Beavers finish the job.Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard U O b a s k e t b a l l This time, the Beavers came all the way back. This wasn't like last season, when Oregon State grabbed momentum to make up a big halftime deficit before falling short at Oregon's home court. It wasn't like countless close games the Beavers have lost this season. On Wednesday, they completed the comeback. Oregon State went on the attack in the second half and capitalized on lethargic, sloppy slop·py adj. slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est 1. Marked by a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room. 2. play by Oregon to beat the Ducks 65-59 in overtime Wednesday at 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. . A season-high crowd of 3,704 watched the fourth game this month that Oregon lost having led after halftime, which doesn't include a game the Ducks tied in the second half at California before losing Saturday. The Beavers (8-10, 3-6 Pac-10) came in having lost six of nine games decided by fewer than 10 points this season. Oregon (10-9, 2-7) had lost five of eight in the same situations. Wednesday's game resembled last year's Civil War in Eugene, in which the Ducks led by 14 at halftime and had to hold off an 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. rally in the second half. This time, Oregon was up 20 in the first half, before the Beavers again rallied. And this time, OSU completed the comeback. "We've been in so many close games this year, we just had one coming," said OSU senior wing Casey Nash, a reserve on last year's team who has developed into the conference's leading scorer and had 27 points Wednesday. "It was due. ... A lot of our games this year have been, battle back, come up short, lose by two or three. But we were able to close out." While the Beavers did their part to grab momentum by stepping up their defensive pressure after halftime, it was also handed to them on more than one occasion. More than 27, in fact. Oregon (10-9, 2-7) committed a season-high 28 turnovers that resulted in 37 points for Oregon State. "It's hard to have a defensive gameplan for that," UO 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. said. It was particularly bad for the Ducks down the stretch, as they went the final 6:16 of regulation with no field goals and five turnovers. After Eleanor Haring's jumper The simplest form of an on/off switch. It is just a tiny, plastic-covered metal block, which is pushed onto two pins to close that circuit. It is used to select a myriad of functions on a printed circuit board or on a peripheral device. made it 50-41, Nash scored OSU's next nine points while Oregon managed just one. Nash then missed three straight shots, but Judie Lomax rebounded the third amid a flock of Ducks and scored despite being fouled. Her free throw made it 53-51 with 15 seconds left. Oregon showed some life when Kaela Chapdelaine made two free throws to force overtime, but the Ducks committed four turnovers early in overtime during an 8-2 run by OSU that proved decisive. "They took momentum, and we were never able to wrestle it back," Smith said. The Ducks did so just once in the second half, after Oregon State recovered from a horrid hor·rid adj. 1. Causing horror; dreadful. 2. Extremely disagreeable; offensive. 3. Archaic Bristling; rough. 6-of-25 shooting performance in the first half by going 6-of-7 to open the second and get within 36-30. That became a 20-2 run that tied the score at 36, but the Ducks got baskets from five different players to claw back claw back Verb 1. to get back (something) with difficulty 2. to recover (a part of a grant or allowance) in the form of a tax or financial penalty into the lead at 48-40. After Haring's jumper made it 50-41, however, it became clear the rally was but a moment of clarity from an otherwise punch-drunk UO team that was on its heels the entire second half. "From our point guard to our posts to our wings, I think we adopted a style that we were just going to try not to lose this one, rather than to win it," Smith said. "And that will really hurt you, as it did." Of the Ducks' 28 turnovers, eight were by point guard Tamika Nurse, and five were by Haring Haring is an English surname of Austrian origin. Notable individuals with this surname:
n. 1. Sports a. The part of a court between the service line and the base line in tennis and other net games. b. and scored the last of her 27 points to give the Beavers the lead for good at 57-55 in overtime. Nurse then committed turnovers on three of Oregon's next four possessions, including two attempts to penetrate and pass that instead ended up in the arms of a Beaver beaver, either of two large aquatic rodents, Castor fiber and Castor canadensis, known for their engineering feats. They were once widespread in N and central Eurasia except E Siberia, and in North America from the arctic tree line to the S United . That was all part of the game plan for OSU, which extended its defense out to the perimeter after halftime to pressure the ball and keep the Ducks from shooting three-pointers. "They just stepped up," Smith said. "They stepped up into passing lanes, they put a bit more pressure on Tamika - they did what any normal team would do being down 16 or 18 points. You're down, you have to make an adjustment." Oregon must try to follow suit now, when the two teams meet again Sunday in Corvallis. The Ducks held a players-only meeting following the game Wednesday, to discuss how they intend to go forward. "We're ready to make some changes and step up in the second half of the Pac-10 season," Chapdelaine said. "We're ready to challenge ourselves and dig deep." Ready, in other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , to do exactly what the Beavers did Wednesday. GAME REPORT: OREGON WOMEN VS. OREGON STATE Notes: Oregon's 28 turnovers were a season high by five. ... The Ducks are 1-3 in overtime under Bev Smith, having won at Oregon State on Feb. 16, 2002, before losing their last three. ... Cicely cicely: see sweet cicely. Oaks' career-high eight rebounds helped Oregon outrebound a Pac-10 team for the first time this season. ... Eleanor Haring had a career-high 14 rebounds for her first career double-double. ... Carolyn Ganes didn't attempt a shot in the second half after leading the team with 11 first-half points. Key Stat: 37 points off turnovers for Oregon State. Next: The teams meet again in Corvallis at 5:30 p.m. Sunday in Gill Coliseum Groundbreaking for the Gill Coliseum Annex project is scheduled for March, with a completion date of early 2008. The Annex will be located between Gill Coliseum and the Tommy Prothro Football Complex. . Oregon State 65, Oregon 59 OREGON STATE (65) Mp Fg Ft R F A To S Tp Nash ... 45 11-24 5-6 4 2 0 2 3 27 Lomax ... 39 4-6 2-3 9 3 2 2 1 10 Nichols ... 27 0-2 1-2 5 0 1 0 0 1 Fox-Grffth ... 29 2-6 7-10 4 4 3 5 3 11 Allen ... 38 3-9 2-4 5 4 5 1 0 10 Smith ... 31 0-7 0-2 3 3 3 3 1 0 Futch ... 16 2-3 0-0 0 3 1 2 1 6 Totals ... 225 22-57 17-27 32 19 15 15 9 65 Shooting: Field goals 38.6%, 3-point baskets - 4-11 (Futch 2-2, Allen 2-5, Smith 0-4). Team rebounds - 2. Blocked shots - None. OREGON (59) Mp Fg Ft R F A To S Tp Chpdlaine ... 31 2-7 3-5 4 3 1 4 1 9 Haring ... 41 5-12 0-2 14 4 2 5 1 10 Ganes ... 29 4-6 2-2 3 3 0 3 0 11 Nurse ... 43 3-6 5-7 1 5 5 8 0 11 Oaks ... 26 1-7 0-0 8 2 2 3 1 2 Lilley ... 29 5-8 0-1 6 4 2 5 1 12 Cocks cock 1 n. 1. a. An adult male chicken; a rooster. b. An adult male of various other birds. 2. A weathervane shaped like a rooster; a weathercock. 3. A leader or chief. ... 6 2-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 4 Hawkins ... 20 0-2 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Totals ... 225 22-50 10-17 42 24 12 28 5 59 Shooting: Field goals 44.0%, 3-point baskets - 5-16 (Lilley 2-4, Chapdelaine 2-5, Ganes 1-3, Nurse 0-2, Oaks 0-2). Team rebounds - 3. Blocked shots - 2 (Oaks, Hawkins). Oregon State ... 16 37 12 - 65 Oregon ... 34 19 6 - 59 Officials - Anita Ortega Anita Ortega was a basketball player at UCLA. She was an All-American. The team went on to defeat the University of Maryland, College Park in 1978 to take the Division I collegiate title (National Champions). , Scott Yarbrough, Chuck Gonzalez. Attendance - 3,704. PAC-10 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. W L Pct. GB Overall Stanford ... 9 0 1.000 - 16 3 Arizona State ... 8 1 .889 1 18 2 California ... 6 3 .667 3 15 4 Washington ... 6 3 .667 3 13 7 USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ... 5 4 .556 4 11 8 UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX ... 4 5 .444 5 10 11 Oregon State ... 3 6 .333 6 8 10 Oregon ... 2 7 .250 7 10 9 Arizona ... 1 8 .111 8 7 14 Washington State ... 1 8 .111 8 5 14 WEDNESDAY'S RESULT Oregon State 65, Oregon 59 OT TODAY'S GAMES California at Arizona State Stanford at Arizona |
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