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Recycle, your copy of the.QDEv.y Basketball continued from page 7 victories over Southern Oregon and Texas A&M Corpus Christi. The Vikings took Texas Pan American to overtime on the road, but lost 81 75. Portland finished last season sixth of eight teams in the West Coast Conference with a 10-18 record. Oregon defeated Portland 74-62 at Mac Court last season. “This is a big game on their sched ule,” Kent said. “We know that, and that’s why it’s a good game for us. They’re going to be up, which is go ing to require us to be up. ” Since playing Athletes in Ac tion, Oregon has defeated Missis sippi Valley State, Denver and Portland State by a combined 52 points in its three regular-season matchups. But Kent feels his team is too in consistent, and gave the Ducks a “C+” as a three-game grade. “Can we be perfect? No,” Kent said. “But we can certainly be somewhere between 90 and 100 percent of our capability, and we’re not there yet.” The Ducks played tough de fense Saturday night against Port land State, and with 30 minutes played, the Vikings had only 25 points. But then the Ducks let Portland State score 37 points in the final 10 minutes in a defensive melt-down. Tonight’s game, Bracev said, will give the Ducks a chance to show some consistency. “We’re excited to come out here and try to do everything right — of fensively and defensively,” Bracey said. “We want to showcase before we go to Portland.” Kent, despite the average grade he gave his team, was optimistic about the Ducks’ positive traits. The coach said Oregon is shooting well, and had gotten good play from the bench. “It’s just the experience we need to gain,” Kent said. The team's freshmen played well Saturday, Kent said, but are “still coming.” Oregon’s four freshmen — Luke Ridnour, Luke Jackson, James Davis and Jay Anderson — combined for 39 points Saturday night. “All four stepped up,” senior guard Freddie Jones said. “We expect them to do that.” Can we be perfect? No. But we can certainly be somewhere between 90 and 100 percent of our capability; and we're not there yet Ernie Kent Oregon men’s basketball coach Jones and his teammates expected the high-profile recruiting class to make an immediate impact, but also realize that they are, after all, only freshmen. The Ducks — freshmen included — will go for their fourth-straight win tonight on Mac Court. If Oregon gets the victory, it will be the Ducks’ first 4-0 start under Kent. Crosscountry continued from page 7 bid and advanced to its fourth straight national meet in Ames, Iowa. The season finished on a low note for the Ducks, who were greeted with a nasty, minus 15-de gree wind chill and 21-mile-per hour winds. Already hampered by sickness, Oregon responded poor ly to the conditions and finished a disappointing 28 out of 31 teams. The future is uncertain for Heinonen and his team. With Smedstad, Katie Crabb and Rhian non Glenn all graduating, the re turning runners will have expecta tions to step up their level of running without help from the team’s three best runners. Two sophomores with signifi cant varsity and NCAA experience are Eri MacDonald and Erinn Gul brandsen. Freshman Laura Har mon competed in every meet for the Ducks this season. Waiting in the wings are sophomores Carrie Zografos, Annie Davis and fresh man Annette Mosey. The future is much brighter for the Oregon men. Despite failing to qualify for the NCAA meet, the men had a successful season, earn ing a No. 10 ranking at the high water mark. The Ducks, led by All-American lason Hartmann and senior Michael Kasahun, finished well all season, placing second at the Pa cific-10 Conference Champi onships and eighth at the Iowa State Memorial Classic. Unfortunately, the Ducks stum bled at the Western Regional meet, finishing fourth. That finish would normally have been good enough for an NCAA bid, but instead the selection committee picked 12 oth er teams that Oregon defeated dur ing the regular season for the na tional meet instead the Ducks. “I'm not pleased that we weren't [at the NCAA’s],” Head coach Mar tin Smith said. “The goal of any program is to be at the national championship, but we'll build off what we accomplished this year and move forward.” Hartmann, a sophomore and re turning All-American, and Kasahun both qualified to the NCAA meets as individuals. Hart mann placed 35th, while Kasahun was 65th. “This year, our team was unique and the highlight was our second place Pac-10 finish,” Smith said. “Every competition, we ran steady and improved throughout the sea son, and there are things to be proud of.” With five of the top-seven run ners returning for Oregon, the best is yet to come. Not only has Smith landed a top recruit in South Eu gene High School’s Erik Heinonen — Son of Oregon women’s coach Tom Heinonen — but he will have five other freshmen returning as true freshmen next season. ■IIIWINMUMH in the Oregon Daily Emerald We have special university rates. ...". Call 346-3712.
