Pac-10 Notes Erica Gomez and her Bruins try to keep pace with the suprising fire of Kitch Kitchen and the Sun Devils. PAGE 8 Scoreboard Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Week: Eddie House senior guard 61 points vs. Cal (ties Pac-10 record) January 8 24 points vs. Stanford January 6 Pac-10 Leaders, Men Scoring: Eddie House, Arizona State, 24.0 ppg Sam Clancy, Southern Cal, 17.6 Sean Lampley, California, 16.6 Rebounds: Michael Wright, Arizona, 8.7 rpg Sean Lampley, California, 8.7 Dan Gadzuric, UCLA, 8.1 Steals: Jeff Trepagnier, Southern Cal, 4.38 spg Mike Bush, Washington State, 2.91 Brandon Granville, Southern Cal, 2.64 Blocks: Loren Woods, Arizona, 3.40 bpg Curtis Borchandt, Stanford, 2.38 Dan Gadzuric, UCLA, 1.92 Assists: Brandon Granville, Southern Cal, 8.07 apg Jason Gardner, Arizona, 5.60 Senque Carey, Washington, 5.29 Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Week Kitch Kitchen senior guard Averaged 13.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.5 assists in wins over Stanford and California, leading Arizona to a first ever 2-0 Pac-10 start Pac-10 Leaders, Women Scoring: Megan Franza, Washington, 20.4 ppg Shaquala Williams, Oregon, 17.9 Loree Payne, Washington, 17.6 Rebounds: Maylana Martin, UCLA, 8.9 rpg Tatum Brown, Arizona, 8.7 Reda Petraitis, Oregon State, 8.0 Steals: Courtney Johnson, California, 3.00 Kitch Kitchen, Arizona State, 2.58 Reshea Bristol, Arizona, 2.50 Blocks: Sissel Pierce, Oregon State, 2.92 bpg Jenny Mowe, Oregon, 2.54 Denise Woods, Southern Cal, 1.92 Assists: Felecity Willis, Arizona, 5.36 apg Milena Flores, Stanford, 5.00 Natalie Tucker, Arizona State, 4.33 Sports Wednesday January 12,2( Volume 101, Issue 74 Emerald NO-QUIT Lindquist ■ In his first year in the program, Ben Lindquist has proved he belongs and will do anything to help his team win Ben Lindquist Position; Guard Height: M Year: Sopho more Birth date: 5 10-79 Hometown; St. George, Utah Notable: He av eraged 8.0 points, 3.0 re bounds and 2.6 assists for Utah Valley State College in 1998-99 as a freshman... His junior col lege team post ed a 22-9 record and was ranked as high as 11th in the nation... He attended Pine View High School and was an all-region and all-state standout by av eraging 20.7 points in lead ing his team to a third-place finish in the state. By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald Swish. Swish. Swish. It is 6:03 p.m. on Mon day evening, and all but one of the Oregon men’s basketball team members have departed from the floor at McArthur Court af ter its practice session in preparation for Thursday’s Pacific-10 Conference home opener at 7:05 p.m. against California. Swish. Around the rim and in. Swish. The lone player still shooting at a rigorous pace is sophomore guard Ben Lindquist, who is receiving chest pass after hard chest pass from assistant coach Mark Hudson. Lindquist, clad in green athletic shorts and a green practice jersey that sports the number 24, catches each ball in perfect shooting position and launches his smooth left handed jumper soon there after. Swish. Swish. Off the back iron and down. Shooting extra shots when many of his team mates are either showering or lifting weights is nothing new to the sophomore transfer guard from Utah Valley State. He stays after practice until he makes 100 three Turn to Lindquist, page 9 Ben Lindquist, who has proved to be the surprise of Oregon’s junior college recruiting class, can’t wait to start Pac-10 play Thursday. Eddie’s 61 bums down Cal’s House Emerald Archives Sun Devil standout Eddie House leads the Pac-10 in scoring after dropping 61 on Cal last Saturday. ■ Arizona State's Eddie House steals headlines, lighting up California with a Pac-10-record 61-point performance Pac-10 Notes By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald When the top-ranked team in the nation hosts the No. 5 team in the opening weekend of Pacific 10 Conference play—and loses—one would ex pect that game to get all of the attention. Wrong. All anybody seems to.be talking about this week is the number 61. And we’re not talking about Roger Maris and Mark McGwire, folks. Eddie House, Arizona State’s sensational senior shooting guard, lit up California for an eye-open ing, jaw-dropping 61 points in the Sun Devils’ 111 108 victory in double overtime last Saturday. And he did it by making 18 of 30 shots from the field, including 7-of-10 from three-point range, and a school record 18-of-19 free throws. The point total equals the Pac-10 record set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who recorded his 61 for UCLA on Feb. 25,1967. Turn to Basketball, page 12