The Oregon Ducks’ first visit to the nation’s capital turned out to be worth the trip.

The unranked Ducks (6-0) upset the No. 18 Hoyas (4-2) Wednesday night, digging out a hard-fought, defense-dominated 57-50 victory.

“It was a defensive win, but it was a great team win for us as well,” Oregon Head Coach Ernie Kent said.

The Ducks – who saw their 35-game non-conference home winning streak come to an end last year at the hands of the Hoyas – got revenge at Verizon Center, holding Georgetown’s star players junior forward Jeff Green and junior center Roy Hibbert scoreless in the first half and to nine points combined for the game.

But the Hoyas held their own on defense, holding a Ducks team that averaged over 88 points per game in its first five contests to just 57 points and limiting Oregon’s leading scorer, freshman guard Tajuan Porter, to 11 points, well below his season average of 24 points per game.

It was the offense that cost Georgetown the game, shooting just 44.9 percent from the floor and scoring only 13 points in the final 11:20 of the contest. Junior guard Jonathan Wallace and sophomore forward Marc Egerson were the only Hoyas who looked aggressive on offense – scoring 17 and 13 points, respectively – and were the only Hoyas to put up more than five points for the night.

“I don’t think it was our defense,” Georgetown Head Coach John Thompson III said. “It was our offense tonight. . Our offense was not good, and it hasn’t been, and we have to figure it out.”

The Ducks did not fare much better, shooting 38.9 percent for the game – including just 28.1 percent shooting in the first half – and going through a stretch midway through the first half where they missed 13 straight shots. The Hoyas led by just two going into halftime with a 25-23 score, and Kent said he felt lucky to be so close after performing so poorly on offense.

“We are a really good shooting basketball team,” Kent said. “We just felt like if we could bring [our offensive] numbers up . and still play defense we were gonna win the game. And that was the difference in the game. We made shots in the second half.”

Oregon turned the ball over on its first possession out of halftime, and Hibbert took advantage with an authoritative dunk on the other end in the type of play Georgetown fans had been awaiting all game. But just as it looked like he and the Hoyas were going to settle down and find their rhythm, Hibbert picked up two quick fouls. Those fouls, as well as turnovers and missed shots by Georgetown, kept the Ducks in the game. Oregon was able to take advantage of the Hoyas mishaps by making its shots fall, with 54.5 percent shooting in the second half.

Georgetown and Oregon exchanged leads a few times midway through the second half, but after junior forward Bryce Taylor hit his only three-pointer of the night to give the Ducks a 39-37 lead, Oregon never trailed again.

For the rest of the half, the Hoyas had some long offensive possessions but could not buy a basket. Wallace and Egerson – who combined for 20 of the Hoyas’ 25 points in the first half – scored just six points once the Ducks took a lead, and Hibbert and Green continued to be non-factors. Hibbert finished the game with four points on 2-of-7 shooting and Green tallied just five points and eight rebounds before fouling out.

“You just gotta take each game and learn as it goes,” Wallace said. “Oregon came out with a different kind of game plan, uncharacteristic of what other teams had been playing. Of course the guys are gonna key on Roy and Jeff, and what Oregon tried to do tonight was push us out and make us have to make plays off the dribble instead of being able to sit back and throw the ball in and let those guys take over.”

Despite a small lineup, Oregon had outrebounded each of its opponents so far this year and abused Georgetown on the glass for most of the night. The Hoyas, however, managed to sneak in a few rebounds late to edge the Ducks by one, 34-33.

That was small consolation, however, as Georgetown had its sloppiest offensive game this year, turning the ball over a season-high 17 times and dishing out only seven assists. The Hoyas also missed all five of their three-point attempts in the second half and nearly half a dozen shots from the paint.

“I don’t want to take anything away from them,” Thompson said. “They did a good job, but at the same time, if you go back, we had a lot of unnecessary turnovers – again.”

Georgetown’s next challenge will be a stiff one as they return to action Saturday night against No. 11 Duke at 7 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C.