Take two and play California in the morning.Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard In the wake of Saturday's lethargic defeat at Washington, 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 took a day off Sunday. Then, the Ducks took another on Monday. "I think less is more right now," 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 would be less running on tired legs, and less stress on aching joints. The extra day off became a reasonable concession after the Ducks split their two games in Washington this past week, breaking a tie for sixth place in the Pac-10 with 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 and allowing them to sit out the first day of competition in the conference tournament that begins Friday in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. Oregon (16-12, 8-10 Pac-10) won't play until Saturday, when it faces third-place California (22-7, 12-6) in the HP Pavilion HP Pavilion may refer to:
The Ducks survived an inconsistent effort to beat Washington State on Thursday, but Smith said she could sense in practice Friday some of her players were dragging as the Husky game loomed. "I think I knew deep down we were tired," she said. "I didn't know how we'd respond. I think we gutted it out in the first half, and then just ran into a wall." That was in contrast to Oregon's win over California in 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 Feb. 15, when the Ducks let the obviously uninspired Bears stay within three at halftime before pulling away to win 62-42. Cal was clearly more motivated against the Bruins. The Bears trailed by 11 at halftime before scoring 60 points in the second half to win by 19; that's more points in one half than Oregon has scored in five of its last six games. Cal got at least 18 points from four different starters, while its bench combined for zero points and just one field-goal attempt. Cal forward Devanei Hampton was named Pac-10 player of the week Monday, after combining for 46 points in wins over USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and UCLA. It was her second player of the week honor this season, complementing the three accorded fellow sophomore forward Ashley Walker Ashley Walker was a first class cricketer who played 9 games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1863 to 1870, 10 for Cambridge University from 1864 to 1866 and one match for the North of England in 1870. He also played for the South Wales Cricket Club from 1875-1876. . In conference play this season, Hampton led the Pac-10 in rebounds with 8.9 per game and was second in scoring at 18.9 points per game. Walker finished second in rebounding and eighth in scoring. But against UCLA - indeed in nearly every game but Cal's visit to Eugene this season - the Bears' freshman guards were equally important. Portland native Lauren Greif had a career-high 21 points, while Natasha Vital added 18 points and 10 assists. "Obviously they played very well," Smith said. "Yeah, I think they're coming along." As the Ducks resume practice this morning, however, Smith wants her team's focus to be two-fold in the wake of the sloppy slop·py adj. slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est 1. Marked by a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room. 2. weekend in Washington. "It is playing against Cal, defending Cal, but it's also thinking about how we need to play offensively - moving the ball, screening better, cutting better," she said. On Monday afternoon, Smith was still unsure of center Jessie Shetters' health. Shetters made her second appearance Thursday in returning from a back injury, but she sat out Saturday's game due to soreness. OREGON WOMEN VS. CALIFORNIA 11 a.m. Saturday at HP Pavilion, San Jose. TV: None. Radio: KUGN-AM (590) or KSCR-AM (1320). |
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