In the season opener for the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team, defense ruled the day as the home team stifled Division II St. Martin’s in an exhibition victory.
Oregon has scorers up and down its roster, but it was the defensive presence that completely disrupted the Saints. It’s not every day when you see a 38-0 run to begin the game, but that was the score before St. Martin’s found a way to finally score with 5:20 remaining in the first half.
It was also the first time Oregon had the pleasure of playing in front of their fans since 2019 and the Ducks didn’t show any nerves of competing with actual people in the stands instead of cardboard cutouts.
At the end of the first quarter, the program got to welcome back Oregon legends Sabrina Ionescu, Ruthy Hebard, Satou Sabally, and Minyon Moore.