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Short-handed Ducks shine in debut ■The women’s basketball team puts on a good show in its first exhibition game By Scott Pesznecker Oregon Daily Emerald Standing beneath McArthur Court following the Ducks’ exhibition win over RTU Clondica Friday night, Oregon head coach Jody Runge smiled and said she liked what she just saw. What she saw was her team shooting an overall 50 percent from the floor. She saw sen ior forward Angelina Wolvert score 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting, and she saw senior Bri anne Meharry play successfully at the small forward position, despite the fact she’d never played that position before. Runge also saw sophomore Kourtney Shreve confidently starting at point guard for the first time at The Pit, along with a slew of other younger players who must play key roles this season. And, of course, Runge saw the scoreboard: 85-56 Oregon, the final, with arguably her two best players — guard Shaquala Williams and guard/forward Lindsey Dion — sitting injured on the bench. “I haven’t ever felt like it’s a total disaster; I think obviously it’s a place where we may have to play that by committee a little bit,” Runge said of the Ducks’ lack of depth at both guard spots. “Just from the standpoint of building confidence of those young guards as sopho mores.” Oregon seemed overly anxious as it played in front of its fans for the first time since losing to UAB in the first round of the NCAA Tourna ment last March. The Ducks launched 20 three point shots, connecting on only five of them and committed 17 turnovers to RTU Clondica’f 20. Each team had 16 personal fouls. But the bright spots outweighed the good Alyssa Fredrick, who played sporadically las' season, pulled down a team-high eight re bounds and contributed six points. Guarc Jamie Craighead shot 2-for-7 from the field, bu dished out nine assists and had no turnovers Center Jenny Mowe, who missed several shot from underneath the basket, claimed thi Ducks’ only two blocked shots of the night. Oregon won the rebounding battle with a de II ojcj Tom Patterson Emerald Point guard Kourtney Shreve sets up the offense against a tall RTU Clondica defense in the Ducks’ first exhibition game. cisive 46-33 edge over Riga, Latvia’s national team. “1 think we’re going to be OK, we’re just go ing to have to work harder, that’s what it comes down to,” Mowe said. "I think there s going to be people stepping up. and that’s never a prob lem. We’ve got five seniors on this team and that’s going to help a lot. “It’s going to be a great year. That might have been a not-so-great game, but that was our first game.” Shreve’s shined at times during her starting i debut, but also showed her inexperience. On t Oregon’s fourth possession of the game, the blond-haired point guard from Albany grabbed ; a defensive rebound, flew downcourt and was 3 fouled as she scored on a driving, coast-to coast layup. On the Ducks’ next trip down the court, Shreve again attempted to take it to the rack. This time, the 5-foot-7-inch Shreve was stuffed by RTU Clondica’s 6-foot-2-inch Selga Alksne. “It was good to get out there and start play ing,” Shreve said. “I was nervous until today, hut once I got out there, I just let everything go and tried my best.” Perhaps the brightest spot of the game for Oregon was Wolvert. Besides leading the Ducks in scoring, she was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line, had five rebounds, four as sists and two steals in 27 minutes of action. Wolvert said she is ready to lead Oregon in scoring, which the injured Williams did last season with 17.7 points per game. “I hope I get the opportunity to be that per son,” Wolvert said. “I would love to be that person, I’m definitely trying to be that person, but it depends on how the game goes.” The Pepsi Bottling Group Jump Start Your Career: Opportunities Available In Sales & Management! The Pepsi Bottling Croup is the world's largest manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi beverages. The company, formed in March 1999 through an IPO, generates nearly $8 billion in annual sales. PBG's sales force sells and delivers over 100 million 8 oz. servings of Pepsi-Cola beverages per day and operates 70 plants worldwide. 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Donations to the fund can be sent to The Curtis Williams Fund, c/o The University of Washington, 1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500, Seattle, WA, 98101. Contact Curtis Williams People can post messages to Williams on an online message board, provided by FansOnly. The message board can be accessed from www.gohuskies.com, the Washington Athletics Web site. Those wishing to mail a card or letter to Williams can do so by ad dressing it to Curtis Williams, c/o Washington Football Office, Box 354070, University of Washing ton, Seattle, WA, 98195. The hospital asks that no corre spondence or flowers be sent. BCS update When Washington beat Ari zona, it also beat its most-heated Pac-10 rival. That’s right, Oregon. The Huskies leap-frogged the Ducks in the Bowl Champi onships Series rankings, jumping from No. 8 to No. 6 after their comeback win. Oregon remained at No. 7, while Oregon State im proved to No. 9. Washington still has to play UCLA and Washington State, and Oregon must face California and the Beavers. Depending on who wins and loses, the Ducks and Huskies remain mathematical contenders for the National Cham pionship game at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Oregon beat Washington, 23-16, Sept. 30. Oklahoma, Florida State and Miami are first, second and third, respectively, in the BCS rankings.
