Big win comes at a big time in Oregon’s ’03 campaign
v^uKVAbLia — un, there was ex
citement at Gill Coliseum on Satur
day night.
Those big-air dogs at halftime were
incredible! And did you see that one
dog do that backflip? Oh, my!
There was suspense at Gill Colise
um on Saturday night.
Would the Ducks break the school
three-point record? Would Luke
Ridnour set the Pac-10 free-throw
record? What in the world could be
in those delicious polish dogs?
OK, so maybe Saturday’s game
wasn’t thrilling. From Luke Jack
son’s thunderous opening dunk to
when scrub-a-licious Tyler York fi
nally checked in with a minute left,
all doubt left Gill Coliseum and
took a walk outside in the rain. Oh,
there were vague threatening runs
by the Beavers in the second half,
and there were vaguely disturbing
cold stretches from the Ducks, but
really the
game wasn’t
close enough
to warrant any
kind of second
glance.
But that’s ex
actly what the
Ducks needed
at this exact
moment of
their season. A
blowout. A
yawner. A tum
to-the-bass
fishing, wake-me-when-it’s-over
romp.
Because the Ducks put the pieces
together on Saturday, and when the
Ducks put the pieces together, op
posing teams can hardly figure out
the puzzle.
“This game has pushed us toward
peaking,” Oregon head coach Ernie
Peter
Hockaday
TWo minutes for
crosschecking
Kent said Saturday night. “This team
has not peaked yet, but we certainly
made a giant step in that direction
with this game.”
OK, you say that Saturday’s win
was over a bottom-feeding Beaver
squad that has done less damage to
the Ducks recently than Goliath did
to David.
But I’ve covered three Civil Wars
at Gill Coliseum, and for the first
time Saturday, the atmosphere at
Gill was as electric as Oregon’s alter
nate jerseys. It was a sold-out crowd
with a sold-out mentality, that here
was a chance for the Beavers to final
ly win a Civil War, a rivalry that’s
more civil than ... well, you’ve heard
that one before. Let’s just say that
“lopsided” doesn’t do it justice.
And that’s why a loss Saturday
would have devastated Oregon’s
season. The Ducks just simply
don’t lose to the Beavers, and a loss
Men's
continued from page 9
14-of-28 (.500) three-pointers.
“It’s simple: They were able to
shoot the basketball and we
weren’t,” first-year Oregon State
head coach Jay John said. “When
(the Ducks) play like that, they’re
clearly one of the top teams in the
league. They’re fabulous.”
Ricci had 24 points and 11 re
bounds in Oregon’s Jan. 18 win at
McArthur Court, but was double
teamed nearly every time he
touched the ball Saturday. The
Ducks substituted their five post
players frequently, and frustrated
Ricci with physical play. Brian
Helquist fouled out late in the game,
while three other Oregon post play
ers had four fouls, and the other
(Jay Anderson) had three.
“Ricci is a great player, and we
threw a lot of players at him,” Rid
nour said. “Our game plan was to
rotate five guys on him and that
made it really tough for him. Our big
guys did a great job.”
In a game of five on two — Ore
gon’s posts vs. Ricci and Brian Jack
son — the Ducks proved more pow
erful (if only because of sheer mass)
and held a 45-40 rebounding advan
tage. Jackson hit 10-of-13 free
throws to pace the Beavers with 15
points. Ricci was just 3-of-14 from
the field and finished with four fouls.
“I think (Ricci) was pretty frus
trated,” John said. “They kept
bringing their big guys in on him. It’s
hard to shoot with 500 pounds and
four arms on your body.”
On a positive note, the Beavers
had just six turnovers in the game,
one more than Ridnour had by him
self. Oregon State had 34 free-throw
attempts (converting 24 of them),
while Oregon had just seven at
tempts from the charity stripe (hit
ting six).
“Before I comment too much
(about the officiating), I’d better go
back and look at the game again,”
Kent said. “Boy oh boy, it was a
physical game, but to have that lop
sided fouls (called) and to still win
by 17 — I’ve never seen anything
like that before. We were fortunate
to shoot the way we did because we
were fouling way too much.”
James Davis (16 points, six as
sists) hit a trey with 16:27 remain
ing to give Oregon a 56-36 lead, its
largest of the game. The closest the
Beavers got was within 12 at 67-55
before Oregon dosed it out.
The Ducks used a 19-2 run to
take a 47-28 lead at halftime. Andre
Joseph scored 14 of his 16 points,
including four three-pointers, in the
first half, and the Ducks had 11
three-pointers in the first 20 min
utes. The Beavers shot just 24.1 per
cent in the first half.
Freshman guard Brandon Lincoln
suffered a mild sprain to his left an
kle in the first half. He could be
available for Oregon’s game at
Washington State on Thursday.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
Women's
continued from page 9
After free throws by senior Alissa
Edwards and sophomore Kedzie
Gunderson, Oregon had secured its
sixth conference win, leading 64-58
with less than 30 seconds to play.
“The Civil War is a big game,
and if you lose the first one you are
pretty upset,” Edwards said of her
final Civil War game. “Coming into
this game, we wanted to have fun
and work hard, and it was good to
get a win.”
Oregon had a solid night all
around, shooting better than 43
percent from the field. The Ducks
were able to dominate on the foul
line as Oregon attempted 18 more
than Oregon State and converted
13 of those.
The Ducks dominated the first
half of the game as Oregon led by as
many as 12 points at one point, and
the Beavers couldn’t keep pace.
Oregon State shot just better than
30 percent in the first 20 minutes.
Oregon State finished the night
shooting 39 percent from the field
and out-rebounded the Ducks 34
to 31. The Beavers turned the ball
over 11 times and accounted for
two blocks.
The Ducks were led by Gunder
son, who finished with 12 points
and five assists, followed by Steen,
who added 11 points in her 21 min
utes. Junior Cathrine Kraayeveld re
turned to action for the Ducks after
missing the last 13 games due to in
jury, and had a solid performance
with nine rebounds, seven points
and two blocks.
Junior Leilani Estavan paced the
Beavers with 17 points to lead all
scorers, followed by Chapman, who
added 15 points and nine rebounds.
Oregon continues its homestand
next week hosting the Washington
schools as it tries to keep the ball
moving off the two-game win streak.
Contact the sports reporter
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
in Corvallis would have validated
Oregon’s fall from grace. Even a
close win would have set off fire
alarms all over Eugene.
But it wasn’t a loss, it wasn’t a
close win. It was a car that just got a
tune-up, with all the pistons firing
and belts running and valves valving.
It was everybody doing every
thing. And they dominated like Tiger
Woods wearing red on a Sunday.
“Not taking anything from Rid and
Luke Jackson, it’s just that we have
so many weapons,” Kent said.
“We’re getting back to how we were
playing at the beginning of the year.
We’re sharing the ball, trusting in our
teammates, the ball is moving.”
And, perhaps most importantly,
this was a road win. The Ducks have
struggled in their green road jerseys
this season, and Gill Coliseum was an
environment poised to unleash a
sound-storm on Oregon. But it didn’t,
because the Ducks wouldn’t let it.
“In order to get to the (NCAA)
tournament, you’ve got to win on
the road,” Ridnour said. “We’ve got
to build on this. We’ve got two
more tough games next week, so
we’ve got to build on this and try to
carry it over.”
Well, one tough game, at least.
Thursday’s game at Washington
State is as gimme-a-game as exists in
the Pacific-10 Conference. So Ore
gon will be 8-5 in conference play
when it heads to Seattle on Saturday
to face Washington.
Maybe that game will be a little
more exciting. The Ducks probably
hope not.
Contact the sports editor
atpeterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
His views do not necessarily represent
those of the Emerald.
Duck tennis plays
up and down in
strange weekend
The Oregon rnerte tennis team
wins its fourth straight at home
and the women have a seven
game winning streak snapped
Tennis
Ryan Heath
Freelance Sports Reporter
Tucson, Ariz., is probably one of
the least likely places to experience
a rain-out, but that’s exactly what
happened to the No. 51 Oregon
women’s tennis team before its
match against Arizona, in a week
end full of strange occurrences.
The ominous Friday rain-out was
followed by a 5-2 loss to No. 8 Arizona
State in Tempe, where No. 28 Daria
Panova suffered her first loss of the
regular season.
Oregon’s Panova lost to No. 21
Adria Engel in straight sets as the Sun
Devils snapped the Ducks’ seven
match winning streak.
“We played a pretty good match,”
head coach Nils Schyllander said.
“We had a couple of chances, we just
weren’t able to take advantage. It’s
just a matter of taking them when
they’re there.”
The Ducks’ lone points came from
junior Courtney Nagle’s victory over
No. 109 Mhairi Brown and sopho
more Ester Bak’s three-set win
against Joslynn Burkett.
The No. 69 men also had their
share of strange delays, but at the
Student Tennis Center, in a 7-0 victo
ry over No. 75 Boise State. The lights
over courts one and two went out and
Ducks Manuel Kost and Sven Swin
nen were forced to finish their
matches on different courts.
The delay didn’t bother either
player, though, as Swinnen battled
back from losing the first set 3-6 to
take the next two 6-3, 7-6 (11-9)
against No. 86 Guillaume Bouvier.
Swinnen came from 6-4 behind in
the tiebreaker to take his match.
No. 64 Kost bounced back from
losing the second set in a tiebreaker
to earn his fourth win of the season
and his first from the No. 1 spot.
“We had a really good week of
practice,” head coach Chris Russell
said. “And I think it showed.”
Senior Oded Teig celebrated his
and Swinnen’s doubles win over No.
42 Bouvier and Marcus Berntson by
winning his singles match in straight
sets and moving within two victories
of the Oregon career singles record.
Freshmen Thomas Bieri and Ar
ron Spencer continued their domi
nance of the lower spots and remain
undefeated in the dual season.
Spencer won his grueling match 6-7
(7-4), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) despite being
hobbled by an ankle injury.
The women were scheduled to
make up the Arizona match Sunday
and the men host Pacific and Califor
nia-Santa Barbara next weekend.
Ryan Heath is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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