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Women's Basketball Beats Washington State 85-67 in Pac-10 Tourney Opener
08/06/03 | Women's Basketball
EUGENE, Ore. - After a slow start the University of Oregon women's basketball team pulled away from Washington State 85-67 in the inaugural Pac-10 Conference Tournament opener Friday at McArthur Court.
Five players scored in double-figures for the No. 7-seed Ducks (16-12) - led by Edniesha Curry's 16 - for the first time this season. Oregon, winners of four of its last five, now has a date with No. 2-seed Washington (17-10) in the second round at noon Saturday. The Huskies defeated the Ducks in Seattle last Saturday 88-80 to conclude the regular season. The game will be televised live on the Oregon Sports Network.
"We did what we needed to do to move on," first-year Oregon coach Bev Smith said. "I tip my hat to Washington State. They played an incredible game with intensity, work ethic, passion and fire. I think we were a little nervous and a little tight early on."
The Cougars, which led only once two minutes into the game, kept it close as senior Brittney Hawks poured in a career-high 27 points to go with eight rebounds. Washington State trailed 27-26 after a basket by Whitney Martindale at the 4:33 mark in the first half. However, two 3-pointers by Jamie Craighead and three points by Andrea Bills helped Oregon take a 36-26 lead with 1:21 on the clock. Washington State's Jessica Perry, who had a season-best 21 points, cut the deficit to 36-31 at halftime after scoring five unanswered points.
Oregon led 57-48 with 12:23 left in the game and then went on an 11-2 run to lead 68-50 with 7:55 remaining. The Cougars got no closer than nine points down the rest of the way.
Bills scored 14 points for the Ducks on 6-of-8 shooting while Shaquala Williams, Alyssa Fredrick and Kraayeveld each had 12 points. Williams, who struggled from the floor by making 4-of-15, passed out a team-high five assists to go with three steals. She also continued her free-throw streak, as she has made 22 in a row.
"We realized that we probably wouldn't beat this team by 35-40 points," said Williams, whose Ducks defeated the Cougars 88-47 last Thursday at Pullman. "We knew they weren't going to go away - we had to put them away."
The Cougars recorded their best shooting night against a Pac-10 team this year, hitting 42 percent. Meanwhile, Oregon, the second-best shooting team in the conference behind Stanford, shot 57 percent in the second half and 53 percent overall.
"I thought we played a really hard-fought ball game," Washington State coach Jenny Przekwas said. "We lost the ball game to a very good Oregon team. I am a little disappointed that we didn't win but I am certainly not disappointed with the effort."
Hawks, a 6-foot-3 post player, shot 9-of-19 from the field and 9-of-10 from the foul line in 39 minutes.
"She's a good inside player," Bills said. "Being a senior post, we knew she was their threat. We just had to establish (ourselves) inside and do what we could."
Washington State finished its season with a 2-27 record.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Washington State vs Oregon
March 1 6:30 p.m. at McArthur Court - Eugene, Ore.
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VISITORS: Washington State 2-27, 0-18
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
15 Joneby, Emma........ f 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 14
33 Hawks, Brittney..... c 9-19 0-1 9-10 3 5 8 2 27 3 2 0 2 39
03 Perry, Jessica...... g 7-14 3-6 4-4 0 1 1 1 21 4 7 3 4 34
11 Collins, Jessica.... g 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 16
12 Martindale, Whitney. g 3-12 0-4 0-0 3 0 3 1 6 3 5 1 2 28
21 Egeland, Lindsey.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
30 Beals, Natasha...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
32 McCurtain, Francine. 2-6 1-2 0-1 1 4 5 2 5 2 4 1 0 30
41 Ottmar, Jessica..... 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 12
42 Clevenger, Jami..... 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 0 17
TEAM................ 5 2 7
Totals.............. 25-60 4-13 13-15 18 15 33 16 67 13 20 6 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 2nd Half: 14-31 45.2% Game: 41.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 30.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-9 88.9% 2nd Half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 86.7% 1
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HOME TEAM: Oregon 16-12, 10-8
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
33 Kraayeveld, Cathrine f 4-4 0-0 4-5 2 2 4 2 12 1 0 2 3 14
44 Bills, Andrea....... f 6-8 0-0 2-4 0 2 2 3 14 2 2 1 0 20
00 Curry, Edniesha..... g 7-12 0-2 2-3 1 0 1 2 16 1 3 0 1 28
03 Williams, Shaquala.. g 4-15 0-4 4-4 2 1 3 3 12 5 5 0 3 28
10 Craighead, Jamie.... g 3-5 2-4 0-0 1 4 5 1 8 1 0 0 1 26
05 Shreve, Kourtney.... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10
11 Parrish, Amy........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 8
12 Edwards, Alissa..... 2-3 1-1 0-0 1 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 14
20 Taylor, Amy......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
23 Gunderson, Kedzie... 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 9
31 Fredrick, Alyssa.... 5-11 0-0 2-4 3 2 5 2 12 0 1 2 1 20
52 Unaka, Ndidi........ 1-2 0-0 1-1 4 1 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 19
TEAM................ 2 1 3
Totals.............. 33-62 4-12 15-21 18 16 34 14 85 15 17 6 11 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-27 48.1% 2nd Half: 20-35 57.1% Game: 53.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 33.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd Half: 8-11 72.7% Game: 71.4% 2,2
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Officials: Roy Gulbeyan, Bob Scofield, Anita Myles
Technical fouls: Washington State-None. Oregon-None.
Attendance: TBA
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Washington State.............. 31 36 - 67
Oregon........................ 36 49 - 85
Points in the paint-WSU 28,ORE 44. Points off turnovers-WSU 18,ORE 23.
2nd chance points-WSU 15,ORE 20.
Bench points-WSU 11,ORE 23. Score tied-3 times. Lead changes-1 time.
