Oregon Daily Emerald
Monday, January 31, 2005
“You look around the league, and the guys who
are carrying their teams are veterans. We’re not
doing that for some reason. ”
Oregon head coach Ernie Kent after the Ducks’ 88-69 loss to Standford
■ Women’s basketball
Oregon overwhelms USC in 81-59 rout
The Ducks oulrebound the Trojans 44-28 and
improve to 6-0 against Pac-10 teams at Mac Court
BY STEPHEN MILLER
SPORTS REPORTER
Senior Andrea Bills credits her
team’s threads for Oregon’s success
at home against Pacific-10 Confer
ence opponents this season.
“It’s the white uniforms,” she
said after her team dismantled
Southern California, 81-59, in front
of 4,096 fans at Saturday’s matinee
at McArthur Court.
The Ducks (14-6 overall, 7-4
Pac-10) improved to 9-1 at home
this season — 6-0 against Pac-10
teams — with a showcase of dis
ciplined shot selection and ag
gressive rebounding.
Meanwhile, the Women of TYoy
dropped to 8-3 in conference play
and 14-6 overall, but they continue
to hold the second best record in
Pac-10 conference play.
“(The Ducks) executed their mo
tion offense, they played great de
fense and they killed us on the
boards,” said USC head coach Mark
Ttakh, whose team brought down
only 28 rebounds compared to Ore
gon’s 44. “We usually win the bat
tle of the boards.”
The unarmed Women of Ttoy
won very few battles; however, they
committed fewer turnovers, record
ed more steals and shot better from
the free-throw line.
But Oregon controlled the defen
sive glass, collecting 36 USC misses.
“That’s going to be the key to vic
tories in the Pac-10 — controlling
the boards,” Oregon head coach
Bev Smith said. “We were demons
on the defensive boards. We really
got after it and didn’t give them sec
ond-chance points.”
The Ducks, who scored a sea
son-high 45 first-half points, wit
nessed the seniors score 66 of
their 81 points.
Cathrine Kraayeveld (9-of-ll
shooting) and Bills (9-of-14) each
posted 22 points. Their similarities
were noticeable early with each
player recording 11 points and six
rebounds before halftime. Both vet
eran players finished with 11 re
bounds. A lay-up with 4:26 left in
the first half helped Kraayeveld sur
pass the 1,000-career-points mark.
“Kraayeveld played very well and
Bills just made every shot,” TYakh
said. "Their whole team played
with a sense of urgency. ”
Kraayeveld was a perfect 4-of
4 from long range while shooting
guard Brandi Davis scored 14
points, and all four of her field
goals came from beyond the arc.
Point guard Corrie Mizusawa tal
lied eight points to go with a
game-high nine assists.
“Our players just did a great
job of following the game plan,”
Smith said.
Bills opened up her shot availabil
ity and spread USC’s defense with
some early outside shots. She start
ed the game by draining a shot that
came from just beyond the free
throw line. It set the tone for a night
where she tied career bests in points
scored and field goals made.
“I’m still working on the three
pointer ... I’m pretty sure they
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Oregon point guard Corrie Mizusawa was one of four seniors who contributed in Saturday’s 81-59 victory at
McArthur Court over USC with eight points and a game-high nine assists.
■ Men's basketball
Stanford uses fast
start to dominate
in 88-69 victory
BY JON ROETMAN
SENIOR SPORTS REPORTER
The Oregon men’s basketball
team had aspirations of qualifying
for the NCAA Tournament while
training this summer.
Loaded with an abundance of
young talent in the backcourt and
four players standing 6-foot-10 or
taller, a trip to the Big Dance
seemed feasible.
But after 18 games, it appears
qualifying for even the Pacific-10
Conference Tournament will be a
test for the fledgeling Ducks.
Oregon (11-7 overall, 3-6 Pac-10)
closed out the first half of its confer
ence schedule with an 88-69 loss to
Stanford (12-7, 6-3) on Saturday in
front of 7,233 fans at Maples Pavil
ion. It was the Ducks’ fourth con
secutive loss and sixth in their last
eight games.
Oregon entered the contest hav
ing lost 18 consecutive games at
Stanford. The Cardinal ended any
hope the Ducks had of breaking that
streak with a phenomenal first half
performance. Stanford shot 20-of-36
from the floor, including 5-of-10
from three-point range, resulting in
a 51-25 halftime lead.
The Cardinal set the tone early
with its first basket. Junior point
guard Chris Hernandez showed his
veteran savvy when he got the ball
inside against Kenny Love, banking
in an 8-footer over the Duck guard
and drawing a foul by leaning into
Love during his release.
The Cardinal continued to
play like the more experienced
team, passing the ball around
on offense until it found a quality
shot. While Stanford knocked down
one open look after another, Oregon
hoisted poor shots and failed to con
vert its open shots.
Stanford had first-half leads of 10
2 and 37-16 and led by as many as
32 in the second half before Oregon
rallied late to make the score re
flect a game more competitive
than it actually was.
The Ducks also had no answer
for Cardinal forward Matt
Haryasz, who scored 20 points and
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■ Women's basketball
Seniors play pivotal role
in lifting Oregon over USC
Four veteran players score 66
of the Ducks' 81 total points,
including the team's final 23
BY BRIAN SMITH
SPORTS REPORTER
There are a number of reasons for Oregon’s
dominant 81-59 victory over Southern Califor
nia Saturday at McArthur Court.
The Ducks shot 62 percent from the floor
and 69 percent from beyond the three-point
line.
The Ducks out-rebounded the TVojans 44-28.
The Ducks dished out more assists.
And lastly but most importantly, the Ducks
used experience to stay perfect at home against
Pacific-10 Conference opponents this year.
With 15:08 left in the second half and the
Ducks up by 26 points — their largest lead of
the game — USC made its best attempt at a
comeback.
The TVojans switched to a full-court press
and forced the Ducks to commit 11 turnovers in
their next 13 possessions, resulting in a 12-0 run
by the Women of Troy.
After a Duck timeout with 8:57 left, Oregon
senior Andrea Bills, who tied for a game-high
22 points, ended the TVojans’ run with five
straight points and re-ignited the Duck offense.
“It was big time,” Bills said. “There was one
point where we had a few turnovers and the
seniors stepped it up, just trying to show lead
ership and getting our teammates back into it
if they were slipping off mentally.”
The quartet of seniors — Bills, Cathrine
Kraayeveld, Corrie Mizusawa and Brandi Davis
— scored 66 of the team’s 81 points and the last
23 points of the game.
“I thought we had exceptional leadership by
those three (Kraayeveld, Bills and Mizusawa),"
Oregon head coach Bev Smith said. “And not
just in terms of scoring, but keeping the
younger players believing, being vocal, being
supportive.”
For the weekend, senior point guard
Mizusawa handed out 18 assists, limited her
turnovers to six and, most importantly, rou
tinely broke both USC and UCLA’s press de
fenses.
“The coaches definitely look to us to be
leaders,” Kraayeveld said. “And I think that
is what our team needs, is somebody to step
up every game. ”
After an off-night against UCLA on Thurs
day, the 6-foot-4 Kraayeveld returned to
form against USC, grabbing her seventh
double-double of the season and 26th of her
career.
The weekend series also saw the re-emer
gence of Brandi Davis, who scored 42 points
over both games and has filled the role of in
jured shooting guard Chelsea Wagner.
briansmith@dailyemerald.com
GAME TIME
Mon. Jan. 31
Tue. Feb. 1
Men's golf
Oregon at Ping Arizona
Intercollegiate
Thu. Feb. 3- Sun.
Feb. 6
Softball
Oregon at Hawaii Paradise
Classic
Fri.Feb.4
Wrestling
Oregon at Oklahoma,
5:30 p.m.
Women's tennis
Oregon vs. Texas Tech,
6 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 4
Sat. Feb. 5
Track
Oregon at McDonald's
Collegiate
Sat Feb. 5
Men's tennis
Oregon at BYU, 12 p.m.
Men's basketball
Oregon at Oregon State,
4 p.m.
Wrestling
Oregon at Oklahoma State,
5 p.m.
Women's
basketball
Oregon vs. Oregon State,
7 p.m.
Sun. Feb. 6
Women's tennis
Oregon vs. San Diego
State, 10 a.m.
Super Bowl XXXIX
New England vs.
Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m.
OREGON
SCORES
Fri. Jan. 28
Wrestling
Oregon 22, Stanford 21
Cal State Fullerton 29,
Oregon 12
Sat. Jan. 29
Men’s basketball
Stanford 88, Oregon 69
SU: Haryasz 20 pts, 20 reb
SU: Hernandez 19 pts,
5 ast, 2 stl
UO: Hairston 19 pts, 7 reb
Women’s basketball
Oregon 81, USC59
UO: Kraayeveld 22 pts,
11 reb (scored 1,000th
career point)
UO: Bills 22 pts, 11 reb
USC: Murphy 12 pts, 8 reb
Men’s tennis
Oregon 7, St.
Mary’s (Calif.) 0
Oregon 7, Eastern
Washington 0
Women’s tennis
Oregon 7, Boston College 0
Sun. Jan. 30
Wrestling
Arizona State 23,
Oregon 15