Scoreboard
Oregon State (13-16,5-13)
Min FG FT RAP
Jones
21 4-8 0-2 8 1 8
Heide
16 6-8 0-1 4 0 12
Tanner
39 6-12 3-4 3 6 19
Steinthal
34 3-5 0-0
Petraitis
19 1-2 0-0
Haywood
16 3-3 0-0 0 1
Jackson
29 2-10 0-1 3 0
Lake
12 0-4 2-2 3 0
Walker
11 0-3 0-0 2 1
von Backstrom
3 0-1 1-2 0 2
1 1
0
Totals
200 25-56 6-12 28* 12 65
Shooting: 44.6% 3-point: 9-16
(Tanner4-8, Steinthal 1-1, Petraitis
1-1, Haywood 3-3, Jackson 0-3)
includes one team rebound
Oregon (22-7,13-5)
Min FG FT RAP
Smith
33 7-9 6-7 4 2 21
Hartenstein
13 0-2 2-4 3 1 2
Wright
38 3-7 2-2 4 3 10
Jones
34 6-12 4-5 4 6 18
Scales
35 4-12 7-10 3 2 15
Hicks
15 1-1 0-0 4 0 2
Lindquist
1 0-0 0-0100
Christofferson
2 0-0 2-4 1 0 2
Norwood
12 3-3 3-3 2 2,
Bracey
17 1-3 0-0 2 1 2
Totals
200-20-40-25-3*’ 31* 1* 83 1
Shooting: 51% 3-point: 8-23 f.
(Smith 1-2, Wright 2-6, Jones 2-6, %,
Scales 0-6, Norwood 3-3)
‘includes one team rebound
Player of the Game
JONES
Oregon forward Fred
erick Jones continued
his impressive play as
of late, posting a solid
all-around game with
18 points, four
rebounds, six assists
and two blocks in the
Duck’s second victory
against the Beavers
this season.
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Monday
March 13,2000
Volume 101, Issue 116
Emerald
Civil War win ices Oregon’s cake
Oregon senior
forward Alex
Scales passes by a
Beaver defender
in the Duck’s last
game at McArthur
Court. Scales
scored 15 points
in the 83-65 win
against
Oregon State.
Kevin Calame Emerald
■ Five Ducks score in double figures as
Oregon blows by the Beavers and into the
NCAA Tournament with momentum
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Pacific-10 Conference
season ended exactly the way it
began for the Oregon Ducks —
with a convincing win over
Oregon State in the Civil War.
Oregon’s (22-7 overall, 13-5
Pac-10) 83-65 victory over the
Beavers (13-16, 5-13) further
enforced that the power of in
state collegiate basketball be
longs in Eugene.
It was the Ducks 13th win in
its last 14 meetings with its 1-5
rivals, and it was the first time
in 29 years that Oregon has
closed out the regular season
with four straight victories.
Before the season began,
March 11 was seen as the day
when postseason hopes could
be on the line for both teams. It
was expected to be an electric
Turn to Men's hoops, page 13A
t^We’re
pea king at
just the
right time
with the
tourna
ment just
around the
corner,
Ernie Kent
head coach
Kevin Calame Emerald
Oregon senior forward A.D. Smith received loud cheers be
fore the game and delivered a team-high 21 points.
Senior trio victorious in
finale at McArthur Court
With five minutes re
maining in Satur
day’s game, A.D.
Smith took a nice pass from
Alex Scales and layed it in to
give Oregon a 70-57 lead with
five minutes left.
It was a reminder that Smith,
Scales and Darius Wright were
playing their last game at
McArthur Court after their
three brilliant careers have led
the Ducks to uncharted waters,
13 Pacific-10 Conference wins
and a their second berth in the
NCAA Tournament since 1961.
Saturday was “senior night” at
Mac Court, and emotions ran
high for all three players. Oregon
head coach Ernie Kent said its
important for them to get that out
of their system early in the game.
“Anytime it’s senior day, and
I’ve been through that, there
are a lot of emotions,” said
Kent, who led the Ducks to
their most wins in 45 years in
just his third season as Ore
gon’s head coach. “When Alex
was shooting the ball, every
thing was long, and he was
missing free throws. That’s emo
tion, hype and intensity of play
ing in your last game. We knew
that would be a factor that
would have to bum off in the
first ten to fifteen minutes of the
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Brett
Williams
Championship demands respect for Duck women
Scott
Pesznecker
Women’s basketball ana
lyst Ann Meyers bet
ter learn how to pro
nounce “Shaquala Williams.”
It’s easy: “Shuh-QUAY-luh.”
Because now that the Ducks
are outright Pacific-10 Confer
ence Champions, she’ll be
talking a lot about Oregon.
When the Ducks beat Ore
gon State on Friday and won
their second-consecutive con
ference title, they did more
thaiji earn the right to put an
other trophy in the Casanova
Center’s Hall of Champions.
They even earned more than
the honor of hosting the first
two rounds of the NCAA tour
nament at home. Both games
— the first postseason games
at McArthur Court since 1994
— will certainly sell out, and
the Ducks love playing in front
of their fans.
More than anything, Oregon
won hard-earned respect.
Despite keeping itself in a
position to win the title all sea
son long, despite being led by
last season’s coach of the year
and freshman player of the
year, despite having the sec
ond-best defense in the confer
ence and, of course, despite
being defending Pac-10 cham
pions, the Ducks went unno
ticed as commentators contin
ued to cry “Stanford.”
Now, those people will look.
They have to look. And if they
don’t look, they at least have to \
talk. Sportscasters love to flaunt
their knowledge by discussing
the fine specifics of each confer
ence. Doubtful that they’ll refer
to the Pac-10 Champions as
“that one team,” or “the team
that beat Stanford.”
We hope people around the
conference will catch on be
cause there is much to admire
on this Oregon team.
When time expired and for
ward Angelina Wolvert
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Ryan akwather Emerald
Jenny Mowe had a double-double in the 60-53 wilt Friday.