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
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Point guard Kourtney Shreve sets up the offense against a tall RTU Clondica defense in the Ducks’ first exhibition
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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.”
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Pac-10 notes
continued from page 6
If the time comes when
Williams no longer needs support
from the funds, the remaining
money will be used to create a
“Curtis Williams Scholarship,”
Washington officials said.
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.