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Basketball continued from page 11A dicative of how close the contest really was. The score did show, however, that Stanford simply has too much depth for most teams to handle for a hill 40 minutes. “They are a typical Stanford team,” said Oregon head coach Ernie Kent, who fell to 0-5 in games against Stanford head coach Mike Montgomery, for whom he once served as an assis tant. “When the test was there, they rose up and responded. We just ran into a superior team that gave a superior effort. ” The Cardinal were simply too much from the inside and the outside. Redshirt-freshman for ward Jarron Collins frustrated the Ducks with his arsenal of low-post moves and medium range jumpers that accounted for his 19-point, 13-rebound per formance. Polished freshman Casey Jacob sen hit all four of his three-point ers for 12 points, and David Mose ley added four threes himself en route to a team-high 20 points. Oregon was led by senior for ward Alex Scales with 21 points, although he made only nine-of-25 field goal attempts and was just three-of-12 from beyond the arc. Beforehand, Kent drew up three keys to the game: The Ducks had to limit Stanford’s three-point shooting, control the rebounds and keep the Cardinal away from the charity stripe. Instead, all three plans failed as Stanford converted on 9-of-15 threes, out-rebounded the Ducks 42-30 and connected on 26-3 T free throws — including an amazing run of 21 straight to close the game. What compounded Kent’s frus tration was that Oregon — which lives and dies by the three-pointer — shot just 20.8 percent from be yond the arc, hitting only five of 24 attempts, and making only six of 12 free throws. And yet, although none of the Ducks had a hot hand, Oregon managed to keep themselves in the ball game. But whenever the Ducks and their fans seemed to shift momen tum in their favor, Stanford was there with another big shot. With 17:41 to go, Oregon was down 44-36 and went on an 8-2 run capped by a reverse layup by forward Bryan Bracey to cut the lead to two. Stanford guard Michael McDon ald was fouled shooting a three, said he converted all three free throws. After a Scales’ jump shot, Jacobsen drilled a three from the comer for the six-point advantage. Stanford extended its lead to 68 56 with 4:19 left after a Moseley three that he described as “the si lencer.” But The Pit would rock once more as Bracey converted a fast break dunk off a steal and Scales drained a three from the comer to cap seven unanswered Duck points and give the Mac Court cra zies a flicker of hope. Alas, it was short-lived. Bracey was called for traveling. Moseley connected on two free throws. And McDonald hit a clutch three to push the lead back to double digits with 1:49 left. Twelve Stan ford free throws later and the win belonged to the Cardinal. Despite the loss, Kent was very encouraged with his team’s effort and repeatedly praised the crowd. “That was the Mac Court of old,” he said. “What a wonderful, wonderful environment to play a game. Tonight, there is no doubt in my mind that we have the best home court advantage in the league, and maybe even the West Coast. “That crowd took us to another level and if we can bring all of them back and continue to build off them, as well as grow as a team, we’re going to have one awesome season.” Men continued from page 11A Madsen was pleased that his teammates picked up the slack when he wasn’t able to produce at the offensive end. “It’s frustrating not being able to play as well as I’d like to, but I’m just going to keep battling and eventu ally I’ll get back on track,” said Mad sen, who returned from a right ham string injury just five games ago. “Jarron really stepped up tonight and made some great plays. ” Oregon head coach Ernie Kent said there can be a “catch-22” when playing against Stanford’s four-man post rotation. “I felt like where they really got us was with the offensive rebounding, - because they’re so big,” said Kent, who watched his team get out-re bounded by Stanford 42-30. “If you’re fronting them, they’ve got in side position when you shoot the ball. If you’re behind them, then they can shoot over you. So you kind of have to pick your poison when you play against them. ” Oregon forward A.D. Smith agreed that Stanford’s rebounding edge was a major factor. “They did a good job of keeping us off the boards,” said Smith, who finished with 13 points and six re fa o u n d s . “They’re tough and physical, and they know when to box out. ” The Ducks’ chances of upset ting the Cardinal were hurt when Oregon center Julius Hicks went down with a back injury in the Ducks’ victory Thursday against California. Women continued from page 11A portediy discussed before the game — that had something to do with the massive shift. Stanford, after all, did go 87-3 against Pac 10 opponents during the 1990s. Maybe the pressure of being up by 26 at Maples stymied the Ducks, seemingly on the way to winning in the mighty Cardinal’s house for the first time since 1987. Or perhaps it was Stanford’s not-quite-suffocating full court press, which managed to take Ore gon completely out of its game. Surely the absence of Lindsey Dion, Oregon’s starting shooting guard who is out with a concus sion suffered against California on Thursday, played a role in the out come. Whatever, the Ducks choked Saturday. In the last 24 minutes, 15 sec onds of the game, Stanford outscored Oregon 68-26 — after only scoring two points on two-of 20 shooting through the first nine minutes. “We had a great first half,” Ore gon head coach Jody Runge said on the KUGN post game show. “One of those halves where noth ing can go wrong. Then Stanford makes a great adjustment and goes with the press. “[The Ducks] know what they’re supposed to be doing, but they’re just tense. ‘The press is on, we’ve broken it, now what do we do?’ Well, they know, it’s just heightened anxiety level that peo ple are pressing you.” Typical of Oregon’s distraught second-half play, point guard Shaquala Williams uncharacteris tically squandered an open court layup opportunity, instead pass ing the ball back behind her and into the Ducks’ bench. The press has rattled Oregon be fore. Last season at McArthur Court, the Ducks held a 25-point second-half lead against Washing ton State. Eleven minutes later, the Cougars were within four, having scored 21 unanswered points. The Ducks won that game — but Washington State is not Stan ford. And the Cardinal doesn’t allow for such lapses. Runge remained publicly posi tive about the game, downplaying any residual effects it could have on the rest of the season. “I think our kids feel very good about the way we played in the first half,” she said. “And like I told them, it’s just a game. ” Lauren St. Claire led Stanford with 25 points, including her six three-pointers. Angelina Wolvert led the Ducks with 16 points and 10 rebounds. ducks vs. thursday 7:00pm mac court huskies WBB T-Shirt Giveaway The 1st 700 fans through the gates will receive a free t-shirt, courtesy of the Pac-10. Be there pregame for the unveiling of the 1999 Pac-10 Championship Banner 2000 VW Beetle GL Power locks AM/FM Cassette/AC, ABS #W99260 5 Speed, Air, AM/FM Cass #W9234 Pictures for illustration purposes only. Drivers wanted! 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