Box Score

EUGENE, Ore. (11/17/14) – The Oregon Ducks were able to use a late second half run to pull away for an 83-66 win over the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team Monday night as part of the Progressive Legends Classic at Matthew Knight Arena. The game was also part of the ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.
 
The score was tied 35-35 at halftime, and 45-45 in the second stanza before the Ducks pulled away for good with a 38-21 run.
 
Detroit (1-1) was led by senior forward Juwan Howard Jr. with 16 points, five rebounds and three assists, while sophomore guard Jarod Williams pitched in 15 points with three steals and Anton Wilson added 14 points with five boards.
 
Freshman Paris Bass added eight points, while sophomore Matthew Grant scored five, while grabbing a team-high eight rebounds.
 
Howard opened the game with seven-straight points, including a three-pointer on his first shot, to give Detroit an early 7-5 lead. Bass then added a highlight dunk to expanded the Titans lead to 9-5 with 15:44 left, before Oregon answered back with a 5-0 run to take the lead 10-9. Williams then made his first three-pointer of the  game to put Detroit back on top 12-10, before making a layup on the Titans next possession. Wilson would then get into the action with a layup of his own to give Detroit a 16-12 lead with 11:07 left, before the Ducks answered back with five quick points to regain the lead 17-16.
 
Wilson then made back-to-back three-pointers and was followed by a layup from Grant to spark an 8-0 run to give Detroit its largest lead of the game 24-17 with 7:22 remaining in the opening stanza. Oregon would then put together an 8-0 run of its own to grab the lead 25-24 with 3:59 left, before a layup from Williams followed by a three-pointer from Grant gave the lead back to Detroit 29-25 with 2:34 left. Back-to-back layups from the Ducks tied the score at 29, before Wilson drained his third three-pointer of the half to give thee Titans a 32-29 lead. But the lead didn't last long as Oregon closed responded with a 6-1 run to build a 35-33 lead in the closing seconds, before a layup from Carlton Brundidge as time expired tied the game at 35 as both teams enter their locker rooms.
 
Wilson led all scorers in the first half with 11 points, while Howard and Williams had seven apiece.
 
Both teams swapped baskets to open the second stanza as the score was tied 45-45 with 15:41 left, before Oregon used a 9-2 run to build a 54-47 lead with 13:43 remaining. Detroit would respond with a 4-0 run, capped by a layup from Williams, to trim the lead to 54-51 with 12:28 left. But that was as close as the score would get as the Ducks would end the game with a 29-15 run, including seven-straight points in the final minute, to secure the win.
 
Joseph Young led the Ducks with a game-high 22 points, while Jalil Abdul-Bassit added 17 to go along with six rebounds.

Oregon (2-0) shot 44.8 percent (30-of-67) overall, including 27.3 percent (9-of-33) from downtown, while the Titans finished 35.8 percent (24-of-67) overall, but 41.2 (7-of-17) from deep. The Titans forced 14 turnovers, while recording eight steals, but also turned the ball over 13 times with only nine assists.
 
Detroit will stay on the road for the regional round of the Progressive Legends Classic when it visits Ann Arbor to face Michigan. The game is set for Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. at Crisler Center and will be televised live on the Big Ten Network. The game can also be heard on 97.1 The Ticket with Dan Leach the voice of the Titans.