■ Women’s basketball
Ducks rout Portland 63-46
utilizing defense, rebounds
Despite a lagging start,
Oregon found its offensive
rhythm in the second half
BY BRIAN SMITH
SPORTS REPORTER
The Oregon women’s basketball
team used another solid defensive ef
fort to get past Portland 63-46 Friday
at McArthur Court.
The Ducks held the Pilots to 18-for
53 (34 percent) shooting for the game,
and the 46 points scored by the Pilots
were the lowest by a Duck opponent
since California scored 43 in 2002.
“We challenged shots,” Oregon
head coach Bev Smith said. “We did
all that we could to make Portland
earn every point. This team under
stands the importance of that.”
Portland’s point total was also tied
for the third-lowest in any season
opening game in Oregon history —
the lowest two coming in the first two
years of Oregon women’s basketball
(1974-76).
The Ducks also showcased their
depth as a team. Eight players saw
more than 19 minutes of action with
senior point guard Corrie Mizusawa
leading the way with 26 minutes. The
Ducks also scored 25 points off the
bench compared to the Pilot’s eight.
Freshman Gabrielle Richards led the
Ducks in scoring off the bench, con
tributing eight points and nine boards
for the game.
“The important part of the defensive
plan is to play hard, aggressively, and
to have eneigy,” Smith said. “To do that
we need numbers and we have num
bers. However, this team has so many
good defensive players, we hesitate on
offense. We aren’t sure when to score.”
Neither team scored in the first
three minutes of the game and at the
10-minute mark, the score was 11-9
in Oregon’s favor. The Ducks were
slow to get into offensive rhythm for
most of the first half, until they found
a spark in the last 30 seconds. Port
land pulled to 23-21 with a minute to
play in the first half, before back-to
back layups by Richards and senior
Cathrine Kraayeveld pushed the
Ducks’ lead to 27-21 at halftime.
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Oregon
senior point
guard
Corrie
Mizusawa
led the
team with
six assists
in 26
minutes of
action in
the Ducks’
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Kraayeveld said of the team’s slow
starts. “But it starts with (our) five
starters. We definitely need to pick
it up in the first few minutes. That
sets the tempo of the game.”
Kraayeveld had a game-high 14
points and added four assists.
Oregon opened the second half
with the same tempo and momen
tum they had found just before the
break. The Ducks outscored Port
land 18-4 in the first six minutes —
behind four three-pointers — and
pushed the lead to 45-25.
For the game, Oregon went 8 for
14 (57.1 percent) from three-point
range — a marked improvement
from its 4-for-20 performance
against Strakonice BBC last week.
Redshirt freshman Kaela
Chapdelaine hit both her three
pointers during Oregon’s second
half run. Chapdelaine finished
with seven points, four assists and
a game-high four steals.
Mizusawa added a game-high six
assists, while senior Andrea Bills
was the only other Duck to record
double-digits in points with 12 on
6-for-8 shooting.
The Ducks outrebounded the Pi
lots 38-30 for the game and held
Portland without an offensive re
bound in the first half.
For Portland, senior forward Jamie
Medley recorded a double-double
with 12 points and 10 rebounds,
leading the team in both categories.
“Right now, they are a better bas
ketball team than we are,” Portland
head coach Jim Sollars said. “They
did a nice job of going to their
strengths.”
briansmith@ dailyemerald, com
Tim Bobosky | Photographer
Oregon’s Kellen Clemens gets hit by an Oregon State player Saturday during the Ducks’
50-21 loss to the Beavers. Clemens was sacked six times and threw three interceptions.
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struggled as quarterback Kellen
Clemens was under constant pressure.
The Burns native completed 13 of 29
passes for 126 yards and three touch
downs, but threw three interceptions
and was sacked six times.
“I felt pressure a little bit,”
Clemens said. “We just needed
to make plays against this tough
OSU defense, but we couldn’t make
them tonight.”
After trailing 27-14 at halftime, Ore
gon pulled to within six on a
2-yard touchdown pass from Clemens
to tight end Tim Day four minutes into
the third quarter. Oregon State scored
the game’s final 23 points, however,
starting with a 16-yard touchdown
pass from Anderson to Newton on the
ensuing Beaver drive.
Oregon’s only lead came with less
than five minutes remaining in the first
quarter, when a 4-yard touchdown
pass from Clemens to Day gave the
Ducks a 7-3 advantage. Oregon State
regained the lead later in the quarter
when a 28-yard touchdown pass from
Anderson to Hass put the Beavers
ahead 10-7.
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“ (Oregon) seemed to come back at
times,” Hass said. “But every time
they scored, we came back with
something to counteract it and that
was a huge part of the game.”
Oregon tailback Terrence White
head had another solid day, rushing
for 110 yards in 18 carries. Wide re
ceiver Demetrius Williams led the
Ducks in receiving with four catch
es for 54 yards and a touchdown.
Day added two receptions, both of
them for short touchdowns.
The Beavers resurrected their sea
son and are now heading to a bowl
game after starting the year 1-4. The
Ducks, on the other hand, will have
the entire offseason to wonder what
went wrong.
“Our whole season is based on us
and we didn’t get the job done,”
Oregon defensive back Justin
Phinisee said. “You have to give
credit to everyone we played, com
ing out victorious against us, but it’s
on us and we didn’t get it done.
“It’s not shocking at all (that we’re
not going to a bowl) with the way we
performed.”
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