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UO bows down to Huskies
■The Huskies complete their
four-game sweep of Oregon
after two weekend wins
By Inge Scheve
For the Emerald
In the inaugural 1-5 Cup between
the Washington and Oregon club
hockey teams,
Washington
walked away
with the trophy
and bragging
rights. The
Huskies swept
the Ducks in four games this sea
son.
Somebody let those Dawgs out,
and did so in front of a huge Oregon
home crowd at the Lane County Ice
Arena.
“It was rough,” said Oregon cap
tain Tyler Shaffar of the weekend
on home ice. “They’re a good team.
They’ve beat us four times.”
Although the Ducks are demoral
ized and frustrated, there were
things about the weekend to be
content about. Larry Platzke netted
four over the weekend.
“He played some solid hockey,”
said Shaffar about Platzke. Shaffar
scored his 100th career point and
had a hat trick on Saturday.
On Friday, the Ducks stood a
chance, Shaffar said. Oregon was
up 4-1 before Washington came
back and made it 4-4, then 7-4. The
Ducks brought the score back to 7
6 but let the Huskies net a short
handed goal that resulted in the fi
nal score of 8-6.
“On Saturday, we just didn’t
have the touch,” Shaffar said of the
game that ended in a 6-1 loss. “We
self-destructed and just couldn’t
hold.”
Additionally, the Ducks sus
tained numerous injuries, among
them goalie Josh Hardin and Shaf
far, which contributed to the nature
of the loss. Shaffar said. However,
they expect to be back soon —
Hardin for the next games against
Western Washington in Belling
ham, Wash., this weekend and
Shaffar by the championships in
two weeks.
Illinois takes first with victory
The Associated Press
CHAMPAIGN, 111. — Cory Brad
ford got tired of being kicked
around by Michigan State. On
Tuesday night, he kicked back.
After struggling all season to
find his shot while playing with a
gimpy knee, the preseason confer
ence player of the year scored 22
points in helping Illinois (No. 6
ESPN/USA Today, No. 7 AP) beat
the fourth-ranked Spartans 77-66
Tuesday night to take over first
place in the Big Ten.
Bradford made six three-point
ers and the Illini finished with 10
for their first victory over the Spar
tans since 1998.
“These guys have been kicking
our butts the last couple years,”
Bradford said. “They’ve been the
team to beat in the Big Ten. We felt
it was our time to take over.”
Michigan State (18-3, 7-3) is not
ready to concede the conference
championship even though coach
Tom Izzo did concede Illinois (18
5, 8-2) outplayed the Spartans on
Tuesday.
“We’re going to try to win the
next six,” Izzo said. “We’ve been in
this position before. I don’t think
the Big Ten is won in one game.
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This team has some young players,
and they have to grow and realize
one, two or three mistakes can cost
you a game.”
Michigan State was 3-for-18
from three-point range, most of the
misses coming during two lengthy
runs by the Illini to finish both
halves. But Izzo said the Spartans
lost because of “complete mental
breakdowns” on defense, especial
ly against Bradford.
“We had some defensive lapses,
and you can’t leave him open,”
Spartans guard Charlie Bell said.
“It takes a lot out of you. He was
knocking down every shot he took,
even with a hand in his face.”
Illinois also got 14 points from
Frank Williams and 12 from Brian
Cook. Jason Richardson led Michi
gan State with 19 points, and Bell
added 14.
Illinois coach Bill Self deemed
rebounding d key to the game. The
Spartans lead the nation in that
stat. Illinois lost at East Lansing
last year mostly because it got out
rebounded 41-16. On Tuesday,
Michigan State's advantage on the
boards was just 35-29.
The Spartans could not be as ag
gressive inside because their big
men were in foul trouble most of
the second half and Illinois’ big
men can shoot the three, Izzo said.
Michigan State had an even
harder time dealing with Illinois’
depth and versatility because the
Spartans played on Sunday and
had just one day to prepare, Izzo
said.
Midway through the first half,
Illinois’ pressure defense became a
factor. Bradford hit a three-pointer,
the Illinois press forced Michigan
State into a turnover in the back
court, and Williams hit another
three.
That started a 22-8 run that end
ed with another three-pointer by
Lucas Johnson, giving Illinois a
34-27 lead with 1:37 left in the
first half. Zach Randolph hit two
free throws to make it 34-29 at the
half.
The second half started much
like the first, with Illinois sloppy
and Michigan State taking advan
tage by scoring the first 10 points
to regain a 39-34 lead with 17:14 to
go
“We felt good, but we knew that
wasn’t the end of the game,” Bell
said.
The Illini began driving inside,
and Michigan State’s Richardson
and Andre Hutson each picked up
their third fouls.
With Richardson and Hutson on
the bench, the Illini began what
would be the decisive run. Damir
Krupalija made two free throws to
give Illinois the lead for good, 51
50 with 9:35 remaining.
Bradford followed with another
three-pointer as the Illini went on
a 22-9 run that ended with Illinois
ahead 73-59 with less than two
minutes left.
The orange-clad Illinois stu
dents began gathering along the
sidelines before the final buzzer,
and stormed the court afterward.
A giddy Bradford, flashing a rare
smile, declared the Illini con
tenders for the national champi
onship. If so, Williams said it will
be because of Bradford.
“This will be the starting point
where you see a whole new Cory,”
Williams said.
Before Tuesday, Bradford had
not scored more than 20 points in
a game yet this season.
“He’s drug his leg around a good
portion of the games so far and
never once complained,” Self said.
“Tonight, he had a different
bounce. He was awesome. He got
those threes against one of the best
defensive teams in the country.”
Izzo said Bradford should not
have been left open as often as he
was.
“He reminded me more of how
he’s played the last couple years,”
Izzo said. “I don’t think he’s had
that kind of game yet this year. We
gave him some wide-open looks.
We made some mistakes and he
made us pay.”
Column
continued from page 7
team needs the Pit Crew more
than ever.
“The Pit Crew this weekend
needs to be as fired up as they’ve
ever been,” Kent said. “We’re go
ing to need that energy. We need
both of these games to be as loud
and as raucous as they can make
this place here this weekend.
“We need the Pit Crew to be ex
tra fired up, so Joey Harrington
needs to really look at his wig se
lection and come out fired up this
weekend.”
Harrington, Oregon football’s
starting quarterback, and the rest of
the Pit Crew will need to reach jet
engine status once again this week
end if the Ducks want to beat No. 2
Stanford and California.
If you would like to sign up for
the Pit Crew’s e-mail list, send a
message to pitcrew@lists.uore
gon.edu.
Peter Hockaday is a sports reporter for
the Emerald. He can be reached at phock
aday@yahoo.com.