National Basketball Association
Oregon 84, Nebraska Omaha 61
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 8, 2018
Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Oregon
Officials:
# Winston Stith, # Ruben Ramos, # Chad Shepherd
Attendance:
8052
By Field Level Media
Kenny Wooten scored a career-high 20 points and Bol Bol added 18 points and 10 rebounds as Oregon defeated visiting Nebraska-Omaha 84-61 Saturday night in a nonconference game.
It was the fourth double-double of the season for Bol, a 7-foot-2 freshman who is the son of late NBA player Manute Bol. Bol also made two 3-pointers on four attempts.
Victor Bailey Jr. added 16 points and six rebounds for the Ducks (5-3), who snapped a two-game losing streak. Wooten, a sophomore forward, was 9 of 12 from the field and Bailey was 5 of 6, including four 3-pointers.
Zach Jackson led Omaha (3-7) with a game-high 21 points and JT Gibson scored 18 with five 3-pointers. The Mavericks suffered their fourth consecutive defeat and their third to a Pacific-12 Conference team this season after losing 79-75 at Colorado and 89-71 at Arizona State.
For Oregon, which opened a four-game homestand, the highlight might have been the debut of freshman small forward Louis King, a five-star recruit out of New Jersey. King missed the first seven games of the season after suffering a knee injury in a high school game in January.
King entered the game with 15:16 remaining in the first half and the Ducks leading just 7-5. King grabbed an offensive rebound and made a putback on his first trip down the floor and a little more than a minute later made a 3-pointer that sparked a 16-2 run.
King finished with 11 points on 4-for-6 shooting, including three 3-pointers, in 16 minutes.
Oregon shot 33 of 56 (58.9 percent) from the field and made 12 3-pointers, while Omaha was 21 of 50 (42 percent). The Mavericks attempted 31 3-pointers, making 12.
The Mavericks couldn't compete with Oregon's height advantage, as the Ducks had a 36-13 edge in rebounding and outscored Omaha 16-3 in second-chance points and 34-14 in the paint.
The Ducks led 44-23 at halftime, as Bol and Wooten each scored 10 points.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Nebraska Omaha |
|
Oregon |
|
Zach Jackson 21 |
Scoring |
Kenny Wooten 20 |
|
KJ Robinson 6 |
Assists |
Payton Pritchard 7 |
|
JT Gibson 3 |
Rebounds |
Bol Bol 10 |
|
Zach Jackson 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Ehab Amin 2 |
|
JT Gibson 3 |
Steals |
Victor Bailey Jr. 2 |
|
Wanjang Tut 1 |
Blocks |
Kenny Wooten 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Nebraska Omaha
|
61 |
42.0 |
12-31 |
7-8 |
15 |
13 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
| Oregon
|
84 |
58.9 |
12-23 |
6-8 |
18 |
35 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
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