To put it bluntly, this was a nightmare.
After a nice victory over Stanford two nights ago, the Oregon Ducks came out this afternoon and turned in their worst performance since the BYU loss with a 78-64 loss to California.
The Bears took complete control of the game in the middle of the first half with a 22-0 run and they never looked back. Oregon was offensively deficient as the Ducks shot just 38 percent from the floor. They couldn’t buy a three-pointer, shooting a paltry 18.5 percent from long range.
Will Richardson was the only Duck to find any semblance of his shot. The senior point guard scored 20 of Oregon’s 42 second-half points. He wound up with 22 for the game.
Oregon doesn’t have much time for adjustments. The Ducks have to forget about this clunker with the Washington State Cougars coming to town on Valentine’s Day.