Women's Hoops Blog

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Wednesday, December 22, 2004

How often to we see a team claw its way into the rankings only to drop a couple quick ones once it get there?

Oregon started 7-0, but after losing to Arkansas last night, it has now dropped two games in four days. Arkansas shot the ball terribly, but its press flustered the Ducks, who turned the ball over 26 times.

Kraayeveld did nothing for the first 30 minutes, then took the game over for a late comeback. In the final minute, with her team down two, she took a questionable three-pointer.

"Any time the ball is in her hands, I think that’s a pretty good shot for us," said coach Bev Smith. "We could’ve gone for that 2-pointer. It might’ve been something that coaches would like to do based on time and score and the percentages. But Cathrine is our senior leader and if she feels she’s open and she can nail that then she needs to shoot it and make it."