Oregon daily emerald., May 03, 2004, Page 13, Image 13

Jackson, Stepp headline barnstorming tour
Most of the proceeds
from the tour are expected
to go to Creswell and
South Eugene high schools
By Hank Hager
Sports Editor
Had to be a mirage. Couldn't be
reality.
No way Lake Oswego High School
freshman Kevin Love was getting points
in the paint while being guarded by for
mer Gonzaga star Corey Violette.
It couldn't be possible that a team
consisting of high schoolers would
be up by 10 points four minutes into
the game.
Yes, all of it was reality Friday night
at South Eugene High School.
To think, it was just an exhibition
game with all the right players in all
the right places.
"It was fun not to have any coach
es yelling at you from the bench,
and to play with all the guys again,"
said former Oregon guard James
Davis, who finished with 21 points
to help lead the college stars to a
123-96 victory.
Joining Davis was former Duck and
new legend Luke Jackson, who, with
some help, organized the affair at
South Eugene and another one Satur
day night at Creswell High School.
Former Gonzaga star Blake Stepp
was the other big attraction at South
Eugene, having played there before
his days in Spokane.
Former Ducks Andre Joseph and
Robert Johnson also played, as did Jeff
Potter, who played for Oregon from
1992-95.
"1 thought it was just a success,"
Jackson said. "It was something the
fans enjoyed. It's great to have the sup
port of the community."
Word in the gym was that about
2,200 people had shown up to watch
the high schoolers try to prove them
selves. The organizers of the Barn
storming Basketball Exhibition expect
to be able to donate some of the pro
ceeds they raised at the game to the
two high schools.
"It was a great deal for everybody,"
Jackson said.
With that said, the game had a
tinge of seriousness early on. The
high schoolers had a bigger spring to
their step. At one point, they held a
20-10 lead.
Love, who was a 4A 2nd Team All
Oregon State member, scored 11 of
those points and even had a block off
a Jackson shot attempt three minutes
in the game.
"We could tell in their eyes they
were too serious," Davis said. "We
were just trying to have fun but we
had to step it up."
The college stars did, going on a 20
6 run en route to a 50-45 halftime lead.
The second half was much of the
same. Joseph knocked down three
pointer after three-pointer — so many
that it seemed as if his playing days at
Oregon had yet to end — on his way
to 22 points.
He finished with six three-pointers,
all scored in the second half. Stepp
ended with eight points.
Jackson finished with a game-high
29 points. He mixed in two three
pointers and a few dunks — two of
which were back-to-back in the first
half — as well as a few missed slams.
Love ended the night with 28
points, 16 in the first half.
"He's good," Stepp said. "That's the
first time I've seen him. He's very ma
ture for his age."
Now that the two games in two
nights tour is over, Stepp and Jackson
will continue to prepare for the June
NBA Draft.
NBADraft.net has Jackson going
28th overall to San Antonio while
Stepp is expected to be taken in the
second round, projected at 48th over
all, to Miami.
Contact the sports editor
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
DEFENSE
continued from page 11
attack to 103 yards on 39 attempts — an
average of 2.6 yards per rush.
Capping all that off, the Oregon de
fense made nine tackles for loss,
amounting to 39 yards.
All of those statistics factored into the
final score, which is tallied by what Ore
gon head coach Mike Bellotti called a
"creative" scoring system.
"1 thought it was a dominating per
formance by our defense," Bellotti said. "I
thought they did a great job of really play
ing the possession downs. On third and
fourth down, they came up with a lot of
key plays. They came up with some
turnovers and takeaways and not just the
result of offensive miscues, but actually
had some tackles and created fumbles."
Offensive miscues? They were there and
combined with a flat approach to the
workout — intended or not — created a
slow day on the supposed fast Autzen turf.
"We didn't make plays when we
needed to," junior quarterback Kellen
Clemens said.
An easy enough answer, and one
that's backed up when looking at the
game's play-by-play.
Not until the 16 th drive of the afternoon
did the Ducks cross the scoring plain. John
ny DuRocher led a drive that began at the
green team's 37-yard line and culminated
with him scoring on a four-yard option
keeper to the left side of the line.
DuRocher led the team's next drive,
the 17th and final one of the scrim
mage, and fumbled on the second play,
which linebacker Justin Andrews
pounced on to put a defensive excla
mation point on the game.
Before all of that, the offense had got
ten into the red zone just twice, once
when it started on the green team's 31.
"It starts at the line of scrimmage,"
Bellotti said. "Again, we didn't have a lot
of linemen on either side of the ball and
I don't know if the heat today got to the
offensive line. We didn't seem to have
the protection ability to move people,
but that's no excuse."
Clemens finished the game 4 of 10
for 50 yards and one interception.
DuRocher, who was sacked three times,
connected with tight end Dan Kause
for a 46-yarder in the second quarter,
the game's biggest play. Otherwise,
DuRocher was not as effective, finish
ing the day 8 of 14 for 68 yards.
Ryan Shaw, whom Bellotti singled out
positively after the game, rushed eight
times for 53 yards, not once getting
caught behind die line of scrimmage.
Kause and Demetrius Williams both
had three catches to lead the team, with
die former leading in yardage with 78.
"Offensively, it was a very poor show
ing today," Clemens said.
Indeed.
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at hankhager@daityemerald.com.
Erik R. Bishoff Photographer
Ryan Shaw (with ball) gained 53 yards in Oregon’s spring game Saturday.
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