Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, February 06, 1990, Page 9, Image 9

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    Sports
Ducks play with winning attitude
B\ Ir.u \ Sumner
1 mer.dd Sports 1 ditor
The Oregon men's basketball
season is well post midse.tson
.mil the men me getting a well
deserved lest this week Sun
iliiv s game at Oregon State is
next nil the si hedule. giv me
the team a seven da\ break
It doesn't lake a |ohn \\ nod
gradil. iliil
Hrandon also has (lie will
|not to mention the ahilitv) to
win (dining troni the winning
tradition ol Portland s (a.ml
High St IuhiI he is not used to
and will not at t ept Ins
mg
Keith Ke\ Holds Sim e i an
ill!.; hat k Iroltl knee singers III
I let einliei. Kevnolds has linen
[daving tin hesl
" From the
i Sidelines
nasM'U'Mii m ms
« arm .il (
Me has put nn
sniiu' ubsolutuk
auiMimc src
one! halt s< onng
st I rahs ami lias
n*bouiu!t*<l brttri
i'll (n see Ilint th«• Dm ks. li i in
I lie I’iIi III .mil II 'I in ii.il 1 arc
a v.islK improved tram mil
last sisisim when they linislli'il
8-2 1. for thi' li'Urst wills in
! !o,ii li Dun Munson's li'imrr a!
I 111' si )|l Ml!
In wh.it (or whom) (ini's the
team and its Ians owe the turn
an mini?
Till' I)in ks art1 u*'t!inn mi
proved jilav (Mri Iasi simmiii)
from nc.irK i• \ • ■ r\ j>i»s11ion on
thi1 f It a u anti oil thi* I in ui h
I lifif is also t Ilf alt it mif
Oregon is a tram that knows
it is capable til i umpeting w 11ii
just about an\ team it lint's up
against rsprt lallv ill tin- i oil
hiifs ol Mi Artluu t tun t
i’hf I tin ks also hav c alian
tinned tin1 triuiriirv to tine up
W Ill'll tilings grt toUgll I Ills
sruson s train lias won gamrs
last sr.tson's tram would have
givrn upon In i )i*t rmbr is I at
West ( ilassit lor instant r. the
Duiks showed tlii i! i liai.it 11• i
by i tuning iiai k (tom a 1 > point
set olid halt del It It to st-air tin
hell out ol a lienv ih tat on-d t )i
rgoii Stal' team
Oregon lost the game hut
gained the rrspet I ol all observ
els who saw lilt' Beavers
st rati h and t law to preserve
the 1 tiH w in
I .ast season s team would
ten piobabiv have rolled over
ami died in that game I Ills
season, the I tin ks kept then
heads up and earned a legiti
male tlialtte at tile upset met
the (iar\ I’avton led Hrav ers
I oi effort, the Dui ks deseive
an A giatle tot lilt- season
Indiv uluallv most ol the Dm ks
earn some prrtlv good marks
too
let ltd I Brandon tin > loot
1 I point guard has been the
driving force in Oregon s mi
prmemenl this season Bran
don shows t reulivih passing
skills and shooting and stilling
ability dial no Dm k gttaiil has
shown since Anthom laylot
! 1 pound 1 fit 11 it* should .11 low
Reynolds has shown (ho abil
itv to pl,i\ under control jfor
lhr* most pari) while maintain
inhis miiiu's mental its Tli.lt
is n tonsil h.dani r to <n hiese
Ke\ ill \ 11 soil I )rsp Ilf ;! )| ''ii
sistent shooting and scoring
Mi Mm has hern a 11 nun id on s
t alt h tor dii* 1 )ut ks There in*
tnm*s when Mixon smiis mlm
taut to t.»k«* open shot s and
times ss hen ho seems automate
from three point range
Most importantls tor the
Murks. Mi son is a thrr.it who
i tin t in* ignored when h** lias
tin* hall just ask ( .enigr this ri
Kit hard I in as \! • 1
is often osrmiati lied si/e wise
a! i enter Hut he knows how to
rebound (fourth m tin* i onfet
nice as «>f last week) anti t an
si ore adnju.ttrls it In stays
ss ithin his shooting range (live
trrt and in}
1 an as biggest asset is his
work rthu I Ir is tin* kind <'I
player svho svorks bard to get
the most out of Ins limited of
tensive skills and hustles on
the detensis e end I If has also
treated the Mat ( out! funs to
some hellat mils dunking this
Hob I ift* i ile O ' i '
is his defensive timing lie
leads Oregon in shot bloc king
ami using his e\treinei\ long
arms, alters main shot* with
out blot king them
I ite has trouble against big
gel. more physic a! players he
earise of his lat k of Weight II
he adds Ml J ) pounds to his
i> 1 I frame he « ould lie a tel
r* a I It also needs m»ire « outi
dent e on tin* offensive end til
the i unit the skills are there
fin Dunn I him: h r. ; ■ I
well otl the hem h lalelv II** is
a player of limited uttrieuvr
skills ami has to work hard tor
in ervthing he gets
He has the
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« O H h I! k es in a reserve He also
can surprise with .1 welltimed
rebound or basket to help his
tiMUl
Mike Helms I !• Ia< k the
< reaiivitv ami passing alulits "t
Brandon m the shooting <»i
Mixon Hut in* has expern*m e
(he was a part film* starlet Iasi
si'.isiin) ami doesn't make I".,
mam mistakes
Mon* » onsistnnt playing lime
wouldn't hurt hut that’s a lot
to ask when vou pla\ the same
position as Hrandon
\4in1i! lohnsmi i In- ! >! > k
( oar fling staff exprt ts a lot out
of Johnson m the future tutor
tunatek tor him the future is
not now
Join iso it hamilrs the hall
well has a good shooting
stroke and is .1 solid lelmumlei
I le II get a ( ham e to show it in
the next \eai <>r two
Mr\ r K,imm;ri i f« k t
a h»rgofh*n iimii with ihr mu*!
grnt r ot Hi,union and Mixon
Kamiign is ,i drrrnt outsnlr
sinh>(«-?! it hr ii.is thr f tin** to srt
up fo i I hr shot but hr lat ks in
di\ itiu.il mo\ »• on oH'ens**
Ranuigur is nonrfhrluss our
of Mnnsnii' favor itr pl.n n s
br< .itjsr ot ins turlrs- tvork in
pi at t ii r and in gamrs
i).iv ui Hi.in
spots HI.nr is thro- in .i pint h
,tmi hiistir-. on thr boaids rs
prt i.ills on thr oHrnsivr rmi
Hrrtt loluismi
• r h toni um i I walk on guard
who iMiiiir thr tr.mt atfrr loin
il.ugain s.it out tins srason (fni
lowing toothtill tram's Imlrprn
ilrui r How I tiip) and t tvssrs
i oston Itr 11 thr tiMin rarh in llir
\ rn I
Hr umlrjstands his roll*,
t h<nigh Ih s ,i haul w oi kn
who Is tin lllrd |U' t to grt in a
ganir
( nai h I Jon Munson \!
has to hr in thr running foi
I’ai in ( oat h ot flu Yrai hon
ors Mr has t ikrn a tram that
was ,i t onsrnsiis pit k for thr
rontrit*nt r t rllai ami niadr it a
rrspn tahlr group w ith a shot at
thr \at it mai I in itat tonal 11 mr
uaiurnt
Munson .should hr rongiatu
latrd lor his first move of thr
vrar handing thr hall to Horn
don
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