The Oregon men’s basketball team will complete their exhibition schedule Saturday afternoon against Point Loma at Matthew Knight Arena. The Ducks won their first exhibition game over Northwest Christian 99-59 this past Sunday and will look to fine-tune some things before traveling to South Korea for their highly anticipated season opener against Georgetown.
The Sea Lions hail from San Diego, Calif. and will travel to Eugene for their first and only exhibition game of the season. The team struggled to a 5-21 record last season, last place in the PacWest Conference.
Oregon’s first exhibition game featured the debut of eight new Ducks and was highlighted by the play of transfers Joseph Young (Houston) and Jason Calliste (Detroit), who led the team in scoring with 20 points apiece. Young added five steals and Calliste didn’t miss a shot from the floor, shooting 6-for-6 and 3-for-3 from distance. Returning sophomores Dominic Artis and Damyean Dotson had quiet nights, and head coach Dana Altman said he wanted to “get things worked out” and get the newcomers acclimated.
Two areas of improvement to look for are rebounding and turnovers. The Ducks allowed NCU to grab 15 offensive rebounds on Sunday, and even though they had more total rebounds, Oregon needs to reduce the success of opponents on the offensive glass. Oregon also had an even assist-to-turnover ratio, something to work on going forward against better competition.
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