Jackson Shelstad leads Oregon men’s basketball to come-from-behind win against Maryland

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For the second straight game the Ducks found themselves in a double-digit hole in the first half.

This time, however, they climbed their way out.

Point guard Jackson Shelstad scored 23 with a career-high five 3-pointers to lead No. 9 Oregon to an 83-79 Big Ten men’s basketball win against No. 24 Maryland at Matthew Knight Arena Sunday afternoon.

Oregon’s Jackson Shelstad, center, slides between Maryland’s Ja’Kobi Gillespie, left, and Selton Miguel during the second half at Matthew Knight Arena on Sunday.

The victory came three days after a blowout loss to No. 22 Illinois when the Fighting Illini scored 109 points – the most allowed by Oregon in a regulation game in nearly 60 years.

The crowd of 7,427 on Sunday were no doubt wondering if the Ducks (13-2, 2-2 Big Ten) were headed down that road again when it fell behind by 13 to the Terrapins (11-4, 1-3) just 10 minutes into the game.

Instead, the Ducks rallied with Shelstad leading the way as the sophomore shot 8 for 13 from the field and 5 for 5 from 3-point range. He was one point off his career high for scoring.

“Today I just got hot and trusted my shot,” said Shelstad, who made his first seven attempts from the field.

Oregon center Nate Bittle also had 16 points and six rebounds, Keeshawn Barthelemy added 14 points and Jadrian Tracey and Kwame Evans Jr. scored 10 each.

Barthelemy broke a 76-76 tie with a 3-pointer with 2:14 to play on a kick-out pass from Bittle as the big man was falling backwards into the paint.

Bittle then made it a two-score game, 81-76, with some free throws after getting fouled on a rebound grab with 1:31 left.

Shelstad added two points from the free-throw line with 13.9 seconds to play.

Maryland, which was led by 19 points from Rodney Rice, scored just one point in the final 2:13 until getting a layup at the buzzer.

“Just proud of the guys for bouncing back,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “Got down early and could’ve gave into it and we fought through it. We did a good job staying with…

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Publish date : 2025-01-06 00:32:00

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