Ducks disappointed with lackluster fourth win
■Oregon grabbed an
important win Tuesday night
but th i n ks it cou Id have put
together a better effort
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon men’s basketball
team picked up its fourth win in a
row Tuesday night with a 66-60 vic
tory against Portland at McArthur
Court.
The 4-0 start to the Ducks’ 2000
01 campaign is the best in head
coach Ernie Kent’s four seasons at
Oregon.
But Kent is the only one excited
about it.
“We didn’t come to play tonight,”
freshman point guard Luke Ridnour
said. “We’ve got UMass on Satur
day, and if we play like we played
tonight, we’re going to get beat.”
Ridnour’s thoughts were repre
sentative of the players’ feelings to
ward their mediocre win against the
Pilots. The game was Oregon’s last
before its big test against Massachu
setts in the Pape Jam Saturday night
in Portland.
“We need to get some rest and
concentrate on UMass,” senior for
ward Bryan Bracey said.
The Ducks were impressive at
times Tuesday night, taking a 15
point lead two minutes into the sec
ond half and an eight-point lead
with 7:48 left, after Portland had
closed the gap to one point two min
utes earlier.
“We didn’t play like a 4-0 team
tonight,” Bracey said. “1 felt we
were ready to play. They took some
things away from us, and we didn’t
adjust.”
One thing the Pilots took away
was the Ducks’ three-point shot,
which was so effective in wins
against Portland State and Missis
sippi Valley State. The Ducks shot
16 treys Tuesday night, but only six
found their target. The 31.3 percent
effectiveness was the Ducks’ lowest
mark of the season.
“We did a good job of taking away
the three-point line,” Portland
coach Rob Chavez said.
Another area Chavez pointed to
was the normally potent Oregon
transition offense - the “run and
gun” that was almost non-existent
Tuesday night.
But the Ducks couldn’t decide
why they were disappointed after
Tuesday’s game. Most players
pointed to a lack of intensity.
“We didn’t play well tonight at
all,” senior forward Freddie Jones
said. “We know what we’re capable
of on the floor, and we didn’t show
that tonight.”
The players did take some posi
tives from the six-point victory.
“We found a way to win,” Rid
nour said. “Our defense kept us
going because we weren’t scoring.”
The Ducks played tough defense
in the final 3:49, when they held
Portland to only four points. Ore
gon scored eight points in that
stretch and opened a two-point
lead into a six-point margin of vic
tory.
The win was the first close regu
lar-season game for Oregon, which
had won its first three games by
15, nine and 18 points, respective
ly
Kent was pleased with the play
of his freshmen — especially the
clutch play of Ridnour, who hi1
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Oregon’s Freddie Jones (20) scored a game-high 16 points Tuesday night.
stretch — and his team’s ability to
bounce back even when facing ad
versity.
“We don’t win this game last
year at this time with the way we
were playing,” Kent said. “We’re 4
0, and that’s a good sign to me.”
Jones put the team’s mentality
simply and perfectly, despite its
disappointment.
“We’re always happy with a vic
tory,” Jones said.
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