Oregon arrives at domination station on the backs of Louis King and Paul White, while hitting a season-high 13 triples.

For the first time in what feels like all season, or at least since Bol Bol’s injury, Oregon came out of the gates on fire. Bouncing back from a heart-breaking loss to UCLA in overtime, King and company took advantage of a shortened bench with USC’s star guard, Kevin Porter Jr. suspended indefinitely.

The Ducks found their range from deep early on hitting 6-13 in the first half. Once in rhythm, Oregon controlled the game. Ball movement was a major key in their ability to get wide-open looks routinely from beyond the arch, finishing the game with 16 assists. White and Pritchard had the hot hands from long-range each going 3-5. As a team Oregon shot 13-24 (54.2%) from three.

White tied a career-high in points against USC with 19 earning Player of the Game honors.

It wasn’t till the second half that Oregon began to really assert their dominance, extending their lead to a game-high 26 points with just 5:12 remaining on multiple runs in the half. Shooting 16-25 (64%) from the field and 7-11 (63.6%) from beyond the three-point mark.

Take-aways from the game:

• King showed his diversity on offense and defense proving why he was considered a five-star recruit out of high school.
• Best ball movement seen out of Oregon all season. They did a fantastic job attacking USC’s zone defense by penetrating inside and making the extra pass for the wide-open three.
• Pritchard almost hits 1,000 career points. Sits at 998 currently.
• Offense is really starting to click. Guys are understanding responsibilities, where they should be and how to move off the ball.
• Second chance points in favor of Ducks 17-6.
• Players are starting to look comfortable in Dana Altman’s system. USC had almost no answer for the press and zone defense, especially in the second half.
• White without a doubt played his best game of the season. Easily the most active he’s been on both ends of the court.
• Still Trying to get used to Richardson’s hair.

Oregon

*Payton Pritchard: (32 MIN) 9 PTS / 0 REB / 5 AST

*Francis Okoro: (23 MIN) 3 PTS / 6 REB / 0 AST

*Louis King: (30 MIN) 19 PTS / 8 REB / 6 AST / 2 STL

*Paul White: (25 MIN) 19 PTS / 5 REB / 2 AST / 2 BLK

*Victor Bailey Jr: (25 MIN) 10 PTS / 1 REB / 1 AST

Will Richardson: (24 MIN) 11 PTS / 3 REB / 0 AST

Miles Norris: (13 MIN) 3 PTS / 3 REB / 0 AST

Ehab Amin: (26 MIN) 7 PTS / 5 REB / 2 AST / 2 STL

Will Johnson: (1 MIN) 0 PTS / 0 REB / 0 AST

Luke Osborn: (1 MIN) 0 PTS / 0 REB / 0 AST

USC

*Bennie Boatwright (35 MIN) 13 PTS / 8 REB / 2 AST

*Nick Rakocevic (24 MIN) 11 PTS / 3 REB / 0 AST

*Shaqquan Aaron (30 MIN) 7 PTS / 2 REB / 2 AST

*Derryck Thornton (25 MIN) 6 PTS / 4 REB / 3 AST

*Johan Mathews (36 MIN) 15 PTS / 2 REB / 0 AST / 2 STL

Elijah Weaver (28 MIN) 5 PTS / 2 REB / 5 AST

J’Raan Brooks (10 MIN) 3 PTS / 0 REB / 0 AST

Victor Uyaelunmo (9 MIN) 0 PTS / 1 REB / 0 AST

Devin Fleming (2 MIN) 0 PTS / 0 REB / 0 AST

McKay Anderson (1 MIN) 0 PTS / 2 REB / 0 AST

Following the major bounce-back victory over USC after losing two-straight home games, The Ducks are on the road and headed to Arizona, Thursday, to face the 13-4 Wildcats. If Oregon can pull off the upset they’ll have their second conference victory after last night’s effort and will be back to .500 in conference play.

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