Tag: Kelly Graves

Everything we know following Oregon’s wild OT comeback win over No. 7 Arizona

The Oregon Ducks picked up a massive upset win over the No. 7 Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, coming away with a buzzer-beater win in OT.

What a way to win for the Oregon Ducks.

A couple of days after the men’s basketball team upset the No. 3 UCLA Bruins in overtime, Kelly Graves and his squad joined in on the action, beating the No. 7 Arizona Wildcats in overtime, 68-66.

In a game that they trailed by double-digits in the fourth quarter, Oregon stormed back and forced overtime thanks to stellar play from Nyara Sabally, Te-Hina Paopao, and Sedona Prince.

It was the Ducks’ best win of the season, and now gives them a ton of momentum going into Monday’s game against No. 11 UCONN, who comes to Matthew Knight Arena.

Everything we know following Oregon’s 88-53 win over California

Oregon dominated California with an 88-53 win at Berkeley, led by Sydney Parrish and Te-Hina Paopao.

This is what Kelly Graves and his Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team have been waiting for.

With a near completely healthy roster, Oregon put it all together in an easy 88-53 win at California. Te-Hina Paopao and Sydney Parrish were at the top of their game as the two guards just couldn’t miss from the outside.

Paopao and Parrish led the Ducks with 21 points each with Parrish making a career-high seven three-pointers. As a team, Oregon nailed a season-high 14 from the outside on just 26 attempts.

The Ducks are now 8-5 overall and 1-1 in conference play as they look forward to a big week with the Arizona schools on the docket before UConn comes calling Jan. 17.

Everything we know following Oregon’s 80-68 loss to No. 2 Stanford

Oregon didn’t have an answer for Stanford’s Lexie Hull, who burned the Ducks for a career-high 33 points on seven threes.

It all comes down to making shots and tonight, No. 2 Stanford found and made nearly every shot it wanted while Oregon struggled to find open shooters.

The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team made a couple of small runs at the Cardinal, but Stanford eventually came out with an 80-68 win over Oregon. It was the Ducks’ first conference loss on the season.

Oregon didn’t have an answer for Lexie Hull, who lit up the Ducks for a career-high 33 points on 7-of-10 shooting from three-point range.

Nyara Sabally, Endyia Rogers and Te-Hina Paopao did their best to keep their team in it, and in the fourth quarter, Oregon had a couple of chances to cut the Stanford lead to five or even four, but it wasn’t to be.

ESPN Bracketology: Kelly Graves and Oregon Ducks sitting on NCAA Tournament bubble

The Ducks are projected to make the NCAA Tournament, but there isn’t much room for error going forward.

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It’s easy to look at the 2021 college basketball season and come to the conclusion that for the Oregon Ducks women’s team, it hasn’t exactly gone according to planned.

From the very start, an array of injuries plagued the team, and star players like Te-Hina Paopao, Nyara Sabally, and Endyia Rogers were lost for good stretches of time. Currently, the Ducks’ team that held such promise going into the season sits at just 7-4 on the season, with a long way to go before we can start predicting a deep NCAA Tournament run.

According to ESPN’s latest bracketology prediction, the Ducks are one of the teams who are “on the bubble.” Right now, the projection has Oregon making it into the tournament as a 9-seed, where they would hypothetically place Ohio State. They certainly don’t have a lot of room for error going forward.

That’s not something you necessarily want to hear as a Duck fan while looking at the upcoming schedule for Oregon. On Friday night, they will tip off against the No. 2 ranked Stanford Cardinal down in Palo Alto. Next week, assuming that the schedule stays intact despite a rampage of postponements due to COVID-19, the Ducks are scheduled to play No. 4 Arizona, followed by the No. 11 UCONN Huskies.

Because of the injuries, head coach Kelly Graves knows that this team isn’t where they need to be, but he said earlier in the week that he hopes we see an upswing from his team soon, and they can get back on the right track.

“We’re kind of in mid-November mode right now,” Graves said to the media. “No question about it, I think it will take some time. I hope that by February we look like the team we’re capable of being.”

While sitting on the tournament bubble with so little room for error, the next stretch of games has become incredibly important. While Paopao and Rogers continue to play themselves back into shape against some of the best teams in the nation, there’s a good chance that the Ducks slip to the outside looking in, but there is still a lot of basketball left to be played, and Graves is hopeful that Oregon will right the ship.

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How to Watch: Oregon women’s basketball takes on No. 2 Stanford Cardinal

Kelly Graves and the Ducks have their toughest test yet with a game vs. No. 2 Stanford on Friday. Here’s how to tune in:

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The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team gets back onto the hardwood Friday night as they go down to The Farm to face the No. 2 ranked Stanford Cardinal.

It’s been a while since Kelly Graves’ squad has been able to play an actual game with COVID protocols in place. The Ducks haven’t seen action since Jan. 2 against Carroll College, an easy 87-57 win over the NAIA team. But before that, Oregon last played Dec. 21.

Oregon is currently 7-4 overall and this game with the Cardinal will be their first Pac-12 game of the year. One of the advantages of having significant time off is that the Ducks were able to get healthy as they expect to have a complete roster ready to go for conference play.

Veteran women’s sports broadcasters Ann Schatz and Mary Murphy will be on the call for the Pac-12 Network. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Televison: Pac-12 Network
Play-By-Play: Ann Schatz
Analyst: Mary Murphy
Stream Link: https://pac-12.com/womens-basketball/event/2022/01/08/oregon-stanford
Radio: KUGN 590 AM (Eugene); KPAM 860 AM (Portland)
Play-By-Play: Terry Jonz

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Oregon women’s basketball team adds non-conference game vs. Carroll College

The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team will now host Carroll College for a non-conference game in the wake of two cancellations.

After being forced to postpone their games vs. both Colorado and Utah scheduled for this coming weekend, the Oregon women’s basketball team has added a non-conference game against Carroll College to the schedule.

The Ducks were scheduled to open their first Pac-12 Conference weekend against the Buffaloes and Utes this weekend, but both games had to be postponed due to COVID-19 protocols with the opposing schools. Oregon will now play the Saints at noon on Sunday, January 2nd.

“Women’s basketball season ticket holders will have their season ticket locations loaded into their accounts for the Carroll College game. Single-game reserved seat tickets will also be available for free to those who don’t have season tickets for Sunday’s game,” Oregon wrote in a press release. “Fans who have single-game tickets for the Colorado game will not be able to use that ticket and will need to claim a new one for the game against Carroll College.”

Sunday’s game will also be broadcast on the Oregon Live Stream and on air on the Oregon Sports Network (KUGN 590 AM Eugene, KPAM 860 AM Portland).

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Oregon women’s basketball game at Northwestern cancelled

Oregon’s Midwest road trip was cut short with an outbreak of the coronavirus in the Northwestern program.

It wasn’t the way the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team wanted to end their short trip to the Midwest.

Oregon was scheduled to play Northwestern tonight in Evanston, Ill., but the Wildcats had to suspend all team activities because of a COVID-19 outbreak in their program.

Northwestern is 9-3 overall and it was going to be a nice win on the Ducks resume should they have been able to get the road victory. Since it’s a non-conference game, the contest will not be rescheduled.

Oregon is coming off a 68-56 loss at Kansas State on Saturday. With the cancellation, the Ducks won’t see action until Dec. 31 as they open Pac-12 play with Utah at Matthew Knight Arena.

Hopefully, by the time New Year’s Eve rolls around, the Ducks will be completely healthy as they’ve missed point guard Te-Hina Paopao for most of the season. Guard Endyia Rogers and forward Nyara Sabally just came back from injury.

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Everything we know following Oregon’s 109-38 rout of McNeese

The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team smashed McNeese 109-38 to earn their third straight win.

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).

Everything we know following the Ducks 68-59 win over Long Beach State

It was a grind, but the Ducks women’s basketball team came away with a nice 68-59 win over previously undefeated Long Beach State.

Missing three key players would be hard on any basketball team and the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team is playing as hard as they can until they can get completely healthy.

But the games still need to be played and the Ducks were able to grind out a 68-59 victory over Long Beach State. Oregon improved to 5-3 overall, while the 49ers lost their first game of the season and fell to 7-1.

Oregon will be a very different team when point guard Te-Hina Paopao, guard Endiya Rogers, and forward Nyara Sabally return. Until then, every game is going to be a 40-minute battle.

With the victory, the Ducks have won two straight with their win over Portland last week. Oregon will just have less than 48 hours before its next game as the Ducks will host McNeese Dec. 13.

Te-Hina Paopao out for the ‘foreseeable future,’ hopeful to return for Pac-12 play

Oregon’s star PG Te-Hina Paopao is out for the foreseeable future with an injury, but has a chance to return to the floor before conference play.

Oregon Ducks basketball coach Kelly Graves offered some bleak injury news on Friday morning during his press conference ahead of the Ducks’ appearance in the Battle For Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas.

Graves stated that star PG Te-Hina Paopao did not make the trip with the team, and will be sidelined with an injury for “the foreseeable future.”

Paopao did not make the trip with the team so that she could get a jumpstart on her rehabilitation over this time. Graves noted that they are hopeful she can return to the court by the time that Pac-12 play starts later this year.

Graves also noted that Endyia Rogers will be out indefinitely with a broken hand, and freshman Taylor Bigby will also not play during this coming tournament. As for Nyara Sabally, they are hopeful that she can play after suffering an injury early in the season.

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