Jalil Abdul-Bassit scored 12 points and Elgin Cook collected 10 and 10 rebounds for Oregon (8-3), which has won four straight and six of seven. Ahmaad Rorie contributed 10 points off the bench as the Ducks improved to 7-1 at home.
Amere May, who scored 48 points in the previous game for Delaware State (5-7), led the way with 16 on 6-of-16 shooting. Tyshawn Bell added 15 points for the Hornets, who were without starting center Kendall Gray because of an undisclosed illness.
The Ducks never trailed, racing out to a 16-3 lead and going up by as many as 19 in the first half before the Hornets closed with a 10-2 run to get within 38-27 at the break. Kendal Williams hit a jumper coming out of halftime to pull Delaware State within nine, but that was as close as it got in the second half.
Rorie scored six straight points during a 13-3 run as Oregon restored its 19-point margin, and Dwayne Benjamin's bucket pushed it to 20 for the first time at 56-36 with 12:54 left. The Hornets made one more run to get within nine and Scott Sill's 3-pointer cut it to 74-64 with 3:11 remaining before Young's dunk and Michael Chandler's tip-in made it a 14-point lead with 1:38 to play.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Ducks went 10-for-21 from 3-point range and have made at least one 3-pointer in 570 consecutive games dating to 1997. … Oregon won the rebounding battle 41-35, but the Hornets grabbed 14 offensive boards to the Ducks' 13. … Delaware State dropped to 0-12 against current Pac-12 members.
Delaware State | Oregon | |
Amere May 16 | Scoring | Joseph Young 23 |
Charles Burley 5 | Assists | Casey Benson 7 |
Mrdjan Gasevic 6 | Rebounds | Elgin Cook 10 |
Charles Burley 3 | Free Throws Made | Ahmaad Rorie 3 |
Mrdjan Gasevic 1 | Steals | Jalil Abdul-Bassit 2 |
Mrdjan Gasevic 2 | Blocks | Jordan Bell 4 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Delaware State | 70 | 38.1 | 9-25 | 13-19 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Oregon | 83 | 47.0 | 10-21 | 11-15 | 18 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 12 |