Throughout Oregon’s 73-45 rebound win over USC on Sunday afternoon, sophomore heart Philli Kyei dominated the painted space and recorded 20 rebounds whereas the Geese dominated their house court docket.

“This will probably be a enjoyable journey to observe him from the place he began to the place he’s now and the place he is going,” head coach Kelly Graves stated after the sport. “It was a dominant pressure towards one other actually good heart.”

Kyei’s 20 rebounds was the very best by a Duck since Jillian Alleyne in Graves’ second season as Oregon head coach in 2016. Kyei’s inside presence was additionally an necessary issue, because the Geese had been efficient on Sunday, taking pictures 7 vs 16 from the skin.

The sophomore heart used his 1.8-metre body to restrict USC star nice Rayah Marshall to fifteen pictures at 3 p.m. The 1.84-tall sophomore nonetheless had a double-double with 14 factors and 11 rebounds, however hit the bottom single-game share of the season.

“We talked about [Marshall]. We did not essentially problem [Kyei] We knew everybody was going to do that, however boy, he positively stepped ahead and did it,” Graves stated. “Good at protection. Our protection tonight was pretty much as good as I’ve seen you play.”

Simply final Friday, Marshall scored 33 factors and racked up 16 rebounds, a stark distinction to Sunday when the sophomore was consistently struggling to seek out his rhythm.

“I believe the truth that he had a foul drawback wasn’t that overwhelming,” Graves stated. “There wasn’t that a lot on the bottom and I believe that allowed us to essentially take management.”

As Marshall struggled to foul on the bench within the first half, Oregon backed out and established its first lead.

As Kyei continues to comb rebounds all afternoon on his option to a profession efficiency, the Geese by no means look again.

It was Kennedy Basham, who by Sunday suffered a proper knee damage, who supported Kyei for the primary time since early November. The 1.80-foot freshman returned to USC with two factors, one rebound, and one block counting in 9 minutes of motion.

“He was actually excited earlier than the sport and what? The workforce was thrilled to have him come again and I assumed it was actually nice,” Graves stated. “They talked about it, they rallied round it, they cheered in our preliminary sport that it was going to be his first sport. [back]. I assumed he went in and did a reasonably good job.

Trying ahead, Basham provides depth to an already productive Oregon frontcourt behind Kyei and super-guzzling Grace VanSlooten’s regular play.

These three will probably be again in motion Friday because the geese head to Tempe to take over the State of Arizona. The sport will trace at 5pm PST.