NCAA Tournament: Oregon Ducks Face Holy Cross In First Round

The Oregon Ducks will face Holy Cross in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday in Spokane, Washington.

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The Crusaders met Southern in the First Four Round on Wednesday night and used shots beyond the arc to their advantage early to take a 14-4 lead. For the game Holy Cross hit 36 percent from three point range holding Southern to just 15 percent.

Breaking Down The Holy Cross Crusaders

• Holy Cross averages 65 points per game
• Crusaders on a 5 game winning streak entering the NCAA 1st Round.
• Malachi Alexander is averaging 12 points per game and is hitting 48 percent of his shots from the floor. He also leads the team in rebounds with 5.5 per contest.
• Similar to Oregon, Holy Cross won one National title, back in 1947.

Holy Cross had 15 assists and 3 steals on Defense and hit 73 percent of their free throws in their Play In Game. In the end they won the game by 4 points, 59-55 over the Southern Jaguars. The Crusaders looked to Robert Champion in the final minute. He hit the three point shot that put the game out of reach for Southern and he should be the player to watch on Friday.

Champion had 19 points off the bench to lead all scorers and was 6 for 8 from the field and 3 for 5 from beyond the arc.

The Oregon Ducks enter as Champions of the Pac-12 Conference beating Arizona(for the second time this season) and beating Utah for the Pac-12 Title by 31 points last Saturday in Las Vegas. Dillon Brooks leads Oregon with 19 points per game this season.

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Oregon and Holy Cross will meet on Friday in the NCAA Tournament. Tipoff is set for 4:37pm Pacific Time on TruTV.