Oregon suffered its first loss away from home this season at Minnesota — the lowest ranked Big Ten team in NET.

Oregon men's basketball turned an 18-point deficit into an eventual one-shot lead Saturday afternoon before losing steam against Minnesota

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.

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The Gophers won in the paint. Center Nathan Bittle, who was Oregon’s leading scorer at 13.6 points per game, did not score Saturday. Minnesota also out-rebounded Oregon 35-26, including 10-4 on the offensive glass.

The Gophers were playing in front of their biggest home crowd of the season and they fed off their energy as soon as the game tipped off. Minnesota began 10-14 from the field and quickly jumped out to a 27-11 lead before giving Oregon a chance to even settle into the game.

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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.

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Dawson Garcia scored a season-high 31 points on 13-for-19 shooting and Parker Fox had 13 points and 11 rebounds to help Minnesota beat No. 15 Oregon 77-69 on Saturday.

The No. 15 Ducks are one of just six Division I teams undefeated in true road games this season and the only one without a neutral site loss