Bruins batter bruised Ducks.Byline: BOB RODMAN The Register-Guard The Ducks were down. And the Bruins were not about to hold back on the knockout punch. 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 unleashed an unrelenting full-court press full-court press n. 1. Basketball An aggressive defensive strategy in which one or two players harass the ball handler in the backcourt while the rest of the team maintains a close man-to-man or zone defense. 2. and all but drained the life out of a depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d 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 in a 93-68 Pac-10 Conference victory over the Ducks 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. on Friday night. An announced crowd of 4,700 watched as those Ducks flew one-winged into the UCLA game, operating without their pilot, Cathrine Kraayeveld, the 6-foot-4 junior forward who leads them in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots, field-goal percentage, three-point field goal In basketball, a three-point field goal, three-pointer, three-point shot, or simply three is a field goal made from beyond the three point line, a designated semi-ellipsoid arc radiating from the basket. percentage and free-throw percentage. Kraayeveld was benched and braced Friday because of a swollen and sore right knee, an ailment ail·ment n. A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness. yet to be diagnosed, she said. The injury first surfaced before Thursday's practice. Team officials indicated that tests have been done on the knee. Those results were unknown as of Friday night, but it did not appear that there was cartilage or ligament damage. "We have no idea what it is, and I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how long I'll be out or how long it will take to heal," said Kraayeveld, averaging nearly 17 points and 12 rebounds. "It is very frustrating." You don't have to tell that to the Ducks, now 4-6 overall and a nine-player team that must regroup re·group v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups v.tr. To arrange in a new grouping. v.intr. 1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat. in a hurry - with USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. arriving on Sunday - from just its second loss to UCLA in nearly four years. The 25-point setback was the worst league loss for the Ducks since an 82-54, 28-point disaster at UCLA five seasons ago. Friday's rout was the second worst Pac-10 home loss in the program's 30-year history, beaten only by a 103-60 drilling against Stanford in 1991. Kraayeveld's mysterious injury followed the dismissal of senior guard Shaquala Williams six games into the season, the departure earlier this week of reserve forward Amy Parrish for medical reasons, and the continuing nagging injuries to Kedzie Gunderson (broken nose) and Alissa Edwards (ankle sprain ankle sprain Orthopedics A stretching of the ankle ligaments and/or muscles with swelling ). What else could happen? How about a testy tes·ty adj. tes·ti·er, tes·ti·est Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help. Trojan outfit, which lost 63-61 at Oregon State on Friday? "We just have to be mentally prepared at the beginning of the game," 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. That's something they were not against the Bruins. After losing six of the past seven games against the Ducks, and not winning at Mac Court in nearly five years, UCLA (6-4) was more than willing to take advantage of Oregon's troubles and slow start. "The players wanted to press," said Kathy Olivier, the UCLA coach. "It set the tone early. It was a good idea." The Bruins - who shot 55 percent from the field and got a game-high 26 points from freshman guard Nikki Blue Nikki Blue was a WNBA basketball player from 2006-2006. She played in 24 games and played for the Washington Mystics. Nikki attended West High in Bakersfield, California and later went on to play for UCLA. - used an 18-1 run that began five minutes into the game and ended with UCLA owning a 27-7 advantage. The surge was fueled by that UCLA press, which encouraged most of Oregon's 11 first-half turnovers and accounted for 17 first-half points. "With Shaquala and Kraayeveld out of there, we knew we could pressure their guards," said Michelle Greco, the UCLA senior who has averaged 19.1 points per game this season, although she scored only 11 on Friday. "We knew our quickness and athletic ability would take over the game," said the former conference scoring champion who also had six assists and three steals. The Ducks endured a seven-minute stretch without a field goal, and Greco's layup with 3 1/2 minutes left in the first half gave UCLA a 41-16 lead. "But we knew they would make a run at us," said Olivier, whose Bruins shot 63 percent from the floor in the first half. "We knew they would pick it up defensively and get that crowd behind them. We knew we could not take a breather Verb 1. take a breather - take a short break from one's activities in order to relax catch one's breath, rest, breathe intermit, pause, break - cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" ." The Ducks used an Edwards' layup to cut UCLA's advantage to 14 points at 65-51 with less than 11 minutes left in the game. Andrea Bills, who scored Oregon's first six points and finished with 16 points and a team-high nine rebounds, used a rebound basket with 7:16 to play to get the Ducks as close as they could, at 73-60. Whitney Jones, fresh off the UCLA soccer team, equaled her career high with 24 points. "It was a real tough night," Smith said. "We gave them the first 11 minutes and 20 points. If we had looked after the ball, it would've been closer." In all, Oregon's 19 turnovers led to 28 UCLA points. The Bruins, who had just 12 turnovers, also made 11 steals. "The scouting report said the press was coming," said Brandi Davis, a sophomore guard for the Ducks who had nine points but was just 4-of-15 from the field (1-of-8 from the three-point line) and had a game-high five turnovers. "We all kind of panicked. I guess we didn't expect that much pressure." "We knew the press was coming," said Bills, who teamed with freshman Carolyn Ganes' career-high 20 points to supply more than half of Oregon's total. "Things just got hectic, and we wound up playing their type of game." Not a good idea, Smith said. "We'd seen that same kind of pressure before," said the UO coach, alluding to losses against Wisconsin-Green Bay, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing , "and we're going to see it again from USC." And not having Kraayeveld in the lineup - and she won't play Sunday and may not play during next week's games at Arizona and Arizona State - suggests a rough road ahead, to say nothing of the dodgy dodgy - Synonym with flaky. Preferred outside the US patch the Ducks hit Friday night. UCLA 93, OREGON 68 NOTES - UCLA win was first over Oregon at McArthur Court since Jan. 10, 1998 ... Whitney Jones equaled career highs in points with 24, 16 in the first half, and rebounds with 10 ... Bruins' Nikki Blue equaled her career high with 26 points ... The 93 points were the most yielded by the Ducks since giving up 97 in a loss at Stanford in 1997-98 ... The 25-point loss was the worst Pac-10 loss since a 28-point defeat at UCLA in 1997-98 ... It was the second-worst Pac-10 home loss in UO history, following a 103-60 setback to Stanford in 1990-91 ... Oregon's Amy Taylor Amy Elizabeth Taylor (born June 11, 1979 in Canberra, Australia) is a former football (soccer) player and current sports presenter with WIN Television in Australia. Taylor also works occasionally as a model, and is the face of Mako Sunglasses' advertising campaigns. scored a career-high 10 points. KEY STAT - UCLA scored 17 points off 11 UO turnovers in the first half and held the Ducks to no field goals during an 18-1 run to lead 27-7 and pave the way for the victory. NEXT - Ducks play host to USC at McArthur Court on Sunday at 1 p.m. UCLA (93) Mp Fg Ft R F A To S Tp Jones ... 34 10-12 2-2 10 4 1 2 2 24 Veasley ... 37 6-8 0-0 8 2 3 1 1 12 Nakase ... 28 1-5 0-0 4 1 6 1 1 3 Greco ... 34 5-9 1-2 1 0 6 3 3 11 Blue ... 23 8-13 8-8 2 3 5 0 1 26 Maurin ... 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arranaga ... 15 1-7 1-3 3 2 0 2 1 3 Jarrett ... 1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bradley ... 1 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 Willis ... 19 4-7 0-0 4 2 1 2 2 10 Tautolo ... 2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson ... 5 1-2 1-2 2 2 0 1 0 3 Totals ... 200 36-65 14-19 37 16 23 12 11 93 Shooting: Field goals 55.4%, 3-point baskets - 7-16 (Jones 2-2, Blue 2-3, Willis 2-5, Nakase 1-4, Greco 0-1, Arranaga 0-1). OREGON (68) Mp Fg Ft R F A To S Tp Gunderson ... 14 1-2 2-3 3 1 0 4 1 4 Bills ... 31 7-10 2-5 9 3 2 2 0 16 Steen ... 20 1-7 0-0 1 1 3 2 2 2 Edwards ... 32 2-4 0-0 3 1 4 1 0 5 Davis ... 29 4-15 0-0 2 4 3 5 2 9 Shreve ... 12 1-3 0-0 0 4 0 2 1 2 Ganes ... 29 6-13 7-7 5 0 0 1 0 20 Taylor ... 26 4-6 0-0 1 2 2 2 0 10 Okwumabua ... 7 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Totals ... 200 26-60 11-15 29 17 14 19 6 68 Shooting: Field goals 43.3%, 3-point baskets - 5-20 (Taylor 2-3, Edwards 1-3, Davis 1-8, Ganes 1-2, Gunderson 0-1, Steen 0-3). Rebound total includes three team rebounds. UCLA ... 49 44 - 93 Oregon ... 28 40 - 68 Officials - Bob Scofield, Lisa Jones, Jennifer Jones, Jennifer orig. Phyllis Isley (born March 2, 1919, Tulsa, Okla., U.S.) U.S. film actress. She played leads in minor films from 1939 before coming to the notice of David O. Selznick, who cast her in The Song of Bernadette (1943, Academy Award). Tentor. Attendance - 4,700. CAPTION(S): UCLA's Whitney Jones and Oregon's Kayla Steen battle for the ball during the Bruins' 93-68 victory at McArthur Court. Caption goes here caption goes here. "It was a real tough night. We gave them the first 11 minutes and 20 points. If we had looked after the ball, it would've been closer." BEV SMITH UO coach |
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