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February24,2000
Volume 101, Issue 104
By Mirjam Swanson and Scott Pesznecker Photos by Kevin Calame
It’s Feb. 11, the day after the Oregon
women’s basketball team beat Stanford
at McArthur Court for the second year in
a row, but nothing has changed in Jenny
Mowe’s hometown of Powers.
Elmo Frye and Jack Bushnell, who, in
Mowe’s words, “can’t be a day over 65,”
stroll into Jack’s Place, warmly greeting the
waitress and exchanging “hellos” with the
regulars.
Bushnell and Frye — better known as
Jack and Elmo — are decked out, respec- j
tively, in a dark blue windbreaker with “Hey j
Jack” embroidered on the chest and a Pow- j
er’s hoops sweatshirt.
Today, the Eugene Register-Guard’s deliv
ery person is late getting to Powers, so the
two former loggers haven’t had a chance to
see the previous night’s box score.
Naturally, they pour over the stats as soon
as they get their hands on them:
“Jenny got 10 points? Great!... She played
27 minutes ... She’s been averaging 17 min
utes a game, you know ... Damn, I wish I’d
known it was going to be that good of a game,
I’da been there ... I don’t think they play her
enough, really... Old Runge should know, but...
this oughttabe a good indication, dammit!”
Jack and Elmo both have spent most of
their lives in Powers. And as elder statemen
of the community, they’ve seen a lot.
Turn to Jenny Mowe, page 9A
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school and this area
have such a good work
ethic there's no way you
cannot excel if that's
what you want to do. "
^ When she wants to,
she can dunk. But
she's got the frame of
mind that she cant If
I worked with her, she
would."
{ ( She plays for the
fans. You see her out
there when she shoots a
basket; she really gets
into it. She likes to
make them happy. ”
Women, men set sights on important sweeps against UCLA
The UCLA
women will
try to repay
Oregon for the
27-point
blowout the
Ducks laid on
them last year
at Mac Court
By Mirjam Swanson
Oregon Daily Emerald
It’s a re-rematch between last season’s co
Pacific-10 Conference champs.
More than 7,000 crazy fans are expected
to fill McArthur Court for tonight’s 7 p.m.
showdown between the No. 22 UCLA
women’s basketball team (15-7 overall, 9-2
Pac-10) and unranked, con
ference-leading Oregon
(19-6,10-3).
But with five games re
maining in the regular sea
son, the Ducks are sticking
to their mantra: Every game
is a big game.
And that does include this one.
“It’s the next game on the schedule,” said
Oregon point guard Shaquala Williams,
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■ The Oregon men hope to turn the tables on a 1 b
season game losing streak at Pauley Pavilion tonight
By Brett Williams
Oregon Daily Emerald
Will the Duck hunting ever end at Pauley Pavilion?
The last two seasons, Oregon has put together solid efforts at
UCLA, only to lose by two points in the waning moments of each
contest.
But that is only half the story.
The term “close, but no cigar” definitely applies
to the Ducks (18-6 overall, 8-4 Pacific-10 Confer
ence), who may have given the Bruins a run for
their money recently but haven’t tasted success at
Pauley in 16 years.
According to Oregon forward A.D. Smith, the
intimidation factor that UCLA (13-11,4-8) once prided itself on at
home is only a memory.
“We’ll have to step up because it is a difficult place to play, but
Turn to Men, page 8A