Tip-off of Oregon vs. Washington delayed due to basket clock malfunction

Oregon and Washington were supposed to tip off their game at 8 p.m. PT on Wednesday. But the clock above one of the baskets malfunctioned, resulting in a lengthy delay.

The clock went out during warmups, and workers had to take it down and replace it with a new one. That led to a nearly 30-minute delay as the crew worked to reinstall it.

Oregon brings a 15-11 overall record and a 9-6 record in Pac-12 action into Wednesday’s game. The Ducks are coming off a 70-63 loss to UCLA last week following back-to-back victories over Arizona State and USC.

Washington, meanwhile, has struggled in conference play. The Huskies are 13-13 overall and 5-10 in the Pac-12, including four straight losses entering Wednesday’s matchup.

Dana Altman details Oregon’s issues shutting down top Pac-12 players

Considering the talent across college basketball, it’s really hard to stop an opposing best team’s best player night in and night out. Still, considering what some of the Pac-12’s best have done to Oregon as of late, it has Dana Altman worried.

Altman spoke on that fact after Jaime Jaquez put up 25 points and 12 rebounds on the Ducks in UCLA’s win in Eugene this weekend. He said it’s very obvious that slowing down top competition is a problem at the moment for his team.

“It is a concern. It is a concern,” said Altman. “Again, I’m not the smartest guy but, if you see the numbers those two guys put up in those two games? We had a hard time guarding them.”

The question was specifically focused on Jaquez as well as Azuolas Tubelis at Arizona who scored 40 points inside Matthew Knight Arena. However, this has been a trend for the Ducks all year in league play.

Boogie Ellis at USC as well as Mouhamed Gueye at Washington State each put up 19 on Oregon. From there, though, Oregon State’s Dexter Akanno scored 20, Arizona State’s Desmond Cambridge Jr. hung 21, and Colorado’s Tristan Da Silva dropped 30 in the first game and then 23 in the second game.