ASU ready to challenge streaking Ducks.Byline: BOB RODMAN The Register-Guard The Ducks have recorded three straight victories by an average of more than 20 points a game. Can they enjoy it? Only for a short time. Today, less than 48 hours after the Oregon women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team sent Arizona packing 72-53, defending Pac-10 Conference co-champion Arizona State rumbles into McArthur Court McArthur Court is a basketball arena located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene. Also known as "The Pit," it is known as one of the toughest arenas in the country for opposing players to play in. The arena is named for Clifton N. for a 1 p.m. date with the Ducks. And, after being tossed aside 77-70 at Oregon State on Friday, the Sun Devils
"We just did not play well," ASU ASU Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) ASU Appalachian State University ASU Arkansas State University ASU Angelo State University ASU Alabama State University ASU Australian Services Union coach Charli Turner Thorne seethed after her team slipped to 2-2 in Pac-10 play, 11-4 overall. "And we let our offense (which included a 36 percent shooting night from the field) affect our defense. "We played poorly on defense (equaling a season-high of points allowed in a game) and we rebounded poorly (losing that battle 47-31)," said Turner Thorne, the Pac-10 coach of the year after leading ASU to a 20-11 record and into the NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
Arizona State's leading scorer, junior guard Amanda Levens Amanda Kay Levens (born on January 24, 1979 in Belvidere, Illinois) is a basketball player who played in college and had a brief stint in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). , managed 16 points (she is averaging 20) and a game-high nine assists against the Beavers but it was a struggling effort. Levens missed her first 12 field-goal attempts and finished 4-of-21 from the floor. She was 2-of-9 from the three-point line. And now the Sun Devils, who are playing just their fourth road game of the season, dance into Mac Court where they have lost eight straight games to the Ducks. The last ASU win at the old arena was during the 1992-93 season. Oregon's home-floor advantage is an obvious one. The Ducks are 92-21 at Mac Court since the 1993-94 season and have not lost two straight games at home since February 1993. First-year Oregon coach Bev Smith Bev Smith (born April 4 1960) is the head women's basketball coach at the University of Oregon. She has held that position since 2001, replacing controversial coach Jody Runge, and has posted an 83-69 record. , who has orchestrated or·ches·trate tr.v. or·ches·trat·ed, or·ches·trat·ing, or·ches·trates 1. To compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra. 2. the evolution of the new, high-speed, high-intensity system, has witnessed the Ducks' steady progression. After starting the season 2-3, Oregon has won seven of its last nine games, is 4-1 and tied with USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. for second place in the conference chase and is 9-5 overall. But she is also wary. "This is going to be a great challenge," Smith said of today's game against the Sun Devils. "Arizona State is a very intense, in-your-face team. Defensively, they are on you all over the floor. They will not give you a thing. "And now, after losing to OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. , we've got a wounded animal coming in here," Smith said. The caution light, Smith suggested, is on. "We have to come in with a higher level of intensity than we did against Arizona," Smith warned. "We were pretty business-like against Arizona. Against Arizona State, it will require that we be packed with physical and mental electricity. "The challenge is to be at our best, at our highest intensity all the way around," she said. "ASU is a tough team but we are at a point now where we can play both hard and smart." Cathrine Kraayeveld, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, is living proof. In just the third start of her career, Kraayeveld had career highs of 18 points and 11 rebounds against Arizona. She also had two blocked shots (bumping her team-leading total to 13 for the season), dished dished adj. 1. Concave. 2. Slanting toward one another at the bottom. Used of a pair of wheels. Adj. 1. dished - shaped like a dish or pan dish-shaped, patelliform concave - curving inward out two assists, had a steal and committed just two turnovers in 33 minutes of playing time. "We've always felt that Cathrine had that kind of game in her," Smith said. Andrea Bills, a 6-3 freshman, is another Duck whose stock is rising. In 22 minutes, Bills scored 10 points, equaled a career-high with eight rebounds, made an assist, blocked a shot, had a steal and turned the ball over only once. On the injury front, starting guard and leading scorer Shaquala Williams appeared to have tweaked See tweak. the thumb on her right hand late in the win over Arizona, but Smith did not believe the injury was too serious. Edniesha Curry, sidelined for the last three games with an injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. left foot but still second on the team in scoring and steals, has been cleared to practice, Smith said, and was expected to take part in Saturday's workout Workout Informal repayment or loan forgiveness arrangement between a borrower and creditors. workout 1. The process of a debtor's meeting a loan commitment by satisfying altered repayment terms. . Her playing status, however, remains doubtful for today's game. As a team, the Ducks shot 53 percent from the field against Arizona, equaling their season-high shooting accuracy for a game. "Our players are beginning to understand and have that intensity ingrained in·grained adj. 1. Firmly established; deep-seated: ingrained prejudice; the ingrained habits of a lifetime. 2. in them," Smith said. "They know they will play like that if they practice, think and prepare like that. "It is now a part of who we are as a team, and when the level of intensity is missing, they realize it, and do not like it," she said. UO Outlook Women's basketball ARIZONA ST. AT OREGON OREGON (9-5, 4-1) STARTERS Cathrine Kraayeveld, 6-3 So. (7.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg) Alyssa Fredrick, 6-3 Sr. (8.7 ppg, 5.1 rpg) Shaquala Williams, 5-6 Jr. (15.7 ppg, 4.7 apg) Jamie Craighead, 5-9 Sr. (8.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg) Alissa Edwards, 5-6 Jr. (3.1 ppg, 1.8 rpg) ARIZONA ST. (11-4, 2-2) STARTERS Amanda Levens, 5-9 Jr. (20.1 ppg, 4.8 apg) Kylan Loney, 5-7 Fr. (4.3 ppg, 3.5 apg) Betsy Boardman, 6-1 So. (7.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg) Cian Carvalho, 5-11 Sr. (7.7 ppg, 5.1 rpg) Melody Johnson Melody Johnson(born December 15, 1978) is a women's basketball player who attended University of Colorado. 2 seasons later, she transferred to Arizona State University. She entered the 2002 WNBA Draft, and was selected by the Portland Fire. , 6-2 Sr. (11.3 ppg, 6.1 rpg) TIME 1 p.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there . RADIO/TV KSCR-AM (1320). No live or delayed television. TICKETS Reserved seat tickets are $12 each ... Adult general admission tickets are $8 each, student and senior citizen tickets $5 each ... Mac Court ticket windows open at 11:30 a.m. WATCH: Alissa Edwards has filled in steadily for injured senior guard Edniesha Curry with a three-game total of 18 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, five steals and four turnovers. THE DUCKS: UO has won three straight games and seven of last nine ... Ducks have 25-9 lead in series with ASU and have won 14 of last 16 games ... Oregon coming off 72-53 win over Arizona on Friday ... Ducks averaging 70.1 points, allowing 64.2 ... UO outrebounding opponents by nearly seven a game ... Oregon averaging nearly four blocked shots a game ... Jamie Craighead shooting 52 percent from three-point line (31-of-60) ... Ducks have nine players averaging 10 minutes or more. THE SUN DEVILS: Arizona State has lost eight straight games to Ducks at McArthur Court ... Last ASU win at Eugene was 77-63 on Feb. 25, 1993 ... Sun Devils stopped 11-game UO win streak over ASU with 73-63 win at Tempe, Ariz., last season ... ASU playing its fourth road game of season today at Mac Court ... ASU coach Charli Turner Thorne in sixth season with 76-81 record ... ASU scoring 68.7 points a game, giving up a Pac-10 leading 58.6 ... ASU averaging just 11.4 turnovers. |
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