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don’t really get caught up in where
we play, as long as we have enough
Duck fans to support us.”
Oregon has only two more games
after Saturday, and with the inau
gural Pac-10 Tournament coming
closer, momentum is becoming in
creasingly important.
“We’ve really got to play well in
these next three games and the Pac
10 Tournament as well if want to
make it to the NCAA Tournament,”
sophomore Cathrine Kraayeveld
said. “We’ve got to play each team
as they come.”
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
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rival. That’s something that we re
ally have come accustomed to not
doing. That loss has been more im
portant” than all of the wins.
More crucial than in-state brag
ging rights this season, though, is
the race for the Pacific-10 Confer
ence championship. Oregon is one
of six teams in the hunt, and the
Ducks know they must protect then
home court.
“This team has a focus, an eye
of-the-tiger look,” head coach
Ernie Kent said. “They want
something that’s out there for
them and they’re going to do
everything they can to get it. ”
Saturday, it may mean toning
down their run-and-gun style of
play against the Beavers. In the
teams’ first meeting on Jan. 19, Ore
gon grinded out a 63-51 victory that
gave it confidence in its ability to
play in the halfcourt.
But these Ducks love to run, es
pecially at McArthur Court, and
lead the Pac-10 in scoring with
86.3 points per game. On the op
posite end of those rankings, the
Beavers are last in the league with
64.1 points per game, which is in
dicative of their preference for a
slower pace.
Oregon State, which is fighting to
remain in eighth place in order to
qualify for the Pac-10 Tournament,
makes up for its lack of scoring
with its defense. The Beavers rank
second in the Pac-10 by giving up
only 65.7 points per contest.
“They’re a slow-down team and
we’re an up-tempo team so we got
to make sure that the tempo is in
our favor,” Oregon forward Robert
Johnson said. “We just have to go at
them.”
Defensively, the Ducks know
they will need to keep an eye on
Oregon State forward Philip Ricci,
who is averaging 16.1 points and
6.7 rebounds a game in his first sea
son as a Beaver.
“He’s one of the better players
in the conference and we’re going
to try to limit him as best we can,
but he’s a tough player to limit,”
Kent said.
As for Oregon State head coach
Ritchie McKay, the one Duck that
he’s most aware of is sophomore
point guard Luke Ridnour.
“He is tremendous at getting the
ball to the open player,” McKay
said. “He’s got a vision like Jason
Kidd (of the New Jersey Nets) and
Steve Nash (of the Dallas Maver
icks). I think he’ll be an All-Ameri
can at the University of Oregon if
he stays for four years.
“But I hope he doesn’t.”
Considering his team’s struggles
against the Ducks, McKay would
gladly accept any advantage he
can get.
E-mail assistant sports editor Jeff Smith
at jeffsmith@dailyemerald.com.