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Senior midfielder Melissa Parker makes a move past an Arizona defender Sunday. Parker had the game-winning goal in Oregon’s 2-1 upset of UCLA last year in Eugene. The Ducks face the Bruins on Sunday.
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stepped up and scored three goals
— all at the feet of junior forward
Chalise Baysa — and the Ducks
won their second game in four
tries.
“When you don’t score goals for
a while, the hardest thing is to
score that first goal,” Steffen said.
“So when Chalise scored that goal
against Arizona State, that was a
great goal because we scored two
more against Arizona. We’re going
to have to build on that and take it
into this weekend.”
They will have to build fast be
cause the Ducks are about to face
two of the toughest teams in the
Pac-10.
USC has one of the best records in
the league at 8-1-2. Since a 2-1 loss to
No. 23 Florida, the Trojans are 3-0-2
and will carry a five-game unbeaten
streak into Friday’s matchup with
the unranked Ducks. In USC’s first
Pac-10 game last week against
UCLA, the Trojans tied the Bruins 1
1.
UCLA’s record is even more for
midable than USC’s. The Bruins
lost 1-0 to No. 5 Clemson to start
the season, then rattled off nine
straight victories before tying with
the Trojans last weekend. UCLA
gave up only two goals during that
nine-game stretch, and has given
up only four goals on the year.
While USC has stumbled against
top-ranked opponents, UCLA has
moved up in the national rankings
by beating some of the country’s top
teams. The Bruins beat No. 23
Florida and No. 24 Marquette by a
combined score of 9-1.
“SC and UCLA are really good
teams,” Baysa said. “But I think
we’ll continue to get better and
hopefully we’ll surprise them.”
If the Ducks do sweep this
weekend, the only people who
won’t be surprised — or satisfied —
will be the players themselves.
Blazers steal win in exhibition game
By Landon Hall
The Associated Press
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Shawn Kemp missed the last few
years: A team with more talent
than it can use, a big man to re
bound beside him and a huge
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Kemp, still overweight but
working hard, scored eight of his
17 points in the final 8 1/2 minutes
to help the Portland Trail Blazers
pull away and win an ugly presea
son debut, 92-84, over the Los An
geles Clippers.
“We needed that,” Kemp said of
the close game, but he could have
said the same about his own per
formance.
Kemp, acquired in a three-team
trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers
this summer, was vilified last sea
son for his weight — which topped
300 pounds — as well as his foul
trouble and poor work ethic. But
Thursday night he drove the lane,
dished to teammates and hit shots
from the outside, huffing and puff
ing through 23 minutes.
“I’ll play as much as they call
my number,” he said. “I’ve just al
ways been that way. If I get to the
point where I have 10 rings, maybe
I’ll cool down.”
Kemp looked heavier than his
listed 280 pounds. And he got into
immediate foul trouble after com
ing into the game with 4:11 left in
the first quarter, picking up four
personals by halftime.
But he was in control in the final
period. Kemp’s 22-foot jumper
broke an 82-all tie with 1:39 left,
and two free throws extended the
lead to 86-82. Los Angeles scored
just two points in the final 2:58.
“Four or five years ago, I proba
bly would have kept on fouling,”
said Kemp, a former preps-to-pros
phenom now in his 12th season.
“But I cleaned it up in the second
half. It’s fine to make mistakes, but
you can’t let that frustration take
over your game.”
With the Cavs, Kemp was forced
to play center most of the time be
cause of injuries, instead of his nat
ural power forward position. That
problem appears to be solved with
the acquisition of 6-foot-ll Dale
Davis, traded from the Indiana
I’ll play as much as
they call my number. I’ve
just always been that way.
If I get to the point where I
have 10 rings, maybe I’ll
cool down.
Shawn Kemp
Blazers power forward
»
Pacers to Portland the day Kemp
arrived.
Davis had 13 rebounds in 27
minutes.
“That’s the luxury I’ve been
looking for the last 12 years,”
Kemp said.
Kemp also couldn’t believe
17,384 people showed up for a
preseason game the night after
10,000 attended a free scrimmage.
“In Cleveland we were getting
4,700 a game,” he said. “I can total
ly respect that now. Maybe I didn’t
respect it as much when I was
younger.”
The Blazers turn around and go
to San Jose, Calif., to play the Gold
en State Warriors on Friday night.
The Clippers, who were an
NBA-worst 15-67 last season, near
ly improved to 2-0 on the presea
son.
They led 56-53 at halftime and
took their biggest lead at 71-63 late
in the third quarter before the Blaz
ers came back. Bonzi Wells got an
easy breakaway layup, Stacey Aug
mon made a 3-pointer and Dale
Davis dunked off a pass from rook
ie Erick Barkley with 1.3 seconds
left in the period to pull the Blaz
ers to 71-70.
Blazers coach Mike Dunleavy,
expecting a better effort from a
team expected to challenge the Los
Angeles Lakers for the NBA title,
wasn’t impressed.
“We need to work on every
thing,” he said. “It was definitely
no masterpiece. But first time out
of the box, they looked better than
they did (Wednesday night).”
Nineteen-year-old rookie Darius
Miles was impressive in his sec
ond preseason game, scoring 19
points to lead the Clippers. Miles,
drafted No. 3 out of East St. Louis
High, made 7 of 14 shots and had
several leaping dunks. In the sec
ond quarter he had two steals and
scored four points on consecutive
possessions.
Portland’s Scottie Pippen, who
has taken it easy in camp while
preparing for his 14th NBA season,
did not play. “It was a game-time
decision,” Pippen joked in the
locker room.
The Blazers also were without
center Arvydas Sabonis, who is re
covering from surgery on his right
foot and won’t be back until late in
the eight-game preseason sched
ule.
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