Laura Smit Emerald
Oregon forward Angelina Wolvert, who sustained a knee injury against Washington, will likely miss this week’s games.
Women’s
continued from page 7 A
before falling through the hoop.
The Ducks had a chance to take
the lead on their next possession,
but shooting guard Jamie Craig
head missed a short baseline
jumper. Forward Brianne Meharry
and Washington State’s Victoria
Harrod dove for the loose ball, and
it appeared that a jump ball would
give Oregon another chance.
Instead, Meharry was whistled
for her fifth foul with only 2.2 sec
onds left on the clock.
Harrod sank her free throws,
and the Cougars intercepted the
Ducks’ full-court pass as time ex
pired.
“That’s what happens when you
play at home,” Runge said. “The
shots fall for you and they don’t
fall for you when you’re on the
road, and that’s where you’ve got
to make loose balls and offensive
rebounds and big plays like that
happen. We didn’t do those things
very well.”
Meharry scored a game-high 17
points to accompany eight re
bounds, one assist and two steals
before fouling out. Reserve for
ward Ndidi Unaka scored 15
points in 25 minutes, and Craig
head tallied 13 points, two assists
and three steals in 36 minutes.
Alyssa Fredrick, getting her first
career start in place of Wolvert,
scored eight points and grabbed
five boards in 26 minutes.
Despite the loss, Oregon re
tained a half-game lead in the race
for the Pac-10 title. Tied in second
place at 4-2 are Arizona, Washing
ton and Arizona State.
Men’s
continued from page 7 A
began, the Ducks talked about
where they stood as a unit, includ
ing a candid and encouraging meet
ing where everybody agreed on a
team-first mentality.
“We took the last 36 hours to do a
lot of teaching and a little bit of
counseling that allowed this team
to come back together and grow
again,” Kent said. “I’m encouraged
by what I saw. They responded
well.”
Jones and Bracey displayed their
leadership maturity by accepting
Kent’s lineup changes with ease
and then leading the team to the
win. Jones scored a game-high 19
points, grabbed 10 rebounds and
came two assists shy of a triple
double. Bracey also recorded a dou
ble-double with 17 points and 10
boards.
“The only difference about start
ing and not starting is you don’t get
your name called out before the
game,” Jones said. “You see a lot of
things sitting on the bench. It gets
you excited. We’re not worrying
about individual glory.”
The Ducks played with a better
flow than that of Thursday’s game,
but still ran into trouble with the
depleted Cougars. Washington
State’s players showed a lot of fight
and were only down 38-33 when
guard David Adams drilled a
jumper with 17:43 to play in the
game.
Oregon then received points
from Julius Hicks on a free throw
and Jackson on a layup, but it was
n’t until a Jones three-pointer at the
15:46 mark that Oregon began to
pull away. The six straight points
ignited a 13-2 Oregon run that was
capped by another Jones trey to put
the Ducks up 49-35 with 14:19 re
maining.
Washington State would get no
closer than 11 points the rest of the
way.
“We made a couple runs there
that cut the lead down, but they
just had a few more horses than we
did,” Graham said. “Your hands are
tied [with fewer players], but that’s
part of college basketball.”
A key component to Oregon’s
win was little-used 7-foot-2 center
Chris Christoffersen, who won the
battle against Washington State’s 7
1, 301-pound Paulo Rower.
Christoffersen finished with a ca
reer-high 11 points in 12 solid min
utes of play.
“It was a lot of fun, always more
fun when there’s another big guy,”
Christoffersen said. “It helped me
get my confidence back.”
Another Oregon player who is
continually gaining confidence is
Jackson, who had nine points, sev
en rebounds and three assists in his
first career start. He even displayed
his athletic ability in the first half
when he skied high for an alley-oop
pass from Jones and threw it down
with two hands to give Oregon the
33-19 lead.
“That was pretty sweet,” Rid
nour said.
As for Kent, he knows that
there’s a lot more work to do be
tween now and Oregon’s game at
Southern Cal Thursday.
“It is a perfect time for us to go on
the road and continue our fellow
ship as men,” Kent said. “We’ve got
some things worked out and feel
like we’re back on track. I’m look
ing forward to it.”
m___-...• Mill ■
Adam Amato Emerald
Oregon junior forward Bryan Bracey didn’t start Saturday’s game, but provided a
tremendous spark off the bench with 17 points against Washington State.
Cougars
continued from page 7 A
sent back to Pullman, Wash., before
the game. Coach Graham would not
comment on the severity of the vio
lations, but said that no criminal ac
tivity was involved.
“You gotta have rules, and you
gotta have discipline, and you gotta
have somebody in charge,” Graham
said. “Whatever it is, you lay down
the guidelines, and that’s what it is.
And you know it must be true if I
sent my son home. ”
And it didn’t help that Washington
State’s 7-foot-l, 301-pound center
Paulo Rower fouled out with 12 min
utes remaining in the game, leaving
the Cougs with just one substitute.
r
Despite the short roster, Washing
ton State kept the contest fairly
competitive. Trailing by 10 at half
time, the Cougars silenced the 8,861
at McArthur Court after a David
Adams jumper cut the lead to just
five early in the second.
But the Cougars’ command did
n’t last long on such little wind. Ore
gon went on a 13-2 run to all but
close the door on its opponent, who
didn’t have the legs for a 14-point
comeback.
“They weren’t able to get up and
down the court as much as they nor
mally do,” said Oregon guard Fred
die Jones, who did not start for the
first time this year, but led the Ducks
with 19 points, eight rebounds and
eight assists. “But those guys came
out hard and gave it a lot of effort, and
that shows a lot for them. ”
As for the remaining members of
the team, Graham said he will dis
cuss further action with them, but
will concentrate on taking the expe
rience in stride.
“We’ll talk to them when we get
back and try to put this behind us,”
Graham said.
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