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Jonathan House Emerald Alyssa Fredrick (31) battles for a rebound in Oregon’s 76-54 win over UCLA. Ducks make noise in second ■The Oregon women overcome first-half miscues to torch the Bruins for 50 points in the second half By Adam Jude Orpgon Daily Emerald The scoreboard keeper tried to record Cathrine Kraayeveld’s layin with 10:07 to play, which gave Oregon a 49-45 lead over UCLA on Saturday at McArthur Court, but the scoreboard didn’t quite respond. It flashed, moaned with an obnoxious buzz, flashed again, then buzzed some more. While referees and technicians tried to fix the malfunction, the Bruins gathered around head coach Kathy Olivier for a free timeout. The five Oregon players stayed on the north side of McArthur Court, talking, giggling and getting harassed by the Ore gon mascot. Finally, after about five min utes, the scoreboard’s yellow let tering reappeared and the buzz subsided. UCLA was accidentally given 150 points, but by the time the Bruins put the ball back in play, everything seemed to work properly, and the score read 49 45, with 10:05 remaining in the game. The Duck mascot must have said something to ignite the Duck players during the delay as Ore gon (12-8 overall, 7-4 Pacific-10 Conference) rattled off nine unan swered points, including five from senior sharpshooter Jamie Craighead, to awaken the 5,142 fans at Mac Court. “We weren’t really going as hard as we could (in the first half). We were just going through the motions.” Cathrine Kraayeveld Oregon forward After a timeout with 7:41 to play, UCLA installed a full-court press, which nearly won the game for the Bruins in the teams’ first meeting in Los Angeles on Dec. 20, but the Ducks were driv en on Saturday. From the score board incident on, Oregon outscored the Bruins 26-9 en route to a 76-54 victory. This came after the Ducks shot a horrid 25 percent from the floor in the first half and trailed 27-26 at the break against the Bruins (5 14, 2-9). “We weren’t really going as hard as we could (in the first half). We were just going through the motions,” said Kraayeveld, who finished the game with 16 points and 14 rebounds. “But we played really well as a team in the second half.” Junior guard Shaquala Williams could hardly miss in the second half, scoring 16 points on 6-for-7 shooting with no turnovers. In the first 20 minutes, she was 3-for-10 with seven points and four turnovers. “It’s about the team,” Oregon head coach Bev Smith said of Williams’s play. “It’s our shot, not Shaquala’s shot. But I thought she made some very good decisions.” What wouldn’t fall in the first half, fell for the Ducks in the sec ond. They made the extra pass, balanced their scoring and didn’t panic. “We made the adjustments in the second half,” Smith said. “We started reversing the ball, getting inside and getting better shots,” Williams said. “We were able to get over our early woes. In the past, we may have sulked.” Senior guard Edniesha Curry, who scored 22 points against UCLA in December — all in the first half — brought the crowd to its feet with 1:15 to play after she hit a long three-pointer as the shot-clock expired. The horn sounded as the score board hit quadruple zero, the score flashing 76-54, Oregon. It was a noise worth hearing for Duck fans. E-mail sports editor Adam Jude at adamjude@dailyemerald.com. Women’s continued from page 7 A But that still wasn’t enough for the Ducks to maintain a sizeable lead, with UCLA virtually matching the Ducks point-for-point until mid way through the second half. Then the wheels fell off. “With 10 minutes left, that’s kind of been our problem all year,” UCLA head coach Kathy Olivier said about the Bruins’ inability to remain com petitive to the end. “We have a good basketball team for 20 minutes, we’re an average basketball team for 30 minutes, then things start going a little bit for our opponents and we get a little down.” After going 3-for-10 from the field in the first half, Williams sprung out in the second, nailing 6-of-7 from the field and 2-of-3 from beyond the 3-point arc. Her 23 points paced the Ducks. Up by four, 49-45, with 10 min utes left in the second, the Ducks went on an 11-4 run, finally separat ing themselves from the Bruins. Minutes later, Oregon would take another run against the Bruins, and this time, one that was good enough to put the game away for good. The last five minutes of the game would be all Oregon, with the Ducks post ing 16 points to the Bruins’ four. After making the 5,142 fans at McArthur Court gasp for air in the first 30 minutes, the Ducks put on a show at the end, showing what they can do when all cylinders are in motion. Prior to this weekend, the Ducks had dropped two straight to Oregon State and Stanford. But wins over USC and UCLA now have the Ducks back on the winning road. “We just take it one game at a time," sophomore Cathrine Kraayeveld said. “I think we really needed to get these wins (against USC, UCLA) to stay in the Pac-10 race. ” Kxaayeveld, for the third time this season, recorded a double-double, grabbing 14 boards and scoring 16 points. Her 63 rebounds in the last five games is the most any Oregon player has had since Alison Lang had 63 toward the end of the 1983 84 season. “Rebounding is one of the things I try to do every game,” Kraayeveld said. “But I don’t look at individ ual statistics.” After being punished on the boards against teams early in the season, the Ducks again led the Bru ins in rebounds, 42-34. While it is not the key to their success, the Ducks have fared well when domi nating the glass. The Ducks also regained their perimeter shooting prowess against the Bruins, knocking down 9-of-21 from downtown. “I think that we need an inside outside presence,” Smith said. “We have to have that balance. Certainly, for our team to beat a team like Ari zona State, we need to have that bal anced scoring.” Speaking of Arizona State, the Ducks visit the Sun Devils in Tuc son, Ariz., on Thursday. E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager at hankhager@dailyemerald.com. Classifieds: Room 300, Erb Memorial Union PO. 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