Jackson Shelstad got a career pile of 26 points and Oregon stopped a five-game losing line with a victory 81-75 over the Northwestern on Tuesday evening in Big Ten Play in Eugene, Ore.
Keeshawn Barthelemy added 19 points and Nate Bittle had 14 points and seven returns for the ducks (17-8, 6-8 Big Ten), which won for the first time since Jan 21st. .
For Berry matched his season high at 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting while beginner KJ Windham got a career best 20 points for Wildcats (13-12, 4-10). The leading point Nick Martinelli had 16 points but made only 7 out of 18 shots.
Northwestern dragged 17 points late in the first half, but coming back to the game was encouraging for Wildcats, which has had to reinvent their rotation after recently losing starters Brooks Barnhizer (foot) and Jalen Leach (knee) for the season.
Northwestern shot 51.7. Percent, including 8 out of 19 from 3-point intervals.
The ducks hit 47.1 percent of their shots and were 8 out of 21 behind the bow. Tj Bamba had four steals.
Oregon led 62-48 after two free throw from Brandon Angel with 9:14 left. Windham emptied three 3 points during a 14-5 run when Wildcats moved within 67-62 with 5:11 left.
Angel fell two free throw to give Oregon a lead of 73-66 with 2:23 left before Martinelli responded with a layout 11 seconds later.
Another arrangement of Martinelli drew wildcats within five with 1:09 left.
Barthelemy made two free throw with 36.5 seconds left and two more by 23.6 seconds left to increase the lead to nine when Oregon finished its grind.
Shelstad got 13 points for the first half to help the ducks keep a lead of 39-25 at the break.
Northwestern led 14-13 after a 3-pointer by Windham with 11:44 in the first quarter. Oregon received 17 of the next 23 points to take a double -digit lead.
Shelstad made two 3 points during the blast, and Angel covered it with consecutive baskets when the ducks took a 30-20 advantage with 5:31 left in half.
The lead reached 39-22 before Berry finished the first half with a 3-pointer.
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