At tip-off, the Oregon Ducks had no business losing to the Portland Pilots, but with five minutes to go in the second half, Oregon had no business winning. They found a way to win anyway.

With 8:11 on the second half clock, Oregon trailed 54-41. The Ducks were not shooting well, and defense was way too much of a struggle. But then, Keeshawn Barthelemy, who had played poorly to that point, started to hit some shots, and after that, he couldn't miss.

Still, in the game's final moments, Dana Altman's Ducks' looked like they had no chance. They waited too long to wake up. But when Oregon got the ball back, down 67-62 with under a minute to play, Barthelemy laced a quick three to pull the Ducks within two -- 30 seconds to play.

Oregon forced a stop, and Jackson Shelstad streaked up the court, quickly forcing a shot -- something we saw all too often from him tonight. Somehow, Barthelemy grabbed the offensive rebound and kicked it to Jadrian Tracey. With under ten seconds to go, Tracey finished at the rim, tying the game. Portland couldn't score and the game went to overtime.

In overtime, the Ducks had all the momentum, and they quickly started to pull away. It wasn't until there was less than a minute to go that Portland scored their first overtime points, leading to an 80-70 Oregon victory.

Just a frisky Tuesday night win.

The Ducks have a few softball games to go before heading to Las Vegas for the Players Era festival. From that point, Oregon will play three games in five days, two of which are against current Top 25 teams. Who said non-conference season couldn't be spicy?