With 5:25 left, the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team was in trouble. They were down 60-53 and the arch-rival Beavers were in complete control.
Then Endyia Rogers got hot.
The Oregon guard poured in a career-high 34 points as the Ducks rallied to defeat Oregon State 75-67 inside a raucous Matthew Knight Arena crowd.
Coach Kelly Graves also changed tactics for the last half of the fourth quarter as he went to a 2-3 zone and doubled OSU center Jelena Mitrovic when she received the ball inside. That led to a few turnovers and missed shots.
On the other end, Oregon forward Grace VanSlooten went right at the 6-foot-8 Mitrovic and got her in some foul trouble. But when the Duck freshman wasn’t making a shot or getting fouled, she managed to find an open Rogers for three and she knocked them down.
Rogers was 10-of-18 from the field and 6-of-10 from long range. She also had nine rebounds and six assists.
With the win, the No. 17 Ducks move to 7-1 on the season and 1-0 in conference action.