Stubblefield’s Oregon debut ends in exhibition loss

It was an exhibition, so the record book stays clean. But the way the game got away gave Oregon head coach Tony Subblefield a to-do list on night one.

Oregon led 53-40 with 14:08 left. Dwayne Aristode had hit back-to-back threes, and Sean Stewart had thrown down a dunk.

Then Seattle U started attacking the paint. A Mason Williams three cut the margin to single digits. Ray Adams and Jaden Bailes added threes of their own, and the Redhawks went up 57-56, their first lead since the opening half.

Taylor Bol Bowen’s three with 1:06 left made it 67-65. Seattle U then made four free throws to close it out.

Turnovers did most of the damage

Oregon gave the ball away 25 times, against 12 for Seattle U. The Redhawks shot just 35.8 percent but took 19 more field goal attempts and scored 34 points in the paint.

Oregon went 20 of 48 overall and 7 of 21 from three.

Stubblefield didn’t soften it. He said there is “a lot of work we have to do”, and he tied that directly to the giveaways. That many turnovers, he said, hands an opponent far more looks at the rim.