Jasper Johnson made all six of his shot attempts, including five 3-pointers, while scoring 17 points as Oregon coasted past Mississippi Valley State 100-66 on Wednesday in Eugene, Ore.
The Ducks (3-0) got four assists from Johnson, a Kentucky transfer, and 10 points and six rebounds from Taylor Bol Bowen. Malique Ewin led Oregon with 13 rebounds, and Pharaoh Compton blocked four shots.
Oregon led 25-9 before the halfway point of the first half after Compton’s dunk, one of four on the night for the 6-foot-7 forward who transferred from San Diego State. The Ducks went ahead 50-26 on a Johnson jumper with less than a minute to go before halftime, their largest lead of the half.
The gap was 50-28 at halftime.
One of Compton’s other dunks came off a bounce pass from teammate Wei Lin on which the ball caromed off the leg of a defender into Compton’s two hands for the slam.
The Delta Devils (0-3) were led by Gabriel Martinez’s 14 points, Caleb Cameron’s 12 and Tory James Jr.’s 11. Tymias Williams finished with six points and eight rebounds.
The Ducks put the game away early in the second half. Fred Payne knocked down a 3-pointer for a 63-30 edge with 16:12 to go, and Oregon led by as much as 35 points before the game ended.
Oregon made 60.9% of its shots for the game, 16 of 33 (48.5%) from 3-point range. The Ducks outrebounded Mississippi Valley State 42-26 and had 31 assists to 12 for the Delta Devils.
Mississippi Valley State faced its second straight Big Ten opponent after losing by 13 to Washington in Seattle on Monday. The Delta Devils will visit No. 19 Arkansas, No. 20 Michigan and No. 4 UConn as part of a season-opening 16-game road trip. Mississippi Valley State won’t play its first home game until Jan. 9.
–Field Level Media
