Tag: Idaho Vandals

WBB Recap: Ducks escape with narrow victory over Idaho

Chance Gray’s 20 points led Oregon to a 59-51 win over Idaho Friday night.

With Idaho on the schedule, the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team probably didn’t expect a close contest from the 4-3 Vandals.

However, Idaho buckled down on the defense and made it tough on the Ducks to score, but Oregon scored just enough for the 59-51 win at Matthew Knight Arena.

Chance Gray led the way with 20 points, Grace VanSlooten added 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Phillipina Kyei added 16 points and 17 boards.

Kennedy Johnson led the Vandals with 15 points and Hope Butera hit 3-of-5 from downtown for her 13 points.

While it was a close game throughout, Idaho never had the lead. Oregon held a slim 29-21 halftime lead and a 43-39 lead after three quarters. The Vandals made it a one-possession game a few times in the fourth quarter, but the Ducks always had an answer to keep the advantage.

Neither team shot particularly well. Oregon was 38.5 percent from the field on 20-of-52 shooting while Idaho was just 22-of-61 shooting (36 percent).

At 5-3, the Ducks will now prepare for Portland State Saturday afternoon at 2 pm.

Idaho delivers huge bad beat to Sacramento State backers with 9 points in final second

Idaho ended Sacramento State’s winning ways

Idaho snapped Sacramento State’s winning streaks on Saturday. The final score of 36-27 doesn’t do justice to how close the Vandals’ victory was.

Idaho’s Ricardo Chavez kicked a field goal with a second left to make it 30-27.

On the kickoff, Sacramento State tried to pull a version of the Stanford-Cal Band Play.

This one backfired on the Hornets, and those who backed the Hornets, who were getting 5.5 points.

While attempting to lateral the football it wound up in the hands of Turon Ivy Jr. of the Vandals, and he took it in for a touchdown.

The loss saw the end of Sacramento State’s 22-game regular-season winning streak and 19-game Big Sky winning streak.

The top plays in Penn State season openers under James Franklin

Let’s look back at some memorable moments in Penn State season openers under James Franklin

As we enter a new football season under James Franklin, there are questions of whether or not this can be the year that Penn State can make its first appearance in the College Football Playoff.

Penn State will open their 2021 season at Wisconsin on September 4, and the 2021 season will be the eighth season for James Franklin as the head coach. We have taken a look at Franklin’s overall record in season openers dating back to his time at Vanderbilt, but what are some of the more memorable plays from his season openers with the Nittany Lions?

Let’s take a look back at a few of the brighter moments in Penn State openers under Franklin.

Penn State football’s season-opening results since 2000

Let’s take a look at every Penn State football season opener since 2000.

Penn State opens the 2021 college football season against Wisconsin on Sept. 4. It will be here before you know it. This got us to thinking about how the Nittany Lions have fared in their season openers since the year 2000. Needless to say, there have been some mixed results since the turn of the century.