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P age M arch B2 8, 1995 • Tin P ortland O bserver OREGON STATE TOPS CALIFORNIA the departing players - seniors Barry', Mustapha Hoff, Stephane Brown and graduating junior M ark W'einesee a pre-game standing ovation. Then after the introductions o f the four, it got a little emotional when former coaches Paul Valenti and Ralph M iller and Helen Gill, wife ofform er coach Slats Gill, joined O.S.U president John Byrne in pre senting Anderson and his wife with two airline tickets - destination any where in the world. One could even hear the emo tion in the public announcer's voice as he described the cerem ony. Ander son preparing for his last home game during his 37 years with the school's program pretty much kept his com posure. "It got a little touchy up on the floor, seeing the past coaches and Helen Gill’’, Anderson said, "because that does bring back many, many memories very quickly. I spent 19 years with Ralph and almost every day with Paul in some capacity'.” Then it was time to play ball, and for O.S.U. to get down to business. The Beavers record now stands at (8- 17, 5-11). Oregon state took control in the first half when it ran off 12 consecu tive points on Cal in one 1:49 run. to take the lead 32-15 Barry accounted for 10 points in the surge. Twice mak ing shots for 3 point range, and adding two thunderous dunks. O.S.U. full court zone press paid huge dividends early, with H off playing the point on the press and the Beavers reap the benefits o f the 6'7" forwards intensi BRIEFS TRACK Records Call Out Mobil Indoor: A number o f indoor records fell at Saturday's U S .A . - Mobil Indoor Championship in Atlanta. Starting with Micheál Johnson who knocked 0.34 seconds offhis previous record posting a 44.63 seconds in the 400 meter dash. Then Lance Deal turned in a record breaking toss in the 35- poind weight throw as he eclipsed the old mark by nearly three feet at 84 feet 10 1 4 inches. The record in the w om en's triple-jump fell as well. As Sheila Hudson-Strudick broke her own record for the sec ond time in a week leaping 48 1 4, andCarletteGuidry- White record ed the womens best in the 200 meter dash. Breaking the record prev iously set by the absent Gwen Torrence clocking 22.73. BASKETBALL U.P. Looks For Berth The University o f Portland remains in the hunt for a berth to the NCAA Tournament. The U o f P beat both Pepper- dine and Loyola Mary-mount in the West Coast Conference Tour nament and made it into the finals. They will play Gonzago Mon day for the championship, and an automatic berth to the N.C.A.A. tournament. Oregon Destiny In Own Hands Hope bum s eternal as O re gon swept Cal and Stanford in Their pursuit o f a N.C.A.A. invi tation and their first appearance there in 34 years. The Ducks beat Cal 95-82 Friday and then d isp o sed o f Stanford 89-80 Saturday. They havetwo remaininggames.U.S.C. and U C L A . this week. U.P. Women stumble The U o f P Women put in their worst performance o f the year and paid dearly. In a game for W.C.C. cham pionship the Pilots fell short 66- 50. To the San Francisco Dons. Amy Claboe the Conferenc es player o f the year produced only four points her season low. GOLF Jacobsen Close But No Cigar Peter Jacobsen came in a close second tied 14 under par with Greg Norman, but first eluded him by one shot and w inner Nick Faldo, at Doral-Ryder Open at Miami. Jocobsen is the leading mon ey winner on the P.G.A circuit by virtue o f two wins earl ier this year. I nterested Brent Barry scores for the victorious OSU Beavers. ty- by D awy Bu t It has been a long and winding road for Jim Anderson Oregon State head coach, who has been affiliated with Oregon State U niversity's bas ketball program for nearly four de DUCK HEADED TO BIG DANCE by E ric N oox March madness is here and the Oregon Ducks find themselves in the running for their first berth in the NCAA tournament in 34 years. The Ducks just might have clinched berth with two big wins over the week-end. Just like the O regon's Rose bowl football team the Ducks are in con trol o f their own destiny. Oregon improved to 18-7 overall and 10-6 in the Pac-10, which gave them sole possession o f forth place with two games remaining. The NCAA well probably send four and may be five teams from the conference with O re gon guaranteed a spot with a split with this weekend with a win over UCLA or USC. The Ducks came up this Thurs day and Saturday with wins over Cal ifornia and Stanford with their leading scorer and former Benson tech stand out Orlando Williams leading the charge with 25 points against Stanford in front of 10.086 fans Saturday night. The 89-80 victory was the biggest game at Mac Court in many years and the Ducks haven't won this many games since the Dick Harter days, back in the late 70's. Stanford, which nearly rallied from 18 points down, fell to 17-8 and 8-8 in the Pac -10 and finds them “ F ield of D reams ” ? The Portland Observer is looking fo r semi-professional hasehall players over the age o f 30. For more information, please call (hack Washing ton at 288-0033; or Daryl Lewis (home) 288-4891 or (work) 288-1721. selves in sole possession o f sixth- place in the conference after losing to the Beavers on Thursday also. It was a back and forth deadlock until Oregon put on a 14-0 run in the first half to put them up 40-28 on their biggest offensive run o f the season. T he D ucks flo o r leader K enya W ilkins came up strong against the Cardinals with 21 points nine boards and eight assists, as the Ducks fought hard in a very emotional win that almost got out o f hand phy sically as a lot o f trash-talking and push-and- shove tactics were becoming the fo cus o f the game. This was a very strong perfor mance, in a game were the w inner is most likely the only team o f the two to move on the Big Dance, the final 64. and one o f the biggest sport hap penings o f the year. The Ducks have play ed w ell all year and haven't gave up and won the big games when they had to. The Ducks don't have as much talent as other teams in the conference like UCLA. Arizona and Stanford, but they have hearts bigger than some o f those teams and a sys tem under Jerry Green, that the play ers believe in. T here's definitely a feeling o f winning going on there in Eugene and G reen' s squad j ust might surprise some teams with their never say die in your face style. the PAC 10 in two years. “that was great’’ said Barry “ev erybody on the team wanted to do that for the coach. I'm glad we were able to send him out on a winning note, at least here at Gill. The raucous crowd o f6,788 gave T he h ig h ly re g a rd e d g irls team from Je ffe rso n w as rated n u m ber 3 in sta te , u n fo rtu n ately they had to play O reg o n City r a t ed nu m ber I both in the sta te and in the nation in CN N USA T oday p o lls Then for the fourth place b erth they had to play G len co e ran k ed num ber 2 in the state w ith a 25-1 record in the fo u rth q u a rte r G le n c o e h it 10 o f 13 fre e th ro w s in the fourth q u a rte r o u tsc o rin g Je ffe rso n 26-7. The D em o crats 23-3 found a way to stay in the gam e inspite o f the fact that th e ir big gun E rica M ashia w as 0-8 in the first half. M a sh ia d id n 't sc o re her first b a sk e t until the 2 m inutes had e lap se from in the third q u a r ter. Glencoe ended winning their confrontation 70-50 pulling away She did however finish with 10 points on 4 for 18 shooting bn D anny B ell “ He seemed to give us an energy flow with his hustle and trapping,” Anderson said o f Hoff. O ur style is pretty much w hatever chief does up front. Sometime he traps sometimes he doesn’t. W e just let him use his judgem ent.” OREGON HIGHSCHOOL STATE TOURNAMENT Champion Sat 8 4 5 p m I I I I I I Shown above are the brackets for the Oregon Highschool State Tournament. The PIL's Benson and Wilson highschools are seeded 1 & 2 respectively. Join us in celebrating the tEliv P o rtia n i» © b s e r u e r 's a n m iv e r s a k v JEFFERSON GIRLS LOSE STATE BID in FULFILLING YOUR cades. In his final home game Brent Barry gave a glow ing good-bye by turning in a career high 34 point performance, as the Beavers beat Cal 83-67. The w in coupled with Thurs day's win over Stanford gave O.S.U. its first connective win weekend in The press was effective in two w ays it disrupted the offense o f Cal and allowed Barry to get into the open court with the ball. Barry commented that it made the court look smaller than it is, forc ing young point guards like Julani Gardner to make some hard deci sions, which more than not causes errors. If they haven’t worked or practiced against the press maybe we can get to them and get some easy baskets. The Bears (13-12,5-11) made a game o f it at the end o f the first half 40-32, but Gardner C al’s freshman, had five turnovers at the break, Barry had 21 points. O.S.U. got o ff to a good start with two freethrow ’s from Brown and a dunk from Vladimir Heredia put the Beavers up 44-32. Cal did make the game interest ing with 11:40 left when Monty Buckley hit short jum per to make it 48-47. "The coaching staff was getting a little worried“ said Barry, who in sisted he w asn’t concerned. “ When the lead gets to single digits it opens your eyes,” he said. “ But we were able to mount a come back o f our own and build the lead back-up." It was nice to execute in that situation. Heredia led the charge by taking a pass inside from J.D. Vetter and scoring on a 3 point play. Vetter then squared up just inside the 3-point line and converted a jum per, conse quently in the next 8 1 2 minutes the Beavers outshot the bears 25-10. “We made a run then we just quit" Cal coach Todd Bozeman said. I'm really disappointed in our per formance. Barry left the gam e w ith 37.5 seco n d s on the clock w ith H o ff on the line fo r tw o. A fter H o ff co n v erted he also left the gam e both to a sta n d in g o v a tio n and a jo b w ell done. F o rw ard Ikeya H illm an led Jefferso n w ith 14 po in ts and eight re b o u n d s. G l e n c o e 's 6 '3 " c e n te r S te p h a n ie B lock paced the C rim son T id e w ith 23 p o in ts. I I re b o u n d s and three block shots. G u ard Ju lie T ucker cam e o f f the bench to co n n ect for 10 o f I 3 and 20 p o in ts. As w ith Oregon City Glencoe was able to shut Mashia down and simultaneously shoot well themselves WORLD G YM -ST. JOHNS 7522 N. Lombard Portland, OR 97230 283-5404 OPEN 24 HOURS - DAYS A WEEK Give The Gift o f Health ---------------------------------- - - ----- ----------------------------------------
