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who come to play tonight are not
the same Ducks who blew a 26
point lead at Stanford, only to lose
by 16. It seems as if they’d rather
see a team that routed its way to
No. 9 in the nation — not a team
that slipped out of the polls alto
gether.
Before the road trip, Oregon
won its first five games by an aver
age of 21 points.
Since then Oregon holds a mere
5.4-point advantage over its last 10
opponents.
“We have to get focused back on
doing the little things right and ex
ecuting on offense,” head coach
Jody Runge said. “In particular,
staying with things. We had a lot
of kids that were trying to make
things up, and that’s not the way
this team functions best.”
The Ducks seem to function
best when sophomore point guard
Shaquala Williams puts up big
numbers. Oregon performed well
at Mac Court on Jan. 15 last season,
beating the Huskies 70-56 in
Williams’ first start for the Ducks.
Recent encounters, however,
with zone defenses have limited
Williams’ shot selection.
“I always remember Washing
ton as one school that I’ve always
played well against,” Williams
said. “That’s something I can go in
with in the back of my mind. Right
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now, it’s kind of a game where I’m
going to use it to get back on track
because I’ve been slumping lately.
“I’m not shooting the ball as
well as I’d like to. I think a lot of it
is just because I’m living at the
three-point line, and if I’m not hit
ting those threes I’m not going to
play well, as far as shooting per
centage, so I have to get off and do
other things.”
One Duck who loves living on
the 3-point line is Jamie Craig
head. The sophomore guard/for
ward scored 15 points, all from be
hind the arc, in her first career start
last Saturday.
Craighead will start against
Washington in place of junior Lind
sey Dion, who sat out the Stanford
game with a concussion but is
UO men
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the Ducks always carries extra
meaning.
“I would never characterize it
as nasty, but it is very intense,”
said Bender, who has a 5-8
record against Oregon. “In our
seven years, there have always
been good games. You never have
an easy time.”
Last season was no exception,
• as the Huskies prevailed at home
in overtime by a score of 86-76
on Jan. 16.
But on Feb. 13, Oregon got its
revenge at McArthur Court by
sending the Huskies home with a
94-81 loss.
Bender, who played college
ball at Indiana, got well acquaint
ed with the Oregon program back
when he was a high school sen
ior. In 1975, then-Oregon head
coach Dick Harter unsuccessful
ly recruited Bender.
“I visited Oregon when I was
in high school during the
Kamikaze Kids [days],” Bender
said. “I knew the Washington
Oregon game was big before I
heard the stories.”
The rivalry dates back to 1904,
with the Huskies holding the
169-93 series lead, including
winning three of the last four.
available against Washington.
Washington is led by the red-hot
duo of junior Megan Franza and
freshman Loree Payne, whose re
spective averages of 19.7 and 18.3
points per outing rank first and
second in the Pac-10.
“They have two guards who
shoot the ball really well,” Runge
said. “Megan and Loree are play
ing with a lot of confidence. I think
[the Huskies] had a whole lot of
adversity with injuries inside.
They’re coming back through, ad
justing to that.”
The Huskies also may be play
ing with some extra motivation be
cause beating the Ducks would
give them their 500th win in pro
gram history. Only Stanford has
that many Pac-10 wins.
Nonetheless, Williams is confi
dent that Washington will have to
wait at least one more game. When
Oregon lost at Santa Barbara, 74
61 in December, the Gauchos had
just returned from a lengthy road
trip of their own.
The result was an unleash of
pent-up energy that weary Oregon
couldn’t handle.
According to Williams, it is the
Ducks’ turn to unleash.
“Washington will definitely get
the energy,” she said. “It’s kind of
like when we went to Santa Bar
bara; it’s the same exact situation.
It’s going to be the same thing
here.”
Bender has taken his Huskies
to two straight NCAA Tourna
ment berths and four straight
postseason appearances, and he
sees a win against Oregon as a
stepping stone to March.
“When I first came to Washing
ton, one of the first games coach
Marv Harshman always talked
about was the Oregon game,”
Bender said. “We’ve got our pro
gram into the tournament for two
years, and that’s where they want
to be. I see the whole Northwest
rivalry getting better and better.”
This season, however, the tide
seems to have turned in the
Ducks’ direction.
The Huskies are not expected
to make much noise in the league
this season after losing the tower
ing presence of 7-foot Todd Mac
Culloch and the scoring threat
Donald Watts. But thus far they
have managed to play competi
tive ball.
“We have two big road games
that we feel we have a chance to
win,” senior forward A.D. Smith
said. “If we can come out of next
week 4-1, then we’ll be in great
shape.
“But we have to take Washing
ton very seriously. They’re a
hard-nosed team and probably
play as hard as anyone in the
conference. They’re going to be
ready.”
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