■ Duck wrestling
No. 16 Sun Devils survive scare, win dual 23-15
BY SCOTT). ADAMS
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
The Oregon wrestling team gave
No. 16 Arizona State a scare on Sun
day as the Ducks came within eight
points of pulling off one of the
biggest upsets of the season in Pacif
ic-10 Conference wrestling. The
Ducks were without junior Shane
Webster in the lineup and would fall
23-15 but did not go quietly as they
won five of the 10 matches in the
dual, which featured eight nationally
ranked wrestlers.
Despite the loss, Oregon (5-7 over
all, 2-5 Pac-10) head coach Chuck
Kearney was impressed with the way
his squad wrestled.
“I feel a lot better about how we
wrestled today than how we’ve wres
tled in the past few competitions,”
Kearney said. “Arizona State is the
No. 1 team in the conference and
winning half of the matches against
them without Shane Webster helps
us feel like we can close the gap.”
The dual started in the 125-pound
weight class as Joey Lucas of
Oregon faced No. 10 Jeremy Men
doza. Mendoza recorded two take
downs and a reversal en route to
defeating Lucas 8-3.
Oregon struck back in the next two
matches as juniors Martin Mitchell
(133) and Skyler Woods (141) won
by decision over John Espinoza and
Curtis Ray, respectively.
"Skyler wrestled as good as he has
all year,” Kearney said. “He is eager
to get some more matches under his
belt and continue to improve.”
The next match featured No. 10
Patrick Williams of Arizona State
(7-6-1,4-0) as he faced redshirt fresh
man Nate Gipson. Gipson couldn’t
keep up with Williams and lost in a
major decision, 19-7. The Sun Devils
added to their lead in the next match
as No. 15 Brian Smith pinned Stew
art Bogart (157) with 51 seconds left
in the first round.
The Ducks trailed 13-6 going into
the 165-pound match which pitted
Oregon’s No. 17 Joey Bracamonte
against freshman Patrick Pitsch. The
match made for a slugfest as
Bracamonte’s point for advantage
time earned him a 3-2 win.
Junior Chet McBee (174) of Ore
gon filled in for injured Webster and
wrestled Rick Renzi. McBee held a 4
3 lead late in the third round and pro
tected it to mark a 5-3 win.
The Ducks trailed the Sun Devils
13-12 going into the 184-pound
match. Arizona State pulled away,
however, as No. 11 C.B. Dollaway
pinned Tony Roland of Oregon with
1:08 left in the first round.
The 197-pound match was the
main event of the afternoon as No. 5
Scott Barker of Oregon squared off
against No. 7 Ryan Bader. Despite
their close rankings, Barker made
easy work of Bader and recorded a
7-0 shutout decision.
The Sun Devils led 19-15 and
needed only for their heavyweight
wrestler, No. 4 Cain Velasquez, not to
lose by major decision to Oregon’s
Chris Dearmon in order to win.
Velasquez had little trouble etching a
10-2 victory over Dearmon, which
sealed the win for Arizona State.
Erik R. Bishoff | Photographer
Oregon’s Scott Barker, ranked No. 5 nationally, wraps up Arizona State's Ryan Bader,
ranked No. 7, in his 7-0 victory over the two-time Pac-10 champion in the 197-pound
class. However, the Ducks lost the dual 23-15.
On Friday, Oregon split two duals
with Cal State Fullerton and Stanford.
The Ducks lost to the Titans 29-12,
but edged the Cardinal 22-21.
The Ducks travel to the Sooner
State this weekend to tangle with No.
6 Oklahoma Friday and No. 1 Okla
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didn’t expect me to shoot the outside
shots,” Bills said. “Inside I was trying
to be really aggressive and take it to the
basket hard.”
Oregon, which never trailed in the
contest, expanded its lead with a 13-3
run in the middle of the first half.
A15-2 streak that started in the final
minute of the first half and spanned
five minutes into the second half re
sulted in a 58-32 lead, Oregon’s largest
of the game. USC revived itself with a
12-0 streak to come within 14 points,
but it never got any closer.
The Ducks recorded season-highs in
shooting percentage at .617 (29-of-47)
and three-point percentage at .692 (9
of-13). USC shot 34 percent (23-of-67)
for the game.
“I think we’re a good team, and
we’re starting to realize how good we
can be,” Kraayeveld said. “We have to
play with that every night.”
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grabbed 20 rebounds. The junior hit
eight of his first 10 shots and beat Ore
gon post players to seemingly every
loose ball.
“It was a bad, bad performance for
us,” Oregon head coach Ernie Kent
told 590 KUGN after the game. “Stan
ford played a great first half.”
Oregon once again played like a
team with no leadership. Kent has re
peatedly said the Ducks need sopho
more point guard Aaron Brooks and
junior forward Ian Crosswhite to play
well in order to be successful.
Brooks had another off night, fin
ishing with 11 points, two turnovers
and no assists in 24 minutes. The
Seattle native came off the bench for
the first time this season after being
tardy to the pregame dinner, Kent told
the Associated Press.
Crosswhite continued his season
long slump, finishing with five
points on 2-of-7 shooting and com
mitted two turnovers in 19 minutes.
“You look around the league and
the guys who are carrying their teams
are veterans,” Kent said. “We’re not
doing that for some reason.
“When it was Freddie’s (Jones)
turn, he took over. When it was
(Luke) Ridnour’s turn, he took over.
When it was Luke Jackson’s turn,
he took over,” Kent said, referring to
the three former Oregon standouts.
“It’s (Brooks’ and Crosswhite’s)
turn to take it over and they're not
doing it. They’re leaving the young
guys hanging.”
“It's good to have good
character and great guys.
But when it comes game
time, you have to bring it. ”
Ernie Kent |
Oregon head basketball coach
Freshman guard Bryce Taylor con
tinued to struggle to shoot the ball,
connecting on only one of 11 field
goal attempts. The Encino, Calif., na
tive is now 3-of-25 in Oregon’s last
three games, including l-of-9 from
three-point range.
Taylor had been taking anti-in
flammatories for a right-knee in
jury he suffered against Arizona on
Jan. 20, but said it had not been af
fecting his shooting.
Malik Hairston continued his
solid play of late, scoring 19 points
on 9-of-12 shooting and grabbed a
team-high seven rebounds. The
freshman has scored in double fig
ures five straight games.
Chamberlain Oguchi finished with
12 points in 12 minutes for the Ducks,
while Ray Schafer added six points.
Stanford had four players finish in
double figures, including Haryasz’s
20 points. Hernandez dropped 19
points and connected on four of sev
en three-pointers, Dan Grunfeld
scored 14 points, while Rob Little fin
ished with 10 points.
Next up for Oregon is a trip to Ore
gon State on Saturday.
Kent said the Ducks need to turn
up their intensity level in order to im
prove during the second half of the
Pac-10 season.
“It’s good to have good character
and great guys,” Kent said. “But
when it comes game time, you have
to bring it.”
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