Jackson Shelstad’s 19 factors led Oregon to a 75-57 win over Rutgers on Sunday afternoon in Eugene, Ore.
Shelstad, the Geese’ main scorer this season, made three of his crew’s season excessive 13 3-pointers as Oregon (18-8, 7-8 Huge Ten) gained its second straight sport after 5 consecutive losses.
Middle Nate Bittle swished three-ball No. 13 with 4:41 to play, off an offensive rebound from the highest of the arc. Bittle had 15 factors and 10 rebounds for the Geese, and T.J. Bamba added 11 with six assists.
Lathan Sommerville’s 14 factors led Rutgers (12-14, 5-10) and Dylan Harper added 13. However the Scarlet Knights misplaced their third straight sport and fourth of the previous 5.
The distinction within the sport was Oregon’s 3-point taking pictures, 59.1 p.c, to Rutgers’ 21.1 p.c. The Geese additionally performed robust protection in opposition to the Scarlet Knights’ star freshman duo of Harper and Ace Bailey, who scored simply eight factors on 4-of-13 taking pictures in 29 minutes.
Bailey, Rutgers’ main scorer going into the sport, missed all 4 of his 3-point tries and was held 11 factors underneath his season per-game common.
Rutgers led by as many as seven within the first half, 21-14, on a Harper jumper with 11:08 to go. However the Geese turned it round for a five-point lead at halftime, 38-33.
Rutgers bought as shut as one level down within the second half, then Shelstad bought sizzling. He hit three 3-pointers over a roughly five-minute span, his third one giving Oregon a 62-48 lead with 9:29 to play.
Then, a 7-0 run gave the Geese a 69-50 lead, which was insurmountable for Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights did not make a basket for many of the final three minutes of the sport, and Oregon held them to 24 factors within the second half after the Geese had given up 50 second-half factors in every of their earlier two video games.
–Subject Stage Media