Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 04, 1991, Page 12, Image 12

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    Former Oregon basketball star comes home
By Jake Berq
f n maid Sports t rlitor
min i.AMi Tertnll Bran
d fir si NBA statist;r w a
n a .is ttHirnonihh .is hts hrst
n gular Msisiin gamo
Brandon. tin- humor (trugon
li.r-ki I hall s|,u who Is now Mi*
starting point giiurd lor thn
Cl I **v I-1.1 mi (hi v .1 hers, firs!
i-.irmst himself .i spot on tin'
si lit*" shoot Fruiuv hv fouling
Portland Trail Bhi/rr guard
lurry I’ortor, but ihn garno ilsoll
is uni’ Brnniioii will always
itfilti dour
It's soflnolhing shiil I'll tii-Vi f
for;s ; said Brandon, a Port
hind ii.i' I v• • who was po n ii
It til In I he ( aval tors in thu
t'l'in NBA draft, hut I've got to
move on llii'ti afi- B1 tnori'
ganii’s loft "
Ai lift ,,inu' No 1 is any in
dictation of how 1 hr 5-foot-11
>. :>■ w ill lo ti !:is {i:- i
son, hi- should hi in lino in the
MIA ch-v eland did ms. dn'
■
:•,<•!»in, but Brandon, tin ,,;n
disiippoinfed in losing the
i. i I i»‘ A.I' IliippY with his iVVI;
Brandon V debu! contest savv
him won- IS (joints on f. of lb
shooting, dish out sn. assists,
stiuiJ ti e hall thr< i times and
onlv turn it over twin- during
his :t(l minutes of playing time
! In- guard ■ iu-d sonn- of !. -
in's! move (or last Brandon
- i till- { ,iv.liters to si font
point-, weaving through I'ort
bed's (dvde Drexler and (did
Pohmsoii for a reverse lay In
,1 ! Amg a h.J( ki ourt st. .
if ;n I*.irter e:d dunking it w el
one (land
\ number of Ins passes early
■ gam** win* ini
v, His first affinal NBA
was to a slamming Lurry
• and on Urn< land's nr*i
Brandon madr a sWilt
*. . ' hn VViilnn v;
7 appreciate the
crowd very much.
They could’ve
booed me.’
Torres' Brandon
f. r r.'.n.r-f ■
I pliiy d till litrM lh.it I ( .ill,
lh.it , it, lirar-.dun said uft<>r
I he j; ill' 'You k in i,\, I did .ill
IU .union wiiMi’i ilm unU ni!'
iiiijirt -.M-d I»v his idfurls I ,mu
trie:-,.is and mentors .dso ev
ptcssi 1 f pi- IS ;ir< it the rookie •
debut
Brandon father Charles was
i sfje< sally proud of Terrell,
.s' : .!:■ vs : in.ik.t-. S7 rm I
:> :. .IVef ■ |>\ en years
Hr did a real good |ob, con
sidering he's a I home, Charles
said h's.-a lifetime dream He
worked \ ery hard
CUtveiauil e h I.ennv Wii
kens said Terrell did make
some mistakes and needed In
get into the offense ipiir ker, hut
the u Mi h said he thought Bran
don performed well overall
He played hart) U ilk'-ns
said “I think lie's going to is- a
great player "
Randy Grant, a former Ore
gon basketball player and
friend of Brandon s. agreed af
ter watching Brandon s debut,
saying Brandon will .someday
he among the best in the
league
•You < ould sav he’s going to
be a st.it in tins league," Grant
s.mi I ;n just proud bet aust !
know somebody who made it
Tile sellout crowd of 12.HBR
seemed to bold a good amount
of pritli in its hometown hero,
too, gi v ing Brandon a ran
standing ovation for an oppo
nent during the. introductions
"! appreciate the crowd ver\
much.' Rraridon said. "They
coil Id've booed me
Those attending hardly had
an\ plans . Si- that Walking out
of the Cleveland locker room
following the game. Brandon
was greeted by several people
who came to see him play
He gave out bugs, kisses,
smiles and autographs to his
hometown fans just .is easily as
he gave out assists to his Clove
land teammates
STANFORD
Continued from Page 10
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iiiiln I t iuni' until 1(110 nl !lin
m i tin! <|nitrli'r. .uni tin s m.m
-i.1 i■■ n!v Ml first iluvvns fur tin
g.lllir
(to jinn i.onvi i t**ii only our ul
i) t!(11.1 down situations, tml
i ", ■ : i a illmtit an i-ill •! 11 v i i if fin
ivi? threat. thi' Din ks still h.ni
i good a ham i- to win Saturday
Trailing 12-0 lute in tin- first
half, thi’ Due ks again find excel
lent field position starting at
the Stanford -f 1
Alter i|u .1 r l ertm< k Kvle
t rowstun ran fur i t yards on a
fourth-and two from tfie ( anil
n.d in, lie threw an errant Oj>
li..n pitch to tallhuck Sean
liiirw.il, losing seven yards and
setting up a third down and
long situation
Oregon failed to convert and
had to ettle (or a US yard Mr
( .ilium field goal
Then, trailing 12 f early in
the third quarter, the Ducks
started a drive a( the Stanford
ui following a poor Cardinal
punt
tin the first play of the series,
( low ston scrambled and found
Uurwi'II w ide <jj i n. Burwell
look the short puss h yards lo
the Stanford u and the Ducks
had a golden opportunity to
pull to within a lii'ld goal
Hut Oregon was held to nega
tive yardage on three plays, and
M<:( lulluiti s so ond field goal,
from 27 yards, closed the dele
cit to six points with 1123 left
in the quarter
Then, ii what might have
la-en the pivotal series of the
game tile Oregon spet lal teams
and defense had their only real
lapses
O//ie Orenardo look the
kn koff tf> yards to the Stanford
3u (In third-and three irom tin
( animal to ipiarlerhai k Steve
Stenstrom found tl.inker Jon
Pint knev open 111 lie- hat. on a
play de--;gnt d to go to Stan
ford's t ig play man. (.ivn Mil
burn
I’inckncv eluded Oregon <iir
fenders Herman O'Berry and
(.hud ( <itii, and just slipped
info the end /one ahead of i ru
( astir? for tin? 5*1 yard touch
down
'it w us .1 breakdown,” (ire
gon cornerbai k Muhammad ()l
iver s.tid "Wo lost sight of nni'
of their rr< eivers
"One of our cornerbai ks loft
his ni.tn to cover Milburn, oven
titough Mtliiurn was already
covered." Brooks said " i ii.it
was the lug turnaround in the
game
i hut i>1.1 v got tiie emotion in
our favor. ’ Stenstrom said
iTom there we started to close
the dour on them On their
next possession, tile Ducks
helped finish tile closing of that
door themselves
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Joseph (Une is a eraduaie t<t Yale
l mversus, and the 1 nivcrsit\ of
Orcoon. Ho euiientis ii\os m 1 noon. ,
and loaches at Oregon Slate
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mentous discovers o! seafloor vents hs comparing it to a detective
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'Hess is the earth [Hit together .’" ark! "floss and sshere did life begin’”
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Crowston hourly in the
grasp of ,i Stanford dofondor
made ii ikKjr last mm ond dec i
-i(iii to pitch to Ilurwoll, hut the
toss went wild ,nid die (Cardinal
roi ovorod on (frugon's u
Oregon linubac ker |oe Far
-sell stopped bruising Stanford
fullback Tommy Vardell cjn
two straigfit plunges from in
suit* the Duck i However.
Vardell broke through the ledt
side on the fourth down lor the
Cardinal's second touchdown
in less than three minutes
Stanford led _’n (> with just
over four minutes left in the
third quarter, and its first win
at Aiit/en Stadium since lotto
w as all but wrapped up
Crowston regretted his dec i
suai on both pitches
1 kind of lost my head on
those (’rowston said "I want
those pitches bat k
I knew since they had a
young quarterback they'd run
the hall at the beginning, Stan
feed t-it kie Estevan Avila said
\Ve were really eager to heat
them since they heat us so bud
last tear
The Cardinal took its largest
lead .it i t ti late in the game
when Stenstrom hit wide re
i elver Chris Walsh for a touch
down on another fourth down,
this time from the Oregon -i
Oregon defensive coordinator
Denny Schuler wasn't the least
bit impressed by the scoring
combination, which had earlier
hooked up in the first quarter
from ltd yards to give Stanford
a 7-0 lead
The last touchdown was
their lirst team against our -.re
ond team." Schuler said "I
thought that showed a lack of
class on their part, and 1 don't
mind being quoted on that
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