11.22.13 by Arizona Daily Wildcat

GAME DAY

SCORE CENTER SAINTS HOLD ON

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013 • PAGE 24

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Ways to win, 3 ways to lose If Arizona wants to defeat Oregon, it will have to utilize Ka’Deem Carey on offense and Tra’Mayne Bondurant on defense

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Oklahoma City Thunder 105 Los Angeles Clippers 91

THURSDAY KNIGHT WIN No. 18 UCF Knights 41 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 17

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COYOTES SNOWED IN

3 WAYS TO WIN:

New Orleans Saints 17 Atlanta Falcons 13

Colorado Avalanche 4 Phoenix Coyotes 3

Break up the pass

Tra’Mayne Bondurant has been one of the most important Wildcat defenders this season, if not the most important. The Vallejo, Calif., native is one of the conference’s best when it comes to defending the pass. Bondurant’s four interceptions lead the team this season, and his eight broken-up passes are the eighth-most in the Pac-12. And earlier this year he missed a game with a concussion. Oregon is going to try and spread the ball out to many receivers, and with quarterback Marcus Mariota still recovering from a knee injury, expect the Ducks to throw even more often. If Bondurant can get an

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If we can score first and have all those teddy bears on the ice, it could be to our advantage; I think it would rattle them a bit.” — Sean Hogan, Arizona hockey head coach

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OREGON SOPHOMORE quarterback Marcus Mariota prepares to pass the ball against Cal at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., on Sept. 28. The Wildcats must prepare for the top-ranked quarterback to be throwing the ball more often this Saturday.

The best Arizona women’s cross country has ever finished at the NCAA championships is second. The Wildcats were runners-up in 1980. This year the UA enters nationals as the No. 2 ranked team.

Cross Country competes for national championship BRITTNEY SMITH

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NICCI CORBIN runs in the Dave Murray Invitational on Sept. 20 in Tucson. Corbin will run for the championship this weekend in Terre Haute, Ind.

Fresh off a win from the NCAA West Regional meet last Friday, the No. 2 Arizona women’s cross country team will run in the NCAA Championships on Saturday in Terre Haute, Ind. Running for Arizona will be sophomore Kayla Beattie, junior Stephanie Bulder, sophomore Molly Callahan, junior Nicci Corbin, junior Hanna Peterson, senior Elvin Kibet, freshman Maria Larsson and senior Erin Menefee. For the team to come up big at nationals, Arizona will need a good fifth runner finish, confidence and a focused yet

relaxed mindset. “As far as five, six, seven, we’re just going to try to fill that gap that we’ve been talking about all year — really see if we can bring the number five runner up closer to our four,” assistant coach Mo Huber said. “It’s not just going to be four runners. It’s going to be that fifth runner and the sixth runner to really step up and to help the team win the national championship.” In the West Regional, the fourth and fifth runners had a huge gap. The fourth scored runner for Arizona was Corbin, with a 12th place finish and a time of 19:54. The fifth and final scored runner was Bulder with a 45th place finish and a time

of 20:39. Win aside, closing the gap further could help Arizona score lower and finish higher in its final meet. “I’m hoping that our five, six, seven can really push forward and place as high as we can so we can win that national championship,” said Menefee, who came in 58th place with a time of 20:49. The women expressed confidence after their last win. “Everyone did really well, and I think that we are more focusing on the kind of mental aspect of it,” Menefee said, “racing with confidence, and knowing that we didn’t need to do anything super special.”

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TWEET TO NOTE Seeing that someone already attacked the A on ASU mountain I’m just gonna start paintballing students with red and blue ammo. —@Fake_SeanMiller