Women’s golf tied

for eighth place
On pace for its best finish of the season, the Oregon women’s golf team stands eighth out of 16 teams after two rounds at the Pioneer Electronic Bruin Classic in Menifee, Calif.
Senior Kathy Cho and freshman Jess Carlyon are tied for 18th at 151. Cho had rounds of 75-76, while Carlyon opened the day with a career-low 73, followed by a 78 in the afternoon.
As a team, Oregon shot a 307-310 in the first round to tie UNLV. The Ducks are 25 strokes behind leader Pepperdine, which shot a 592 in the two rounds at the 6,116-yard, par 72 Menifee Lakes Country Club.
The final round will be completed Tuesday morning.

— from staff and wire reports

NBA will have surplus

of forwards in offseason
DETROIT (KRT) — This would be a good summer to be under the salary cap for NBA teams looking for a point guard, power forward or small forward.
Dallas big man Raef LaFrentz will draw a lot of attention, even though owner Mark Cuban’s pockets are deep. Boston forwards Rodney Rogers and Walter McCarty showed the Pistons on Friday that they deserve some interest.
Milwaukee guard Michael Redd would be a welcome addition to any team needing scoring off the bench.
Point guards who will seek employment this summer include Chauncey Billups, Mookie Blaylock, Jeff McInnis, Travis Best and Rod Strickland.
Remember tearful high school phenom Rashard Lewis when he was the last player left in the draft room three years ago? He will be laughing all the way to the bank this summer. The versatile Supersonics swingman has improved his game.
Bonzi Wells has made quite a reputation for himself in Portland since the Pistons gave him away. He’s a restricted free agent, but his mouth might have talked him out of the Rose City.

— Perry A. Farrell

Knight Ridder Newspapers