Inside Sports
Solid defense was important in the
men’s basketball team’s win against
USC, the Ducks need more of the same
against UCLA ...The women must re
j group for tomorrow’s grudge match
against co defending champion UCLA
...The men’s tennis team hopes for a
strong showing at Boise State Shootout
| before hosting Boise State Sunday...
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Scoreboard
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Min
Charissis 6
Bluthenthal40
Scalabrine 39
Granville 39
Trepagnier 40
Hair 35
Jones 1
FG
0-0
7- 11
8- 17
1-8
3-10
5-7
0-0
FT
0-0
2-2
2-2
8-9
2-5
0-3
0-0
P
0
17
18
10
9
13
0
Totals 200 24-53 14-2133*10 67
Shooting: 45.3% 3-point: 5-15(Bluthenthal
1-4, Scalabrine 0-1, Granville 0-3, Trepagnier
1-3, Hair 3-4)
includes one team rebound
Oregon (68)
Min
Smith 34
Scales 38
Hartenstein 12
Wright
Jones
Hicks
Lindquist
Norwood
Bracey
40
31
24
4
6
11
FG
7- 14
8- 15
2- 3
3- 7
3- 8
2-4
0-1
0-3
4- 5
FT
0-1
1-1
0-0
0-1
0-0
4-4
0-0
0-0
0-0
P
15
18
4
8
7
8
0
0
8
Totals
200 29-60 5-7 32* 18 68
Shooting: 48.3% 3-point: 5-15 (Smithl-2,
Scales 1-4, Wright 2-5, Jones 1-2, Lindquist 0
1, Norwood 0-1)
‘includes two team rebounds
Player of
the'
Game
Alex Scales
displayed
his usual
array of
impressive
m
SCALES
dunks and
smooth
shots, leading the Ducks
with 18 points, five boards
and two assists in a team
high 38-minute effort.
Quotes of the Game
“I \e never seen anything
like that in my life. I
couldn’t beleive that the
call was made, but we just
had to live with it and
play through it.”
Darius Wright,
Oregon point guard
on the official’s call to “redo” a free
throw with one minute remaining
“We were in the same
situation last year. This
team did a great job of
just hanging in there and
pushing through some
things and finding a way
to win. ”
Oregon head coach Ernie Kent,
on his teams’ determination to win
Friday
January 28,2000
Volume 101, Issue 85
Enfiefald
History not repeated; UO prevails
Unlike a
season ago,
Oregon
hangs on in
crunch time
over USC and
moves into a
four-way tie
for first
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
The scene was all too fa
miliar.
Oregon and USC were
once again in the final
minute of regulation at
McArthur Court with the
game on the line.
But instead of 2.8 seconds
left, there were 8.6 seconds.
Instead of a five-point
Oregon lead, it was only a
one-point Oregon lead.
Instead of Adam Spanich
with the ball at the end of
game for USC, it was Bran
don Granville.
But the biggest difference
was that, instead of Spanich
drilling six straight points
for the improbable win, it
was Granville driving into a
wall of Oregon defenders
and not getting a shot off.
As he was cutting
through the lane and look
ing to pass, Oregon guard
Freddie Jones got a hand on
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Michael Crisp Emerald
With the game on the line, forward A.D. Smith calls a crucial timeout to help ensure the win.
Ducks’ interior defense triumphs in win
s
Brett
Williams
■ Oregon achieve its goal of containing highly
touted USC forward Brian Scalabrine Thursday
By Brett Williams
Oregon Daily Emerald
Brian Scalabrine is one of
the nation’s best.
Southern California’s 6
foot-9, 250-pound forward
has been getting rave re
views for his play. Arkansas
State head coach Dickey
Nutt proclaimed Scal
abrine: “As good as it gets in
Division I-A basketball.”
So with the Trojans down
68-67 in the waning mo
ments of Thursday night’s
game, no one was surprised
that USC opted to give Seal
abrine a chance to win it.
The only surprise was
the result.
Scalabrine released his
trademark turnaround
jump shot just to the left of
the free- .throw line, but the
ball hit nothing but back
rim and the Ducks (14-3, 5
1 Pacific-10 Conference) es
caped with a victory, there
by moving into a four-way
tie for first place with the
Trojans (12-6,5-1), Arizona
and Stanford.
“There were a few shots I
should have made, and that
was one of them,” said Scal
abrine, who is a 1999-2000
Wooden Award and All
American candidate. “I had
a good look, I just missed
the shot.”
Oregon tried to mix-and
match defenders to frus
trate Scalabrine, with A.D.
Smith and Julius Hicks
matching up with him for
most of the game.
Oregon head coach Ernie
Kent said he was pleased
with the play of Hicks, who
fought fatigue throughout
the game while helping
hold Scalabrine to 8-of-17
shooting from the field and
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H Our de
fense has
won the
last three
gamesfor
us down
the stretch.
Ernie Kent
Oregon head
coach yy
In final second, Elmore shoots down Ducks
After losing to
USC at the
buzzer, the
Ducks face a
sweep heading
into their
showdown with
UCLA on
Saturday
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
Last week, Oregon point
guard Shaquala Williams
stated in her on-line diary
that she would do anything
for her team to win.
The All-American kept
her word.
Williams did all she could
in a 21-point effort, even hit
ting two free throws with 12
seconds remaining to give
her team a one-point lead.
And when Southern Cali
fornia’s Erica Mashia —
Williams’ idol back in her
high-school days in Portland
— missed a jumper with
mere seconds on the clock, it
appeared that Williams’ con
tributions were enough to
cap a heart-pounding Oregon
comeback.
That was before the long
rebound wound up in the
hands of USC’s Tiffany El
more, who, all in one motion,
turned, jumped, and threw
an 18-foot prayer over Jamie
Craighead’s outstretched arms.
Score. Win.
Dagger,
Oregon (13-5 overall, 4-2
Pacific-10 Conference) lost
the battle against USC (8-8,3
3), 74-73, after coming back
from a 12-point deficit mid
way through the second half.
“We talked about giving
them a shot, forcing them to
take a bad shot and making
sure we got the rebound,”
Oregon head coach Jody
Runge said. “We didn’t get
the rebound, they threw up a
prayer and it went in the basket.
And after they were beaten
on the floor by the Trojans,
the Ducks were literally beat
en off the floor by the referees.
A new NCAA rule which
goes into effect today says
that before the officals leave
the floor, a questionable
buzzer shot can be reviewed
on video.
Elmore’s final bucket was
definitly questionable. So
uncertain that Oregon Sports
Network radio play-by-play
announcer Ray Martin pro
claimed a Duck victory before
he noticed that USC won the
game.
When the shot fell, the offi
cials looked at eachother, un
sure of what had happened.
Then, they hurried off the floor.
Runge sprinted across
court after them, catching a
referee while her team waited
on the sidelines. But rather
than review the tape, the official
told Runge the shot was good.
“I don’t know what the
time on the clock was; I’ll
have to look at it on the film,”
Runge said. “But we didn’t
pull the rebound on the weak
side. We forced them into a
bad shot, and it’s that posse
sion that won the game for
them. That’s why you have to
play every possesion.
“We went to the board in
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