Jones
continued from page 9
chants of “Freddie” from the Pit
Crew. With just under three min
utes to play in the first half, Mark
Michaelis grabbed a rebound and
chucked it about six feet in front of
the nearest player.
Jones caught up with the pass,
leapt off his left foot and then
slammed it home with his right
hand to give Oregon a 21-point
lead and put Jones in an elite class
of Oregon basketball players.
“I just think it’s a great tribute to
one of the better players that’s ever
played here at the University of
Oregon,” Kent said. “If it’s going to
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happen then it needs to happen on
a dunk, because he’s put on some
spectacular shows here.”
Ridnour and Jones finished off
the first half with one last toss-it-up
and-throw-it-down that could fore
shadow what some people expect
from the two as the season wears on.
“We played a lot together this
summer and just have a feel for
each other,” Ridnour said. “When
I see Freddie running on the right
side, it’s easy to throw it up be
cause the guy can just jump over
everyone. It makes it more fun to
play with someone like that.”
Jeff Smith is the assistant sports editor for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached
at jeffsmith@dailyemerald.com.
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Bowles. An 18-9 run from that point
on allowed UCLA to roll to a 12
point win in game two.
Down two games, the Ducks
could not get off to a good start in
game three against the powerful
Bruins, and lost that one as well by a
large margin, 30-22.
Senior Monique Tobbagi paced
Oregon with eight kills and six digs.
Redshirt freshman Alisa Nelson, in
her first start of the Pac-10 season,
pitched in with two kills and one
block. Junior Stephanie Martin, who
moved to outside hitter to accommo
date Nelson’s start, had one of her
worst statistical outputs of the season,
recording three kills and four blocks.
“We tried something different to
increase our chance to score
points,” head coach Carl Ferreira
said. “That change got us out of sync
and we struggled to score points.”
Oregon travels to USC tonight
and takes on the Trojans at 7 p.m. at
Lyon Center.
Ducks sign two
The Ducks announced their first
signings of the recruitment period
Tuesday, and two players will wear
the Oregon green and gold for the
first time next season.
Jodi Bell, a 5-foot-9 setter from
Barlow High School in Portland
will become only the second player
from Oregon to put on a Duck jersey
next season. The state 4A Player of
the Year, Bell helped her squad fin
ish as the state runner-up in the
2000 and ’01 playoffs.
“Jodi is the best setter in the state
and I think the best setter signing in
the Pac-10,” Ferreira said.
Bell will be joined by a 6-foot
outside hitter from Vancouver,
Wash., in Kelly Russell.
“Kelly is an explosive player with
great speed and she just under
stands die game of volleyball,” Fer
reira said about one of the team’s
newest signings. “She has a high
ceiling of potential and even though
she’s mainly a middle blocker, I
think she can develop into a first
team all-Pac-10 outside hitter.”
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