Eugene, OR – Within the 394th and closing official matchup in convention play, long-time Pac-12 faculties Oregon and Oregon State took the ground at Matthew Knight Enviornment. Oregon took management of the sport within the second half, coming away with a 78-71 victory and the 750th profession win for Coach Dana Altman. 5 Geese scored in doubles figures with Kwame Evans Jr. scoring a crew excessive 22 factors Wednesday evening with 8,365 in attendance.
Oregon State’s Jordan Pope got here off an electrical efficiency at Stanford final weekend scoring 30 factors, on 10-for-17 from the sphere. He continued his stellar capturing within the first half towards the Geese, hitting on out 7-of-8 makes an attempt to attain 15 first half factors. The Beavers developed an early 24-18 lead halfway by means of the opening half as they took benefit of six Oregon turnovers throughout that stretch.
The Geese responded with a 12-2 run led by Brennan Rigbsy, who contributed 6 of the 12 factors throughout the run. The 6-3 capturing guard was a starter early within the season and was requested to play a special function as of late coming off the bench. He performed key minutes all through the sport, displaying his capturing stroke from the perimeter whereas additionally displaying he can play above the rim with two monstrous dunks. In 27 minutes, he shot 4-for-6 capturing and nailed two 3-pointers to tally 14 factors with a plus 11 on the ground. Oregon went into the half main 35-33.
The second half started with Oregon State’s Tyler Bilodeau, a 6’9” sophomore, maintaining the Beavers inside attain along with his potential to knock down outdoors photographs as a stretch 4. He was very a lot within the zone, scoring 20 of his sport excessive 26 factors within the second half. Bilodeau was extremely environment friendly capturing 10-of-14 on subject targets, hitting 2-of-3 on 3s, and added eight rebounds. His teammate Pope was slowed down for a lot of the second half however nonetheless completed with 22 factors (10-of-19 FG) and 5 assists.
The freshman duo of Jackson Shelstad and Kwam Evans Jr., who had been each extremely touted prospects popping out of highschool, had robust performances. Shelstad, an area prospect, used his fast-paced play to place stress on the Beavers protection, whereas creating alternatives for his teammates off the bounce. The purpose guard had 11 factors (4-of-9 FG), 4 rebounds, and three assists. Evans Jr. impacted the sport for the Geese at each ends of the ground. The 6’9”, 220 pound future NBA prospect, used his size, talent and excessive basketball IQ to cleared the path with 22 factors (6-for-7 FG), going 9-for-12 from the strike, with six rebounds, three steals and a blocked shot.
Within the closing eight minutes after Oregon State minimize the lead 59-57, Jermaine Couisnard, who struggled within the first half capturing the ball resulting from settling for 3s, started to assault the ring. He scored on three buckets across the basket and drew fouls, getting him to the free line. He hit on 7-of-8 makes an attempt, scoring 16 factors (4-for-13 FG) and dished out six assists for the Geese. Evans Jr. sealed the win for Oregon with and-1 floater within the paint to provide Oregon a 11-point lead with lower than two minutes remaining. A key issue within the win for Oregon was attending to the free throw line going 23-for-32, whereas the Beavers made all eight of their makes an attempt.
Oregon (19-9, 11-6) is ranked 62nd within the newest web rankings placing them simply off the bubble of a tourney bid. They’ve an enormous alternative for a marquee win, after they journey to face Arizona (22-6, 13-4) on March 2nd. Oregon State (12-17, 4-14) will search for a bounce again win towards Utah (16-11, 7-9) as they return house to complete out the common season towards the mountain faculties.
This text was written by Chad Mart, a correspondent and scout for NetScouts Basketball. You may comply with us on Fb, or on twitter.
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