A6 The BulleTin • Thursday, March 4, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
THURSDAY
GOLF
Time
LPGA Tour,
Drive On Championship at Golden Ocala
7 a.m.
PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational
11 a.m.
BASKETBALL
Men’s college, Atlantic 10, Duquesne vs. Richmond 8 a.m.
Women’s college, SEC, Mississippi St. vs. LSU
8 a.m.
Women’s college, Maryland at Michigan
9 a.m.
Women’s college,
ACC, Wake Forest vs. North Carolina
9 a.m.
Men’s college, Atlantic 10, St. Joseph’s vs. UMass 10 a.m.
Women’s college, SEC, Florida vs. Kentucky
10 a.m.
Women’s college, Pac-12, Oregon St. vs. Oregon 11 a.m.
NBA G League,
Rio Grande Valley Vipers vs. G League Ignite
noon
Women’s college,
WCC, Pepperdine vs. Loyola Marymount
12:30 p.m.
Men’s college, Atlantic 10, Rhode Island vs. Dayton 12:30 p.m.
Women’s college, South Florida at UCF
2 p.m.
Women’s college, Pac-12, USC vs. Stanford
2 p.m.
Men’s college, Atlantic 10,
George Washington vs. George Mason
2:30 p.m.
Women’s college, ACC, Miami vs. Virginia Tech
3 p.m.
Women’s college, SEC, Missouri vs. Alabama
3 p.m.
Men’s college, Michigan St. at Michigan
4 p.m.
Men’s college, Oklahoma St. at Baylor
4 p.m.
Women’s college, Pac-12, Washington St. vs. Arizona 5 p.m.
Women’s college, SEC, Ole Miss vs. Arkansas
5 p.m.
Women’s college, ACC, Clemson vs. Notre Dame 5:30 p.m.
NBA, Miami at New Orleans
5:30 p.m.
Men’s college, Nebraska at Iowa
6 p.m.
Men’s college, Texas at Oklahoma
6 p.m.
Men’s college, Arizona St. at Colorado
6 p.m.
Men’s college, UCF at East Carolina
6 p.m.
Men’s college, Wyoming at Utah St.
6:30 p.m.
NBA, Sacramento at Portland
7 p.m.
Women’s college, Pac-12, TBD vs. UCLA
8 p.m.
BASEBALL
MLB preseason, Washington at N.Y. Mets
10 a.m.
MLB preseason, N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia
1 p.m.
MLB preseason, Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers
5 p.m.
SOCCER
Women’s college, Purdue at Nebraska
11 a.m.
Italian Serie A, Parma vs. Inter Milan
11:30 a.m.
TV
Golf
Golf
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SEC
Big Ten
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SEC
Pac-12
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NBCSN
ESPNU
Pac-12
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ESPN
MLB
MLB
Big Ten
ESPN2
FRIDAY
MOTOR SPORTS
NASCAR Truck Series, Las Vegas
BASEBALL
MLB preseason, L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City
BASKETBALL
Women’s college, SEC, TBD vs. Texas A&M
Men’s college, Atlantic 10, TBD vs. St. Bonaventure
Women’s college, ACC, TBD vs. Louisville
Men’s college, Atlantic 10, TBD vs. Saint Louis
Women’s college, SEC, TBD vs. Georgia
Women’s college, WCC, TBD vs. Portland
Men’s college, Atlantic 10, TBD vs. VCU
Men’s college, Monmouth at Rider
Women’s college,
WCC, Saint Mary’s (Calif.) vs. Pacific
Men’s college, Atlantic 10, TBD vs. Davidson
Men’s college, Kent St. at Buffalo
Women’s college, SEC, TBD vs. South Carolina
Men’s college, Ball St. at Toledo
Women’s college, Ohio St. at Rutgers
Men’s college, OVC, teams TBD
Women’s college, Pac-12 semifinal, teams TBD
Women’s college, SEC, TBD vs. Tennessee
Men’s college, Colorado St. at Nevada
Men’s college, OVC, teams TBD
Women’s college, Pac-12 semifinal, teams TBD
GOLF
LPGA Tour,
Drive On Championship at Golden Ocala
PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational
HOCKEY
College, Penn St. at Notre Dame
LACROSSE
Women’s college, Penn St. at Northwestern
SOFTBALL
College, Florida St. at Florida
College, Texas at LSU
SOCCER
Premier League, Burnley vs. Arsenal
6 p.m.
FS1
noon
ESPN
8 a.m.
8 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
SEC
NBCSN
Root
NBCSN
SEC
Root
NBCSN
ESPNU
2 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8 p.m.
Root
NBCSN
ESPNU
SEC
CBSSN
ESPN
ESPNU
Pac-12
SEC
CBSSN
ESPNU
Pac-12
7 a.m.
11 a.m.
Golf
Golf
4:45 p.m.
NBCSN
3 p.m.
Big Ten
12:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
SEC
ESPN2
4:25 a.m. (Sat) NBCSN
Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible
for late changes made by TV stations.
SPORTS BRIEFING
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Beavers win 3rd straight on the road over Utah —
Oregon State won its third consecutive conference road game
for the first time since 2003, beating Utah 75-70 Wednesday
night in Salt Lake City. Gianni Hunt tied a career high with
17 points and the Beavers shot 52.7% (29 of 55) to sweep the
season series from Utah. OSU also shot 10 of 22 from 3-point
range. Oregon State (14-11, 10-9 Pac-12) pulled into a three-
way tie for fifth place with Stanford and Arizona in the Pac-
12. The outcome clinched a winning season for the Beavers.
Oregon State finishes its regular season Sunday with a 5 p.m.
game against Oregon in Corvallis.
Oregon now atop Pac-12 with win over UCLA — After
trailing UCLA by two points at halftime, Oregon (18-5, 13-4
Pac-12) came out firing in the second half, making nearly 70%
of its field goals (16 of 23) en route to a key 82-74 home victory
that vaults the Ducks into first place over the Bruins (17-7, 13-
5). Chris Duarte led Oregon with 23 points and also had four
rebounds, while L.J. Figueroa had 18.
— Bulletin wire reports
POWERBALL
The numbers drawn Wednesday night are:
21 40 44 50 55 16
Oregon
Lottery
results
As listed at
oregonlottery.org
and individual
lottery websites
The estimated jackpot was not available at press time.
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Wednesday night are:
6
9 30 36 45 47
The estimated jackpot is now $2.7 million.
Men’s college
PREP SPORTS
Volleyball
Tuesday's Late Games
hood river Valley 3, redmond 1 (25-13, 13-25, 25-17,
25-23)
harrisburg 3, la Pine 0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-18)
Wednesday's Games
summit 3, Mountain View 0 (25-2, 25-21, 25-6)
ridgeview 3, The dalles 0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-8)
central christian, hosanna-Triad (late)
central christian, rogue Valley adventist (late)
Boys Soccer
Tuesday's Late Games
Mountain View 6, redmond 1
Grand View christian 7, central christian/Trinity lu-
theran 1
Wednesday's Game
creswell 2, la Pine 1
Girls Soccer
Wednesday’s Box Scores
Tuesday's Late Games
Madras 2, Molalla 2
Wednesday's Games
Molalla 5, Madras 0
Oregon St. 71, California 63
CALIFORNIA (1-16)
lutje schipholt 6-8 1-2 13, Onyiah 6-8 1-2 13, daniels
4-13 2-6 10, Mastrov 2-9 0-0 4, Mcintosh 5-16 2-2 14,
samb 0-5 0-0 0, Muca 0-0 0-0 0, Olson 0-0 0-0 0, richey
3-6 0-0 9. Totals 26-65 6-12 63.
OREGON ST. (10-6)
corosdale 2-6 2-3 7, Jones 7-12 3-3 17, Mack 1-2 0-0 2,
Goforth 5-9 0-2 11, Goodman 6-11 0-0 12, Mitrovic 0-0
0-0 0, simmons 0-1 0-0 0, Von Oelhoffen 7-11 3-4 20,
samuel 0-3 2-4 2. Totals 28-55 10-16 71.
California
13 14 20 16 — 63
Oregon St. 17 22 17 15 — 71
3-Point Goals—california 5-16 (Mastrov 0-4, Mcintosh
2-6, richey 3-6), Oregon st. 5-14 (corosdale 1-4, Go-
forth 1-2, Goodman 0-3, Von Oelhoffen 3-5). Assists—
california 13 (Mcintosh 6), Oregon st. 19 (Goodman
5). Fouled Out—california Onyiah. Rebounds—cali-
fornia 39 (Team 5-6), Oregon st. 33 (Jones 3-13). Total
Fouls—california 17, Oregon st. 10. Technical Fouls—
none. A—0.
Oregon St. 75, Utah 70
BASKETBALL
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Phila.
24
12
.667
Brooklyn
24
13
.649
Milwaukee
21
14
.600
Boston
18
17
.514
new york
18
18
.500
charlotte
17
18
.486
Miami
17
18
.486
Toronto
17
18
.486
indiana
16
18
.471
chicago
16
18
.471
atlanta
16
20
.444
Washington
13
20
.394
cleveland
14
22
.389
Orlando
13
23
.361
detroit
10
25
.286
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
utah
27
9
.750
Phoenix
23
11
.676
l.a. lakers
24
12
.667
l.a. clippers
24
13
.649
san antonio
18
13
.581
Portland
19
14
.576
denver
20
15
.571
Golden state
19
16
.543
dallas
18
16
.529
Memphis
16
15
.516
new Orleans
15
20
.429
Oklahoma city
14
21
.400
sacramento
13
21
.382
houston
11
23
.324
Minnesota
7
29
.194
Tuesday’s Late Game
Phoenix 114, l.a. lakers 104
Wednesday’s Games
indiana 114, cleveland 111
detroit 129, Toronto 105
Phila. 131, utah 123, OT
Brooklyn 132, houston 114
charlotte 135, Minnesota 102
atlanta 115, Orlando 112
chicago 128, new Orleans 124
dallas 87, Oklahoma city 78
Golden state at Portland, late
l.a. lakers at sacramento, late
Thursday’s Games
l.a. clippers at Washington, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 4 p.m.
detroit at new york, 4:30 p.m.
denver at indiana, 5 p.m.
Milwaukee at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Miami at new Orleans, 5:30 p.m.
Oklahoma city at san antonio, 6 p.m.
Golden state at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
sacramento at Portland, 7 p.m.
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L Pct W L Pct
Oregon
13 4 .765 18 5 .783
southern cal
13 5 .722 19 6 .760
ucla
13 5 .722 17 7 .708
colorado
13 6 .684 19 7 .731
arizona
11 9 .550 17 9 .654
Oregon st.
10 9 .526 14 11 .560
stanford
10 9 .526 14 11 .560
arizona st.
7 8 .467 10 11 .476
utah
7 11 .389 10 12 .455
Washington st. 7 12 .368 14 12 .538
Washington
4 16 .200 5 20 .200
california
3 17 .150 8 19 .296
Wednesday’s Games
Oregon st. 75, utah 70
Oregon 84, ucla 72
stanford at southern cal, late
Thursday’s Game
arizona st. at no. 24 colorado, 6 p.m.
Wednesday’s Box Score
GB
—
½
2½
5½
6
6½
6½
6½
7
7
8
9½
10
11
13½
GB
—
3
3
3½
6½
6½
6½
7½
8
8½
11½
12½
13
15
20
OREGON ST. (14-11)
alatishe 5-7 0-2 10, silva 3-3 1-1 7, lucas 5-13 3-4 16,
reichle 3-7 0-0 9, Thompson 2-9 2-2 6, hunt 7-10 0-0
17, andela 3-3 1-2 7, calloo 0-2 0-0 0, silver 1-1 0-0 3.
Totals 29-55 7-11 75.
UTAH (10-12)
allen 10-15 3-3 23, Jantunen 2-8 2-2 7, carlson 3-5 3-4
10, larsson 3-3 4-4 12, Plummer 6-10 0-0 15, Martinez
1-3 0-0 3, Battin 0-2 0-0 0, Brenchley 0-0 0-0 0, Thioune
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-46 12-13 70.
Halftime —utah 40-37. 3-Point Goals —Oregon st.
10-22 (hunt 3-4, lucas 3-5, reichle 3-7, silver 1-1, cal-
loo 0-1, Thompson 0-4), utah 8-19 (Plummer 3-7, lars-
son 2-2, carlson 1-1, Martinez 1-2, Jantunen 1-4, allen
0-1, Battin 0-2). Rebounds —Oregon st. 30 (alatishe
10), utah 20 (Jantunen 7). Assists —Oregon st. 13
(alatishe 4), utah 16 (allen 6). Total Fouls —Oregon
st. 15, utah 12.
Oregon 82, UCLA 74
UCLA (17-7)
riley 4-6 3-3 11, Bernard 10-16 0-1 23, campbell 2-5
2-2 6, Juzang 3-12 0-0 6, Jaquez 6-8 1-1 15, singleton
1-2 0-0 3, clark 3-5 0-0 6, etienne 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 31-
56 6-7 74.
OREGON (18-5)
Omoruyi 6-11 2-3 15, Williams 3-6 0-0 8, duarte 7-12
8-10 23, richardson 6-8 1-2 15, Figueroa 8-11 0-0 18,
lawson 1-3 1-1 3, hardy 0-0 0-0 0, Kepnang 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 31-51 12-16 82.
Halftime —ucla 39-37. 3-Point Goals —ucla 6-18
(Bernard 3-5, Jaquez 2-4, singleton 1-1, campbell 0-2,
Juzang 0-6), Oregon 8-17 (richardson 2-3, Williams 2-3,
Figueroa 2-4, Omoruyi 1-3, duarte 1-4). Rebounds —
ucla 23 (clark 6), Oregon 24 (Williams 8). Assists —
ucla 17 (campbell 8), Oregon 11 (Omoruyi 4). Total
Fouls —ucla 14, Oregon 16.
TOP 25 SCORES
Wednesday’s Games
no. 10 Villanova 72, no. 14 creighton 60
no. 11 Florida st. 93, Boston college 64
no. 19 san diego st. 71, unlV 62
no. 22 Virginia Tech vs. louisville, ccd.
Women’s college
PAC-12 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Games in Las Vegas
FIRST ROUND
Wednesday’s Games
(5)Oregon st. 73, (12)california 63
(8)southern cal 71, (9)arizona st. 65
(7)Washington st. 57, (10)utah 48
(6)colorado vs. (11)Washington, late
QUARTERFINALS
Thursday’s Games
(4)Oregon vs. (5)Oregon st., 11 a.m.
(1)stanford vs. (8)southern cal, 2 p.m.
(2)arizona vs. (7)Washington st., 5 p.m.
(3)ucla vs. (6)colorado-(11)Washington winner, 8 p.m.
HOCKEY
NHL
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 22 13 5 4 30 75 70
n.y. islanders 22 12 6 4 28 58 50
Boston
20 12 5 3 27 60 52
Philadelphia 19 11 5 3 25 63 59
Pittsburgh
21 12 8 1 25 65 67
n.y. rangers 20 8 9 3 19 53 54
new Jersey
18 7 9 2 16 46 54
Buffalo
20 6 11 3 15 46 60
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
20 15 4 1 31 71 39
carolina
22 15 6 1 31 76 60
Florida
21 13 4 4 30 67 60
chicago
23 12 7 4 28 73 68
columbus
24 9 10 5 23 66 78
nashville
22 10 12 0 20 51 68
detroit
25 7 15 3 17 52 82
dallas
17 6 7 4 16 46 47
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vegas
18 13 4 1 27 56 40
st. louis
22 12 8 2 26 72 71
Minnesota
19 12 6 1 25 61 49
colorado
19 11 7 1 23 57 48
los angeles 20 9 7 4 22 60 56
arizona
21 9 9 3 21 56 64
san Jose
19 8 9 2 18 59 73
anaheim
22 6 11 5 17 46 66
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto
24 18 4 2 38 87 56
Winnipeg
22 14 7 1 29 74 59
edmonton
25 14 11 0 28 80 78
Montreal
21 10 6 5 25 68 61
calgary
23 10 11 2 22 59 70
Vancouver
26 9 15 2 20 74 90
Ottawa
25 8 16 1 17 67 95
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for
playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment.
Wednesday’s Games
Washington 2, Boston 1, sO
Toronto 6, edmonton 1
st. louis at anaheim, late
arizona at los angeles, late
Minnesota at Vegas, late
colorado at san Jose, late
Thursday’s Games
Buffalo at n.y. islanders, 4 p.m.
detroit at carolina, 4 p.m.
n.y. rangers at new Jersey, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
Winnipeg at Montreal, 4 p.m.
Florida at nashville, 5 p.m.
Tampa Bay at chicago, 5 p.m.
columbus at dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Ottawa at calgary, 6 p.m.
Toronto at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
DEALS
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BalTiMOre OriOles — named Gary Kendall man-
ager, Kennie steenstra pitching coach, Tim Gibbons hit-
ting coach, ramon sambo fundamentals coach, Malcom
holland development coach, chris Poole athletic trainer
and Trey Weidman strength and conditioning coach for
norfolk (Triple-a east); Buck Britton manager, Justin ram-
sey pitching coach, ryan Fuller hitting coach, Jeff Kunkel
fundamentals coach, Marty Brinker athletic coach and
Jon Medici strength and conditioning coach for Bowie
(double-a northeast); Kyle Moore manager, Josh con-
way pitching coach, Tom eller hitting coach, Tim deJohn
fundamentals coach, ryan Goll development coach and
adam sparks athletic trainer for aberdeen (high-a east);
dave anderson manager, robbie aviles pitching coach,
Patrick Jones hitting coach, Matt Packer fundamentals
coach, david Barry development coach, Gary smith ath-
letic trainer and liz Pardo strength and conditioning
coach for delmarva (low-a east); Kevin Bradshaw and
alan Mills managers, adam Bleday and Joe haumacher
pitching coaches, Branden Becker and anthony Villa hit-
ting coaches, christian Frias and collin Woody funda-
mentals coaches, adam schuck development coach,
aliks lorie athletic trainer and Brandon Farish strength
and conditioning coach for the complex league staff.
lOs anGeles anGels — Optioned lhP Jose Quijada
to salt lake (Triple-a West).
neW yOrK yanKees — announced manager aaron
Boone to take immediate leave of absence for medical
reasons and named carlos Mendoza acting manager.
National League
MiaMi Marlins — agreed to terms with lhP Glo
Gonzalez on a minor league contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ariZOna cardinals — signed de J.J. Watt.
chicaGO Bears — re-signed Ol alex Bars, Te J.P.
holtz, rB ryan nall and lBs James Vaughters and Josh
Woods to contract extensions.
cincinnaTi BenGals — re-signed ls clark harris and
cB Jalen davis to one-year contract extensions.
las VeGas raiders — re-signed ls Trent sieg to a
three-year contract extension.
neW Orleans sainTs — re-signed s J.T. Gray to a
two-year contract extension. released Tes Jared cook
and Josh hill.
neW yOrK JeTs — released de henry anderson.
san FranciscO 49ers — claimed cB Mark Fields ii
off waivers from houston.
WashinGTOn FOOTBall TeaM — released lB
Thomas davis.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
nhl — Fined carolina F nino niederreiter for interfer-
ence in a March 2 game against nashville.
calGary FlaMes — Waived rW dominik simon.
deTrOiT red WinGs — Waived c Valtteri Filppula.
lOs anGeles KinGs — recalled ds daniel Brickley
and Markus Phillips and c drake rymsha from Ontario
(ahl).
MOnTreal canadiens — assigned c cameron hil-
lis to laval (ahl).
nashVille PredaTOrs — recalled G devin cooley
from Florida (echl).
neW yOrK ranGers — Waived d Mason Geertsen.
PiTTsBurGh PenGuins — assigned c Frederick
Gaudreau to Wilkes-Barre/scranton (ahl).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
ausTin Fc — acquired d Zan Kolmanic on loan from
slovenia and MF sebastian Berhalter on loan from co-
lumbus crew for this season.
cOlOradO raPids — signed MF Oliver larraz to a
two-year contract and F darrn yapi to a five-year contract.
cOluMBus creW sc — signed d Marlon hairston.
United Soccer League
la GalaXy ii — signed MF Victor Valdez.
Kikuchi
Continued from A5
Part of the issue with ana-
lyzing Kikuchi is the oddity of
the past two seasons. In 2019,
Kikuchi was spending his first
year away from Japan, making
the adjustment to the majors.
At times, he looked the part
of an ace. At other times, he
struggled badly and appeared
stubborn about making adjust-
ments.
He made just nine starts
during the shortened 2020 sea-
son, but the results led to opti-
mism about Kikuchi moving
forward, even with numbers
— 2-4, 5.17 ERA — that over-
all didn’t look great. He pitched
at least six innings in four of
his starts. In two starts against
division rival Oakland, Kiku-
chi allowed no earned runs in
12 innings. He added a cutter
to go along with his excellent
slider.
And he seemed to find com-
fort with Seattle’s six-man rota-
tion, which almost duplicated
the frequency with which he
pitched in Japan. Seattle in-
tends to use the six-man rota-
tion this season and possibly
beyond.
“We all saw the stuff last
spring training had changed
Oregon
Continued from A5
Meanwhile, Oregon (13-7) is
sputtering amid three losses in
its last four games and could be
without point guard Te-Hina
Paopao this week due to an un-
specified foot injury.
“Now it’s our turn to im-
prove,” Oregon coach Kelly
Graves said. “We need to step
up and play better. It’s a new
season and we’ve struggled.
We’ve had our struggles, espe-
cially down the stretch here.
We got to find a way to right
the ship a little bit.
“I’m still confident; I’m for-
ever optimist. I really feel like
we can but at some point we’ve
got to actually do it. Right now
we’re guaranteed two games:
One in Vegas and one in San
Antonio and we’ll see if we de-
Charlie Riedel/AP
Seattle Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi throws during spring training practice on Feb. 25 in Peoria, Arizona.
from 2019. He kind of spent
last year figuring out what that
stuff is and how to use it and
how to play with it,” pitching
coach Pete Woodworth said.
“I think we saw in the second
half the confidence in knowing
that this stuff is real, and I can
wreak havoc on a handful of
lineups, it doesn’t really matter
who’s in the box.”
Servais said Kikuchi has
taken a very analytical ap-
proach to understanding the
value of being ahead in the
count and what pitches work
best in those situations. Having
altered his repertoire of pitches
last year, Kikuchi said his off-
season was focused on pitch
command and simplifying his
mechanics.
“Scott has trusted me for two
years now and so I want to be
able to put up good numbers
for him this year and years to
come,” Kikuchi said.
“Now it’s our turn to improve. We need to step up and play
better. It’s a new season and we’ve struggled. We’ve had our
struggles, especially down the stretch here. We got to find a
way to right the ship a little bit. I’m still confident; I’m forever
optimist. I really feel like we can but at some point we’ve got
to actually do it. Right now we’re guaranteed two games:
One in Vegas and one in San Antonio and we’ll see if we
deserve to play more in both.”
which is coming off allowing a
season-high 88 points and has
fallen from 23rd nationally to
69th in the last five games.
“I for some reason believe
that … it’s going to click and
we’re going to play better bas-
ketball when it counts here,”
Graves said.
“We’re in the (NCAA Tour-
nament) field — I’m not wor-
ried about that; but we want to
get in the field with a little bit
of momentum. I think people
forget a few years ago when we
made our first run here we lost
the two games at home going
into that (Pac-12) tournament
and then got a nice win against
Washington up there in the
second round and then took
off from there.
“I’m hoping that we still have
that kind of a magical run left
in us.”
— Kelly Graves, Oregon women's basketball coach
serve to play more in both.”
A second straight conference
tournament title and third in
the last four years is still pos-
sible for Oregon, but with the
way the last three weeks have
gone it would be getting way
ahead of itself to start dream-
ing of cutting down nets.
The Ducks shot well from
three in Sunday’s loss to OSU,
though Taylor Mikesell took
half of Oregon’s 12 attempts,
its second-fewest of the season.
Sedona Prince also scored a ca-
reer-high 22 points to go with
five rebounds.
Those are the things UO has
to look to build off of, while
also improving its defense,