WACO, Texas -- Johnathan Motley and the Baylor Bears got quite an early-season confidence boost -- their first-ever non-conference home win over a top-five opponent.And it counts even though fourth-ranked Oregon was without preseason All-America forward Dillon Brooks, their 6-foot-7 junior who was their leading scorer last season but is still recovering from offseason foot surgery.An eager Motley, who was suspended for the opener, scored 17 points in his season debut as Baylor beat the Ducks 66-49 on Tuesday.It gives us confidence knowing we can go out there and beat a good team like Oregon and maybe keep things going, Motley said. I was pretty fired up. Its really hard watching your teammates play.Motley missed the season opener for Baylor (2-0) after violating an NCAA rule by playing in an improper summer league game.Trailing by 10 at the break, Oregon (1-1) got within 33-32 on Chris Bouchers dunk to cap a second half-opening 9-0 run. The Ducks had the ball again with the chance to go ahead after Dylan Ennis steal, but then turned it over.That led to Ishmail Wainrights layup from Matt Lecomtes ally-oop pass, and Baylor started to stretch the lead again.Lecomte had 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting that included four 3-pointers. Jo Lual-Acuil grabbed 14 rebounds and had seven blocked shots for Baylor.Ennis led Oregon with 16 points, and Boucher finished with 12. Jordan Bell had 11 rebounds.The Ducks quickly led 3-0 when Boucher hit from long range on the games first shot, before they then missed six in a row. Motley made his first shot of the season and Manu Lecomte a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, and Baylor never trailed again.Didnt play very well, and didnt make plays for each other, so weve got a tremendous amount of work to do, Oregon coach Dana Altman said. Its difficult (without Brooks), but thats the way it goes. ... Theres no doubt hes a good player, but weve got some other good players that didnt play very well.BIG PICTUREOregon: While the Ducks were able to get past Army in their opener without Brooks, they clearly could have used their standout forward against the Bears, who dominated inside. Oregon struggled shooting at 33 percent (19 of 58) from the field and got outrebounded 41-30. Dillons a good rebounder but hes not going to make that difference up, said Altman, who wouldnt say when Brooks might return.Baylor: The Bears are 4-7 in their last 11 games against top-five teams. Maybe this will get the notice of poll voters. The Bears, picked to finish in the middle of the tough Big 12, havent been getting any votes so far this season.ZONE FACTORAsked about the difficulty of facing Baylors zone defense, Altman responded, Well, we did pretty good last year, we just didnt do good this year. Oregon beat Baylor 74-67 at home last November.BIG FACTORBaylors lead was only one midway through the first half when the 7-foot Lual-Acuil blocked a shot and was pumping his arms near midcourt after making a pass to Wendell Mitchell for a layup. Lual-Acuil made the next basket when he posted right under the goal, and got an inbound pass from Lecomte. I was trying to be a factor somehow, Lual-Acuil said. I knew my shots werent falling so I just tried to figure out different way of helping the team.HE SAID ITA lot of times, you play in big games and you play out of character, youre too nervous, youre too excited, Drew said. Weve played against a lot of good Big 12 teams in the top five that have beaten us. And I think we did a good job of staying poisedUP NEXTOregon played the first of five games in nine days. 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Canberra will need to shake off a five-year NRL hoodoo against a depleted North Queensland outfit as they bid to keep their top four hopes intact.The resurgent Raiders host a Cowboys side minus their Origin stars in the nations capital in the final match of the NRLs round 18 on Monday night.A win will ensure the Raiders are just a point behind fourth-placed Canterbury and the third-placed Cowboys on 23 pointsBut Canberra have to overcome a North Queensland side against whom their current record is worse than any other side.The Raiders have won just two of 10 matches against the premiers since 2011.And the Cowboys claimed the corresponding match in Canberra last year 21-20 courtesy of a Johnathan Thurston field goal.But without Origin stars Thurston, Matt Scott, Justin ONeill, Gavin Cooper and James Tamou and the injured Michael Morgan, the Cowboys present a far less intimidating side.Ben Spina, Coen Hess, Josh Chudleigh, Patrick Kaufusi and Tautau Moga all come into coach Paul Greens Cowboys side. Rory Kostjasyn will captain the team in the absence of Thurston.Thats the trade off, you lose those guys and it disrupts what we are trying to do here but the benefit is they have that experience of being around the best players in that (Origin) environment, Green said.You hope what they learn in those camps with that team thhey bring back here and make sure they implement it here, which lifts our level of professionalism.ddddddddddddIt is a huge chunk but that is what happens this time of year. It is no use whingeing about it, you just get on with it.The Raiders are buoyed by five wins in their last six matches and they have won six of eight at home this season, including four straight.They are averaging 29.8 points at home this year, the second most of any NRL side.Luke Bateman and Josh Papalli - who was ruled out of Origin III with a hip injury - are out of Ricky Stuarts Raiders side, Clay Priest and Iosia Soliola come in.North Queensland trained in Canberra on Sunday as they rounded off their preparation for the clash.KEY STATS* Jarrod Croker needs two points for 1300 career points. He will join a prestigious club with names like Andrew Johns, Daryl Halligan, Clinton Schifcofske as well as current stars Johnathan Thurston, Cameron Smith and Corey Parker.* North Queenslands attack has been firing and they are ranked first in points scored (25.9 per game) and equal first in tries (4.3 per game).* The Raiders have conceded at least 20 points in six of their eight home games this season.Source: Fox Sports Stats ' ' '