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and four consecutive Three
Rivers League championships
along with a barrage of individ
ual accolades — is what
brought colleges to Yamasaki’s
doorstep.
During her senior year, Ya
masaki was named the 1998
Nike/WBCA All-American,
1998 Gatorade Regional and
Oregon Player of the Year and
was Sports Illustrated’s Old
Spice Athlete of the Month for
March. All in all, Yamasaki
earned 18 different awards dur
ing her tenure at Oregon City.
Even though Oregon lost its
bid for Yamasaki, it has contin
ued to have success under head
coach Jody Runge.
The Ducks (23-4, 14-2) can
clinch a share of the conference
title with a win against Stanford
tonight at Maples Pavilion, and
win it outright with a victory
overCaliforniaon Saturday.
Despite the fact the Cardinal is
having a down year by their stan
dards — Stanford has not lost
four conference games since the
1986-87 season — it is still a force
strong enough to end the Ducks’
nine-game winning streak and
take away Oregon’s hopes of
playing host to the first round of
the NCAA tournament.
Yamasaki will be a key factor
in tonight’s game because of
her personal motivation, and
also because she leads the Car
dinal in scoring, averaging 14
points per game, and ranks sec
ond in rebounds with six a
game.
Last week, during Stanford's
81-67 loss to Arizona at the
McKale Center in Tucson, Ya
masaki hit a conference-high
eight three-pointers in nine at
tempts, finishing with a game
high 28 points.
Earlier this season, Oregon
handed Yamasaki and the Car
dinal their first conference loss,
defeating the Cardinal, 63-59,
at McArthur Court on Jan 4.
The loss snapped Stanford’s
streak of 22 straight wins over
the Ducks and was Runge’s
first win against the Cardinal.
“For me, personally, it puts
more of a challenge and more
pressure to win," Yamasaki
said. “Having them beat us is
not a good situation for me.”
In that game, Oregon was
without its star defensive play
er, senior guard Lisa Bowyer,
but the Ducks’ depth is pail of
what has made them so suc
cessful this season.
Scream. Yell. Jump. Repeat. Mac Court.
Tonight Saturday
Ducks v. #6 Stanford Ducks v. Cal
7:35 pm 3:05 pm
Sports Brief
Pac-10 broadcasters
honor Duck transfers
Two Oregon guards, Darius
Wright and Alex Scales, were
selected to the five-man Fred
Hassler/All-Newcomer (non
freshman) basketball team as se
lected by the Pacific-10 Confer
ence radio broadcasters, the
conference announced Wednes
day.
Wright, a junior point guard
from Sacramento, Calif., and
Scales, a junior guard from
Racine, Wis., have been starters
all year for the Ducks (15-10
overall, 7-9 in the Pac-10) as
they continue their quest for
postseason play in hosting No. 6
Stanford tonight at McArthur
Court.
The 6-foot Wright averages 8.2
points and 4.9 assists to rank
among the league leaders in the
latter category. A three-point
threat, Wright canned 31 of 80
long-range attempts and has lead
the team in scoring twice this
year. His 13 assists against Ari
zona tied the school record. He is
a transfer from West Valley Junior
College.
Scales, a 6-foot-4 wing player,
has been the Ducks’ leading scor
er most of the season (14.3 points
per game) and is the second-lead
ing rebounder in ranking among
the conference leaders in both
categories. The team leader in
three-pointers with 42, he also
leads in blocks (20) and is second
in assists (81) and steals (23). He
has paced the team in scoring 10
times and in rebounding six
times. Scales is a transfer from
San Jacinto Community College
in Texas.
Southern California’s sopho
more center Brian Scalabrine was
named Newcomer of the Year,
while Oregon State’s junior guard
Josh Steinthal and Washington
State’s junior guard Jan Michael
Thomas also made the squad. Ju
nior forward Eddie Miller of
Washington State, California’s ju
nior forward Carl Boyd and
sophomore guard Alton Mason of
Arizona State were named honor
able mention.
This is the seventh year the
conference has named an all
newcomer team comprised of
non-freshman student athletes.
Pesznecker
Continued from Page 9
If it weren’t for Rider’s heroic
efforts late in the fourth quarter,
Portland would have surely lost.
He reentered the game with the
Blazers down by six points, the
largest point spread of the entire
game. Against a team like the
Utah Jazz in a clutch situation,
that is a lot of points.
But Rider calmly stepped up to
the challenge. He missed his first
shot, but he promptly sank a
jump shot and a three-pointer to
pull the Blazers back into the
game.
Does that sound like poor lead
ership to you, Dwight?
Rider took the initiative, and
he delivered when the team
needed him most. And he did it
with the knowledge that if he
screwed up, everyone across
town would likely be reading
your next column about why he
should be shipped to the Los An
geles Clippers.
As long as we’re talking about
leaders, Dwight, how about that
Damon Stoudamire?
Stoudamire really bit the big
one in overtime against the Jazz.
Granted, he did hit the shot that
tied the score at the end of regula
tion, but its worthless to take
your team into overtime if you’re
going to abandon them down the
stretch.
Everyone in attendance at the
Rose Garden on Tuesday night —
myself included — was mystified
when Mighty Mouse airballed a
three-point attempt in the second
overtime, then missed one of two
free throws with just seconds re
maining to keep Utah’s hopes
alive.
Were you there, Dwight? Did
you see it? I was there, and I
did.
The facts are there for anyone
to see. Stoudamire is shooting
just 36.7 percent from the field,
while Rider is up around 47 per
cent. The Little General may be
able to run circles around any of
his opponents, but running only
earns you points in track and
field.
At the moment, Stoudamire is
not the great leader you predicted
he would be.
I don’t know if you were at the
game or not, Dwight; my seat was
too high up to spot you on press
row. But even from such a high
altitude, I could see the lone
Blazer at center court, raising the
roof and getting the crowd into
the game.
Guess who, Dwight?
In all fairness, I am not going
to call Isaiah Rider a great role
model. It is hard to outlive a
reputation. And with a past as
well-known as his, it would be
difficult to pass him off as a
community man like
Stoudamire.
However, Rider is not a bad
role model. He has participated
in charity events and made cash
donations. He travels to Portland
area schools and helps educate
young people.
And on the court he is a great
leader.
But you still don’t like him,
do you, Dwight? I get the feeling
that you never will. He could
lead the league in all categories
and donate his entire salary to
charity and you’d probably
write a column about how he
was just doing that to make his
image better.
Stoudamire could flip a dime
to a panhandler and you'd proba
bly call him a hero.
Dwight, I can see why you’ve
been so quiet lately. Rider has
given you no reason to say any
thing bad about him this season
and that drives you nuts, doesn’t
it?
You tried, though. When Port
land signed guard Jim Jackson, a
player with abilities comparable
to Rider’s, you had a big column
in The Oregonian the next day.
You said Rider’s days in Portland
were numbered and Jackson
would replace him.
Once again, Dwight, the facts
are there.
Rider is averaging 33.3 min
utes to Jackson’s 23.1. Rider is
shooting 47 percent from the
field and 43 percent from be
hind the arc. Jackson is hitting
42.7 percent from the field and
27.3 percent from the three
point line.
Jackson has the edge on assists,
but with the game on the line,
anyone in their right mind would
rather see the hall in Isaiah’s
hands.
You must be pretty upset,
Dwight Jaynes: Rider has done
more than leave you without a
column to write.
He has made you look pretty
foolish, as well.