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I Ducks ready for Vandals
■ Oregon hockey prepares for
two brutal, physical games
against Idaho this weekend
By Inge Scheve
For the Emerald
The Oregon club hockey team
greets the weekend with a two
game schedule against Idaho at
home. Both Friday’s and Saturday’s
games are at 7:30 p.m. at the Lane
County ice arena.
Idaho’s record is 2-2. As of last
weekend, the Ducks are ranked
eighth of 30 teams in the ACHA
West.
“Last time we met them, we
played two really physical games
with brawls and stuff,” Oregon
goalie Josh Hardin said. “We have
to not get into that kind of crap. We
have to play our game, not theirs.”
The Ducks’ game is to identify
Idaho’s star players and try to con
tain them.
“They have two or three really
good players,” Oregon captain
Tyler Shaffar said. “We’ll focus on
that and play defensively the way
we're supposed to.”
(i Last time we met
them, we played two
really physical games
with brawls and stuff.
Josh Hardin
Oregon goalie
“Our third line doesn’t really
produce, and the fourth line really
played well,” Shaffar said. “And
Joe [Fagliano] is coming in instead
of Josh [Hardin].”
But starting the replacement
goalie doesn’t seem to bother any
one on the team.
“If the guys play the way they
have been, he’ll be fine,” Hardin
said.
Hardin is out for at least another
week and a half with a hand injury,
but he is banking on being back for
the Washington games next week
end.
The Ducks expect to meet a big
team with several Canadians,
Hardin said.
He explained that there are slight
cultural differences in the way
Canadians conduct their game, and
that they tend to play more physi
cally.
The physical play is also a North
west thing.
“There is mutual hatred among a
lot of the Northwest schools,”
Hardin said.
Ewing offers kidney to Mourning ,
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Patrick Ewing has of
fered to donate one of his kidneys
to Alonzo Mourning if the ailing
Miami Heat center ever needs a
transplant.
“You know I will always be
there for him,” Ewing said Tues
day after a shootaround in Miami.
“If my kidney matches, I’ll be hap
py to donate one. If it comes down
to that. He knows that.”
Mourning has a common but se
rious kidney disease that is forcing
him to miss this season. It is not
yet known whether he will need a
kidney transplant.
Ewing and Mourning both
played at Georgetown and remain
close friends despite their fierce
NBA battles. They work out to
gether during the off-season, and
Ewing is the godfather of Mourn
ing’s newborn daughter, Myka
Sydney.
They spoke Monday when Ew
ing arrived in Miami and planned
to spend time together Tuesday
night at Mourning’s home.
Ewing said he and Mourning
have not approached doctors, nor
have they gone through any tests
to determine if the former New
York Knicks and current Seattle
center would be a match for
Mourning.
Mourning’s kidney disease, focal
glomerulosclerosis, initially will be
treated with medication but could
eventually require dialysis or a
transplant. The disease was discov
ered during a routine physical after
Mourning returned from leading
the U.S. Olympic team to a gold
medal in Australia.
“I haven’t even talked to the doc
tors yet, but I’m just saying if it
comes down to that, if we match
up, I’ll be happy to give him one,”
Ewing said.
Spurs teach Shaq a lesson in win
oy micnene Koiain
The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — It may be the
Spurs who are snickering now.
Shaquille O’Neal drew lots of
laughs from David Letterman’s au
dience during the summer when
he called San Antonio “a WNBA
team.” But in the first matchup
this season between the Western
Conference powers, the Spurs
held O’Neal to just 13 points
Wednesday night in a 91-81 win
against the Los Angeles Lakers.
“I just missed some shots that I
usually make tonight,” said
O Neal, who was 5 for 13 from the
field and 3 for 10 from the foul
line. “I don’t make excuses on
nights that I miss shots like that.
Those are shots that I’ve made my
whole career and we needed them
tonight.”
The loss dropped the defending
NBA champions to a .500 mark (3
3) for the first time since Nov. 14,
1999. After the same number of
games last year, they were 5-1, and
they finished the season 67-15.
David Robinson and Malik Rose
allowed O’Neal to score just five
points in the first half, when he
went l-for-8 in 23 minutes. O’Neal
had been averaging 32 points per
game this season and 29.7 points
per game last year.
“Even Superman runs into
Kryptonite occasionally,” said
Robert Horry, who nailed four 3
pointers for the Lakers.
It was more likely the 7-foot-l
Robinson, 6-foot-7 Rose and 7-foot
Tim Duncan who stopped O’Neal.
“They are big and athletic and
cause problems for Shaq,” said
Kobe Bryant, who led Los Angeles
with 32 points and eight assists.
O’Neal, who came within one
vote of becoming the league’s first
unanimous MVP last season, came
out stronger in the third quarter,
grabbing seven of his 17 rebounds
and bringing the Lakers to 56-55
on a 12-foot turnaround jump shot
with 5:25 remaining.
O’Neal, known for his struggles
from the foul line, is now 37 for 90
(41 percent) this year. He made 52
percent of his free throws last sea
son.
Perhaps the Spurs — the 1999
NBA champions — were ignited
by the fact that Los Angeles fol
lowed them in claiming the title *
after the Spurs were knocked out
in the first round of the playoffs.
Or perhaps it was their intense ri
valry.
Duncan insisted it was not
O’Neal’s remark on the Letterman
show.
“I don’t think it bothers any
body around here,” he said. “In
one ear and out the other. People
are going to say what they want.
You can’t let it bother you.”
East Coast
continued from page 7A
try at that time, Wisconsin.
So, take a long, hard look at
numbers 3-5 in the AP poll. No. 3
is Florida State. Ranked first head
ing into the season, Florida State
has long dominated the Atlantic
Coast Conference, a league better
known for basketball (think North
Carolina and Duke) than football.
Florida State has lost only twice in
64 ACC games since joining the
conference.
Yes, Florida State beat then-No.
10 Clemson last week, but the
“Bowden Bowl” was minus its
star, Clemson’s Heisman hopeful
Woody Dantzler, who was not ful
ly healthy due to an ankle injury.
Florida State has a top-10 loss to
Miami, but has beaten only Clem
son and then-No. 21 North Caroli
na State. Florida State has blown
out many of the unranked teams
its played, though, which is appar
ently worth more than playing
close games with good teams. Go
figure.
At the No. 4 spot is another team
resting on history’s laurels, Ne
braska. Embarrassed by Oklahoma
in their only true test of the season,
the ‘Huskers will most likely be
embarrassed by the Sooners again
in the Big 12 title game, or perhaps
before, as they will take on Kansas
State next week. Nebraska has
beaten only one top-25 team, then
No. 23 Notre Dame.
The No. 5 team is Florida, the
biggest mystery of the teams in
front of Oregon. Florida beat then
No. 11 Tennessee, No. 19 Auburn
and No. 13 Georgia, but lost to un
ranked Mississippi State, 47-35.
The Gators will find out if they’re
for real when they take on Florida
State to end the season.
Oregon trails many big-name
football programs, but looking at
the records, it’s obvious the Ducks
should be ranked higher.
Think big, Oregon faithful. I im
plore you to bring your oranges to
Saturday’s game against California,
and fling them on the field when
the Ducks win.
It may be far-fetched, but Oregon
could be smelling Florida’s citrus
fruits instead of California’s roses
come January.
Peter Hockaday is a sports re
porter for the Emerald. He can be
reached at phockaday@yahoo.com