Platt, Brooks lead depleted Ducks at scrimmage
Oregon scrimmaged with
11 players Wednesday
at McArthur Court but still
ran its offense effectively
By Hank Hager
Sports Editor
Luke Jackson was at a funeral for
his late grandfather, Douglas Busted.
Jordan Kent was held out because
___ of a stress re
action in his
ankle. Matt
Short had yet
to return to
action from a
MEN'S
BASKETBALL
stress fracture in his foot.
James Davis went down early
clutching his ankle after landing on a
teammate following a three-pointer.
So much for a full-squad scrim
mage on Wednesday.
"It's hard to give you an exact eval
uation because you don't have all
your pieces here, but obviously we
did some good things with what we
have out there right now," head
coach Ernie Kent said after the
scrimmage. "I was pretty pleased for
how hard they pushed it through on
this being their fifth day of practice
in a row and having to scrimmage
with no subs out there."
Officially, the Ducks had 11 play
ers to work with at the scrimmage.
Overall, the lightning and green
teams that ran the floor combined
for 106 total points during one 20
minute half and one 10-minute half.
Freshman point guard Aaron
Brooks wowed the crowd and led
the Ducks with 15 points in the first
half, which was run with a real-game
feel. line second half saw a running
clock and no timeouts.
"Right now, 1 see how deep we
are," Brooks said. "Even though we
"It's hard to give you
an exact evaluation
because you don't have
all your pieces here,
but obviously we did
some good things with
what we have out
there right now."
Emie Kent
Oregon head coach
have a lot of banged up people and
the/re key players, we're still playing
hard and (the lightning team) still
scored 73 points."
Freshman forward Mitch Platt had
14 points and sophomore Ian
Crosswhite posted 10. Platt had
eight rebounds and Crosswhite was
second on the team with six.
"I thought it was a good game
overall as a team," Platt said. "They
did a good job of getting me the
ball, and we got the ball around to
everybody pretty well."
Short's return
Short was at the scrimmage in a
boot, which may be able to be taken
off on Nov. 14. If it does come off
that day, he will be cleared for some
physical activity and will progress
from then on.
Tickets remain available
Approximately 300 tickets remain
for Oregon's exhibition Sunday against
the Basketball Travelers at McArthur
Court, which starts at 6 p.m.
Of those 300, 100 are reserved
seats and 200 are obstructed view.
There are no general admission seats
available because students picked up
all tickets allotted to them, accord
ing to an Oregon official.
In addition, 70 obstructed view
seats remain for Oregon's game
against Fresno State on Nov. 21, the
team's first game of the season.
All obstructed view tickets can be
purchased for $12. They can be ob
tained by visiting www.goducks.com,
or calling 1-800-WEBFOOT
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Adam Amato Photo Editor
Mitch Platt (with ball) is set to be a key contributor down low for the Ducks this season.
SOCCER
continued from page 13
with the referees or setting up for
ward Andrea Valadez with the per
fect pass, Garbin is always in the
middle of the action.
Coaches are "always saying when
the ball is at my feet, 'good things
happen,'" Garbin said. "I really accept
that responsibility and with that I just
try and do the best I can."
Her statistics show that good
things do happen. Garbin is already
tied for fourth on the career list with
10 goals and tops the list in assists at
12. She also ranks fourth in the
points with 32.
Former Oregon star and volunteer
coach Chalise Baysa, whom Garbin
idolizes, leads Oregon all-time in
goals and points and knows that
Garbin could catch her soon enough.
"If she can catch me, better to her,"
Baysa said. "If you have any given
moment to try and break records, do
it. It's probably more of an honor for
someone to break your records, even
though it's a little disappointing not
to have it anymore, but if it means
someone else is at the top of their
game then better for them."
Off the field, Garbin is the least se
rious person around. She always likes
to make her teammates laugh and she
says her most unique quality is her
ability to mock people she knows.
"She's probably one of the funni
est players I know," Baysa said.
"She's able to make anyone laugh at
any given time. She's there to listen
if you have problems. She's crazy,
she's out of control at times, but she
brings smiles to everyone's faces."
And that's just Garbin.
Whether she is dancing in the
locker room, dancing on the field,
mocking her teammates, making the
game-winning goal or even getting a
yellow card, she can't be stopped
from making everyone smile.
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GOLF
continued from page 13
knock Texas A&M and Oregon down
to fifth and sixth, respectively. Okla
homa took home the team title, fin
ishing two strokes ahead of Wash
ington, which finished with a score
of 891.
The Oregon men's golf team end
ed its season on. a much different
note. The Ducks struggled to a 14th
place finish at The Prestige at PGA
West on Tuesday, played at the par
72, 6,841-yard LaQuinta Mountain
Course at LaQuinta, Calif.
The Ducks opened with a re
spectable first-round 297, but followed
it up with second and third-round
scores of 302 and 309, respectively, to
only finish ahead of Yale.
Mike Sica, Gregg LaVoie and Dustin
Pewarchuk all finished the tournament
tied for 49th at 11-over 227. Matt Ma
tied for 59th with a three-round 75-75
80 and ended at 230, and Jimmy
White finished tied for 64th with a 76
79-78 (233).
No. 4 UCLA won the tournament
at 859, followed by No. 7 TCU at
860. The Horned Frog's Colby Beck
strom earned medalist honors with
a 10-under 206.
Both teams return to tournament
play in February.
Brian Smith is a freelance sports
reporter for the Emerald.
WOMEN
continued from page 13
pointers. Davis finished 4 of 6 be
hind the arc, her final three giving
the Ducks their largest lead of the
night, 69-53, with a little more than
eight minutes remaining.
Along with offensive execution,
Smith has said prior to the game
that defense and rebounding are vi
tal to Oregon's success. The Ducks
contended almost everything in the
paint when they were able to set up
defensively, but were often guilty of
getting burned in transition.
"We didn't do a good a very good
job in their semi-transition," Smith
said. "(Strakonice is) certainly a Eu
ropean team that runs very well, that
passes very well, that plays off of
each other very well, and I think we
learned some things tonight about
ourselves in terms of awareness."
Oregon out-rebounded Strakonice,
42-33. The Ducks utilized their size and
strength inside as the visitors from the
Czech Republic simply lacked the mus
cle to bang with Oregon. The Ducks
finished with 32 points in the paint,
compared to 18 for Strakonice.
Kraayeveld and Bills finished with
a game-high nine rebounds each
while sophomore forward Carolyn
Ganes grabbed five.
Oregon jumped out to an 11-3 lead
after five minutes, including a 9-0 run
to open the game. Strakonice re
sponded with a 12-2 run to grab its
only lead of the game, 15-13.
After falling behind by two, the
Ducks built a 35-20 lead with just
under eight minutes to go in the first
half. Strakonice got no closer than
eight the rest of the way.
Vendula Mackova led Strakonice
with 20 points and eight rebounds.
Jitka Musilova finished with 18 points
while Blanka Petrovicka added nine.
Despite some sloppiness, Kraayeveld
said she's happy with the Oregon's per
formance. She added that practice time
should cure any problems.
"It's our first game," Kraayeveld
said. "I think we did a pretty good
job of trying to adjust and push our
selves through our mistakes."
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DEFENSE
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"I think we did all right (defensive
ly)," forward Cathrine Kraayeveld said.
"1 think we could have done a little bit
better job. Our communication fell
through a little bit.
"1 don't think our defense was that
bad, just the communication part of it.
We didn't talk toward the end of the
shot clock. We were good (about com
municating) at the beginning, and I
think we just kind of let it down a little
bit. I think we still went hard."
The Ducks gave up four fast-break
points — all in the second half —
and 16 points off turnovers.
"We were a little tired, and we're go
ing to have to make sure we pick it
up," forward Kedzie Gunderson said.
They also blocked four shots —
two by Kraayeveld, one by center An
drea Bills and one by Gunderson.
"We've got a lot to work on," Gun
derson said. "1 think our defensive
transition is our biggest thing. I
think (they got open looks from)
our transitions and over-rotating."
The Ducks had eight steals, an im
provement on their 6.75 steals per
game average from 2002-03.
Oregon also had the typical open
ing-game rust that appeared
throughout the game, missing a pick
on a pass through the paint or run
ning too far and leaving a Strakonice
player wide open on transition.
"Defensively we were OK, but I
thought transition was the biggest
thing for us," guard Brandi Davis said.
"Just us getting back and making sure
they didn't get too many easy layups. I
think that's something we're definite
ly going to work on in practice."
On the boards, Oregon out-re
bounded the traveling team, 25-23,
defensively, with the Ducks' two
tallest starters — 6-foot-4-inch
Kraayeveld and the 6-foot-3-inch
Bills — leading the way. Each had six
defensive rebounds and nine total.
The players were happy to be fac
ing a new set of players — women
that they weren't completely sure
what to expert from.
"I think this game was good for
us," Kraayeveld said.
General sentiment from the team
was that the defense needs work, but
it's actually running pretty well.
"Overall, I think our defense was
better than last year," Gunderson said.
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