PAC-10 Notebook

Thursday, February 4, 1999

PAC-10 Notebook

Freshman credited

for UW’s turnaround

A couple of weeks ago the Washington season looked as if it was
going nowhere but downhill.

The team had lost its first three conference games and had lost
starting point guard Dan Dickau for the remainder of the
season.

Up stepped freshman sensation Senque Carey into the starting
lineup, and since then, UW has been on a roll.

The Huskies have won five of their past six games and have
fought their way back into the Pac-10 upper division and into
contention for an NCAA berth.

"He has had a very prominent role," Washington head coach Bob
Bender said. "What has been very gratifying is the consistency that
he’s showing."

Over the past seven games, Carey has averaged 13.9 points and
4.7 rebounds per game.

Stanford game still big, despite UConn’s loss

One of the most-anticipated games of the Pac-10 season lost some
of its luster Monday when Connecticut lost for the first time this
season.

Though it’s a non-conference game, Saturday’s contest in Maples
Pavilion, pairing No. 4 Stanford and the top-ranked Huskies, is an
important one for the league.

It was supposed to be a litmus test to show how strong the
conference truly is.

However, how legitimate this test will be is still to be
determined. In UConn’s 59-42 loss at home to Syracuse on Monday,
the team was missing both its leading scorer (Richard Hamilton) and
leading rebounder (Jake Voskuhl) due to day-to-day injuries.

It is questionable whether either or both of the players will
return for Saturday’s contest.

In any case, Stanford coach Mike Montgomery doesn’t mind missing
out on the opportunity to hand UConn its first loss of the
year.

"We would look forward to giving them their 18th loss, if that
was the case," he said. "They didn’t have time to adjust to the
loss of those two players. They just got caught up in people not
changing their roles and such. We know UConn is a great basketball
team and we’ll be ready to play."

Unhappy point guard leaves Oregon

Oregon point guard Mike McShane quit the team Monday.

He had been unhappy with his reduced role on the team and said
Duck head coach Ernie Kent had "quit" on him.

The 6-foot-4-inch junior had been slowed by an injured right
ankle and missed five weeks earlier this season. He had been
averaging 11.1 minutes, 3.1 points and 2.0 assists in nine games
this year.

Terry named Pac-10

player of the week

Surprise, surprise, Arizona point guard Jason Terry was named
the Pac-10 player-of-the-week.

No, it wasn’t a surprise that he was given the honor. But, it
was a surprise that it took this long – nine weeks to be exact.

Terry leads the Pac-10 in scoring (21.4 per game), assists (5.44
per game) and free-throw percentage (.876). He is second in steals
(2.56 per game) behind Baron Davis.

This week, when he finally won the honor, he led an Arizona
upset of Stanford and a blowout of California.

In the two games he averaged 27.5 points, four rebounds and 4.5
assists in the two games.

Against Stanford, he scored 29 points and hit the game-winner
with three seconds remaining.

Notes compiled by Brent Boyd, Daily Bruin Senior Staff

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