Seniors Maarty Leunen and Malik Hairston combined to shoot 15-for-22 from the field at Washington, but the rest of the Oregon roster was just 10-for-39.
PLAYER ROTATION
Usual Starters -- F Maarty Leunen, G Malik Hairston, G Bryce Taylor, G Churchill Odia, G Kamyron Brown. Key Subs -- G TaJuan Porter, F Frantz Dorsainvil, G LeKendric Longmire.
GAME REVIEW
Oregon 71, Stanford 66
Washington 78, Oregon 70
Washington State 69, Oregon 60
GAME PREVIEW
vs. UCLA, Thursday, Jan. 24.
vs. USC, Saturday, Jan. 26.
vs. Oregon State, Saturday, Feb. 2.
at Stanford, Thursday, Feb. 7.
IN FOCUS
Things get no easier for the Ducks, who face conference leader UCLA on Thursday. The Ducks could struggle to contain freshman center Kevin Love, who has had his way with the best big men in the Pac-10. UCLA has won five of six over the past three seasons.
ROSTER REPORT
--Senior Maarty Leunen shot 8-for-9 from the field, including 4-for-4 from beyond the 3-point arc, and scored 22 points at Washington. He had 20 points and 13 rebounds at WSU.
--Sophomore TaJuan Porter continues to come off the bench, and it hasn't helped him find his shooting eye. He was 3-for-12 at Washington, then 4-for-13 at Washington State, making him 23-for-81 (28.4 percent) over an eight-game stretch.
--Freshman point guard Kamyron Brown had a tough night at Washington. He shot 0-for-5 from the field in a scoreless performance and had four turnovers to go with five assists.
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