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.”
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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.
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