About an hour before the game started, it was announced that N‘Faly Dante would be out for the season with a torn ACL in his left leg suffered against the San Francisco Dons on Thursday. The unfortunate news led to LJ Figueroa’s first start of the season, and will ultimately result in increased playing time for early enrollee Franck Kepnang - the 6-foot-11, 4-star center who arrived on campus a couple of weeks ago.
Eric Williams Jr scored the games opening bucket on a layup, then Figueroa added another to give the Ducks a quick 4-0 lead.