SPORTS
Ducks look for balanced attack
as they face Washington, WSU
By Robert Weber
Emerald Sports RepoMei
Thu up-and-down Oregon men's basketball
team Ihm(1s north tins weekend to fin e the Wash
inglon st hools cm their first extended confereiu e
road trip of (lie year
The Ducks, who .ire tied with I’d.A for third
ill the Paeifn 10 conference at 2 1 .inti 7-tj over
all. meet Washington in Seattle Thursday night,
followed In .1 Saturday afternoon date with the
(lungers ol \\ ashinglnn Stale in 1’iillnian
The Dm ks are 1 inning off a tt-t 7t> Civil War
loss at Oregon State last Saturday that saw ini on
sistein v rear its ugh head once again Terrell
Brandon, the Ducks' n fool commander, was
forced to carry most if not all. of the teams of
fensive load
Brandon, the I’ai Ill's leading scorer at 2ti H a
game, hit for a career high IH points against the
Beavers on 1-4 of 25 shooting from the floor and tt
of 1(1 from the line
The only help Brandon received against Ore
gon State 1 a me in the form of 21 points and seven
rebounds from Kn hard 1.111 as, Oregon's ti-foot-7
senior < enter
Shooting guard Kevin Mixon continued to
struggle, taking only four shots and finishing
with five points while Boh l ife, the Ducks’ incun
sislent lug man. played .) I scoreless minutes
flood teams have balance, consistency, and are
able to win on the road in conference play.
Through the early part of the season, the Ducks
have shown signs of the first two anil have a
i fiance to at hieve the third tins weekend
"We have been talking it out." Oregon Coach
Don Munson said, "but you can't get into games
against teams like Oregon State and get no points
from Fife and only a few shots hy Mixon "
Rebounding is another area that Oregon needs
to improve upon if they are to In- successful.
Against the Beavers. Oivgun was outrebounded
4'V-27. but more importantly. they were pum
meled on lln> offensive glass
()n Thursday, the Urn ks will lx- in ing to make
it l»ii straight in the Hut Ktimundson Pavilion
when they fact* tin- Huskies (I t. 9-4). l-ast year s
58 53 win in Seattle was Oregon’s first since the
1'lHl 82 season and should give this year s t lub
some added i onfideru e
I think it helps the kids that are placing now.
like Brandon. I.mas Mixon and life, that they
dul go in there last year and win. " Munson said,
"but this is a different sear and they are a differ
ent team."
Dion Brown, a 8 foot-5 senior forward, leads
the Husky attack for second-year Washington
Orach Lynn Nance with 19.5 points and 8 8 re
bounds a contest Previously known only for his
dunking ability, Brown has improved Ins all
around game and is now considered one of the
conference's best performers
"You have to know where Dion is on the
floor, Monson said lie's a good jumper, a
good team leader and he is scoring more this
year."
The road trip concludes on Saturday when the
Ducks face the Cougars (2-2. 9-4) Kelvin Samp
son. in his fourth year as head coach, has led
Washington State to more success this season
than they experienced in all of last season's 7-22
campaign.
The 1990-9! Cougars are an up-tempo team
that relies heavily on perimeter shooting to win.
I.ed by Eddie Hill. Terrence Lewis and Bennie
Seltzer, the team is hitting 38 percent of their
three-point attempts. This trio of shooters have
connected on 03 of 145 (43 percent) bombs.
"They are a perimeter team." Monson said,
“but their players have great individual skills If
you play them loo light they'll go right around
you."
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Oregon needs off-guard Kevin Mixon to break out of a scoring
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