The matchup was between two teams that played in the Sweet 16 last year and the matchup lived up to the expectation in the first ten minutes. While both teams found scoring droughts, Oregon was led on the scoreboard by two players that have had consistency so far this season. Payton Pritchard and Anthony Mathis led the early scoring for Oregon as the game was tied at 13 with just over 8 minutes left in the first half.
Houston was outrebounding the Ducks early and had 15 to Oregon’s 6 in the opening 12 minutes of the game.