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‘Shrivel* no shrinking violet ■ Freshman point guard Kourtney Shreve may not be big, but fans have noticed her anyway Like most freshmen, Shreve — “Shrivel” to teammates — will gain strength as her career pro gresses. She’ll also gain important experience necessary to succeed in the intense world of big-time college basketball. “I knew you had to be commit ted,” Shreve said. “But there’s so much that you’re not ready for and you don’t know about. But you have to go through it to un derstand it.” Runge and Shreve agreed that her game is improving, but there’s still plenty of potential left to tap. So much so that the Ducks could likely find themselves with a surplus of capable point guards. No problem. Runge said she can easily foresee Shreve running the point and Williams playing shooting guard. “That’s a possibility,” Runge said. “Put Shaq at the two-spot and let her shoot a little more than she gets to at the point. Actually, sometimes she comes and asks me if she can do that.” So she’s no Cruella DeVii Sunday’s Register Guard in cluded a heartfelt letter-to-the-ed itor about the Ducks’ head coach, concocted by Eugene resident and former Oregon tennis coach Tom Greider. He wrote about a “particular Sunday evening, just 24 hours af ter their tough game against Stan ford” when he was watching the Kidsports basketball team for which both his daughter (Kelsey) and Runge’s niece play. “The game was winding down when one of Kelsey’s team mates took an el bow to the stom ach. ... This poor little girl couldn’t get her breath back and was hy perventilating. ... Jody goes all the way over to the other side of the gym, gets down to eye level with this 9-year-old and helps her regain her composure.... Jody takes the time to comfort her and shows the grace and compas sion that makes her not just a won derful coach,but a great person...” Characteristi cally, Runge did her hfist to nlav Pac-10 Notes By Mirjam Swanson Oregon Daily Emerald It seems to be the first question anyone who’s been to an Oregon women’s basketball game this season asks: “Who’s No. 5?” Which is usually followed by, “That girl is crazy.” And then, “That girl is good.” She isn’t crazy, but freshman Kourtney Shreve is good and get ting better. Apparent ly good enough to be impressive even in lim ited minutes, playing behind star sophomore Shaquala Williams and consistent junior Karen Piers. The 5-7 point guard has ap peared in 11 of the Ducks’ 17 games and is averaging 5.7 min utes. And although she’s only av eraging one point per outing, Shreve’s somewhat frenetic play has been a spark for Oregon. “She’s gonna be a great one, without a doubt,” head coach Jody Runge said. “She has great quickness. She can flat-out shoot it like [Williams]; she has the confi dence like Shaq. [Kourtney] just needs to get stronger.” Freshman point guard Kourtney Shreve is developing into a good player and a crowd favorite. the whole thing off. “I’ve seen plenty enough of that in practice, I’m just glad I could help,” she said. “[The letter] was almost embarrassing. I guess my Cruella DeVil reputation is going right down the tubes, isn’t it?” And that, said Greider, is exact ly why he wrote. “A lot of people see her on the sidelines and portray her to be some evil monster,” he said. “But she’s not. She’s a very nice, articu late young lady. “I’ve seen it. I’ve seen her be in troduced to girls and not just walk away, but talk to them, ask them about their basketball, actually have a conversation. My reeling is that if you can come away saying you had an impact on just one kid, then you’ve really done a lot. It’s not about how many NCAA cham pionships she wins, [it’s that] she’s a terrific role model.” Ml,A. For the first time in nearly six years, Kirstin McKnight wasn’t on hand for an Oregon women’s bas ketball game during the past week’s homestand. Instead the former walk-on and current assistant was at a confer ence in New York, representing the University’s Warsaw School of sports Marketing ana cnatting with the likes of NBA commis sioner David Stern and WNBA commissioner Val Ackerman. McKnight also fielded job offers from both Major League Soccer and the NHL. “I want to coach,” McKnight said. “But if the date comes that coaching isn’t... then I can get into the management side of sports. ” Beside, she might not be able to handle missing the Ducks’ games. “It was so hard for me. I didn’t even have a laptop to get scores, so I called my dad who had on broad cast.com andhe stuck the phone up, and I was getting updates that way.” Come one! Come an to the BIG SHOIN! 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