IN BRIEF
Ravens' assistant named
49ers' next head coach
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Balti
more defensive coordinator Mike
Nolan accepted the San Francisco
49ers’ head coaching position Mon
day and began to negotiate a contract
to take over the team that held the
NFL’s worst record last season.
Nolan, a longtime coordinator for
four teams but who has never been
a head coach, will replace Dennis Er
ickson, fired earlier in the month af
ter going 9-23 in two seasons. San
Francisco went 2-14 this season.
After wowing 49ers owner John
York in an interview Thursday,
Nolan accepted the offer Monday
and flew to York’s home in Ohio to
work out a contract.
“(York) had a good strong list of
candidates, and they felt that Mike
was the perfect candidate to lead
us into the future,” 49ers
spokesman Kirk Reynolds said.
Nolan earned the chance to follow
in the footsteps of his father, Dick,
who went 54-53-5 in eight seasons as
the 49ers’ coach from 1968-75.
Mike Nolan, 45, has been in
charge of the Ravens’ powerful de
fense since 2001, following stints as
the coordinator with the New York
Jets (2000), Washington (1997-99)
and the New York Giants (1993-96).
General manager Terry Donahue
was fired along with Erickson, and
Nolan will have a hand in picking
Donahue’s successor as York re
builds the once-proud franchise,
which will have the top pick in the
next draft.
Nolan was offered the job Monday
morning, beating out four other can
didates: New England defensive co
ordinator Romeo Crennel, thought to
be Cleveland’s top choice;Giants
defensive coordinator Tim Lewis;
and Tennessee coordinators Mike
Heimerdinger and Jim Schwartz.
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Oregon holds on to beat
Washington State 55-52
BY JON ROETMAN
SENIOR SPORTS REPORTER
The Oregon men’s basketball team
rebounded from its blowout loss to No.
14 Washington on Thursday with a 55
52 victory against Washington State on
Saturday at Friel Court in Pullman,
Wash.
Cougar guard Thomas Kelati missed
a pair of three-pointers in the game’s fi
nal seconds — the first was blocked by
Oregon guard Jordan Kent — as the
Ducks held off a much-improved
Washington State team.
“Every year there’s that game that
sits there and gives you an opportunity
to break through,” Oregon head coach
Ernie Kent told 590 KUGN after the
game. “Maybe this is it. Losing to
Washington — getting embarrassed at
times — and to regroup and play in a
key game against a team playing good
basketball, hopefully it will get us over
the hump. ”
After trailing most of the game, the
Ducks (11-3 overall, 3-2 Pacific-10 Con
ference) took a 53-52 lead on a three
point play by point guard Aaron
Brooks with 41.7 seconds remaining.
Oregon padded its lead when
freshman forward Maarty Leunen
drilled a pair of free throws with 6.6
seconds left. Despite pulling out the
late victory, the Ducks almost gave the
game back to the Cougars (8-7, 3-3).
With 24.9 seconds remaining and Ore
gon ahead by one, Washington State
freshman guard Josh Akognon missed
the front end of a 1-and-l. Oregon for
ward Ian Crosswhite grabbed the re
bound and threw a bounce pass to
ward the official, thinking Akognon
had a second free throw coming.
Brooks, who was coming back to get
the ball from Crosswhite, was able to
keep the pass from going out of
bounds and the Ducks maintained
possession.
"The guy I’m most satisfied for is
Ian Crosswhite,” Coach Kent said.
“Because if he threw that ball out of
bounds and Aaron doesn’t save it,
he walks home. He literally walks
back to Eugene because that is a
veteran player having a mental
lapse like that.”
Crosswhite finished with six
turnovers for a total of 13 giveaways in
the past two games. He also finished
with four points.
Freshman guard Bryce Taylor led
Oregon with a career-high 26 points on
10-of-14 shooting to rescue a sputter
ing Duck offense. The Encino, Calif.,
native connected on six of eight three
pointers in 33 minutes. It was the sec
ond consecutive game in which Taylor
stepped up as the main offensive
threat for the Ducks.
“I thought he was fabulous,”
Coach Kent said. “I told him right
before the Washington game that
it’s time for him to get going and
step up because he has a big-time
package in his game. He was unreal
tonight offensively. ”
Freshman guard Malik Hairston
added 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting for
Oregon, while Brooks was limited to
five points on 2-of-8 shooting.
Kelati led Washington State with
15 points, while Derrick Low added
10.
“This team did a great job in a very
difficult environment to play in with
out a lot people here,” Coach Kent
said. “It’s cold outside, there’s snow on
the ground and they knew they have a
long bus ride in front of them. ”
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Ducks a 21-18 advantage they did
not relinquish for the remainder of
the contest.
The Cougars trailed by five points
at halftime, 28-23, and would never
get closer. Oregon created separa
tion with an 11-2 run to start the
second half.
Washington State won the rebound
ing battle in the first half, but Oregon
managed to win the war, 45-39.
Senior center Andrea Bills picked
up six of her eight boards and all 12
of her points in the second half for
me Ducks.
“I felt like they were really hacking
and playing aggressive,” Bills said. “I
had to battle through that and it finally
showed in the second half.”
With 2:28 remaining, the Ducks
reached a 27-point lead, 67-40,
after stringing together a 15-2
scoring streak.
“We’re a second-half team but we
can’t do that anymore,” Kraayeveld
said. “We can’t say we’re a second
half team and not play the first half.”
Corrie Mizusawa returned to Ore
gon’s starting lineup after battling
the flu and dished out a game-high
seven assists from the point. Fresh
man Gabrielle Richards recorded a
career-best four blocks.
Benz, a sophomore, tallied 11
points and 10 rebounds for Wash
ington State. Teammate Adriane Fer
guson scored a team-high 13 points.
As a team, the Cougars shot 29 per
cent in each half.
The Ducks scored 22 points off
turnovers compared to the Cougars’
four. Each team finished with 14
turnovers.
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pin gave Oregon the lead 25-20 and
the Ducks would not look back.
“Scott (Barker) and Shane (Web
ster) did what they are supposed to
do,” Kearney said. “They wrestle
consistently day-in and day-out
and have provided us with a lot
of leadership.”
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win, 25-23.
Oregon captain Barker was con
tent with the win, but said there’s
room for improvement.
“It was a good win,” Barker said.
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