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OSU Women Shock No. 3
B y D anny B ell
BRIEFS
F o o tb all
Bob C handler M ourned:
Hundred of mourners gathered
on a W hittier California hillside
to pay their last respects to Bob
Chandler the former Buffalo Bill
and Los Angeles Raiders wide
receiver who died of lung can
cer. He was 45.
Stan Humphries: Injures El
bow:
San Diego Charger quarter
back Stan Humphries dislocated
his left elbow, while practicing
for the A.T.T. Pebble Beach pro-
Am golf tournament in Monterey
Calif.
Zampese Interested: Ernie
Zampese offensive coordinator
for the Dallas Cowboys who has
turned downed numerous N.F.L.
head coaching offer, said he is
interested in the Rams head
coaching position and met with
team officials Monday.
Zampese spent 7 of his 35
years coaching in the N.F.L. as
an assistant with the Rams., who
will move to St Louis next year.
B a s k e tb a ll
D u c k w o rth
S u s p e n d e d By
B u lle ts
Form er Trail Blazer and
present Washington Bullet Kevin
Duckworth was suspended Fri
day for 3 games for failure to stay
in good physical condition.
Duckworth has been both
ered this season by a sore A chil
les tendon and has seen limited
action in recent weeks.
He was averaging 8.9 points
a and 5.9 rebounds in 29 games.
He started in 22 of them.
In his last four games he has
averaged only three points and
four rebound.
S t o c k t o n S e ts
R e co rd
Last Thursday in a game
against the Denver Nuggets Jo h n
Stockton set the N B A. assist
record previously held by Magic
Johnson.
he finished the game with
16 assist, 12 points and no turn
overs.
Fittingly enough the record
setting pass went Karl Malone
who scored from the left corner
with 6:23 left in the first for his
9,992nd assist.
Swimming
A m y Van
D y k e n S e ts
R e co rd
Denver resident Amy Van
Dyken set a world short course
record of 26.73 in the 50 meter
butterfly at a World Cup event in
Epsoo, Finland.
The old record was set An
gela Kennedy of Australia in July
o f 1993.
Scholar
Athletes
A thletic directors have until
March 10 to provide the names ot
eligible seniors to The Oregon High
School C oaches Association, the
Oregon School Activities Associa
tion and the Portland Trail Blazers
special awards program to recognize
young athletes who have achieved
high academic standards
Before the Gill C oliseum ’s larg
est crowd to watch a women’s bas
ketball game 4,892. The drama un
folded for a come from behind win
for Oregon State University women
over number 3 ranked Stanford 78-
73. Handing them only their second
lost of the season. The only one
being to then #1 ranked Tennessee.
It also revealed how vulnerable
Stanford could be when its defense
didn’t play up to par and it’s outside
shooting is cold.
A lthough O regon State had
given Stanford trouble in the past,
they had lost the last five games
against the Cardinals.
O .S.U . was a big underdog
against Stanford, going in Saturday ’ s
game. Stanford had previously won
But that w asn’t all in the Bea
vers bag of tricks.
Center Tina Legas had a field
day at the post position, tallying a
career high 25 points.
Usually a 54 percent freethrow
shooter she was 11-13 from the line.
Forward Tanja Kostic, held to
just 3 points in the first half after
scoring 33 in last Thursday against
California, passed out 5 assist and
finished with 16 points.
The Beaver’s effectively shut
down standout Kate Starbird hound
ing her to a 8-14 performance and
two turnovers.
“I told them to just play their
best with good focus. “Oregon State
coach Aki Hill said. “Out hustle them.
We had nothing to lose. The harder
we play, the more we gain.”
it’s last 14 games by an average score
of 30 points.
Down by 10 points a half time
Oregon State made two runs and
took the lead with 6:03 remaining in
the game.Then the Beavers, with two
of their starters fouled out did the
unthinkable - they pulled away.
Coming off the bench in the
pivotal final moments of the game
juniors M oneka Staton, and Kim
McGrew made crucial rebounds that
enable the Beavers to hold on to the
lead.
“I think that shows our bench is
really backing up the starting five,
said guard Annette M ollerstrom the
Beavers key defensive play who
fouled out with 16 minutes remain
ing “W hen they have to do a great job
that’s when they step up”
Jefferson Clobbers Lincoln
B y D an B ell
In a game that the final score was
misleading. The game was more com
petitive than thr score reflected until
Lincolns lack of depth (Lincoln was
missing two starters) and the inside
play of K ’ zeli W esson and Ime Udoka
started to dominate the boards. The
Cardinals came up short 72-42, Fri
day on Jefferson home court.
Lincoln challenged early in the
game and even led during the game at
the end of first quarter 12-11.
But essentially it was Lincolns
inability to make the outside shot that
hurt them the most. That fact in con
junction with 19 turnovers as result
o f Jefferso n 's tenacious defense
paved the path to Jefferson’s wide
margin of victory.
“W hen we played Wilson we
made eight three pointers” said coach
Mitch W hitehearst of Lincoln. "To
night they just w eren’t falling”.
Howerver in the second quarter
the Demos got on track and started
break Lincolns 2-3 zone.
Both K ’zell W esson and Ime
Udoka turned impressive perfor
mances and complimented each in
rebounding especially on the offen
sive boards. Udoka hit for 21 points
including tw o 3 point shots and
Wesson led the Democrats with 22
points including one 3 point shot.
Jefferson quick ball movement on
the perimeter and reverse side created
opportunities to get the ball inside to
Wesson and Udoka who pretty much had
their way as all night.
To their credit Lincoln was able
to shut down Jefferson’s fast break
allowing only two fast breaks all
night.
I think my kids played a good
game said W hitehearst “(consider
ing) two of the starters were missing
I was proud of the way they played
we held down their fast breaks I think
they only made one lay-up in that
regard I think we did a good job on
them defensively.”
T h e P o rtla n d T r a ilb la z e rs
seemed to be a team in disarray going
into the mid-way point of the season.
W ith a 24-20 record the Blazers
would make the play-offs, seated last
and playing the Phoenix Suns in the
first round. But wait a minute, the
season is only half-way home and the
Blazers can still finish strong and
move up in the standings right?
W ell, a lo, of adjustments and
changes are going to have to be made
for the Blazers to ge, back to the team
that is capable of contending for a
NBA title. First and most evident is
the Blazers home record of 14-8,
with some pretty ugly showings that
have all but taken away a already
passive crowd in the last year at the
Coliseum before moving next door
to the Rose Garden. The Blazers just
haven't played with the intensity at
home this year and teams like Phila
delphia and New Jersey shouldn't be
able to come to Portland and even
make the game close.
It seems to be the same old story
for the Blazers but the plot is even
getting thicker. With the future of the
te a m ’s fran ch ise p layer, C lyde
Drexler, uncertain involving his trade
dem ands over lack of respect and
proper treatment by management, the
problems are deeper than the just on
the court. They will tell you all night
that D rexler's situation isn’t effect
ing the team 's play and that all is well
in Blazcrville, but don’t think for a
minute that Drexler is the only un
happy Blazer.
With this new coaching staff
and general manager coming aboard
the fragile chemistry of the Blazers
as an organization has been sent into
a spinning disarray at times. Giving a
first-round draft pick big money is
one thing but signing a back up cen
ter like Chris Dudley to the second
highest contract on the team was a
big slap in the face and bad first
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Even though Stanford regained
a nine point lead. Van Derveer said
those first minute spelled the down
fall of her team.
“I was disappointed with our
defensive intensity, she said they did
a good job on getting the ball to
Lelas.”
Kostic led the Beavers back
again, on a jum p shot and two free
throws to bring the game within one
point 60-59 with 8:46 left. Guard
Boky Vidic rifled a pass to Kostic for
the go a head score 63-62 moments
laters.
Stanford kept it tense on two
freethrows by Heather Owen with
two minutes left. But Grew was at the
line for two free throws and Staton
stole a pass for a lay-up off an in
bound play with 58 seconds to go.
scholarship application form by
calling or writing the Blazers
office: 700 NE M ultnom ah,
Suite 600, Portland, OR, 97232,
503/234-9291. D eadline for
entries is February 27, 1995.
It’s easy to apply. Interested
students just need to fill out the offi
cial application form and enclose a
copy of their high school transcript
through junior year.
A letter of recommenda
tion from a faculty member and
an essay of 500 words or less on
this subject: “The Importance
of a College Education” must
also be included along with ap
propriate SAT or ACT scores.
Trail B la z e r s To
O ffe r Four
S c h o la r s h ip s
The Portland Trail Blazers
stro n g ly su p p o rt ac a d e m ic
achievement. This spring, they
will award four $2,000 scholar
ships to high school seniors liv
ing in Oregon or southwest Wash
ington.
E ntry form s have been
m ailed to public and private
school principals throughout
Oregon and southwest W ashing
ton. Students may also request a
STARTS WEDNESDAY!
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
K'Zell Wesson.
Blazers Struggle Into Break
B y E ric N oon
We run into this every night.”
said S tan fo rd coach T ara Van
Derveer “Every team is fired up to
get you. They were fired up. They
have some very experienced players.
They should be doing this.”
Stanford's record now stands at
17-2 overall and 8-1 conference.
The game began on a familiar
note with Stanford pulling away early
in the game 24-10 with a 16-0 run
during a five minute stretch.
The Beavers fought their way
back to 30-29 with 6:39 on the clock
S ta rb ird c o n n e c te d on tw o
u n co n tested 3 point shots and
Stanford ended the half with 43-33
lead.
Shutting out the middle and forc
ing the Cardinals to shoot from the
perimeter O.S.U. went on a 10-0 run.
they just pack in the paint and dare
you to win or lose from 18ft and
beyond.
The new coaching staff has this
team playing defense and staying in
every game, but with your best shooter
on the bench in Tracy Murray and
Terry Porter missing all of the season
so far, the Blazers need to find ways
to get into the paint and score. Buck
W illiams is getting many shots and
even the leader in shooting percent
age for the NBA in the past, is set
tling for the long launch.
This is the first year the Blazers
haven’th adany All-Stars since 1987
and they barely made the play-offs
that year. Strickland deserves it prob
ably more than any other Blazers this
year as he has remained solid all
season.
The Blazers are only half-way
and they know what they have to do
to get rolling come play-off time, but
they need to find themselves as a
team, and that might take awhile with
Drexler’s situation and Porter’s re
turn to the line-up.
impression of management for the
players right from the start.
With all the problems the Blaz
ers might have off the court, the
mental lapses by the coach and the
players, might be w hat’s keeping
them from setting them aside. W in
ning solves everything, and this team
has the talent to get the job done more
than it has. Sure they’re a little older
and the old legs are getting less mo
tivated down the stretch o f a close
battle these days, but with age comes
wisdom, and the Blazers are playing
the type of defense that can win a lot
of games, and shooting themselves
in the foot by settling for the outside
shot.
Maybe the Blazers not having
an inside threat to go to is the prob
lem, but the big three C lifford
R o b in so n , Rod S tric k la n d and
Drexler are doing most of the scoring
and the little guy Strickland is the one
being aggressive taking it to the bas
ket more often than not. Blazer oppo
nents know the tendency of the Blaz
ers to settle for the outside shot, so
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