Civil War victory motivates Beavers.Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - As the losses mounted this season, the Beavers said all the right things. They were still motivated mo·ti·vate tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo to practice hard every day, Oregon State's men's basketball players maintained. All the injuries and defeats couldn't sap their spirits. But having won Saturday in the regular-season finale For the music notation program, see . A finale (italian word) is a closing part, act or movement of a dramatic or musical composition, or more generally any event or procedure with a dramatically concluding effect. against Oregon, the Beavers could finally admit that they needed this: the enjoyment of victory, and the burst of enthusiasm it can provide. "After a win like this, it just picks you right up," 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. forward Sasa Cuic said before practice Monday, and before the Beavers were scheduled to travel to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. later in the evening. "Practice is going to be really energetic, there's going to be laughter on the bus - everything's going to be on a different level. That's what winning does for you." Wednesday, the Beavers (12-17, 5-13) will try to beat the Sun Devils
streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" in two months. The last time Oregon State won consecutive games was early January against California and Arizona - a streak that ended against the Sun Devils, an overtime game in which point guard Lamar Hurd suffered a groin groin, in oceanography: see coast protection. injury that cost him the rest of the regular season. Hurd made but a ceremonial appearance Saturday, a game also missed by forward Nick DeWitz, who had shoulder surgery Thursday. In their absence, senior Chris Stephens had one of his best games since Hurd's injury, while the front line of Kyle <noinclude></noinclude> ''This article or section is being rewritten at One derivation of the surname is from the Scottish Highland word caol, 'channel', or 'strait'. There are other possible derivations (see below). Jeffers, Cuic and Marcel Marcel the fast ebbing of time impels him to devote his life to recording it. [Fr. Lit.: Proust Remembrance of Things Past] See : Time Jones combined to play 101 out of a possible 120 minutes, 25 more than their combined season average. "Now that Nick went down, it gives people opportunities to step up and play, and a lot of people are excited about that and fired up for it," Stephens said. "And I think you could tell out there last game." Jeffers and Cuic are each playing through shoulder injuries of their own, and Jeffers has also had knee trouble this season. But OSU coach Jay John said his starters should again expect to play the bulk of the game Wednesday. "At this particular point, you ride the ponies 'til they fall," John said. "There's nothing to hold back on. ... "Marcel, Sasa and Kyle all rose to the challenge I presented them, which was multiple minutes, and being effective and efficient in those minutes. All three of them, I thought, did a great job." Jeffers will be half of one of Wednesday's key matchups. He will face off with athletic 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 forward Jeff Pendergraph, who Monday was named to the Pac-10's all-freshman team. Pendergraph averaged 11.1 points and 6.2 rebounds in the regular season, and was slightly better in each category during conference play. Jeffers played just 12 minutes against the Sun Devils in a 76-59 loss in Tempe last month due to knee trouble, helping explain Pendergraph's 18 points and 11 rebounds in that game. Also, senior guard Jason Fontenet was not with the team for that road trip; he has since returned. With Jeffers on Pendergraph, Cuic will be charged with keeping Serge serge 1 n. A twilled cloth of worsted or worsted and wool, often used for suits. [Middle English sarge, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *s Angounou off the boards. And Stephens has the assignment of chasing ASU guard Kevin Kruger, who played nearly 39 minutes per game this season. Kruger also had a big game against the Beavers in Tempe. He made 5-of-8 three-point attempts that day, making the kinds of shots OSU hopes to limit this time around. "We'd rather have him dribble than spot up and shoot, because he's great at that," Stephens said. That was just before he headed off to practice, which the Beavers said would be spirited Monday. But at the same time, one of the veterans who helped OSU beat 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 in the first round of the conference tournament last season issued a caution about getting too excited in the wake of the win over Oregon. "The people who haven't experienced tournament play, that's what they have to realize: there's nothing extra special just yet," Jeffers said. "This first game is just another game. We have to win the first one to move on." PAC-10 MEN'S TOURNAMENT At Los Angeles First Round WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Oregon State vs. Arizona State, 6:12 p.m. Oregon vs. Washington State, 8:42 p.m. Quarterfinals THURSDAY'S GAMES Arizona vs. Stanford, 12:20 p.m. UCLA vs. Oregon State-Arizona State winner, 2:50 p.m. California vs. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , 6:20 p.m. Washington vs. Oregon-Washington State winner, 8:50 p.m. Semifinals FRIDAY'S GAMES First semifinal, 6:20 p.m. Second semifinal, 8:50 p.m. Championship SATURDAY'S GAME Semifinal winners, 3:15 p.m. |
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