Freshmen
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Gunderson
It’s not often a freshman gets the
chance to outshine a senior. Gun
derson had her moment last Satur
day against Oregon State.
Gunderson found herself matched
up with the Beavers’ Felicia Ragland,
the reigning Pacific-10 Conference
Player of the Year who leads the
league in scoring this year. Midway
through the second half, with the
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but Iowa rebuffed them in their first
NCAA Tournament game.
Without a crystal ball, it’ll be
tough to tell how this year’s team
will finish, but one thing is for sure:
The Ducks (10-8 overall) believe
in themselves.
“We’ve got to stay up,” senior
guard Jamie Craighead said. “There’s
still (nine) games left in the season,
and we know we’ve dropped a few
games we shouldn’t have, but we’re
still in the hunt for things.”
Southern California enters
McArthur Court tonight for a 7 p.m.
tipoff, fresh off a 19-point win over
Arizona State last week. The win
pushed the Trojans to 6-3 in confer
ence play (10-8 overall), good
enough for a share of second place.
game close, Ragland blew past the
Oregon freshman on her way to an
easy layin — only it wasn’t. As
Ragland skied for the shot, the 6-foot
Gunderson came from behind and
swatted Ragland’s shot out of bounds.
Gunderson bumped chests with
a teammate and gave a little smirk
on a job well done.
Ragland did not forget.
On Oregon’s State’s next posses
sion, Ragland went right after Gun
derson, sank a jumper in the lane
and drew a foul on the freshman.
Earlier this season, the Trojans
handed Oregon its first conference
loss, 83-73, on the strength of Ebony
Hoffman’s 27 points. The 6-foot-2
sophomore banged the Ducks inside
for a majority of her points and gave
some of the young Oregon players a
taste of Pac-10 play.
But Oregon head coach Bev
Smith doesn’t see a need to focus
on one particular USC player.
“I think before you look at any in
dividuals, you have to look at USC
(as a team),” Smith said. “Defen
sively, they’re very aggressive and
they challenge you. We have to take
care of the ball and run our offense
efficiently and effectively.”
Against the Trojans earlier in the
season, Oregon was without senior
Edniesha Curry for most of the game
due to an injured foot. Although she
wasn’t able to play much, Curry said
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“It’s been a big change going
from high school basketball to the
Pac-10 — everything changes,”
said Gunderson, who is averaging
3.4 points in 8.6 minutes this sea
son. “ I just need to take what I get
and appreciate it.”
Parrish
At first, the 6-foot-2 Parrish
seemed to be the one to fill the re
serve hole in the middle, taking
what is now Bill’s reserve role.
Parrish was on the court for 15
she noticed the need to keep USC
from getting out early and establish
ing their type of game.
“They’re a quick, athletic team,”
Curry said. “They are a real up-tem
po team. They like to run a transi
tion offense, and their guards re
bound exceptionally well.”
Coming off this season’s early
win, the Trojans have taken four of
the last five contests against the
Ducks, including the last two
games at the Pit. Oregon has lost
four games this season at Mac
Court, the most since the 1992-93
season, which was also the team’s
last losing year.
“With USC coming in, they’re
playing fairly well,” Smith said.
“We look at this game as a great op
portunity for a win.”
E-mail reporter Hank Hager at
hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
minutes in the second game of the
year, an 83-65 rout of Miami of Ohio
on Nov. 18. She scored a season-high
six points and grabbed five boards.
“The first couple of games, I was
worn out and I got tired easily,”
Parrish said. “I just need to get into
better shape.”
Parrish’s progress has been
slowed by illness and injury. She
had the flu for awhile and is now
suffering back spasms, which side
lined her for the Oregon State game.
No worries, though. Parrish, too,
is eager to see what the future holds.
“I think we’re going to be good,”
she said. “We should be compet
ing for nationals, hopefully by my
junior year.”
Taylor
At 5-foot-8, Taylor may be the
smallest freshman on the team,
but her energy and enthusiasm
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“I’ll just have to go out and get
another one,” Jackson said.
Jackson will get his shot tonight
when the Ducks face the Huskies in
front of the Husky fans -— and like
ly many more Oregon fans than
usual, thanks to the little border
town named Blaine.
“Our sport is different from foot
ball, where fans will make the trip
to Washington,” Oregon head
stand tall.
“I’m a pretty energetic person
anyway, and I felt that if I could
transfer my energy in a different
way, that I could still have a posi
tive impact on this team,” she
said. “Even being at the bottom...
I just want to bring people
together.”
One of the top scorers in Wash
ington state history in high
school, Taylor was named by The
Seattle Times as a “Player for the
Next Century.”
While the transition from high
school to college doesn’t always
produce immediate success, Ore
gon fans won’t have to wait a cen
tury to see Taylor and this year’s
freshmen class generate excitement
at McArthur Court.
E-mail sports editor Adam Jude
at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
coach Ernie Kent said. “In basket
ball, even if it’s only 300 to 400 peo
ple, you will get the sense that there
are some Oregon people there, and
that will give you confidence.”
Oregon will take on Washing
ton at 7 p.m. tonight and Wash
ington State at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Tonight’s game will be broadcast
on the Oregon Sports Network,
while Saturday’s game will be on
Fox Sports Net.
E-mail reporter Peter Hockaday at
peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
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