Wednesday, March 14, 2018

NIT: Ducks Buck Broncs In Eugene; Get Harvard-Marquette Winner Next

At Eugene, Oregon:


Freshman Victor Bailey converted seven of eight three-point shots en route to a 23 point performance on Tuesday night as the Oregon Ducks (23-12) outlasted the visiting Rider Broncs (22-10) 99-86 in opening-round action in the National Invitation Tournament.


Payton Pritchard also scored 23 points for the Ducks, who were seeded third in the Notre Dame Bracket.


Dimencio Vaughn paced the sixth-seeded Broncs with 25 points.


Next up for Oregon:  A second-round encounter with the winner of Wednesday's Harvard-Marquette contest.

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