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Roetman: Oregon's talent
hindered by inexperience
Continued from page 8
All these factors equate to a young
team that hasn’t quite figured out how
to play consistently in the Pac-10.
If Oregon knew how to get off to a
quick start, the Ducks wouldn’t have
let Arizona go on a 16-0 run in the
first half.
If the Ducks knew how to play with
intensity, they wouldn’t have let their
offense grow stagnant as it did late in
the second half.
And if Oregon knew how to put
teams away, it would have rolled with
the momentum created by the Mac
Court crowd and a stifling zone de
fense and taken a lead during its furi
ous second-half comeback.
“The whole second half we were
knocking at the door,” Brooks said.
“We just didn’t kick it down.”
The Ducks are an extremely talent
ed team. Their skills show against in
ferior teams and for bursts against su
perior teams.
Brooks is one of the quickest play
ers in the country, and he showed
Thursday that he’s capable of getting
to the basket whenever he wants. But
even though he scored 15 points, his
timing was off when he decided to at
tack the rim.
When Oregon desperately needed a
bucket to stop an Arizona run, Brooks
looked timid and simply passed off to a
teammate. When the offense needed
to show patience, Brooks would drive
into a crowd and lose the ball.
Taylor — the Ducks best outside
shooter — showed his ability to hit
from the perimeter by knocking
down a trio of three-pointers. But the
freshman also showed a lack of judg
ment at times, either not pulling the
trigger when open or casting an ill
advised outside shot.
“I don’t feel like you can really put
something on it,” Taylor said of the
Ducks inability to finish their come
back attempt. “It’s just one of those
things; when they needed to make
plays, they made plays, and we didn’t.
I feel like we’re just going to learn from
it like you learn from every loss and
hopefully in the near future, we’ll learn
how to get over that hump.”
Despite the Ducks’ inexperience,
they play well enough in spurts to
tease onlookers into thinking they’re
one of the Pac-lO’s elite. But while its
overall record is still 11-4, Oregon is
unlikely to do anything too special
this season.
There’s just too much to learn.
jonroetman@dailyemerald.com
Women: Three-game winning
streak snapped by Wildcats
Continued from page 9
“We felt really confident going in,”
Bills said. “We didn’t do things that
we normally do tonight, like attack
aggressively on offense. That’s the
first time a team has scored that
many points in transition on us with-,
out any challenges.”
None of Oregon’s starters scored in
double-figures. Bills led the way with
nine points, and senior Cathrine
Kraayeveld was held to seven, break
ing her 11-game double-digit streak
for points scored.
Freshman Gabnelle Richards led
all Duck scorers with 15 on 6 of 12
shooting, while fellow freshman Kris
ten Forristall added 10 points in 16
minutes of play.
The Ducks will conclude their road
trip Saturday when Oregon faces an
Arizona State team that has scored 50
points or less in its last three games.
“We can’t carry the baggage from
previous seasons,” Smith said. “We
can only look to change the present.”
briansmith@dailyemerald.com
The Oregon Humanities Center
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Conflict, Harmon)/, ami Unity:
Asian Perspectives
January 23-24, 2005
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Confucian Harmony:
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January 24
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