Women start season on wrong foot, still win
Oregon struggles, but comes
away with a season-opening
victory over Gonzaga
Women’s basketball
Hank Hager
Sports Reporter
Gonzaga proved how much of a
difference an NCAA team can make
on a team’s schedule.
After two exhibition games, the
Oregon women’s basketball team
took on the Bulldogs on Friday night
in front of 4,265 at McArthur Court.
Oregon (1-0 overall) defeated Gon
zaga, 83-72, but it wasn’t quite up to
the Ducks’ style of play.
“It’s not what we got tonight, it’s
how we got it,” Oregon head coach
Bev Smith said. “It’s not up to the
standards we want to be at.”
The win represents Oregon’s sixth
season-opening win in its last seven
tries, but was not an all-out victory.
The Ducks did not dominate Gon
zaga (0-1) as expected, instead outre
bounding the Bulldogs by two, 36-34,
and shooting just 35 percent (6-of-17)
from 3-point range. After defeating its
exhibition opponents by large mar
gins, the Ducks fell back a bit, mostly
on the defensive side of the ball.
“I don’t think we came out as
hard as we should have,” junior
Gathrine Kraayeveld said. “We just
weren’t into it the way we should
have been.”
From the field, Oregon was 29-of
61, a 48-percent clip. However, the
Ducks allowed Gonzaga to control
the ball offensively, specifically in
the second half when the Bulldogs
shot 50 percent (18-of-36).
Gonzaga’s Shannon Mathews was
a thorn in Oregon’s side, finishing
the night with 24 points on 10-of-20
shooting. She ended the first half
with 15 points, something that con
cerned Smith.
“We need to take some defensive
pride,” Smith said. “We have to get
"It's not what we got
tonight, it's how we
got it:"
Bev Smith
Oregon head coach
back and understand defense and
work ethic. We need to do some
soul-searching there.”
Yet, for all of Oregon’s miscues,
there were more positives than nega
tives, highlighted by the score at the
end of the night. Sophomore Brandi
Davis came off the bench to lead the
team with 18 points, while senior
Shaquala Williams — despite a slow
second half—was close behind with
17 points.
Kraayeveld led the rebounding
charge with 11 boards, while senior
Alissa Edwards and Davis were right
on defensively, each recording four
steals.
“Coming off the bench, I came in
and did what I needed to do and to
help the team as best as possible,”
Davis said.
Comments from the other side
were positive for the Ducks. Head
coach Kelly Graves, whose Bulldogs
finished in last place in the West
Coast Conference, suggested the
Ducks may have a bright future
ahead of them.
“Oregon is a good team,” he said.
“You’ve got to give them credit. Ore
gon will have a good year.”
The Ducks began the game on a
roll, jumping out to an 8-0 lead be
fore the Bulldogs put two points on
the board with a Mathews tip-in at
15:49. Oregon jumped out to a 16-6
lead on the strength of a 3-pointer by
sophomore Kedzie Gunderson, but
from that point on, it was obvious
the Bulldogs were not going to just
roll over and die.
Mathews’ sharp offensive night be
gan at 9:55 with her first 3-pointer of
the game, followed up one minute
later with a carbon-copy shot.
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Shaquala Williams (3) nets two of her 17 points at McArthur Court on Friday night
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fourth quarter, and Oregon is losing
to Fresno State, 24-15. On fourth
and-1 from the Bulldog 4-yard-line,
Duck head coach Mike Bellotti
makes a gutsy call to go for it. On
terrio Smith runs up the middle for
a yard and the first down, and Ore
gon scores three plays later in a
game the Ducks would eventually
win, 28-24.
But what if Oregon hadn’t scored
on that drive? What if Smith had
been stopped, and the Bulldogs had
won the game?
Oh, how nice that would have
been.
The Ducks would have realized
early that this team was no match for
the Oregon teams of recent years.
They would have loosened up. Heck,
they might have even beaten Arizona
State or Oregon State or maybe even
Washington State.
Expectations suck. The Ducks
had medium-sized expectations
heading into the season, but Costco
sized those expectations by going 6
0. Admit it. Even though Oregon
hadn’t played any good teams, you
thought they were as good as Duck
teams of the past. They creamed
their preseason opposition not
named Fresno State, and looked
like a national power doing it.
But then the losses, and the ex
pectations came crashing down
with much more weight than had
the Ducks been 5-1 or 4-2.
Sure, Oregon didn’t get many
breaks. Yes, the Ducks were ham
pered by the loss of Onterrio Smith
(but wasn’t it almost inevitable,
when he started the season with 28
carries in a meaningless game
against Mississippi State?).
But there are no excuses. The de
fense faded mid-season. The offense
really faded at the end of the year.
And on Saturday, it all came
crashing down in a disgusting loss in
Corvallis. Contestants eating brains
on Fear Factor look like they’re hav
ing more fun than the Ducks were
on Saturday. According to Fife,
those brains taste better, too.
Now, the Ducks are forced to
adopt the mantra normally reserved
for schools like Arizona, Duke and
Kansas.
What time is the basketball game
tonight?
The answer, by the way, is 7:30.
See you there.
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those of the Emerald.
Civil War
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on six rushing attempts. Senior Al
lan Amundson had his best game in
an Oregon uniform, rushing for 77
yards on 11 attempts.
“A loss always hurts. A loss like
this hurts a lot worse,” said Amund
son, who averaged fewer than three
carries per game prior to Saturday.
“It’s tough to swallow, but I had the
time of my life.”
It’s been a broken record this sea
son, but Oregon met its doom in the
third quarter. The Beavers (8-4, 4-4)
led 24-17 at the half and padded their
lead with two third-quarter scores, the
latter on Jackson’s third touchdown
of the game. In their last three games,
the Ducks have been outscored 30-7
in the third quarter, with their only
score coming on an interception re
turned for a touchdown.
With the game seemingly out of
reach in the fourth quarter, senior
Keenan Howry gave the Ducks a
glimmer of hope with a 63-yard punt
return for a score, reminiscent of his
touchdown return in the 2001 Civil
War in Eugene, when the Ducks won
17-14.
“Next year, a few years from now,
nobody’s going to remember what I
did,” Howry said. “They’ll just re
member that we lost.”
After Howry’s punt return cut the
Beavers’ lead to 38-24 with 5:51 re
maining, Oregon’s attempted onside
kick was recovered by Jackson. On
Oregon State’s ensuing drive, Ander
son hit James Newson for a 40-yard
score to seal the victory.
Jackson gave Oregon State a 17-3
lead early in the second quarter with
his second touchdown. Jackson took
a pass from Anderson, broke an at
tempted tackle by Oregon’s David
Martin and jolted 69 yards into the
end zone. His first score was a 16-yard
run with 4:15 left in the first quarter.
The Ducks made it 17-10 when
Fife hit Howry for an 84-yard bomb
midway through the second quarter.
After Oregon State punted out of its
own end zone, Oregon took posses
sion at the OSU 37. Five plays later,
Fife ran 11 yards for a touchdown,
bouncing off two defenders, to tie
the game at 17.
But penalties hurt the Ducks on
their next drive, forcing them to
punt from their own end zone. Ore
gon State took advantage, as Ander
son hit Shawn Kintner for a 10-yard
touchdown with 28 seconds remain
ing in the first half, and the Beavers
never looked back.
With Thanksgiving break this
week, the Ducks will take some
time off before regrouping next
Monday, and perhaps preparing
for a bowl game.
“We’re excited about playing in a
bowl game,” Amundson said. “We i
don’t want to end on this note.”
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