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Their defense never rests
Pac-10 leading Beavers put the pressure on
By Donald Coulter
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Opportunistic. Intimidating
Relentless
No matter what adjective you
use to describe Oregon State's
defense, one thing is clear — the
Beavers are winnning big
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because of it, and they're making
a lot of teams look bad in the
proccess
‘Their offense is predicated on
defense,” says Oregon forward
John Greig about the Beavers,
who play the Ducks at Mac Court
Saturday night (8:05 p.m ).
"Give them a two or four point
lead," Greig explains, "and they
put pressure on you Then they'll
make a steal, force a couple of
turnovers, and all of a sudden
they’re up by ten points
‘ That's what happened to
Stanford (81-38 losers to OSU
Monday night). Oregon State
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forced them to panic. Stanford
was so concerned about getting
the ball past half-court that they
couldn't get their thoughts
together .”
Stanford coach Dick DiBiaso
would probably agree with Gretg
"I never remember being taken
so decisively out of what we
wanted to do." DiBiaso said after
the OSU game
And so the frustration goes for
most opponents of the 11-2
Beavers, rated 15th this week by
the Associated Press and 14th by
United Press International De
spite the graduation of Steve
Johnson, Ray Blume and Mark
Radford from last year s Pac-10
champs, Oregon State has won its
first four conference games by an
average of almost 30 points
"I certainly felt they would be
good," says Oregon head coach
Jim Haney of OSU, "but I thought
they would have a few more
losses by now ”
Haney says the loss of the three
stars from last year's 26-2 team,
which was rated No 1 in the na
tion for most of the season, has
bound this year's squad together
"Lots of people assumed
Oregon State wouldn't be of the
caliber it was last year,” Haney
says, "and it was like a slap in the
face for the players that remained
The success of a year ago has just
given them more confidence "
A key factor in OSU's defense,
which is allowing opponents only
55 3 points per game, is 6-4 sen
ior guard Lester Connor Connor
leads the Pac-10 in steals (3.3), is
second in assists (5.2), and leads
the Beavers in scoring (15.7).
But according to Connor's
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