Your Oregon Ducks played host to the Ohio State Buckeyes in a late night matchup on Thursday night. The first half was fairly back and forth, with Ohio State taking a quick lead that would eventually grow to 10 points, before the Ducks would get back into things and cut the lead down to a […]
Your Oregon Ducks played host to the Ohio State Buckeyes in a late night matchup on Thursday night. The first half was fairly back and forth, with Ohio State taking a quick lead that would eventually grow to 10 points, before the Ducks would get back into things and cut the lead down to a 34-29 OSU advantage at the half.
The second half would start out well for the Ducks, almost immediately cutting the Buckeye lead to three points at 46-43 with about 14 minutes left to play. But then… oof. The Buckeyes would go on to rattle off a 21-0 run over a seven minute span, ballooning their lead to 67-43. The Ducks would fight to the very end, doing their best to cut into the OSU lead, but to no avail as the Buckeyes would go on to win 72-62.
I’m not gonna sugar-coat things here: was a rough one to watch, y’all. The Oregon offense looked completely incompetent for multiple stretches during the game, obviously the most detrimental being the 21-0 Ohio State run to all but seal the result. Jackson Shelstad’s presence was missed once again, as he sat a third straight game due to a hand injury. The Ducks defensively actually weren’t that bad, holding OSU to 45.3% from the floor and just 33.3% from three. But Oregon just shot so, so poorly, with an abysmal 32.8% from the floor and an even worse 23.3% from deep. Nate Bittle had maybe his most inefficient game of the season, going just 5-19 from the floor for 14 points. He was in foul trouble most of the game, so that may have affected his rhythm. The main bright spot for the Ducks, honestly, was that they shot a solid 75% from the foul line, going 15-20.
The Ducks have dropped to 8-8 on the season, and a less than impressive 1-4 in conference. It’s looking like it’s going to be a rough rest of the season for Oregon, and it’s only going to get more difficult as they have arguably their toughest three game stretch of the season coming up, in which they face #10 Nebraska, #2 Michigan, and #12 Michigan State, all in a seven day span. If they can at least stay competitive during those games, they may still have a chance to make a late season push.
As always, ‘Sco Ducks.
Category: General Sports
