Women's
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Los Angeles, as the Ducks and Bru
ins met for the first time since Ore
gon took a huge 93-68 loss in De
cember at McArthur Court.
From the opening tip, which went
to the Bruins, Oregon struggled.
UCLA opened a 9-0 lead early on
the Ducks as it took Oregon more
than five minutes to get on the
scoreboard. But after a timeout by
Smith, Oregon stepped out on the
floor a changed team.
After patience and composure
from the offense, the Ducks led 16
15 with just more than five minutes
until halftime. The Ducks continued
to dominate on Senior Day at the
Pavilion and led 28-22 heading into
the locker room.
The final 20 minutes provided
much more theatrics than the first
20 as Oregon caught fire and
opened up a 13-point lead early. But
the Ducks soon realized the game
was far from done.
The Bruins quietly crept their
way back, and the full-court press
helped to scatter Oregon’s offense.
With more than six minutes left,
UCLA trailed 46-44.
“In the second half, when they
"In the second half,
when they turned up
their defensive
pressure, we started
to play tentative and we
started going into a
passing mode rather
than an attack mode —
that got us the lead in
the first place"
Bev Smith
Oregon head coach
turned up their defensive pressure,
we started to play tentative and we
started going into a passing mode
rather than an attack mode — that
got us the lead in the first place,”
Smith said.
It went back and forth, but after
sophomore Kedzie Gunderson
fouled out with 4:46 left, the Bruins
soon saw daylight with a 51-51 tie.
Tragedy again struck Oregon as jun
ior Kayla Steen went on a fast break
when her knee buckled and then a
Bruin defender landed on her.
The Ducks took the lead once
more, 54-52, after free throws from
Kraayeveld, but with just more than
one minute to play, it was all Greco.
As a fifth-year senior for UCLA,
Greco couldn’t have wished for a bet
ter script in her last game at Pauley
Pavilion. She led all scorers with 18
points and had five rebounds. Jones
and freshman Nikki Blue, who com
bined for 50 points in the first meet
ing, each had just seven.
Sophomore Andrea Bills led Ore
gon as an offensive catalyst all after
noon, with 15 points and 11 re
bounds. It was just the second
double-double of Bills’ career.
Kraayeveld added nine points and
Taylor had eight for the Ducks.
After shooting 10-of-24 from
the field in the first half, the
Ducks finished at 38 percent for
the game. Oregon won the re
bound margin, 41-34, but turned
the ball over 22 times.
The Bruins were just 33 percent
from the field but shot 87 percent
from the foul line. UCLA also had
nine assists and 15 turnovers.
UCLA won the battle at home,
but in five days the two will do war
at the Pac-10 Tournament.
Contact the sports reporter
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
Hockaday
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media. We tell you what to do, try
to form your opinion for you. But
we here in Eugene are pussycats
compared to the lions who cover
the NBA. During your three years
on the team, the hardest question
I’ve asked you is, “How do you deal
with academics when you’re on
the road?” In the NBA, every re
porter’s going to ask questions like
“So, Luke, what about that test
you cheated on in third grade?”
every day.
I could go on. But enough about
the NBA. What about Oregon?
What about Aaron Brooks coming
in here next year? Sure, he’s talent
ed, but remember your freshman
year? Bad passes? Frustration?
Struggling to learn a system? You
don’t think you would’ve benefited
from the tutelage of an NBA-bound
point guard?
If you stay, next year’s team can
practically sew the Final Four
patch onto their jerseys before the
season starts. Think about it. A
healthy Luke Jackson, a three
point firing James Davis and you
for the senior leadership. An old
er, smarter, battle-tested Andre
Joseph to supplement athleticism.
An older, smarter, hopefully bulki
er Ian Grosswhite starting along
side an older, smarter Matt Short
or Jay Anderson. Brooks, Jordan
Kent and Adam Zahn coming off
the bench. That should send
chilly shivers up your spine.
Chilly shivers.
Am I in denial about the fact that
you’re NBA-bound? Hell yes. I’m in
denial about this as much as I was in
denial that Onterrio Smith could
leave early, that Gary Payton could
ever get traded from the SuperSon
ics, that there could ever be a hock
ey team in Phoenix. Denial is a
sports fan’s middle name.
Denial also explains why thou
sands of fans chanted at you this
weekend, audibly willing you to
stay. I won’t leave you with those
three words, those words that cas
caded on you like a waterfall all
weekend. You probably wake up in
the middle of the night with those
words ringing in your head.
I will, however, leave you with
three words of advice.
Watch for kidnappers.
Contact the sports editor
atpeterhockaday@daiIyemerald.com.
His views do not necessarily represent
those of the Emerald.
Men's
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to bid farewell to two Ducks — and
possibly a third.
Seniors Robert Johnson and Bri
an Helquist were honored before
and after the game, and ended their
two-year careers at Mac Court with
a 30-2 home record.
Junior point guard Luke Ridnour,
who led the Ducks with 21 points
and eight assists Saturday, was giv
en a standing ovation when he exit
ed the game with 1:26 remaining.
He hugged Kent and everyone else
on the bench as the crowd chanted
“One more year.”
Ridnour may opt to enter the
NBA draft after this season.
“It’s cool to know that fans appre
ciate not only what I’ve done, but
what the team’s done the last couple
of years,” Ridnour said. “It’s a neat
feeling and a credit to my team
mates that I can ever consider leav
ing early (for the NBA).”
The Bruins played like they want
ed to leave the building early Satur
day. In the midst of one of the worst
seasons in its history, UCLA didn’t
sink its first field goal until the 12:26
mark of the first half. By then, Ore
gon was already ahead 19-4.
UCLA shot 22.2 percent in the
first half and 24.6 percent for the
game. Ray Young (10 points) was
the only Bruin to score in double fig
ures. Jason Kapono, UCLA’s leading
scorer, didn’t make his first shot un
til there was 6:52 remaining in the
game and was held to just five
points on l-of-8 shooting.
“That was the best defensive exe
cution of the game plan all year,”
Kent said. “It’s nice to see at this
time of the year.”
Steve Lavin, likely making his last
trip to Mac Court as the UCLA head
coach, said Saturday was “the worst
of the worst” for the Bruins.
“Obviously we’re not playing well
this year, and we’re playing a team
that’s hitting on all cylinders,” Lavin
said. “We played as poorly as we’ve
played all season. We just couldn’t
hit a shot.”
Lavin was called for a technical
foul early in the game after Luke
Jackson and James Davis hit back
to-back three-pointers to give the
Ducks a 6-0 start. Similar to USG
coach Henry Bibby, who was given
a technical on Thursday, Lavin
said he was simply signaling to call
a timeout.
“I was pretty animated,” Lavin
said. “Maybe (the ref) thought I was
giving myself a technical. With the
kind of season we’ve had, I deserve
many more technicals.”
Oregon hit 14 three-pointers,
shot 47.4 percent from the field
and had 22 assists on 27 field
goals. Jackson had 16 points and
seven rebounds; Davis had 12
points, all on threes, and Andre
Joseph, who returned from his
suspension on Thursday, added 10
points off the bench.
Johnson highlighted the win late
in the game with the first three
pointer of his career, giving Oregon
a 77-44 lead.
“This team was focused and
made an extreme statement,”
Kent said.
Contact the senior sports reporter
at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
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An article at
www.warresisters.org states that the
$ 1.1 billion it will take to wage a sin
gle day of war in Iraq could prevent
all current proposed education cuts.
OSU alumnus and Wrench mem
ber Angus McBrian said he also is
against the war because of potential
civilian and military casualties and
the increased likelihood of anti
American terrorism.
While there is reason for con
cern about the political situation
in Iraq, McBrian said there are
“more appropriate ways of dealing
with those concerns.” He said U.N.
inspections and support of demo
cratic and human rights move
ments would be suitable.
No strike is planned for the Uni
versity of Oregon campus. Levi
Strom, senior and co-founder of
Students for Peace, which has or
ganized several anti-war events on
campus, said the group is not organ
izing a event for March 5 because it
is planning an anti-war march from
campus to the federal building on
March 15. Strom said although the
world should be worried about Sad
dam Hussein because he is a dicta
tor, he is not a threat to the United
States or neighboring Middle East
ern countries.
“There are more important is
sues — domestic and internation
al — to worry about, like health
care, education, North Korea and
Israel and Palestine,” Strom said.
Sophomore KyleAnne Mabey said
she also thinks important issues have
been put on the back burner because
the government is devoting re
sources to a potential war.
“The government is scrambling
to find a reason to justify a war
that just isn’t reasonable,”
she said.
OSU strike organizers said they
have not heard of any organized
resistance to the strike from
groups supporting the war or
from the school’s administration.
However, all groups are invited to
participate in the forum, as one of
the strike’s stated goals is to cre
ate an open forum for discussion
and debate.
Kira Park is a freelance writer
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