No. 21 Oregon wins opener against Florida A&M, 80-45

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — N’Faly Dante had 16 factors and 10 rebounds as No. 21 Oregon opened the season with an 80-45 victory Monday night time over Florida A&M.

Keeshawn Barthelemy added 13 factors for the Ducks, who are ranked to start the season for the ninth straight year. Oregon led by as many as 36 within the second half.

Dante, guard Will Richardson and ahead Quincy Guerrier are all returning starters for the Ducks, who completed final season 20-15 general.

Richardson led Oregon with 14.1 factors and three.6 assists final season. He flirted with going professional however withdrew his identify from the NBA draft in early June to as a substitute use an additional yr of eligibility with the Ducks this season. He had 11 factors within the opener.

Jordan Tillmon and Jordan Chatman scored eight factors apiece for the Rattlers, who misplaced seven high gamers from final season once they went 13-17 general. Florida A&M has 11 new gamers, together with junior school transfers Tillmon, Byron Smith and ahead Jaylen Bates.

Oregon started to drag away halfway via the primary half. Dante hit a pair of layups and junior school switch Tyrone Williams added one other to place the Ducks up 27-13.

Hantz Louis-Jeune received the Rattlers inside 33-26 on a 3-pointer with 1:42 left within the half, however the Ducks led 36-26 on the break.

Dante’s dunk put Oregon up 43-31 with simply over 16 minutes left. Barthelemy’s 3-pointer prolonged the result in 54-35 and Oregon rolled to the win.

LEGACY SERIES

The recreation was a part of the Pac-12′s basketball partnership with the Southwestern Athletic Conference that debuts this season. The Legacy Series between the 2 conferences seeks to foster competitors and training round problems with anti-racism and social justice. Oregon’s recreation against Florida A&M, among the many HBCUs within the SWAC, was the primary of 12 males’s and girls’s Legacy Series video games for Pac-12 groups this season.

BIG PICTURE

Florida A&M: Rattlers coach Robert McCullum was on Oregon coach Dana Altman’s workers from 2014-17. … Florida A&M visits eight Power Five groups on its non-conference schedule, together with Oregon State, Miami, Florida, Georgia, Louisville, Kentucky and Purdue. The staff performs 11 of its 13 non-conference video games on the highway.

Oregon: Opened the season with out guard Jermaine Couisnard, who had decrease physique surgical procedure final week. A switch from South Carolina, he averaged 12 factors and three.2 assists final season. … Oregon additionally gained the earlier three conferences with Florida A&M. The Ducks will go to Florida A&M in Tallahassee subsequent season.

UP NEXT

Florida A&M: Plays at Portland on Wednesday.

Oregon: Will host UC Irvine on Friday.

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