Top-25 Pac-10 tilt features Oregon at Washington State

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01/27/2007 - Pullman, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A top-25 battle in the Pac-10 takes place in the Pacific Northwest this evening, as the seventh-ranked Oregon Ducks take on the 20th-ranked Washington State Cougars from Friel Court in Pullman.

The Ducks are trying to salvage their trip to the state of Washington, after dropping an 89-77 decision at UW on Thursday. The loss halted a five- game win streak for Oregon, which is now 6-2 in Pac-10 play.

The Cougars are also 6-2 in league action thanks to two straight wins, including a 70-55 pasting of Oregon State on Thursday. Both teams sit just a game behind UCLA (7-1) in the league standings.

Oregon holds a solid 152-116 lead in this longstanding series and has won each of the last 11 meetings.

The Ducks played without the Pac-10's leading scorer, as Aaron Brooks sat out the game at Washington for an incident in last year's Pac-10 Tournament. The Ducks suffered a 12-point loss without their leader, despite shooting .547 from the floor and having six players finish in double figures. Bryce Taylor led the way with 19 points. Chamberlain Oguchi followed with 15 points, with Tajuan Porter (11 pts) behind him. Malik Hairston, Maarty Leunen and Ray Schafer all tallied 10 points in the loss. Oregon lost the battle on the boards (33-22) and turned the ball over a costly 18 times. Brooks will be back in the lineup for this game and his 18.4 ppg will surely be welcome. Brooks is not the only one who cam fill up the basket on this roster, as Taylor is shooting .527 from the floor and pouring in 16.2 ppg. Hairston is next with 13.0 ppg, followed by Porter and Leunen at 12.9 and 11.7 ppg, respectively. Leunen is averaging a near double-double with a team-high 9.8 rpg. As a team, Oregon is netting just over 80 points per game (80.1), while allowing just 66.

The Cougars lack the offensive punch to win a shootout with Oregon, but WSU has relied more on gritty defensive play to amass its impressive 17-3 record thus far. Opponents have managed a mere 58.0 ppg this year, while shooting a mediocre .401 from the floor. Offensively, the team is averaging just 68.4 ppg, but a +10.4 scoring margin is certainly a recipe for success. The backcourt combination of Derrick Low and Kyle Weaver is where most of the offense is generated. Low leads the team with 14.3 ppg, followed by Weaver's 11.3 ppg. Daven Harmeling (9.6 ppg) and Ivory Clark (9.5 ppg) are closing in on double digits. In the 15-point win over Oregon State, Robbie Cowgill led the way with a double-double consisting of a career-high 18 points and 11 rebounds. Weaver added 12 points to the cause, while Clark finished with 11. Low was just 3-of-7 from the floor, finishing with eight points.

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