EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Jackson Shelstad had 19 points, Nate Bittle added a double-double and Oregon cruised to a 75-57 victory over Rutgers on Sunday night in the first meeting between the schools in 40 years.
Sheldstad, who was coming off a career-high 26 points in an 81-75 victory over Northwestern that snapped a five-game losing streak for the Ducks (18-8 7-8 Big Ten Conference), made 8 of 13 shots with three 3-pointers against the Scarlet Knights. Bittle finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, also blocking five shots on the way to his fourth double-double this season.
TJ Bamba pitched in with 11 points and six assists for Oregon.
Lathan Sommerville had 14 points to lead Rutgers (12-14, 5-10) and Dylan Harper scored 13 – six below his average. Leading scorer Ace Bailey was held to eight points on 4-for-13 shooting. Bailey came in averaging 19.1 per game. He and Harper are trying to become just the second freshman teammates to average 19-plus in the past 22 seasons, joining Duke’s Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett in 2018-19.
Harper followed his 3-pointer with a basket to give Rutgers a 21-14 lead in the first half. Oregon chipped away until Supreme Cook and Dylan Grant had baskets at both ends of an 10-4 spurt to close out the half and the Ducks took a 38-33 lead.
Shelstad hit a 3-pointer and a pullup jumper to give Oregon a 51-44 lead with 14 minutes remaining. He buried back-to-back 3-pointers for a 62-48 advantage with 9:29 left. Rutgers got no closer than 12 from there.
Oregon leads the all-time series 2-1.
The Scarlet Knights have lost three straight and four of their last five.
Rutgers plays at Washington on Wednesday. Oregon plays at Iowa on Wednesday.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
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L. Sommerville C | 14PTS | 3REB | 1AST | |
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3
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J. Shelstad G | 19PTS | 1REB | 3AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| L. Sommerville | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Harper | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Bailey | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Grant | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Williams | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Davis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Martini | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Dortch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Acuff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Derkack | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Hayes IV | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Fradkin | – | – | – | – |
| N. Freisthler | – | – | – | – |
| P. Noble | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 57 | 26 | 5 | 11 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Shelstad | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| N. Bittle | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| T. Bamba | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| K. Barthelemy | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Angel | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| K. Evans Jr. | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Tracey | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Cook | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Moss | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Carter | – | – | – | – |
| J. Cooper | – | – | – | – |
| M. Cook | – | – | – | – |
| A. Warren | – | – | – | – |
| J. Williams-Johnson | – | – | – | – |
| J. Phillips | – | – | – | – |
| O. Kobzystyi | – | – | – | – |
| L. Johnson | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 75 | 30 | 16 | 9 |