Oregon women to face Czechs.Byline: The Register-Guard 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 concludes the exhibition portion of the season today when the Ducks play Sports Travelers, a club team from Strakonice, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , 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. . OREGON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Game time is 5 p.m. and precedes the Oregon volleyball's team Pac-10 Conference match against California. A week ago, Oregon mauled Western Oregon This article is about the region of Western Oregon. For the University, see Western Oregon University. Western Oregon is a geographical term that is generally taken to apply to the portion of the state of Oregon that is west of the Cascade Range. 75-23. But 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 there is work yet to be done. "There are a couple of things we'll be looking at in this game," Smith said. "In the first one we were a little careless defensively. We didn't play positional defense See: position defense. as well as we should have. "Also, we need to be more patient offensively, play on our terms, move the ball and have better shot selection. We shot too many threes (21, making five). "Our strength is getting the ball inside, attempting to score from there and if that is shut down, then it opens up the outside." The Ducks are expected to start 6-foot-3 senior center Andrea Bills, 6-4 senior forward Cathrine Kraayeveld, 6-1 sophomore forward Eleanor Haring, 5-10 junior guard Chelsea Wagner and 5-8 senior point guard Corrie Mizusawa in tonight's contest. "The exhibition games don't count," Kraayeveld said, "but you have to learn from every game." Sports Travelers is on a tour of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , having already lost 84-41 at Arizona State, 83-74 at Northern Arizona and 56-47 at UC Santa Barbara. Strakonice played at Fresno State on Thursday and is at Oregon State on Sunday for a 2 p.m. game at Gill Coliseum. In last year's game against Strakonice, the Ducks won 80-69 and were led by Kraayeveld's 20 points and nine rebounds, Bills' 16 points and nine rebounds, Brandi Davis' 16 points and Mizusawa's 15 assists. Smith said the Oregon coaches and players will sign team posters after the game. "It's part of what we do, who we are," Smith said. "Our players feel the connection with the community and how much the community cares." Tickets to the UO-Sports Travelers game, also good for the volleyball match, are $12 each for reserved seats, $8 for adult general admission and $5 for senior citizen/children general admission. McArthur Court ticket offices open at 3:30 p.m. Arena doors open at 4 p.m. |
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