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U OF P FLICKER 3 BEATS SAN FRANCISCO
m D a w s B it.
Basketball
Shaq
Suspended
Orlando Magic Shaquille
O'Neal was suspended for one
game with out pay and fined
$5,000 for hitting Boston Celtic
center Eric Montross in a game
Friday.
Rambis Signs
Forward Kurt Rambis, 37,
who began the season on the
Lakers coaching staff has been
signed to play for the remainder
of the season for the L.A. Lak-
ers.
Jackson Out
Jim Jackson, Dallas Mav­
erick guard, says he expects to
miss the rest of this season. Jack-
son the highest scoring guard
and fifth best overall at 26 points
a game, severely sprained and
partially dislocated his left ankle
in Friday’s nights loss to New
Jersey.
Boxing
McClellan Still
Critical
Boxer Gerald McClellan
whofoughtNigel BennSaturday
remain in critical condition in a
London hospital on life support
after having a large blood clot
removed from his brain.
Doctors said the next 48
hours would be critical to recov­
ery for the 27 year old American,
who was knocked down twice in
the 10th round, of a World Box­
ing C ouncil S uper M iddle
Weight bout.
Holyfield Ban
Lifted
Evander Holyfield gained
ground in his bid to return to the
ring when Nevada boxing offi­
cials agreed to lift the former
heavyweight's boxing suspen­
sion. Although m embers of
Nevada's State’s Athletic Com­
mission refrained from giving a
full endorsement to Holyfield
citing that some questions re­
main to be answered before he
could be licensed in the state.
The 4-1 vote to lift the suspen­
sion after Holyfield was diag­
nosed with a enlarged heart and
ventricle problems clears the way
for Holyfield to seek licensing in
other states.
In what he called a “ launch”
Kasey Flicker heaved a 30 foot
shot to beat the buzzer and beat
the San Francisco Dons 79-76 in
an astounding come from behind
win for the U niversity o f P ort­
land in the final seconds o f the
game “ It was a launch, Flicker
said its one o f a 1000 shots to go
in. Once in a while, I kind o f play
around (w ith a long shot), but
nothing serious. I’ve never made
a shot like that in this kind o f
situ atio n .”
F lic k er’s shot gave the Pi­
lots (1 9-7, 10-4) their 15 consec­
utive victory at home and the
first second place finish, in the
West C oast C onference. The Pi­
lots will play Pepperdine in the
firs, round o f the WCC to u rn a­
ment S aturday a, Santa C lara
Calif.
Flicker step up big tw ice as
the Pilots battled to come from
behind in the final seconds o fth e
fourth quarter.
He made a crucial 3 pointer with
43, seconds to tie the score at 76-76.
On that play, Flicker curled
around to the top o fth e key, took
a pass from Lemont D aniels and
made the shot.
C om ing o ff the bench F lick­
er accounted for 12 points, was 4
for 7 and all his baskets were
from 3 point land.
“ My team m ates have confi­
dence in me shooting that shot”
On the Rose Bowl field, the
Ducks played a game every Orego­
nian can recall with pride.
But the U niversity o f O re­
g o n ’s first appearance a, the Rose
Bowl in 37 years was a solid
success o ff the field as well,
bringing the university both in­
creased national and internation­
al prestige and upw ards of $1
m illion in direct and indirect in­
come.
As this year's participating Pa­
cific 10 conference representative,
the university got roughly $1.3 mil­
lion from the conference to cover
expenses. Careful oversight ot ex­
pense fund money resulted in saving
almost $200,000 which will be used
to improve athletic facilities.
In addition, monetary benefits
will flow from a number of other
sources:
After expenses, income to the
university from the licensing of Duck
merchandise will total as much as
$300,000. This will provide seed
money for future merchandising ven­
tures, fund scholarships and help fi­
nance the university's child develop­
ment center
Income from Duck memorabil­
ia sold through the university book­
store made it possible to boost the
discount offered to students and fac­
ulty a, the cooperative, from 9 per­
cent to 10 percent. A portion of the
Luck was with the Pilots as
well. The Dons (10-8, 4-10) had
an opportunity to ice the game
with 36 seconds left San francisco
coach Jim B ovelli called a time
out and drew up a play designed
merchandising income at the univer­
sity’s Portland Center bookstore will
also help offset operating costs.
The U niversity o f O regon
F o u n d atio n 's annual giving pro­
gram has seen a surge, with the
u n iv e r s ity 's te le fu n d ra is in g
$300,00 over last year at this
tim e and direct mail fund-raising
has doubled. D onations to the
university athletic program also
increased dram atically around
the time o f the gam e, m aking
1994 a record year for the Duck
A thletic Fund.
The university Alumni Associa­
tion saw a doubling of the rate at
which they signed on new dues-pay-
ing members.
The university's admission of­
fice has seen a big increase in re­
quests for information and applica­
tion materials and a 34 percent in­
crease in the list of prospective stu­
dents over the same period a year
ago, university officials said.
The University of Oregon had a
moment on the world stage with cov­
erage of the game, the parade and
surrounding events on every major
network and in nearly every paper in
the nation. Among the highlights:
The university’s two 30-second
messages of academic excellence
were beamed to more than 200 mil­
lion viewers worldwide a, the game's
half-time break.
ABC broadcast a special feature
story on the Ducks on Good Morning
America, Jan. 2.
NBC’s Tonight Show featured a
"couch potato" race betw een Oregon
Alumni Association Director Don
Rodriguez and a Penn State booster
Los A ngeles' m ost-w atched
m orning show, on station K TLA,
featured Oregon President Dave
Frohnm ayer, the university rally
squad and about 25 other Duck
fans.
All four networks showcased the
Oregon Marching Band and rally
squad in the Tournament of Roses
Parade.
On Dec. 29, for the first time in
history, a non-Disneyland costumed
character was allowed into the Mag­
ic Kingdom - the UO Duck. The
event was broadcast over the Disney
Channel and fed to 800 stations via
satellite.
The Oregon football team of­
fered a Yew Year's Day greeting on
ABC's Good Morning America.
The CBS Morning Show fea­
tured the university 's Green Garter
Band
Willard Scott declared he was
“a Quacker Backer" on NBC's “To­
day Show.”
A ccording to the Register-
Guard, the Ducks' trip to Pasadena
was the second biggest story of the
year in local news. No. 6 in state
news and No. 1 in local sports. The
Eugene daily produced special sec­
tions Jan. 1 and Jan. 2.
The Oregonian ranked the Rose
Bowl No. 6 among Oregon's top 10
stories and produced an eight page
Sports Extra section on Jan. 1 and a
special front page section, also eight
pages, on Jan. 2.
And Portland broadcast stations
aired Oregon Rose Bow l stories on
both their news and sports reports
every day for nearly three weeks.
D anny B ell
Benson managed to pull off a
come from behind win to secure it
third consecutive P.l.L. tittle Be­
hind the fourth quarter heroics of
Jason Franklin, who earlier in the
game was suffering from a shooting
slump. Franklin came beck in the
fourth quarter and scored 14 points.
Bringing Benson from behind
to clinch a 61-54 victory over
Jefferson a, home
Benson finished the regular
season 21-1 overall and 17-1 in the
league and was rated the number I
high school team in the state
Franklin, who score a game
high 27 points, made 6 of 9 in the
fourth quarter including two 3 point­
ers.
he out scored Jefferson 14-12 by
himself int he final quarter, he fin­
ished 11 of 25 from the field and 3 of
11 from 3 point range "I have a lot of
confidence in my shot," said Franklin,
a 6 foot 4 inch senior guard. “I know
it's going to go in sooner or later
Jefferson (17-6, 13-5) led after
three quarters 42-39
But the Democrats didn't have
an answer for Franklin fourth quarter
shooting display.
Jefferson also exacerbate the
situation by going scoreless four
minutes until Ime Udoka scored with
just 10 seconds left
“We had to step up our game on
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Flicker said. “ They give me the
b all in th o se s itu a tio n s , and
thankfully (the shots) went in.
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Kasey Flicker, player for the University of Portland Pilots
for point guard Ryan Brass to
hold the ball, penetrate and e i­
ther shoot or pass the ball to a
team m ate.
Brass held the ball until there
was eight seconds on the clock
he drove into the lane and tried to
dish it o ff to Booker T. W ashing­
ton with one second left on, he
shot clock. W ashington trying to
catch the ball and shoot in one
m otion m ishandled the ball and
it went out o f bounds.
"W e wanted to spread the
co u rt and take the las, shot.
B rovelli said" We had the court
spread out. Brass penetrated into
the paint and then he makes the
decision to shoot or dish (the
ball) off. He decided to dish it,
and it ju st d id n 't work for us.
In the firs, half San Francisco
gave Portland all they could han­
dle leading the game 24-17 with
11:47 left. Flicker hit two 3 point­
ers, closing the gap to 26-25 but
the Don’s surge ahead again with
10-4 run that gave them the lead
36-29 with 6:24 left.
Ray Ross who was am ong 4
Pilots in double figures, scored
two 3.s helping UP to close out
the h alf with a 1 3-5 run and a 42-
41 halftim e lead.
C anaan C hatm an also scored
15 and C ur, Ranta added 12 as
the pilot m anaged to win their
third straight close game.
Recently the Pilots have beat­
en S an D ie g o by tw o , an d
G onzaga by three points.
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defen se and box ou, K 'z e ll
(Wesson),” Franklin said. “We went
into a zone and they didn't handle it
very well.”
Wesson, a 6-6 senior center
contributed 21 points but score only
four points in the fourth quarter.
Tyronne Hammick added 13 points
for the Demo's, who will need three
wins in the class 4 A state sub tour­
nament to advance to the final 16 in
Memorial Coliseum
By virtue of capturing the P I L
tittle Benson earned a direct berth to
the Coliseum The Techmen have
failed to make the championship
game in the last two years However
expectations are high that they may
remedy that problem this year.
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