Oregon men’s basketball takes down South Dakota State 83-69, stays undefeated

While Jackson Shelstad’s off-ball impact won Oregon (3-0) a game against Rice last week, his on-ball contributions surely did the trick for the Ducks on Wednesday night’s 83-69 win over the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits (2-2). Shelstad’s game-leading 22 points, eight assists and three steals gave the Ducks enough juice to pull ahead in the second half. Unlike the other wins so far this season, the Ducks attempted 40 threes, which was their most in program history and converting on 15 of them became a major factor in the first clean Oregon win of the season. “Not at all,” Shelstad said when asked if 40 three-pointers was the plan. “We’re settling way too much. When we went inside,...