National Basketball Association
Oregon 87, Idaho State 35
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 8, 2012
Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Oregon
Officials:
# James Giron, # Frank Harvey, # Michael Reed
Attendance:
5328
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Oregon 87, Idaho State 35: Damyean Dotson scored 12 points and the Ducks limited the visiting Bengals to just 12 field goals while cruising to a dominating victory.
Dominic Artis, Arsalan Kazemi and Tony Woods scored 11 apiece as Oregon (8-1) improved to 7-0 at home and held an opponent under 40 points for the first time since the opening game of the 2005-06 campaign.
Melvin Morgan scored 11 points for Idaho State (1-6), which shot just 27.9 percent and lost its 19th consecutive game to programs currently in the Pac-12.
Oregon outrebounded Idaho State 43-19 and pulled away early with 17 unanswered points to take a 21-5 lead 8 1/2 minutes into the contest. The Ducks shot 64.5 percent from the field in the half and led 54-16 at the break.
The onslaught continued in the second half as Oregon began the half with a 12-1 run. The lead reached 75-25 on Austin Kuemper’s layup with 10:19 to play.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The 35 points allowed were Oregon’s fewest since recording an 83-23 win over Savannah State on Nov. 20, 2005. … Idaho State hadn’t allowed more than 60 points prior to being overwhelmed by the Ducks. … Oregon had a 21-4 rebounding edge in the first half.
Top Game Performances
| Idaho State |
|
Oregon |
|
Melvin Morgan 11 |
Scoring |
Damyean Dotson 12 |
|
Melvin Morgan 3 |
Assists |
Dominic Artis 5 |
|
Nnamdi Ezenwa 6 |
Rebounds |
E.J. Singler 9 |
|
Andre' Hatchett 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Arsalan Kazemi 5 |
|
Andre' Hatchett 1 |
Steals |
Arsalan Kazemi 2 |
|
Avibakuro Preh 1 |
Blocks |
Arsalan Kazemi 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Idaho State
|
35 |
27.9 |
4-16 |
7-13 |
6 |
19 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
| Oregon
|
87 |
52.5 |
9-19 |
14-17 |
19 |
43 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
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