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Portland plays Oregon following Williams’ 20-point game

Portland Pilots (7-4) at Oregon Ducks (5-5, 0-2 Big Ten)

Eugene, Oregon; Wednesday, 11 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Portland plays Oregon after Cameron Williams scored 20 points in Portland’s 88-78 win over the Kent State Golden Flashes.

The Ducks are 5-1 in home games. Oregon averages 76.0 points while outscoring opponents by 1.9 points per game.

The Pilots are 0-2 on the road. Portland is fourth in the WCC with 25.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Joel Foxwell averaging 4.1.

Oregon’s average of 8.4 made 3-pointers per game is 2.1 fewer made shots on average than the 10.5 per game Portland gives up. Portland averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.3 fewer made shots on average than the 7.6 per game Oregon gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jackson Shelstad is scoring 16.4 points per game and averaging 2.9 rebounds for the Ducks. TK Simpkins is averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers.

Mikah Ballew is shooting 41.2% from beyond the arc with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Pilots, while averaging 12.1 points. Timo George is averaging 13 points and 5.1 rebounds over the last 10 games.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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