Women’s
continued from page 7
establish that we’re that measuring
stick, so it’s a big win.”
The Ducks were phenomenal
from the outside. While Oregon
shot just 45.8 percent for the game,
it made 60 percent of its three-point
attempts.
Craighead led the way with a
game-high 15 points on 5-of-6
shooting from the field, including
4-for-5 from behind the arc. For
ward Lindsey Dion hit one three
pointer and scored 11 points, and
point guard Alissa Edwards
chipped in a trey and five points.
But no three-pointer was more
dramatic than one shot just before
halftime. Starting point guard
Kourtney Shreve received the in
bound pass, drove past halfcourt
and let it fly from about 25 feet. The
ball left her fingertips an instant be
fore the buzzer sounded.
She drained it.
The Ducks and their fans erupted
in wild celebration, the Cardinal
limped to the locker room down by
17 and Shreve put a bold exclama
tion point on her best game as an
Oregon starter. She finished with a
stat line of 11 points, eight re
bounds, four assists, three steals
and just one turnover.
“That first half was unbelievable.
Everybody came out right away, re
ally strong, really aggressive and
played some good ball,” Shreve
said. “That last shot, you know — I
I don’t think you get
excited about beating
Stanford when they don’t
have a point guard.
Jody Runge
women’s basketball
coach
was exhausted, I was like, ‘I hope I
don’t have to take it all the way ...’
— so that was a lucky shot, but hey,
in practice we practice those kinds
of things.”
“I think we’re rolling right now,”
Craighead said. “We’re playing re
ally good basketball and I’m proud
of this team.”
Rebounding was the only area
where Oregon had problems. The
Cardinal outrebounded the Ducks
41-26 and 21-8 on the offensive
glass.
Basketball
continued from page 7
Oregon point guard Kourtney
Shreve, who also had to adjust to
being thrown into the starting role
this season. “It was to our advan
tage for them to not have a point
guard. You could see out there that
because they didn’t have one, they
were a little panicked and con
fused at times.”
Stanford’s current three-game
losing streak is its first since the
1986-87 season, which was also
the last time that the Cardinal was
swept at both Oregon schools.
“It’s just so difficult to play with
out someone who isn’t used to
handling the basketball at this lev
el,” Oregon head coach Jody
Runge said after the game. “To lose
two point guards and then try to
have a freshman — who’s doing a
heck of a job — is a tough, emo
tional adjustment that will take
some time for them.”
Runge expects a much closer
contest when Oregon and Stanford
meet again Feb. 8 in Palo Alto,
Calif., where the Ducks have not
won since 1987.
“I think this team is really dan
gerous,” Runge said of Stanford. “I
think they’ll be a better team as
they go along. ... They’ll be a lot
different basketball team the sec
ond time around.
“Some people think the measur
ing stick in this conference is Stan
ford, and that’s certainly been true
in the past,” Runge added. “But
we’ve beaten them at home now
three times, but have yet to beat
them at their place, which will be
another milestone.”
VanDerveer said she sees a
much more competitive confer
ence this season and hopes that
she’s seen the worst of it.
“It’s going to be a blood bath,”
said VanDerveer, who has won two
national titles and eight Pac-10 ti
tles at Stanford. “We have our
work cut out for us, but I think
we’ll accept the challenge.”
PEZ
continued from page 8
Columbus, Ohio, is far from Los
Angeles. Good area to raise a fam
ily? Check.
How about the Ohio State
Buckeyes? They have a decent
football tradition, don’t they?
Check.
And money.
Money, money, money. Would
Ohio State pay more than
$600,000 annually? You’d better
believe it, so ... check.
And really, that’s all there is to
it.
If Ohio State offers Bellotti a job
and a higher salary — or if it al
ready has — then he will iake it.
You’d have sensed how unsure
Bellotti was about staying in Eu
gene if you’d seen him try to an
swer a question about the USC
job, pausing, as if reminding him
self why he turned down the Tro
jans’ multi-million dollar con
tract.
Who knows, maybe his pauses
were well-timed efforts to make
for a more dramatic interview.
Or maybe the great Bellotti is
human, just like the rest of us.
After all, who wouldn’t want to
raise a family in a pleasant Mid
west city, coach one of the best
football traditions anywhere and
earn a couple million dollars per
year?
Scott Pesznecker is the assistant sports ed
itor of the Emerald. He can be reached at
pezsez1@hotmail.com.
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Oregon faced similar woes
against California last Thursday.
The Golden Bears won that battle
of the boards 32-26, but the big dif
ference was on the offensive
boards. Cal grabbed 16 misses to
the Ducks’ nine.
“We all try to outrebound [oppo
nents] by just jumping over peo
ple, and we’re not jumpers,” Craig
head said. “Ndidi [Unaka] is the
only person who can jump. We
need to push them out of the box
there and try to get some re
bounds.”
Stanford, picked in preseason
media polls to win the Pac-10 title,
is now 1-3 in conference play.
The Cardinal has major prob
lems at point guard. Forward
Nicole Powell is running the of
fense in place of starter Susan
King, who sustained a season-end
ing knee injury against Oklahoma
Dec. 27.
“I don’t think you get excited
about beating Stanford when they
don’t have a point guard,” Oregon
head coach Jody Runge said. “You
feel bad for them because you
know how hard their kids are
struggling. Playing at Stanford,
there’s a lot of pressure to be suc
cessful there.”
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