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RECORD CROWD SEES OREGON DEFEAT KANSAS Hall of Fame Tribute
Portland boxing great Ray
Lampkin stops by the
Portland Observer offices
on Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard with his con
gratulatory presidential
plaque from President
George W. Bush in honor
o f his recent selection to
the Oregon Sports Hall of
Fame.
(A P )— Luke R idnour had 25 points,
nine assists and seven rebounds S atur
day as No. 7 O regon avenged last
season’s N C A A tournam ent loss with a
84-78 victory S aturday o v er N o. 14
Kansas.
Fellow guard Luke Jackson had 26
points and nine rebounds for the D ucks,
w ho fought o ff a se co n d -h alf K ansas
photo by M ark W ashington /
T he P ortland O bserver
rally to m ake their record a perfect 5-0
this season.
T he tw o team s played before 20,762
fans at Portland ’ s Rose G arden Arena, a
P eninsula L ittle L eague
record for a college gam e in the state.
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victory and their first trip to the Final Four
since 1993.
T he victory snapped O regon ’ s three-
since beating them tw ice in the 1947-48
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The Ducks, w ho led by ju st four at the
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gam e losing streak against Kansas. The
D ucks had not defeated the Jayhaw ks
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Speedy O regon inched aw ay, going
on a 10-2 run that w as punctuated by
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R idnour’s 3-pointer and a foul shot that
m ade it 84-76 w ith 49 .6 seconds left.
It w as the 99th career w in for D ucks
coach Ernie Kent.
Oregon frustrates Kansas point guard and former Jefferson High School All-American
Aaron Miles into a 1 -fo r-ll shooting night. (AP photo)
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Portland Pilots Celebrate First National Title
University of Portland forward Christine Sinclair connects with the
ball during the NCAA Women 's College Cup final in Austin, Texas.
(AP photo)
(AP) — W hat a win for C hris
tin e S in c la ir and h er P o rtlan d
P ilot team m ates.
The so ccer team is c e le b ra t
ing a 2-1 v icto ry o v er S anta
C lara in the second o v ertim e
period o f the N CA A W om en’s
C ollege C up gam e fin a l S u n
day in A u stin , T exas.
The w in m arks the first n a
tio n al sp orts title for the U n i
v ersity o f P o rtlan d .
Sinclair scored her second
goal in sudden-death overtim e.
S in c la ir, a C a n a d ia n n a
tional team player, had already
tied the gam e at o n e-all w ith a
goal in the 61st m inute.
H e r g a m e -w in n in g sco re
cam e w hen she put back a re
bound o f her ow n shot.
S in c la ir set an N CA A to u r
nam ent record w ith 21 points
on ten goals and one assist.
N orth C a ro lin a ’s M ia Hamm
set the prev io u s m ark o f 16 in
1993.
D evvyn H aw kins scored for
Santa C lara, w hich w on the
2001 national title.
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Ducks, Beavers
Headed to Bowl Games
(AP) — Oregon State heads to sunny Phoenix
for their postseason, while Oregon will make the
short jaunt to Seattle.
Arizona State.
“I think it would have been tough for the Holi
day Bowl to invite us since we finished behind
Oregon on Sunday accepted an invitation to
Arizona State and they defeated us - 1 didn’t expect
play Wake Forest in the Seattle Bowl on Dec. 30
to play in that bowl,” Oregon State coach Dennis
while Oregon State will play Pittsburgh in the
Erickson said. “The Insight Bowl was the next best
Insight Bowl in Phoenix on Dec. 26.
thing as far as we were concerned.”
Oregon State (8-4,4-4) will be going to a bowl
It will be Oregon’s sixth-straight postseason
for the third time in four years. The Beavers tied
appearance and its 11th bowl invitation in the last
for fourth place this season in the Pac-10 with
14 years. The Ducks also faced Wake Forest in the
UCLA, California and W ashington, and had lob
1992 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., which
bied to go to the Holiday Bowl - which went to
the Demon Deacons won 39-35.
Local Boys Headed to Nationals
The Portland Elite United Salad eighth grade
Racks 85-18, the Laguna Hills M VPs 71-39, and the
boys basketball team won the AAU Super-Re
Rancho Cucamunga Bulls 80-55 to get to the
gional Tournament last week in Riverside, Calif.
championship game.
The 63-31 victory over the Riverside Tarhills will
All of these teams will play again in Portland
send the team to the national tournament in
during the Presidents Day All-American W eek
Orlando, Fla. in August.
end tournament at Jefferson High School on Feb.
The local team also beat the Pasedena Hoop
1 5 ,1 6 an d l7 .
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