Lady Beavs beat Ducks 63-61 in Civil War
Had an absolute blast at the women's basketball game Wednesday against the Oregon Ducks. It was of course, the Civil War, a very fierce rivalry between Oregon State and Oregon. Anyways, lately the Ducks have been dominating in basketball and the Beavers program has been on the decline. This year they've begun to climb out of the trenches though with the hiring of LaVonda Wagner as coach. Last year they were 1-17 in conference and they've already posted 3-6 so far this year.
The attendence for the game was 3021, highest for the girl's so far this year (and the Civil War usually is). The crowd was loud and into it throughout the entire game and about 100 or so Duck fans also made the journey. Me, Stephen, and Phil stood up the entire game and basically made asses of ourselves in the south endzone. Started numerous "Defense!" chants, made noise when Oregon had the ball even though we were the only ones doing it, yelling at good plays/bad plays/bad calls, etc. I almost lost my voice by the end. I haven't lost my voice this much for any of the men's basketball games.
It also came to our realization that this was our first Civil War game attended as a student. We didn't go to any in the fall (just volleyball and soccer really) so this was offically the first. I did go to the Civil War football game last year, but that wasn't as a student. Anyways, once we realized that, we wanted it even more. Let's just say in anything against the Ducks, you want to win really, really bad. This was no exception.
The game was neck and neck the whole way, going back and forth. A typical Civil War game in all respects, tightly contested, tempers flaring, fans into it, band rocking, etc. Way better than ANY men's basketball game I went to this year.
Oregon has the ball up by 1, 61-60, with thirty seconds left to play. They drain the clock to about ten seconds then feed it inside to their center (who tore us up) but she missed the shot. Beavs grab the ball and Mandy Close, the point guard, takes off downcourt looking for the win. The Beavers had a timeout but chose not to use it, much like against Washington State. Seven seconds left...
...before I tell you what happened I'll tell you about Saturday's game against Washington State a little bit more. Went into overtime. Mandy close had the ball and drove to the hoop for the winning bucket with two seconds left. Gill was going crazy (over 2000 people that night)....
...can she do it again? She crosses over, takes it to the hoop hard. Gets fouled.... lets the ball go. Everything is going in slow motion. The ball kisses off the backboard and falls through the net. Bedlam. This is quite possibly the most I have EVER freaked out. I'm talking jumping up and down uncontrollably, screaming, pumping my fists, slapping high fives with people around me, almost toppling over the edge of the balcony crazy. It was awesome.
Gill was absolutly roaring with noise. Close hits the free throw. Beavs up 63-61. Duck have no timeouts. They inbound the ball and heave a halfcourt shot at the buzzer... not even close. BEAVERS WIN! Everyone starts to freak out again, as the Beavers finally beat the Ducks in awesome fashion. Some people stormed the court but we weren't really close enough to do that. It was okay though, we were more than happy to celebrate and bounce along to the fight song.
In summation, the game was FREAKING AWESOME.
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