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Duck men seek to upend OSU for second straight time By Donnis Fernandes Of I hr hm»t«ld The Iasi time Oregon men’s basketball visited this scene, the 40-mile trip back to Kugene was probably the sweetest in memory for the Ducks. That scene was Corvallis' Gill Coliseum, and the Ducks were BO-47 victors over the Oregon State University Beavers l.ast year's win was especially im portant for all those associated with Oregon basketball during the previous 15 Civil War mat chups. all of which were losing efforts. The Ducks hope to avoid beginning another losing streak when they square off against the Beavers {9-3 overall. 2-2 in league) in a Pacific-10 con ference game Saturday at 1 p.m. in Corvallis. The game will be televised by the Pac-10/Raycom Sports Network, which telecasts on KPTV (Channel 12 in Portland) and KVAL. Five years of frustration end ed when reserve center Greg Senior slammed home the final points in that contest. Hut Oregon coach Don Monson claims there is no added pressure on the Ducks to ac complish a similar feat in this game. “There wasn't any (pressure) before. It's just a matter of going out there and doing it." Mon son said, but he added, “There's nothing you'd rather do than beat your Pac-10 rival on (heir floor in a crucial time of the year." The Ducks are at a crucial point in the season, having won two straight Pac-lti games to even their league mark at 2-2 and up their overall record to 8-5. including a gutsy overtime win over University of Arizona last Saturday. The Heavers struggled against Arizona, losing 53-48. but regrouped to defeat Arizona State University by an 81-75 margin Ralph Miller, the winningest active coach in NCAA Division 1 basketball with 822 wins, has once again surprised critics and the media by succeeding with a squad that has little college liasketball experience. The only returning players with any substantial playing time are sophomore guard Eric Knox and 6-foot-tO post player Jose Ortiz. This year Knox has a dazzling running male in freshman point guard Gary Payton, who leads the Pac-10 in assists with an 8 3 average. Monson feels his star ting guards. David Girley and Anthony Taylor, match up "reasonably well" with OSU’s pair. "Anthony's probably quicker than Knox, and Payton's as quick as anybody. Girley's not exceptionally quick, hut he's quick enough,” he said. Oregon's biggest problem looms in the 6-foot-10 Ortiz, Myers wins Top Six award for academics and athletics For the second year in a row. a University athlete has won the prestigous Top Six award given annually by the National Col legiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Distance runner Dub Myers, a four-time all-American in in door track and the 1986 NCAA 1,500-meter champion, was one of six athletes nationwide selected on the basis of academic excellence, athletic ability and achievement and character and leadership activities Last year, volleyball All American Sue Harbour and distance runner Kathy Mayes were selected for the honor, which is the highest and most prestigous award offered by the NCAA. Myers has a 3.78 grade point average in computer and infor mation science and is an active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). "We are all very' pleased for Dub Myers Dub.” said University Vice President Dan Williams. "I'm also pleased for the University because I think this illustrates the high standards the ad ministration. Athletic Depart ment and coaches all set for the athletic programs,” he added who is much more agilo than center Sven Meyer and boasts a 23.5 scoring average. Hut both teams are defensive ly sound, so it is likely no player will have a big scoring day. "They do a good job of defen sively turning on the pressure It's going to be real tough for lM)th teams to get good shots in the half-court game." Monson said. The starting lineup for the Ducks looks the same, with Girley and Taylor at guard. (>-foot-7 Keith Balderston and junior Rick Osborn at the for ward slots and the ft-foot-11 Meyer at center. Osborn has played very well since coming off the bench after Taylor's neck injury in the opening round of the Far West Classic. The fi-foot-4 Portland resident had 13 points and five rebounds against ASH and nine points, five rebounds in the Arizona game italderston has been struggl ing of late and was scoreless last weekend's games. Kenny Sprague’s sore knees have recovered somewhat, anti he will come off the bench at for ward. "When (Sprague's knees) get some rest, they're good. What he needs is probably a year's rest, but having used up his redshirt year, he can't do that," Monson said. Photo bv Kim* Marlin The Ducks will neetl to keep the clamps on OSl /’» lose Ortiz if they want to win the Civil Mar yame Saturday. Women's basketball Continued from Pa«e 11 The Beavers have been nothin# but a sweet suprise for coach Aki Hill and her staff, and will prove It) la? a headache for Oregon coach Klwin Meinv and his Ducks. OSU was picked to finish 10th in a pre season poll by league coaches in the newly formed Pac-10. Consensus was way off. because OSU is rolling with a 10 1 record and is perched atop the Pac-10 at 2-0. The matchup against the Ducks will prove interesting The Beavers do not have a player over 6-foot-1 and will surely have difficulty with 6-foot-5 Oabi Neumann and 6 foot 7 Stefanie hasperski, but they do sport a mean press defense. OSU has stifled opponents into an amazing 23.2 turnovers per contest and use a smaller lineup to their full advantage in terms of quickness. "They are pressing full-court and doing a good job of it They don't have any dominant post player in terms of size, hut they have smaller post players who are extremely agile, jump well and defend big players well, Heiny said. Heiny still feels that guards Lauri Landerholm and Carol Drouet have the quickness to handle most of that pressure defense. He is concerned, however, alxmt the Beaver defense on post players Neumann. Kasperski and ti-foot-.i reserve forward Kris (Hidden. "They've lived off Ilnur defense, he said. "They beat Texas Tech (a team which defeated the Ducks earlier this season, 68-tKt). who had a li foot 5 player, and they were able to shut her down." "The key will l>e netting into the offense and not getting out of control." Meiny continued “We do have a size advantage, and getting into our offense gives us that size advantage." The Heavers don't live entirely off their defense, because they have some offensive punch as well Sophomore guard Chelle l lamoe leads the team in scoring at a 17.H clip while shooting a sizzling 57 percent from the field, mostly from the perimeter. In addition, junior Monica Kasplierry totaled a c areer-high ill points in OSD's 110-72 win over Arizona State t Jniversity The 7-2 Ducks are quick to ackriowledge the importance of winning this game as part of the Civil War tradition, but this game is equally essential for Oregon's league record "In terms of of league right now. we i annul afford to lose They could because they still have us at their place later on in the season." Heiny said. 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