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Monday, March 8, 2004
Last-second foul
allows Jackson
to sink Bruins
The Ducks earn the No. 5 seed in the Pac-10
Tournament with the win over UCLA
By Hank Hager
Sports Editor
Everybody knew Luke Jackson was going to get the ball.
Thing is, nobody could have imagined the scenario that un
folded with 13 seconds left.
With UCLA up by one, Trevor Ariza fouled the Oregon forward,
sending Jackson to the line. The Creswell
native nailed both free throws — possibly
the final points of his career at McArthur
Court — to send Oregon to a 60-59 win
over the Bruins on Saturday.
Jackson caught the ball and it immedi
ately flew out of his hands. The officials whistled Ariza, sending
Jackson to the charity stripe and Ariza to the UCLA bench with
his fifth foul.
UCLA head coach Ben Howland didn't like the call one bit.
Jackson did.
"(Jackson) wasn't making a play when we fouled him," How
land said. "He was just catching the ball and Trevor was right there
with him and he got in and hit the ball."
Everybody knew the ball was going to Jackson. The Bruins ex
pected him to pull up for a jumper or streak down the baseline.
Jackson never got a chance to make even the slightest move.
"1 just couldn't believe he hacked me like that," Jackson said.
"I was just amazed. As soon as I caught the ball, he fouled me
without me even making a move. I was really surprised they de
fended like that, but we'll take it."
The free throws and ensuing win gave the Oregon a tie for
fourth in the conference with California, but the Golden Bears get
the higher seed based on a tiebreaker.
Not that it matters. The teams will square off Thursday for a
2:50 p.m. tip in Los Angeles.
"We said before that we need to win these final two games so
we can get on a roll for the Pac-10 Tournament," Oregon forward
Ian Crosswhite said. "It does give us momentum and confi
dence."
That momentum wasn't fully cemented, though, until the fi
nal seconds ticked off the clock. Immediately after Jackson sank
the free throws, UCLA (11-16,7-11) had a chance to win the game,
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Erik R. Bishoff Photographer
Luke Jackson capped his Oregon career with game-winning free throws.
Eric Evans Oregon Media Services
Oregon's Erin Andrews has taken a 180 degree turn since her days as a freshman last year. The
sophomore leads the Ducks at the Duck Invitational today at the Eugene Country Club.
Settling
in
Sophomore Erin Andrews
can now let her game do
the talking as she leads the
Ducks in the spring season
By Brian Smith
Freelance Reporter
In a sport that is almost entirely men
tal, a sport where the only finger
pointing is at oneself, the last thing a
golfer needs is a distraction.
For Erin Andrews, the distractions that
came with leaving her hometown to attend
a Division I school led to more disappoint
ments than achievements in her 2002-03
campaign as a freshman at Oregon.
Andrews came to the University with an
impressive golf resume compiled from her
time in high school. She was the two-time
MVP for Durango High School in Las Ve
gas, leading the school to two state titles.
She earned the American Junior Golf As
sociation All-American honors in 2000.
Andrews was the Arizona Silver Belle
champion and the most impressive stat
was her perfect record in tournaments en
tered as a senior, finishing with a third
place finish in the state championships as
an individual.
She was heavily recruited by San Jose
State and Tulsa. Perennial powers Flori
da, Arizona, and Arizona State sought
the talented senior, but in the end, Ore
gon won out with an all-day, unofficial
campus visit and an immediate bond
that was formed between Andrews and
the head coach, Shannon Rouillard.
"I felt that Oregon had more to offer,"
Andrews said. "Especially coach (Rouil
lard), we seem to have a different bond.
It was her that really sold it for me. She
would come out and actually watch me
play the whole round instead of just four
or five holes like the other coaches, who
would then go and watch somebody
else. It just seemed that she wanted me,
and that put her on the top of the list."
Andrews, Rouillard said, is a sophomore
that fits into the team's overall character.
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Oregon bows out
of Pac-10 tourney
with loss to Bears
Oregon can’t get its offense off the ground
in a 25-point loss to California in San Jose
By Jon Roetman
Sports Reporter
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The worst three-point shooting team
in the Pacific-10 Conference couldn't miss Friday night.
California, which shot a confer
ence-low 29 percent from beyond
the three-point line this year,
burned Oregon with a season-high
11 three-pointers en route to an 82
57 victory on the opening night of
the Pac-10 Tournament at HP Pavilion.
The Golden Bears capitalized on the Ducks' zone de
fense, connecting on 11 of 16 three-point attempts, includ
ing 5 of 5 from junior forward Kiki Williams.
"I thought we came out shooting the ball very well," Cal
ifornia head coach Caren Horstmeyer said. "And that led
to confidence for us."
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Oregon tennis
suffers setbacks
The Oregon men and women are now on losing
streaks after both dropped two matches
By Alex Tam
Freelance Reporter
A sense of disappointment characterized the Oregon men's
tennis team Sunday, just days after its huge upset win against
_ 18th-ranked Washington.
m m The 45th-ranked Ducks (7-4 overall)
UP dropped two of the last three singles
TEN IM IS matches en route to a 4-3 loss to No. 27
- Minnesota at the Student Tennis Center.
Minnesota started off by winning its first
doubles point of the year despite experimenting with two new
doubles teams. Oregon head coach Chris Russell said his team
did not come out with the energy needed to set the tone for the
rest of the match.
"It is up to them to take some responsibility for increasing their
intensity level right from the beginning in doubles," Russell said.
"We squandered an opportunity."
The Oregon duo of junior Sven Swinnen and sophomore Ar
ron Spencer had their undefeated record snapped after losing to
Minnesota's Dusan Tabak and Avery Ticer, 8-6 at the No. 1
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