After being swept in last weekend’s road trip through the Washington schools and dropping three of its last four games, it would be easy for the Stanford men’s basketball team to play the blame game. But head coach Trent Johnson is not one to scramble for answers.

“As a coach, you can look for a million reasons,” Johnson said. “But the bottom line is we didn’t get it done.”

Johnson and the Cardinal (15-8, 7-5 Pacific-10 Conference) will have the opportunity to right the ship tonight against Oregon State (10-16, 2-11), but they will have to do so without guard Anthony Goods. The sharpshooting sophomore is out at least a week, if not more, with a high left ankle sprain, and Stanford will shuffle its lineup to compensate.

Sophomore point guard Mitch Johnson will get the starting nod, but Trent Johnson said shooters such as freshman Landry Fields and redshirt sophomore Kenny Brown will get opportunities as well.

“We’ve been though this before,” Johnson said about handling injuries. “Any time you lose a guy of Anthony’s status, you’re losing your best perimeter shooter and probably one of your best players. Everybody has to do a little more.”

The Beavers are coming off a rare win, a 59-55 victory against Arizona State on Feb. 10 that snapped a seven-game losing skid. Senior forward Sasa Cuic — who did not play when Stanford beat Oregon State 67-56 last month — cracked the 1,000 career-point plateau while scoring 22 against the Sun Devils.

Goods will be sorely missed against the Beavers, who allowed the Cardinal to shoot 52.9 percent from beyond the arc when the teams last met. That means more pressure on the perimeter play of sophomore forward Lawrence Hill (who had a career-high 24 points and five three-pointers at Oregon State) and a defensive focus on stopping Stanford in the paint.

“I have to think that they’ll zone or really just sag into the big guys, especially off me and Fred [Washington, a senior forward],” Mitch Johnson said. “Which means we need to create or step up and hit some shots.”

The Cardinal must also be careful not to shoot itself in the foot by giving up the ball. Stanford committed 37 turnovers while forcing only 16 from its opponents in the two losses last weekend.

“We’re throwing the ball away more than we are passing,” Trent Johnson said. “And it came back to bite us.”

The prognosis from Washington?

“When everybody’s doing a lot of dumb little things, it just adds up.”

Having a true point guard — Mitch Johnson — bringing the ball up will help. And the sophomore has the potential to give Stanford a different look at the guard position.

“Mitch is not our savior,” Trent Johnson said. “Mitch is never going to come out and be the shooter Anthony is in one night. But he can defend better. He can rebound better.”

The head coach dismissed criticism of Johnson’s team-high five turnovers at Washington, arguing that the team as a whole has problems taking care of the ball. The point guard, Trent Johnson said, receives more scrutiny because he handles the ball the majority of the time.

“You’ve got to make better decisions,” he said. “But if you start looking at our team, looking at statistics, our bigs are throwing the ball away more than they are passing.”

The Cardinal currently sits last in the conference in turnover margin, committing nearly five more turnovers than its opponents on average per game. The biggest offenders in assist-to-turnover ratio in conference games are freshman centers Robin and Brook Lopez (.583 and .409, respectively).

“Our turnovers as a team, and our ability to concentrate, focus and take care of the ball is a team situation; so we can work on it,” Johnson said, adding, “It’s ‘we,’ not just any one individual.”

Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tonight in Maples Pavilion. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Net.