The Oregon Ducks lost their first road contest of the season in a 77-69 loss at the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Ducks' leading scoring, center Nate Bittle, was held scoreless in the defeat.

The Ducks found themselves playing catch-up for most of the game and they could never erase that 18-point deficit in loss to Minnesota.

UCLA led wire-to-wire and Oregon was playing catch-up for the entire game, a position the Ducks have been all too familiar with of late. The loss put the Ducks at .500 in Big Ten play at 5-5 and 16-5 overall. This win was the Bruins' fifth straight as they improved to 16-6 overall and 6-4 in league action.