Oregon Basketball hosted the USC Trojans in a game for first place in the Pac-12 on Thursday night at Matthew Knight Arena. Both teams have been playing well to this point, and this was a chance for Oregon to hold court at home in a key conference matchup.
Payton Pritchard picked up where he left off vs Washington with the first points of the game. Four minutes into the game Oregon had a 10-5 lead with some key plays by Shakur Juiston under the basket. Oregon scored over half their points in a 90-second span. The Ducks were shooting 86 percent from the floor in the opening five and a half minutes.