A 54-point victory is a pretty good start to the road trip.

Oregon is in Canada, where it’ll play five exhibition games over the next six days. The first came Sunday against McGill University in Montreal. The Ducks used a 31-8 second quarter to fuel a 102-48 win. Oregon shot 59% from the field, 41% from 3-point range (11-for-27), and made 17 of its 18 free throws.

Starters for the game included Will Richardson, Rivaldo Soares, Quincy Guerrier, Lok Wur, and Nate Bittle. The 7-foot Bittle led the team in scoring, putting up 18 points in 11 minutes to go with seven rebounds, a steal, and a block.

As a team, Oregon had 17 assists against 12 turnovers and limited McGill to 31% shooting from the floor, 17% shooting from 3 (4-of-24), only seven total free throw attempts. The Ducks forced 17 turnovers.

(Full stats are listed below.)

Oregon will head to Ottawa for the next two days, where it’ll play the University of Ottawa on Monday, followed by a Tuesday tilt with Carleton University. It’ll get a day to rest and recover before closing out the trip with games against McMaster University on Thursday and Toronto Metropolitan on Friday in Toronto. Each of the remaining four games tip at 4 p.m. PT.

“We haven’t gotten anything done the last two summers, and I think it affected our teams,” coach Dana Altman said earlier this week. “We’re back to pre-COVID. We’re back to having a great summer.”

And a great start to the trip.

Starters

  • Will Richardson: 2 points (1-1 FG), 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal 9 minutes
  • Rivaldo Soares: 5 points (1-3 FG, 1-2 3P, 2-2 FT), 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks, 1 turnover, 18 minutes
  • Quincy Guerrier: 11 points (3-6 FG, 2-5 3P, 3-3 FT), 9 rebounds, 1 turnover, 17 minutes
  • Lok Wur: 9 points (4-7 FG, 0-2 3P, 1-1 FT), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, 1 block, 2 turnovers 20 minutes
  • Nate Bittle: 18 points (7-11 FG, 3-3 3P, 1-1 FT), 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 11 minutes

Reserves

  • Kel’el Ware: 17 points (7-8 FG, 1-2 3P, 2-2 FT), 2 rebounds, 2 turnovers, 17 minutes
  • Keeshawn Barthelemy: 14 points (5-8 FG, 0-3 3P, 4-4 FT), 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 turnover, 20 minutes
  • Gabe Reichle: 10 points (4-9 FG, 2-7 3P), 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 turnover, 16 minutes
  • Ethan Butler: 6 points (2-2 FG, 1-1 3P, 1-1 FT), 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 1 turnover, 24 minutes
  • James Cooper: 4 points (1-1 FG, 2-2 FT), 3 rebounds, 1 turnover, 14 minutes
  • Brennan Rigsby: 3 points (1-3 FG, 1-1 3P), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 8 minutes
  • Brady Parris: 2 points (1-2 FG), 2 assists, 15 minutes
  • Jermaine Couisnard: 1 point (0-2 FG, 0-1 3P, 1-2 FT), 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 turnovers