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Starting point guard Mike McShane gets the Oregon offense moving with a bounce pass
against Coppin State.
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who shot just 35 percent, includ
ing 29.6 percent from three-point
range.
Despite those numbers, and the
fact that Oregon out—rebounded
the Eagles 38-28, forced 10
turnovers and blocked seven shots,
Kent said defense is the Duck’s
biggest weakness after one game.
“Our defense needs to pick up,”
Kent said. “With that athleticism,
we should be a much better defen
sive team in shutting people
down, and we have not done a
very good job in two games [in
cluding an exhibition win over an
Australian club team] of shutting
down the drive.”
The key to doing that is the play
of Oregon’s big men, who also
need to assert themselves offen
sively, according to Smith.
“We need to gel more scoring on
the inside,” said Smith, who also
provided nine rebounds against
Coppin State. “I suspect we’ll be
able to do that when we get Flo
[Hartensteinl back, and Skouson
[Harker] ’s coming around. ”
Hartenstein, a 6-foot-9 sopho
more from Germany who aver
aged four points and four re
bounds per game last season, will
miss four more games this season
because of academic suspension.
Harker, a 6-8 junior transfer
from Alberta, Canada, provided
some much-needed aggression in
the post against Coppin State.
Though he was scoreless, Harker
pulled down seven rebounds
against the Eagles.
Also back at center is 7-foot se
nior Mike Carson, who redshirted
last season after sustaining ankle
and knee injuries. Chris Christof
fersen, a native of Denmark, gives
Oregon two 7-footers for the first
time in recent memory.
On the wing, Scales and Jones
are joined by Donte Quinine, Yasir
Rosemond and Terik Brown, who
led the Ducks with 12.8 points per
game last season.
At the point are Mike McShane
and transfer Darius Wright, who
Kent called one of the smartest
players in the program’s history.
Brown and Carson are the pro
gram’s sole seniors, giving Kent
two scholarships opening up next
season, one of which was filled on
Tuesday.
Kent announced the signing of
Anthony Norwood, an honorable
mention high school All-Ameri
can and junior college transfer
from Southwestern Louisiana.
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back to dodge an opponent near
the Eagle three-point line and
calmly banked in his first regular
season field goal and lay up,
Scales resembled another smooth
No. 33 — NBA all-star Scottie
Pippen.
In the second half, Scales got
the Pit rocking with another high
light-reel play. Guard YasirRose
mond dribbled down the left side
of the lane on an Oregon fast
break and lobbed a pass in the
basket's general vicinity. The ball
looked like it would drop unat
tended into an Eagle’s hands, but
suddenly Scales rose above
everybody, clenched the ball
with two hands and authorita
tively slammed home the Ducks’
52nd and 53rd points.
No Oregon player in recent
memory has possessed the com
bination of skill and athletic abili
ty to make such plays.
Nobody except Jones, that is.
Although he played just 11
minutes against Coppin State,
Jones scored seven points on 3-of
4 shooting and put exclamation
points on the victory with a two
handed slam to end the game. In
the exhibition game, Jones, the
two-time Oregon state player of
the year at Gresham's Barlow
High School, showcased his tal
ents on a baseline drive. As he ap
proached the basket and the Aus
tralian defense, Jones performed
an improvisational 180-degree
spin and dropped a finger roll
through the net.
Duck fans will see many more
breath-taking plays like these in
the games to come, but they wi 11
never grow accustomed to them.
As past seasons have shown,
players like (ones and Scales are
treats, not typical offerings.
If Kent can continue to attract
players like these to his program,
Oregon followers may eventually
honor him with the ultimate
stamp—commemorative.
Tim Pyle is a sports reporterfor the
Emerald. He can Ire reached via
e-mail at tpyle@gladstone.uoregon
edu.
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