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Busy weekend for UO athletes Tennis and indoor track and field get into the swing of things with early season events ■ ... Men's golf makes the trip south for the Arizona Ping Intercollegiate. PAGE 10 Scoreboard UCLA (58) Min FG FT R A P Moiso 30 5-10 3-3 7 1 13 Kapono 30 4-11 0-0 3 0 12 Gadzuric 17 3-5 0-0 6 0 6 Knight 29 6-7 0-0 6 2 13 Watson 40 3-13 0-2 4 5 6 Bailey 12 0-2 0-0 2 1 0 Barnes 14 3-5 1-10 1 8 Farnham 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Young 27 0-8 0-0 3 0 0 Totals 200 24-61 4-6 33*10 58 Shooting: 39.3% 3-point: 6-18 (Kapono 4-8, Knight 1-2, Watson 0-3, Barnes 1-2, Young 0 3) ‘includes two team rebounds Oregon (73) Min Smith 36 Scales 36 Hartenstein12 Wright 39 Jones 32 Hicks 7 Lindquist 6 Norwood 7 Bracey 25 FG FT R 9-15 0-0 6 4-6 0-0 4-8 4-9 0-2 0-2 0-1 4-8 6-6 3 0-1 1 6-6 3 0-1 2 0-0 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 8-10 7 P 18 14 0 17 8 0 0 0 16 Totals 200 25-51 20-2426*16 73 Shooting: 49.0% 3-point: 3-15 (Smith 0-1, Scales 0-1, Wright 3-7, Jones 0-4, Lindquist 0 2) ‘includes two team rebounds I ; i Player of the Game Darius Wright The senior point guard led the Ore gon charge with 18 points, nine assists ana two steals. He also hit all six of his free throws and scored 10 points in Oregon’s key 18-0 run in the second half. Quotes of the Game “They tried to take our spot, but we weren't going to be backed down ...We wanted to let them know that we were holding our ground. ” “We dug ourselves a hole early, but to come back and stretch that out was a lot easier — on me and my family. They keep asking for more than a one or two point victory. ” Bryan Bracey UO forward A.D. Smith, UO forward Best Bet NCAA Hoops No. 14 Texas vs. No, 17 Oklahoma 6 p.m., ESPN Monday January 31,2000 Volume 101, Issue 86 EfiSifald UO holds ground, blasts Bruins ■ Four Ducks score in double figures as Oregon uses an 18-0 run to dismantle the Bruins to move into a four-way tie for first in the Pac-10 Oregon Leaders Scoring Smith 18 Wright 17 Bracey 16 Scales 14 Rebounds Bracey 7 Smith 6 Assists Wright 9 Smith, Scales, Norwood 2 By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald There were signs early on that this game was going to be a war. Before pregame introduc tions even began, both UCLA and Oregon players huddled up on center court separately, arm in arm, and vied for position on the Duck emblem. Amid the roar of the crowd and with their backs touching, the Bruins tried to force the Ducks away in a longer-than-usual pregame huddle. But Oregon wouldn’t be moved. “They tried to take our spot, but we weren’t going to be backed down,” said junior forward Bryan Bracey. “We were moving back and forth, but we wanted to let them know that we were holding our ground.” It was a clear indicator of things to come. Oregon got down early, fought back toward the mid dle and then held its ground and took control late, send ing UCLA (12-6 overall, 3-4 Pacific-10 Conference) home with a 73-58 thump ing in front of a roaring sold out McArthur Court crowd of 9,087. The win propels Oregon (15-3, 6-1) into a four-way Turn to Basketball, page 12 Michael Crisp Emerald Bryan Bracey and the Ducks let loose in Saturday’s resounding 73-58 victory against the Bruins. ■ Oregon forwards Bryan Bracey and A.D. Smith had a strong inside presence in the Ducks’ win Saturday Following Oregon’s big win against UCLA on Satur day, the Ducks’ Bryan Bracey was asked to de scribe how it felt for the Ducks (15-3 overall, 6-1 Pa cific-10 Conference) to be atop the Pac-10 standings after running the Bruins out of McArthur Court. Bracey described it as “lovely.” “Lovely” also describes the performance of both Bracey and forward A.D. Smith. The two Oregon for wards were key in the Ducks’ win, scoring 18 points each. “I’m glad we finally got the opportunity to get the respect we deserve national ly,” Bracey said. “We’ve al ways been a good team, but we haven’t always played up to our potential. I think we deserve this. We worked hard to get here.” Smith and Bracey had the unenvious task of battling taller players all game, but they still managed to make their presence felt. The 6 foot-7 Bracey and 6-8 Smith matched UCLA’s 6-10 Jerome Moiso and 6-11 Dan Gadzuric in rebounding, combining for 13 boards. Turn to Post play, page 12 Brett Williams . Ducks slow No. 10 Bruins for upset win Oregon rebounds impressively from its loss at USC by beating No. 10 UCLA in Westwood 67-58 By Mirjam Swanson Oregon Daily Emerald What a trip. Lose to improving-but mediocre Southern Califor nia. Win at No. 10 UCLA. The Oregon women’s basketball team (14-5 over all, 5-2 Pacific-10 Confer ence) left for Los Angeles intent on at least splitting its games with USC and the Bruins. Thinking that if No. 10 UCLA — who shared the Pac-10 championship with the Ducks last season — should happen to get the best of Oregon Saturday, then at least the Ducks would be within a game of the first-place Bruins when they got home. Oregon got its split—but in most improbable fash ion. On Thursday the Women of Troy beat the Ducks on a question able, buzzer beating shot by Tiffany Elmore, who report edly said afterwards that even she couldn’t believe the officials counted it. Regardless, USC got the win, and Oregon faced the prospect of being swept in conference play for the first time in nearly half a decade. It didn’t happen. “I’m just so proud of this team right now,” said Jody Runge, the Ducks’ elated head coach, on KUGN after her team’s 67-58 victory. Runge mixed up defensive sets and watched her team hold UCLA 21 points be low its season average, thus becoming the only team not ranked in the top 10 to beat UCLA (12-5, 6-1) this sea son. Turn to Women, page 10 Leaders Scoring Williams 22 Craighead 11 Fredrick 10 Wolvert 10 Assists Williams 6 Rebounds Mowe 9
