If there was a team in the country that needed this type of confidence boost, it was Oregon.
The Ducks women’s basketball team opened the game on a 27-0 run and then went on to cruise past the McNeese Cowgirls 109-38.
This season has been a struggle for the Ducks, who have never been completely healthy. But Oregon has won three straight games to improve its record to 6-3 overall.
Forward Sydney Parrish scored 15 of her 21 points in the first quarter as she was a major factor in that initial run that put the game away early. Oregon went into the halftime break with a 54-14 lead.
The Ducks shot 57 percent in the first half on 21-of-37 from the field. For the game, Oregon wound up shooting 60.5 percent for the game (46-of-76).