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■ Women s basketball Oregon introduces Southern to Mac Court rThe Ducks will focus on spreading their offense as they take on the Jaguars for the first time in school history BY STEPHEN MILLER SPORTS REPORTER The Oregon women's basketball team hosts Southern University today for the first ever matchup between the two programs. In a preseason poll, the Jaguars were selected to finish first in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Southern finished with a 17-13 over all record for the 2003-04 season and got knocked out in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Junior Rolan da Monroe and sophomore Fredrieka l^wis were picked as preseason first team All-SWAC players. Monroe was Southern's leading scorer with 17.6 points per game, and she led the SWAC in steals last season. Oregon head coach Bev Smith said that Monroe is "good one-on-one and handles the ball well." Smith ex pects Monroe to be very aggressive with her perimeter shooting. "She's their go-to player, and it looks like she has the green light," Smith said. "She is very dangerous and very quick." Southern will not hesitate to move the ball to other players as the team's other two top scorers have returned. "Last season Rolanda took about 17 or 18 shots a game, but this year she will look at 14 to 15 shots a game," Southern head coach Sandy Pugh said. "Ashley (Blake) will also score for us, and we still have I’red (Lewis) in the middle that we can dish the ball to." Blake ranked sixth in the conference in scoring and third in rebounding last season as a freshman. The 5-foot-10 small forward was Southern's second leading shooter and point scorer. Lewis was first for the Jaguars in field goal percentage and third in the conference. The Jaguars (0-1 overall) lost their season opener last week against Northwestern State. Monroe scored 28 points in the loss. Coach Smith said that her team's size advantage will be beneficial once again as the Dudes have not been able to extensively scout Southern. "With the little we know about them, we've just got to focus on our selves," Smith said. "We just want to maintain our defensive rebounding, execution and patience on offensive end and reverse ball to establish both the inside and outside game. "Defensively, we all have contribu tions to make," Smith said. "We have a number of weapons including An drea (Bills) low and Cathrine (Kraayeveld) inside and out." Oregon (1-0) has held its oppo nents to an average field goal percent age of 26.9 in two exhibition games and last week's non-conference con test against Portland. Kraayeveld collected 14 points against the Pilots and has scored dou ble-digits in each of the first three games. Smith emphasized that the Ducks will need to aggressively spread their offense in order to create opportuni ties in the key. "Our go-to players inside are Cat (Kraayeveld), 'Dre (Bills) and (Gabrielle Richards) off the bench," Smith said. "We have a very talented group at post. The game is won in the paint — on a pass or with penetration." stephenmiller@dailyemerald.com Danielle Hickey | Photo editor Senior Cathrine Kraayeveld scored 14 points against Portland Friday at McArthur Court. FUJICOLOR IP H 0 C C S S I H E. I H C.l PHOTO SPECIALS Nov 22 - Nov 28 2ND SET FREE (c-41 full-frame 35mmcolor print film) Prints: 3x5 4x6 12 exp. $2.25 $3.25 24 exp. $4.25 $5.25 36 exp. $6.25 $7.25 20% OFF APS DEVELOP 81 PRINT 15 exp. $4.40 25 exp. $6.66 40 exp. $9.40 Please allow 1 -2 working days for APS processing. UOBookstore.com UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BOOKSTORE i Premier Travel • Airfare Specials! • New Orleans - $198.00* San Jose, CR - $219.00*, Amsterdam - $395.00* Maui - $458.00*' *ia\ and Has noi included, rcsi-rictions apply. . Suhjcv'l to diam’.c w i:haul noiii'c We have S IT DENT discounts!!! 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It’s still not there yet, but tonight defi nitely helped.” Kent’s father, Oregon head coach Ernie Kent, said he was impressed with his son’s ability to shoot the basketball while maintaining his signature defensive pressure. “I thought Jordan brought tremendous energy to the floor,” Ernie Kent said. “Maybe this is an opportunity for him to gain some confidence and move forward.” After eclipsing his previous career high of nine points, Kent said he knows he’s more than just an athlete. “I don’t mind being a basketball player that is an athlete,” Kent said. “Hopefully, I can get that label as a basketball player, but it’s not impor tant to me. I know what I bring to the game.” jon roetman@dailyemerald. com Harmon: Muddy course proves adventurous Continued from page 9A Harmon and the other runners were forced to clop through a sloppy trail, as the all-grass course received a downpour Sunday night. Harmon, who described the mud laden course as “fun and swampy,” didn’t see any negatives about the damp grounds. “I never had any major problems with the footing," she said. “Every body had to deal with the weather, and I tried to look at the course early to see where the messy parts were so I could try and avoid the problem ar eas.’’Mason said Harmon took ad vantage of the muddy conditions. “Beforehand, we had targeted cer tain parts of the course,” said Mason. “She made (the mud) into a positive.” Hannon and Mason’s trip started off a bit rocky as. their flight from Eugene was canceled Saturday morning due to fog. Instead of landing in Indianapolis in the evening, the duo didn’t get there until almost 1 a.m. Sunday. Overall, Colorado pulled off the upset of the day, easily winning the women’s team title over favorites Duke and Stanford. The Buffalos scored 63 points, placing all five of their scoring runners in the top-22. 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