Mitch Platt (with ball) is set to be a key contributor down low for the Ducks this season.
Luke Jackson was at a funeral for his late grandfather, Douglas Eusted.
Jordan Kent was held out because of a stress reaction in his ankle. Matt Short had yet to return to action from a stress fracture in his foot.
James Davis went down early clutching his ankle after landing on a teammate following a three-pointer.
So much for a full-squad scrimmage on Wednesday.
“It’s hard to give you an exact evaluation because you don’t have all your pieces here, but obviously we did some good things with what we have out there right now,” head coach Ernie Kent said after the scrimmage. “I was pretty pleased for how hard they pushed it through on this being their fifth day of practice in a row and having to scrimmage with no subs out there.”
Officially, the Ducks had 11 players to work with at the scrimmage. Overall, the lightning and green teams that ran the floor combined for 106 total points during one 20-minute half and one 10-minute half.
Freshman point guard Aaron Brooks wowed the crowd and led the Ducks with 15 points in the first half, which was run with a real-game feel. The second half saw a running clock and no timeouts.
“Right now, I see how deep we are,” Brooks said. “Even though we have a lot of banged up people and they’re key players, we’re still playing hard and (the lightning team) still scored 73 points.”
Freshman forward Mitch Platt had 14 points and sophomore Ian Crosswhite posted 10. Platt had eight rebounds and Crosswhite was second on the team with six.
“I thought it was a good game overall as a team,” Platt said. “They did a good job of getting me the ball, and we got the ball around to everybody pretty well.”
Short’s return
Short was at the scrimmage in a boot, which may be able to be taken off on Nov. 14. If it does come off that day, he will be cleared for some physical activity and will progress from then on.
Tickets remain available
Approximately 300 tickets remain for Oregon’s exhibition Sunday against the Basketball Travelers at McArthur Court, which starts at 6 p.m.
Of those 300, 100 are reserved seats and 200 are obstructed view. There are no general admission seats available because students picked up all tickets allotted to them, according to an Oregon official.
In addition, 70 obstructed view seats remain for Oregon’s game against Fresno State on Nov. 21, the team’s first game of the season.
All obstructed view tickets can be purchased for $12. They can be obtained by visiting www.goducks.com, or calling 1-800-WEBFOOT.
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