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Freshman guard Kourtney Shreve was a major spark for the Ducks Sunday.
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by eight at halftime.
“I came in pretty confident,”
Shreve said. “I knew I needed to
play hard and be in rhythm. Late
ly I haven’t been in rhythm be
cause I haven’t been ready, but
once I got in there I knew I was go
ing to play good and the team was
together. And knowing that the
team was behind you, that was a
good thing.”
Those who haven’t seen Oregon’s
up-and-coming point guard may
say that the gambling Runge hap
pened to shoot the moon, and that
despite Shreve’s heroics, her 3-for-8
shooting performance suggests she
has much growing up to do.
But those who saw Shreve’s
McArthur Court debut in early No
vember recall the freshman’s im
mediate on-the-floor hustle plays.
Fans who have watched Shreve
since then have watched her con
tinually fit better into the offense.
From the beginning, Shreve’s
intensity has been there. On Sun
day, the rest of her game caught up.
“Kourtney gave us a huge lift
from the outside,” Runge said.
“Also from a mentality stand
point, [she] very aggressively
drove it to the basket and drove it
on transition. Just a great mentality
that we needed from not being a
tentative offensive group to being a
very aggressive offensive group.”
Shreve was the key player in
Oregon’s comeback, scoring all 10
of her points in the Ducks ’20-5
run to recapture the lead. Her first
points came when she was
fouled on a layup and hit the en
suing free throw, cutting Arizona
State’s lead to six with 16:04 to go.
Shreve hit two more free
throws with 11:26 to, play. Three
possessions later, the freshman
sank a jumper that cut the Sun
Devils’ lead to one.
And then the back-breaker.
Shreve, playing with as much
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poise and confidence as any
starter on either team, stepped up
and sank a three-pointer, giving
the Ducks its first advantage since
leading 22-21 in the first half.
Shreve’s dagger sank deep into
the heart of Arizona State, which
never regained the lead.
“I’m real proud of her,” starting
point guard Shaquala Williams
said. “She stepped in and hit
some huge shots, and was the dif
ference in the game.”
The ‘Shrivel/Shaq’ combina
tion was especially effective
down the stretch. With both Ore
gon guards hot from the outside,
Arizona State had to extend its
defense in the second half, allow
ing the Ducks several easy buck
ets in the inside.
“A lot of times I’ll let her play
the one and [I’ll] play the two, but
sometimes she makes me mad be
cause she doesn’t call the offense.
In the game, I just told her to slide
to the two, and be ready to shoot
the ball when you get it. She did
n’t hesitate.”
Forward Lindsey Dion, known
for her own hustle plays, comple
mented Shreve for being all over
the place.
“I had support definitely from
the fans, but the team too,”
Shreve said. “They were encour
aging me a lot, and that helped.”
As Shreve walked off the floor
with the game in hand, she was em
braced by her coach on the sideline,
her teammates heartily cheered her
and 4,569 fansall showed their love
for Oregon’s smallest guard.
Scott Pesznecker is Assistant sports edi
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