(Editor's note: Oregon sophomore guard Shaquala Williams will share a weekly diary with ESPN.com throughout the season. For more information on the Ducks, visit Oregon's official athletic site.)

Feb. 15, 2000

	Williams

This was a good week for our team in Pac-10 play. We got the sweep we needed at home against Stanford (61-57) and Cal (75-63).

Of the two games, Cal was probably tougher because we had just come off a win against Stanford and we were all kind of drained. That's the biggest problem with our team right now: We get too high on the good things and too low on the bad things. We need to learn how to keep things in perspective. Once we learn to do that, our team will be a lot better mentally.

This was also a big weekend for my fellow sophomore and 3-5-7 mate Ndidi Unaka. She came off the bench to give us a huge lift (career-high 10 points on 5-for-7 shooting in just 12 minutes). Her energy really picked everyone else up and helped our team to get over the hump.

Sometimes I feel bad because we (the sophomores) are all good friends and up until this point, she was the only one who did not get to play. She has a lot of heart, she has to defend bigger girls every day and she never gives up. It's about time she was rewarded for her efforts every day in practice. I admire the fact that she can deal with that each day, and still remain positive and supportive.

	THE FULL DOSE OF DIARIES
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	UCLA's Maylana Martin: Too many mistakes
	UCSB's Erin Buescher: A grab bag of goodies

I was watching a show on TV last night about how men who coach women need to learn how women are different from men, and thus their approach should be different. It was so true. It talked about how women have a hard time being belittled or screamed at; how women already put enough blame on themselves and sometimes can not mentally handle such treatment because it really affects their confidence level.

I think it's true that you don't always have to necessarily scream at someone to get across a point. Great coaches can get the point across without having to scream, yell or cuss. Sometimes women just can't handle that type of treatment. Personally, I have always been able to handle being yelled at to a certain extent. I don't mind being screamed at as long as it is with purpose. But I'll admit I've allowed coaches to really mess up my mind because of the way they communicate.

Heading north to Washington
This week will be really tough again. The Washington trip is always tough. WSU is a hard place to play because you have to create you own environment. UW is like a rival game, so it's always difficult to win there. But if we just play defense like I know we can, we will be just fine.

I learned a lot about being a point guard this week. Maybe I did not score 20 points, but I really tried to run the team and help us be in a position to win both games. It was great to set up my teammates and allow them to take over the games. Sometimes I just need to be content with 10 points and six assists. I still like to drop 25 on people, but only when I need to.