His hair has turned gray and he sports spectacles these days, but Paul Westhead's coaching style remains the same.

The only man to lead both NBA and WNBA teams to championships - the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980 and the Phoenix Mercury in 2007 - will bring his run-and-gun Oregon Ducks to Dahlberg Arena on Sunday for a test against the win-hungry Montana Lady Griz. Westhead, 70, has his team sky high after an 86-48 debut win over Eastern Washington on Monday in Eugene.

"He has a distinctive style of play and has some good players doing it," Montana coach Robin Selvig said. "They're impressive to watch on video. But we're planning on figuring out a way to get a W."

For Montana point guard Shaunte Nance-Johnson, Sunday's 2 p.m. start can't come fast enough.

"Oh man, that's my kind of game - I love the running game," the senior said. "Then with us having these fans, it's going to be a crazy atmosphere."

Oregon will do everything it can to keep Montana (0-2) out of sync with its full-court press, in-your-face man defense and lockdown zone. Eastern Washington (1-1) turned the ball over nine times in nine minutes when Oregon pressed late in the first half Monday.

The end result was the most lopsided win in four years for the Ducks, who shot 40.6 percent (26-for-64) and out-rebounded the veteran-laden Eagles, 51-37.

"We've improved our transition defense from the exhibition games, but they really test you," Selvig said of Oregon. "They want to shoot it every seven or eight seconds.

"They really push it and they'll pressure us all over. We're probably not going to see better pressure all over the place. Getting Sarah (Ena) back will help our depth."

Ena, a junior forward, sat out Montana's first two games with a sprained ankle. The Lady Griz sorely missed her offense and rebounding in a 68-38 loss at Wyoming last Sunday.

"It was one of those things where they made every shot and we didn't make any," Selvig said of a long dry spell late in the first half. "Pretty soon we're down 20 and they're too good of a team for us to make a run at.

"But we learned a lot. We had some good things last weekend, in particular the first night, the Colorado State game, we had a chance to win. In terms of effort and a pretty good night on the road that was it."

Two bright spots for the Lady Griz have been freshmen Kenzie De Boer and Katie Baker. De Boer, a 5-foot-11 shooting guard, scored a game-high 23 points with three steals in a 72-64 loss at Colorado State on Nov. 13. Baker (6-0) has established herself as a dependable inside player.

With Ena's return, the Lady Griz should be much more productive down low.

"We need to become a better rebounding team, which we've been harping on," Selvig said. "Fundamentally we need to be better.

"We're going to play against some teams that are physically stronger and better athletes inside. We don't want to get in a jumping contest. We have to block out."

The Lady Griz, who won at Oregon last December, will keep a close eye on Ducks senior guard Taylor Lilley and junior forward Nicole Canepa. Lilley tallied a career-high 28 points against Eastern Washington, hitting 7 of 14 shots from 3-point range. Canepa scored a double-double off the bench with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

"Our goal is to keep (Lilley) shooting," said Westhead, in his first season at the helm. "It will not be easy because teams will try and shut her down."

Despite its slow start, Selvig remains optimistic about his team.

"They're young and they're excited to get better every day," he said.

"Our returning players are also in new roles. They understand we're going to have a good basketball team. By the time we get to conference we need to be a really good basketball team and I think we're going to be."

Notes: Montana forward Misty Atkinson (MCL) and point guard Ashley Ferda (stress fracture) are out for at least a month ... Oregon is picked to finish eighth in the Pac-10 ... Westhead has also served as head coach of the Denver Nuggets and Chicago Bulls and led the Loyola Marymount men to the Elite Eight in the 1990 NCAA tournament ... The Lady Griz are 422-39 at Dahlberg Arena under Selvig.

Sports writer Bill Speltz can be reached at 523-5255 or bill.speltz@lee.net.