stanford looming in the next
week, the Ducks cannot afford
losses to teams below them in the
standings, Runge has maintained
all season.
“We’re keeping our heads about
it,” said freshman Angelina
Wolvert. “We're not thinking it’s
going to be an easy game at all.
We’re just going to try to go out,
play the best game we can play. ”
The Ducks are looking to get
back to the NCAA Tournament for
the fifth time in Runge’s five years,
and with five games left to play —
three of which are at Mac Court
where the Ducks have won better
than 80 percent of their games in
the last five years — wins are now
paramount.
“I don’t know if this is a sweep
situation,” Runge said of the two
game swing in Arizona, which in
cludes a Saturday contest with No.
8 Arizona. “But certainly we need
to beat Arizona State and play our
best game of basketball against
Arizona and let the chips fall
where they may. That’s the best
we can do.”
Pac-8: UO will face Southern California first
» Continued from Page 11
keeper for Oregon. “That will really pump our players
up and really distract the other players, so it’s a huge
advantage.”
Robertson said the Ducks expect to have large
crowds for the tournament because of a full-fledged
publicity campaign. Head coach Geoff Norman said
more than 1,000 tickets have been sold for Oregon’s
game Saturday night.
The winner of the tournament receives an automat
ic bid to the American College Hockey Association
National Tournament at Rutgers University in Piscat
away, N. J., from March 5-9.
Included in the four-team field are Oregon, two-time
defending tournament-champion Stanford, UCLA
and regular season champion Southern California.
The lour teams qualified according to a formula
developed by the Pac-8 board of officials that takes
into account regular-season game results and oppo
nents.
The tournament begins Saturday with a 4 p.m.
game between Stanford and UCLA. The Cardinal (7-2
Pac-8,9-9 overall) is the No. 2 seed, while the Bruins
(7-5 Pac-8,12-5 overall) are the No. 3 seed.
The Ducks, 7-1 in home games this season, battle
Southern California in their first game beginning Sat
urday at 7:15 p.m. Oregon (9-5 Pac-8, 10-6-1 overall)
is the No. 4 seed, while the Trojans (14-4 Pac-8,18-6
overall) are the No. 1 seed.
The final two games of the tournament will be
played Sunday. The consolation game starts at 10
a.m. and the championship game at 1:15 p.m.
Even the odds.
Theirs and Yours.
Join AmeriCorps, the domestic Peace Corps. By tutoring
kids, restoring streams and parks, building playgrounds,
helping communities hit by disasters, serving in a health
clinic, or meeting other important needs, you'll help others
succeed when you join AmeriCorps for one year, you get:
★ A living allowance and health care
★ Skills for your future
★ Deferment of qualified student loans
★ Almost $5,000 for education
★ An experience you’ll never forget
Sound interesting? Call AmeriCorps for more
information: 1-800-942-2677 (TDD 1-800-833
3722) Or visit our website at
http://www.cns.gov
AmeriCorps. Getting Things Done.
restaurant
Korean A Japanese Cuisine
• Low Fat • Low Calorie*
• Brown Rice Available
1219 Aider St.
Aero** the Street from Sacred Heart Hospital
1895 I
choice of
fT/M Off all dishes
(}\| over $199*
ora FREE DRINK
with coupon
'Excluding special menu Expires February 23, 1998
v 16 years of age or older?
is* Diagnosis of asthma?
v* Using asthma medication daily?
v0 A non-smoker with limited smoking history?
The study is enrolling now:
* 6 visits over 14 weeks
* Examinations, pulmonary function tests,
laboratory testing and study medications
at no charge
* Financial compensation for study participants
Call our office to see if you qualify:
Allergy & Asthma Research Group
1488 Oak Street Eugene, OR 97401
683-4324
Robert Frost Jones, M.D.
Kraig Warren Jacobson, M.D.
NO REFERRAL NECESSARY
OREGON MEN'S HOOPS
VS.
ARIZONA STATE
TONIGHT! FEBRUARY I9TH -TIP OFF 7:05 PM
OREGON MEN'S HOOPS
VS.
#3 ARIZONA
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21st -TIP OFF 1:35 PM
TWO PEOPLE WILL WIN FREE
DIGITAL CELL PHONES
FROM AT&T WIRELESS
VISIT THE PROMOTIONAL TABLE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Call the Duck Ticket Office at 346-4461, TTY 346-5418.
Celebrating 99 years of publishing &
26 years as an independent newspaper