Oregon Basketball: Ducks Outplayed, Lose vs Texas Southern
The story of the game was the battle between Trayvon Reed and Bol Bol, but in the end, the Ducks were outplayed and lost to Texas Southern 89-84.
Oregon Basketball played without enthusiasm against Iowa and lost the game. Oregon hosted Texas Southern on Monday night. This season, the Oregon Defense held the opposition to 40 percent or below when shooting from the floor. Without Kenny Wooten for the second half. He left due to injury and did not return – the effect on Oregon was obvious.
Texas Southern shot 48 percent from the floor for the game and were 9 for 27 from three-point range. The Ducks were outrebounded by nine in the game and that was the key difference in the game. Ehab Amin and Kenny Wooten were scoreless in the game while Freshman Bol Bol had the ball in his hand a lot near the basket.
Bol was 13 for 22 from the floor scoring 32 points. He was 4 for 6 from three-point range. The Ducks had 22 assists, but Texas Southern was close behind with 17. While the Oregon Ducks are now 4-2 it is not the time to panic in Eugene.
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There were going to be struggles for this team this season with new pieces of the Dana Altman puzzle working their way into the lineup. One bright spot, aside from Bol Bol has been Will Richardson. The backup to Payton Pritchard has seen more time on the floor over the last two weeks finishing the game against Texas Southern with 13 points and 8 rebounds in just 22 minutes on the floor.
Word on Wooten following the game was that he was held out as a precaution and is listed as day to day. The non-conference slate continues for the Oregon Ducks as they travel to Houston on Saturday. (6 pm PT, ESPN2) The Ducks then return home for four straight games including the first of two games against Boise State this season.