Dana Altman did not mince his phrases when discussing Oregon’s turnover-laden males’s basketball exhibition recreation loss to Stanford on Oct. 30.
“Terrible,” is how the coach described the Ducks‘ 19 turnovers, which led to 17 factors for the Cardinal of their 77-70 victory.
Apart from the ultimate end result, it did not get any higher for Oregon (1-0) when the season began for actual Tuesday at Matthew Knight Area.
The Geese had 21 turnovers in opposition to Hawaii and the Rainbow Warriors took benefit with 23 factors off these misplays in what grew to become a 60-59 win for Oregon, a victory secured on a last-second basket by Takai Simpkins.
Oregon returns to its dwelling court docket Friday, Nov. 7 for a 7 p.m. nonconference recreation in opposition to Rice (1-0).
“We have been involved after that recreation in opposition to Stanford and that recreation did not calm us down,” Altman stated Tuesday. “Loads of work to do.”
The dearth of depth at guard because of accidents coupled with the addition of so many new gamers has Oregon scrambling to discover a circulation on offense, Altman stated.
The Geese are with out starting point guard Jackson Shelstad for the speedy future as he recovers from a damaged hand. Reserve sophomore guard Jamari Phillips additionally missed Tuesday’s recreation.
Newcomer Wei Lin has began in Shelstad’s place by way of the exibition season and likewise on Tuesday when he had two factors, 4 turnovers, three rebounds, one help and was 0 for 7 from the sphere and 0 for 4 from 3-point vary. Simpkins, a senior switch from Elon, additionally began and led Oregon with 18 factors on 7-of-12 capturing, although he was 1 for six from 3-point vary. He had only one turnover however no assists.
“It’s going to take some time for us to seem like we all know what we’re doing offensively,” Altman stated. “It’s gonna be a piece in progress.”
Altman additionally leaned on walk-on level guard Drew Carter in opposition to Hawaii, and the two-year veteran was at the least in a position to get the Geese into their correct units and maintain the ball shifting. Carter performed 19 minutes and had one help. He was the one Oregon participant with no turnover and had the perfect plus/minus on the staff at plus-13.
“I believed Drew gave us some stability there,” Altman stated. “He had that good stretch within the first half the place he lastly obtained some ball motion and did not flip it over and we rating on 5 or 6 possessions in that stretch simply because merely he obtained the ball shifting.”
The Owls, who went 13-19 final season, opened their season Nov. 4 with a 109-38 victory in opposition to Faculty of Biblical Research in Houston.
The ESPN Analytics matchup predictor offers the Geese an 87.0% likelihood to beat the Hoosiers.
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Chris Hansen covers College of Oregon soccer, males’s basketball, monitor and subject, cross nation and softball for The Register-Guard. You possibly can attain him at chansen@registerguard.com.