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Message: [QUOTE="jonson, post: 2912127, member: 6034"] I'll second everything here. Saying anything definitive about where a team belongs in the scheme of things on the basis of what was basically that team's first "real" game (the one in Alaska would have been an exhibition if it had been played in Eugene) is in my view not very realistic. I feel the same about Boley, who, after all, hadn't played in a competitive game for about a year and a half. Oregon shot a bit over 40% from 3 last year, I expect things will be about the same this season. As an Oregon fan, I actually think the game was good for the Ducks; I'd also add that the attendance was very good imo: about 6,800 on a football Saturday. I am most concerned about two things. One is Sabally letting frustration over two phantom fouls in the first half basically take her out of the entire game. That happened several times last year; it shouldn't now that she's a sophomore. The other is rebounding. Hebard was a warrior despite still being under the weather, and Ionescu certainly did her part, but both Boley and Sabally need to do a lot more if this team is to live up to its potential. I's also like to add that this game was in many ways vintage Ionescu. Not only did she almost record another triple double (and would have, if her teammates shot the ball a little better), but, with Oregon down by 6 with less than two minutes left and Syracuse looking like it was well on the way to victory, she made two clutch 3-pointers in a row to tie the game. Kudos to Graves as well for trusting the team to do what it needed to do and not calling a time out (he was very explicit about this decision after the game). I think doing do so will pay some substantial dividends down the road. [/QUOTE]

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