Sunday, February 26
Eugene, OR
1:00 PM
University of Oregon
18-12, 8-10P12
59
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65
Stanford
25-5, 15-3P12
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Stanford
15
12
22
16
65
Oregon
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15
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59
Photo by: Eric Evans/GoDucks.com
Ducks Rally in Fourth, Fall to No. 8 Stanford
02/26/17 | Women's Basketball
Oregon outscored the Cardinal, 23-16, in the fourth quarter but couldn't finish off the comeback on Sunday afternoon.
EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon women's basketball team staged a furious fourth quarter rally but lost, 65-59, on Sunday to No. 8 ranked Stanford.
The Ducks (18-12, 8-10 Pac-12) now into Pac-12 Tournament play after finishing sixth in the league standings.
HOW IT HAPPENED: Stanford jumped out to an early lead but the Ducks battled back to tie it, 15-15, at the end of the first quarter. A couple three-pointers gave Sabrina Ionescu a team-high six points going into the second.
Stanford's defense turned up the intensity in the second, as the Cardinal held the Ducks to just six points in the quarter. Oregon went into halftime down, 27-21. Ionescu and fellow freshman Ruthy Hebard had combined for 15 of the Ducks' 21 points at the break.
Stanford started to slowly build up its lead in the third quarter. An Erica McCall jumper with 5:56 left in the third gave the Cardinal its first double-digit lead, 36-25. A Maite Cazorla three-pointer seconds later cut it back down to an eight-point edge for the Cardinal but Stanford took a 49-36 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Ducks didn't fold, however, scoring eight unanswered points to start the fourth quarter to make it a 49-44 lead for the Cardinal with 7:10 remaining to play. Oregon made it a four-point game twice down the stretch, both at 58-54, with 1:18 to play and 61-57, with 52 seconds remaining. But Stanford hit free throws in the final minutes to ice the game.
HEAD COACH KELLY GRAVES
"Obviously I'm disappointed in the outcome today but I was really proud of our basketball team and the way we battled back and had a chance there at the end. I thought we played really well defensively for the most part and I liked our energy and I thought we did a lot of good things but we again just didn't have a great shooting night especially in the first half and we got beat on the boards and that was a big difference."
BOX SCORE: Sabrina Ionescu finished with a team-high 18 point plus seven rebounds and three assists. Fellow freshman Ruthy Hebard posted 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting and Oti Gildon came off the bench to score 10 points, including 4-of-4 at the line.
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT: Oregon will be the No. 6 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament starting Thursday at KeyArena in Seattle.
The Ducks (18-12, 8-10 Pac-12) now into Pac-12 Tournament play after finishing sixth in the league standings.
HOW IT HAPPENED: Stanford jumped out to an early lead but the Ducks battled back to tie it, 15-15, at the end of the first quarter. A couple three-pointers gave Sabrina Ionescu a team-high six points going into the second.
Stanford's defense turned up the intensity in the second, as the Cardinal held the Ducks to just six points in the quarter. Oregon went into halftime down, 27-21. Ionescu and fellow freshman Ruthy Hebard had combined for 15 of the Ducks' 21 points at the break.
Stanford started to slowly build up its lead in the third quarter. An Erica McCall jumper with 5:56 left in the third gave the Cardinal its first double-digit lead, 36-25. A Maite Cazorla three-pointer seconds later cut it back down to an eight-point edge for the Cardinal but Stanford took a 49-36 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Ducks didn't fold, however, scoring eight unanswered points to start the fourth quarter to make it a 49-44 lead for the Cardinal with 7:10 remaining to play. Oregon made it a four-point game twice down the stretch, both at 58-54, with 1:18 to play and 61-57, with 52 seconds remaining. But Stanford hit free throws in the final minutes to ice the game.
HEAD COACH KELLY GRAVES
"Obviously I'm disappointed in the outcome today but I was really proud of our basketball team and the way we battled back and had a chance there at the end. I thought we played really well defensively for the most part and I liked our energy and I thought we did a lot of good things but we again just didn't have a great shooting night especially in the first half and we got beat on the boards and that was a big difference."
BOX SCORE: Sabrina Ionescu finished with a team-high 18 point plus seven rebounds and three assists. Fellow freshman Ruthy Hebard posted 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting and Oti Gildon came off the bench to score 10 points, including 4-of-4 at the line.
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT: Oregon will be the No. 6 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament starting Thursday at KeyArena in Seattle.
Team Stats
STAN
ORE
FG%
.423
.351
3FG%
.368
.364
FT%
.700
.833
RB
39
27
TO
19
11
STL
5
11
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
18
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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