National Basketball Association
Oregon 83, Delaware State 70
When: 3:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 20, 2014
Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Oregon
Officials:
# Scott Brown, # Glenn Mayberry, # Mike Scyphers
Attendance:
5530
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Oregon 83, Delaware State 70: Joseph Young made five 3-pointers en route to 23 points to lead the Ducks past the visiting Hornets.
Jalil Abdul-Bassit scored 12 points and Elgin Cook collected 10 and 10 rebounds for Oregon (8-3), which has won four straight and six of seven. Ahmaad Rorie contributed 10 points off the bench as the Ducks improved to 7-1 at home.
Amere May, who scored 48 points in the previous game for Delaware State (5-7), led the way with 16 on 6-of-16 shooting. Tyshawn Bell added 15 points for the Hornets, who were without starting center Kendall Gray because of an undisclosed illness.
The Ducks never trailed, racing out to a 16-3 lead and going up by as many as 19 in the first half before the Hornets closed with a 10-2 run to get within 38-27 at the break. Kendal Williams hit a jumper coming out of halftime to pull Delaware State within nine, but that was as close as it got in the second half.
Rorie scored six straight points during a 13-3 run as Oregon restored its 19-point margin, and Dwayne Benjamin's bucket pushed it to 20 for the first time at 56-36 with 12:54 left. The Hornets made one more run to get within nine and Scott Sill's 3-pointer cut it to 74-64 with 3:11 remaining before Young's dunk and Michael Chandler's tip-in made it a 14-point lead with 1:38 to play.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Ducks went 10-for-21 from 3-point range and have made at least one 3-pointer in 570 consecutive games dating to 1997. … Oregon won the rebounding battle 41-35, but the Hornets grabbed 14 offensive boards to the Ducks' 13. … Delaware State dropped to 0-12 against current Pac-12 members.
Top Game Performances
| Delaware State |
|
Oregon |
|
Amere May 16 |
Scoring |
Joseph Young 23 |
|
Charles Burley 5 |
Assists |
Casey Benson 7 |
|
Mrdjan Gasevic 6 |
Rebounds |
Elgin Cook 10 |
|
Charles Burley 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Ahmaad Rorie 3 |
|
Mrdjan Gasevic 1 |
Steals |
Jalil Abdul-Bassit 2 |
|
Mrdjan Gasevic 2 |
Blocks |
Jordan Bell 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Delaware State
|
70 |
38.1 |
9-25 |
13-19 |
10 |
29 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
| Oregon
|
83 |
47.0 |
10-21 |
11-15 |
18 |
40 |
7 |
6 |
12 |
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