National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oregon 87, Idaho State 35
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 8, 2012
Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Oregon
Officials: # James Giron, # Frank Harvey, # Michael Reed
Attendance: 5328
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Oregon 87, Idaho State 35: Damyean Dotson scored 12 points and the Ducks limited the visiting Bengals to just 12 field goals while cruising to a dominating victory.

Dominic Artis, Arsalan Kazemi and Tony Woods scored 11 apiece as Oregon (8-1) improved to 7-0 at home and held an opponent under 40 points for the first time since the opening game of the 2005-06 campaign.

Melvin Morgan scored 11 points for Idaho State (1-6), which shot just 27.9 percent and lost its 19th consecutive game to programs currently in the Pac-12.

Oregon outrebounded Idaho State 43-19 and pulled away early with 17 unanswered points to take a 21-5 lead 8 1/2 minutes into the contest. The Ducks shot 64.5 percent from the field in the half and led 54-16 at the break.

The onslaught continued in the second half as Oregon began the half with a 12-1 run. The lead reached 75-25 on Austin Kuemper’s layup with 10:19 to play.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The 35 points allowed were Oregon’s fewest since recording an 83-23 win over Savannah State on Nov. 20, 2005. … Idaho State hadn’t allowed more than 60 points prior to being overwhelmed by the Ducks. … Oregon had a 21-4 rebounding edge in the first half.
Top Game Performances
 
Idaho State   Oregon
Melvin Morgan 11 Scoring Damyean Dotson 12
Melvin Morgan 3 Assists Dominic Artis 5
Nnamdi Ezenwa 6 Rebounds E.J. Singler 9
Andre' Hatchett 3 Free Throws Made Arsalan Kazemi 5
Andre' Hatchett 1 Steals Arsalan Kazemi 2
Avibakuro Preh 1 Blocks Arsalan Kazemi 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Idaho State 35 27.9 4-16 7-13 6 19 1 1 14
Oregon 87 52.5 9-19 14-17 19 43 6 7 7