EUGENE, Ore. — Nate Bittle scored 14 of his 26 points before halftime and Takia Simpkins scored 15 points and Oregon beat used the second half to subdue Omaha 80-57 on Sunday night.
Jackson Shellstead scored 13 points and Sean Stewart grabbed 13 rebounds for Oregon which was coming off a 91-82 road loss to No. 7 Gonzaga on Dec. 21.
The Ducks have won three of four.
Tony Osburn scored 18 points for Omaha.
Oregon (7-6) appeared poised to make it a blow out early when it raced to an 18-5 lead seven minutes into the contest. But Omaha (7-8) responded with a 12-2 run and capitalized on an almost four-minute scoring drought to pull within 20-17.
Oregon stretched its lead countering with a 7-2 run to make it 27-19 on Takai Simpkins' tip-in with 5:57 before halftime. The two were all-but even from there before Wei Lin buried an on-the-run 3-pointer from just inside the mid-court line as time expired to give the Ducks a 39-29 advantage.
The Ducks opened it up shortly after the break with a 17-4 outburst resulting in 59-41 lead with 10:09 left and led by double digits for the remainder.
It was only the second meeting between the two. Oregon won the first game 84-61 on Dec. 8, 2018 in Matthew Knight Arena.
