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." I MILUI'.sON U I NN CLOSE The extiwrJiikin leHiruj of 01 klwh Idle. HAMLET VV'K\i K r,R1!' A : V: f‘■ \\'i \ h . A k MU '.;Rv A „.i\\ ; .:M'.y.i FV;. h 1 >Hi.: Will*,'.: •! i\\[" w