GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Cal Irvine 69, Oregon 56
(AP Photo/Andy Nelson)
By STEVE MIMS
Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. - DJ Davis scored 24 points, hitting six 3-pointers, as UC Irvine stunned No. 21 Oregon 69-56.
Dawson Baker added 11 points for UC Irvine (2-0), which is picked to finish fourth in the Big West Conference this season. The Anteaters made 12-of-28 3-pointers.
The Ducks were led by N'Faly Dante with 20 points while Nate Bittle added 10. Oregon shot 32.7% from the field, including 4-for-21 on 3-pointers.
UC Irvine built a 35-22 lead at halftime and stretched the margin when Bent Leuchten scored to open the second half and Devin Tillis added a three-point play to push the lead to 40-22.
Dante made a free throw to cut the lead to 42-26 with 18:03 left to play, but the Ducks couldn't get much closer the rest of the game.
UC Irvine built an early 12-4 lead before Oregon took an 18-17 lead on two free throws by Kel'el Ware with 6:11 left in the first half.
The Anteaters closed out the half with a 18-5 run to take a 35-22 lead at the half.
Ofure Ujadughele followed with two free throws before Davis made a 3-pointer for UC Irvine. Dante followed with a layup to get UO within 22-20 before Davis made a jumper and JC Butler hit a 3-pointer.
Dante made a layup to get the Ducks within 27-22 before UC Irvine score the final eight points of the half. Davis made a 3-pointer and Pierre Crockrell hit a jumper before Andre Henry capped the half with a 3-pointer to put the Anteaters ahead 35-22.
Davis scored 13 points in the first half while the Anteaters limited Oregon to 29.2 percent shooting from the field.
BIG PICTURE:
UC Irvine: The Anteaters improved to 2-0 with a couple West Coast Conference teams ahead in Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine before hosting Life Pacific. There is not likely another ranked opponent on UC Irvine's schedule this year.
Oregon: The Ducks opened the season with a win over Florida A&M and looked likely to start 3-0 with wins expected over UC Irvine and Montana State before the schedule gets tougher. Oregon's nonconference schedule is loaded in the middle with a home game against third-ranked Houston on Sunday followed by a trip to the Phil Knight Invitational where they could face No. 1 North Carolina, No. 16 Villanova, or No. 20 Alabama. After that, Oregon opens Pac-12 play against Washington State and No. 8 UCLA before wrapping up nonconference games against four non-power conference programs.
November 11, 2022
| UC Irvine | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| D. Tillis | F | 11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| B. Leuchten | C | 15 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| D. Davis | G | 30 | 8-17 | 2-2 | 6-14 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| P. Crockrell II | G | 24 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Baker | G | 22 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| D. Keeler | 21 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| A. Henry | 18 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| O. Ujadughele | 17 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| J. Butler | 14 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| J. Hohn | 11 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| C. Hutchison | 11 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| A. McBirney Griffin | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E. Butkus | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E. Chol | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| H. Welling | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 25-65 (.385) |
7-10 (.700) |
12-28 (.429) |
9-37 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 69 | |
| Oregon | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| Q. Guerrier | F | 24 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| N. Dante | C | 28 | 7-16 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 3-9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| K. Barthelemy | G | 32 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| W. Richardson | G | 31 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| R. Soares | G | 21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| N. Bittle | 20 | 2-4 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 0-6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| T. Williams | 17 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 3-7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| K. Ware | 15 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| G. Reichle | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Cooper | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| B. Parris | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 17-52 (.327) |
18-28 (.643) |
4-21 (.190) |
11-43 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 56 | |
