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Forward Angelina Wolvert (40) says the Ducks can’t afford to lose another game.
Women
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“This isn’t the first time we’ve been
faced with adversity,” forward Ndidi
Unaka said. “We just need to come up
strong and play well in the Bay Area.
Our team goals haven’t changed. Of
course we want to defend our Pac-10
Championship, and that will be a lit
tle harder than expected.
“We just need to go out there and
win and look forward to the NCAA
tournament, and try to be successful
there.”
Wolvert’s on the same wavelength
as her teammate.
“I don’t want to lose another
game,” Wolvert said. “It’s important
that we don’t lose another game. But
if we had to, it would be pushing our
luck to get a Pac-10 Championship.”
No, the Ducks definitely aren’t
happy with their recent play. Yet,
none of them can seem to put a word
on that strange, unfamiliar sensation
they’re feeling.
Perhaps their 5-4 Pac-10 record has
a suggestion: mediocrity.
On mended knee
The good news: Wolvert said her
knee is virtually “100 percent”
healthy.
The bad news: The senior is sick
with the flu. And bronchitis.
More good news: “[The doctors]
said I’ll be able to breathe by Thurs
day,” Wolvert said.
Wolvert’s ability to run the floor
was hampered against the Arizona
schools, as extensive physical activi
ty causes her to have coughing fits. To
combat her ailments, doctors pre
scribed her antibiotics and an inhaler.
Dion said her ankle is feeling bet
ter, although she still receives daily
treatment. The ankle still hurts when
she puts all her weight on it, such as
when doing a layup, she said.
“Ange hopefully will have more
energy than she’s had,” head coach
Jody Rimge said. “And Lindsey, if she
tweaks [her ankle], it’s very distract
ing. It’s keeping her from doing all the
things that she typically does.”
The best there’s ever been?
Shaquala Williams is a good
ballplayer; no doubt about that.
How about the best Duck ever?
Well, 227 women’s basketball fans
think so.
In an informal poll on the Oregon
athletic department’s Web site at
www.goducks.com., “Shaq” leads
five other players in the voting for
Oregon women’s basketball’s best
everDuck.
Williams, a junior, is redshirting
this season to recover from a torn an
terior cruciate ligament.
Bev Smith, a Duck from 1979-82
who is second on the school all-time
scoring list with 2,063 points, is in
second place with 196 votes. Wolvert
is in third place with 63 votes.
Men
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to lose like we did. We played a horri
ble game and there is no excuse for
that.”
Obviously, the Ducks (12-7 over
all, 3-6 Pac-10) missed a golden op
portunity to build off their Arizona
win and jump into the NCAA Tour
nament picture. Even with the loss,
though, a postseason appearance is
still a strong possibility, although
the NIT is the more realistic desti
nation.
The talk Tuesday centered
around the theme of a new begin
ning. After all, this is the halfway
point in the Pac-10 season, and the
Ducks will be facing teams they’ve
played before.
“We’ve got nine games to go, and
everybody has seen what we need to
expect from each team,” Oregon head
coach Ernie Kent said. “We should be
able to make the necessary adjust
ments and play teams a lot tougher
and smarter this time around. ”
This new season of sorts begins at
7:30 p.m. Thursday in Mac Court
against No. 2 Stanford — the high
est-ranked team to visit Eugene in
12 seasons.
“We need to understand that our
backs are against the wall,” Kent
said. “Typically, my teams have
been pretty strong coming down the
stretch, and we’re still playing for
something because the postseason
is still on the line for us. We just
need to get some W’s. ”
In Kent’s previous three seasons at
Oregon, he has guided the Ducks to a
combined 17-10 record in the second
half of the Pac-10 schedule, includ
ing 6-3 finishes the last two years.
Should Oregon end its season
winning six out of nine games once
more, it would find itself at 9-9 in
the league, and with a total of 18
wins. That would appear to clinch
an NIT berth and keep the Big
Dance a remote possibility.
“We’re not giving up as a basket
ball team,” Christoffersen said. “We
still have that bad feeling in our
mouths and stomachs [from Sun
day], but we need to remember that
feeling, move on from that and nev
er feel like that again.”
Note: Both Thursday’s game
against Stanford and Saturday’s 3
p.m. contest versus California will
be broadcast nationwide on Fox
Sports Net. Sunday’s loss to Arizona
State was also on national televi
sion.
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