Tag: Nyara Sabally

Offseason Outlook: A top-ranked recruiting class has Kelly Graves’ squad looking at a bright future

The 2022 season didn’t end how they planned, but Kelly Graves and the Ducks have reasons for optimism going into the offseason.

On Saturday afternoon, the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team saw their 2021-22 season come to the end in the form of an upset loss to 12-seeded Belmont in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. It was a thrilling game — one that came down to the final possession in double overtime — but a disappointing result for a team that had aspirations of making it to the second weekend of the tournament and potentially running further into the madness of March.

Nonetheless, Oregon’s season came to an end, and it now gives us a chance to look back on the major takeaways, and take a peak at the coming months, and where we expect them to be next season. Let’s start with what Graves said after the game about the season as a whole:

Everything we know following Belmont’s double OT upset win over Oregon

Belmont upsets Oregon 73-70 in double overtime in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.

This is why it’s called March Madness.

Despite Nyara Sabally’s career-high 31 points to go along with 12 rebounds and seven blocks, Oregon was eliminated from the NCAA women’s basketball tournament in the first round with a 73-70 double overtime loss to Belmont.

The 12-seed Bruins are no stranger to upsetting 5-seeds as they accomplished the very same feat last season with an upset over Gonzaga.

This time it took 50 minutes as both teams made big play after big play. Fortunately for Belmont, it was them that made the last big play. It was on the defensive end for the Bruins as they held the Ducks scoreless for the final 2:05 of the second overtime.

Oregon finishes the season 21-12 overall.

Oregon Ducks vs. Belmont Bruins: Stream, injury report, broadcast info for NCAA first round matchup

It’s tournament time, and the Oregon Ducks get things started on Saturday against Belmont. Here’s how to watch the matchup.

Kelly Graves has once again led his Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team into the NCAA tournament and this time, they’ll be going to a historical site.

The No. 5 Ducks will travel to Knoxville, Tenn. to play No. 12 seed Belmont in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. Should Oregon win, it will play either No. 4 seed and host Tennessee or No. 13 seed Buffalo.

Both games will be played on Pat Summitt Court, a building that saw countless SEC titles and numerous national championships when the legendary coach led the Lady Vols.

Oregon (22-11) will be appearing in its fifth straight NCAA tournament. Belmont is also a regular of March Madness, making its sixth appearance in seven seasons. The Bruins (22-7) are an automatic qualifier after defeating Tennessee Tech for the Ohio Valley Conference championship.

Nyara Sabally named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team

Nyara Sabally averaged a double-double and was named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team.

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The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team’s time in the Pac-12 tournament was cut short with a loss to Utah, but it wasn’t because Nyara Sabally was a no-show.

Quite the contrary.

Oregon’s 6-foot-5 center averaged a double-double, 13.5 points and 13.5 rebounds, and she was named to the Pac-12 all-tournament team.

Sabally was joined by Utah’s Jenna Johnson and Gianna Kneepkens as well as Stanford’s Cameron Brink and Anna Wilson. Stanford’s Haley Jones was named as the Most Outstanding Player.

As for Sabally, she had 15 points and 15 rebounds in the 63-60 win over UCLA. She then followed up with 12 points and 12 boards against the Utes.

Oregon will now have a week off before finding out who and where they will be playing in the NCAA tournament. The Ducks were hoping they would be a Top 4 seed and thus hosting inside Matthew Knight Arena, but losing in the conference semifinals put those aspirations up in the air.

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Everything we know following Oregon’s upset loss to Utah in conference semifinals

A bad third quarter was enough to see the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team be upset by Utah 80-73.

Oregon is going to look at the box score and see 23-8 in the third quarter and point to that as to what caused them to lose this game.

Utah outscored the Ducks 48-36 in the second half and that was enough to upset the No. 2 seeded Oregon team 80-73. The Utes advance to the conference finals against Stanford while the Ducks return home to await their NCAA tourney fate.

Oregon could very well host the first two rounds of the Big Dance if it is a No. 4 seed in a region. But right now, the Ducks are on the bubble for hosting.

Either way, they’re in the NCAA tournament, but this loss to Utah is going to sting for a while. Oregon was up 66-65 with 3:45 left, but Utah outscored the Ducks 15-7 the rest of the way.

Everything we know following Oregon’s 63-60 quarterfinal win over UCLA

The Ducks got a good dose of tournament action as UCLA came to play, but Oregon survives and advances with a 63-60 win.

Welcome to the Pac-12 tournament.

In a game that was vastly different from the last time these two teams played, Oregon outlasted a pesky UCLA team in a 63-60 win over the Bruins. The Ducks now advance to the conference semi-finals to face either Washington State or Utah.

Nyara Sabally and Sedona Prince truly played as the twin towers and just wore down the Bruin defense. Sabally had 15 points and 15 rebounds while her fellow post player, Prince, added 12 points and 12 rebounds.

But it was the defensive stand with six seconds left and two free throws from Sabally that clinched the game. UCLA’s Jaelynn Penn had a good look from three-point range at the buzzer to try to send the game into overtime, but her shot was short.

3 Oregon Ducks named to Women’s Basketball All Pac-12 Team

Three Oregon Ducks, Te-Hina Paopao, Endyia Rogers, and Nyara Sabally, were named to the All Pac-12 team – each for the second year in a row.

The Pac-12 announced their end of the season awards and all-conference honors for women’s basketball on Tuesday, and three Oregon Ducks were named to the All Pac-12 team.

Guard Te-Hina Paopao, guard Endyia Rogers, and forward Nyara Sabally were all part of the 15 person team, which tied Stanford for the most representatives from a single school.

Paopao, Rogers, and Sabally are all two time selections as well, having each made the All Pac-12 team during the 2020-21 season – Paopao and Sabally with the Ducks, while Rogers earned the recognition while with the USC Trojans.

Oregon’s dynamic trio is averaging just under 43 points per game combined on the year. The Ducks are the only team in the Pac-12 with three players averaging over 13 points per game this year, and all three are inside the top 15 in the conference in scoring.

While the Ducks didn’t take home any individual hardware, they did have a representative – sophomore Maddie Scherr – earn honorable mention All-Defensive Team honors after she averaged 1.5 steals per game.

Oregon’s overall season hasn’t quite gone according to plan under coach Kelly Graves, but there is obviously no shortage of talent in Eugene – and Sedona Price’s return next season, along with the additions of 5-star recruits Grace Vanslooten and Chance Gray –  will further help this team return to glory in 2022-23.

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Everything we know following Oregon’s 86-83 double OT loss to Colorado

The Ducks rallied late and forced overtime only to go down 86-83 in double OT to Colorado.

Just three days after taking No. 2 Stanford to the brink of an upset, the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team went to Colorado played a bad 38 minutes.

Thankfully the Ducks showed up for the last two minutes of regulation, went on a 13-2 run in the last 90 seconds of the fourth quarter to force overtime.

The Ducks fell to the Buffaloes 86-83 in double overtime. Nyara Sabally had a chance to tie the game at the free throw line, but missed one and Colorado was able to win it. Oregon is now 18-10 overall and 10-6 in conference play. Any hopes the Ducks had of hosting the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament most likely were erased with this loss.

Colorado led 55-41 in the fourth quarter and that’s when Ahlise Hurst did her very best to shoot the Ducks back in it. She nailed four treys in the fourth quarter alone.

Oregon was able to put together a late rally thanks to turnovers and Sabally deciding to dominate the key. She scored nine of her 22 points in the final quarter.

Endyia Rogers, who led all scorers with 28 points, scored with 28 seconds left tied the game at 80 to forcer double overtime. But Oregon ran out of gas in the second overtime.

Everything we know following Oregon’s tough 55-49 loss at ASU

It was a rough and physical game, just as Arizona State wanted it, and the Sun Devils came out with the win.

What a difference five days make.

Oregon was able to control the pace up in Matthew Knight Arena this past Tuesday against Arizona State and the Ducks ended up with a 14-point win.

The exact opposite occurred today in Tempe as the Sun Devils were able to play their physical, low-scoring game and the Ducks weren’t able to handle it.

Arizona State pulled away in the fourth quarter and defeated No. 19 Oregon 55-49. The loss dropped the Ducks to 15-7 overall and 7-3 in conference play. It also ended a miserable trip to the desert where Oregon was swept.

Things don’t get any easier for Kelly Graves’ team as they will prepare for three games in the next seven days, beginning with a game at home with Washington State Feb. 9 at noon. Then the Ducks and Beavers will play back-to-back games on Friday and Sunday.

Everything we know following Oregon’s 63-48 loss to No. 8 Arizona

The winning streak had to come to an end at some point. That night was on Friday, as Oregon was completely dominated by No. 8 Arizona 63-48.

You knew that if Oregon fell behind by double-digits in this one, it was unlikely that there would be a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback.

Arizona was able to get some kind of revenge from the Ducks after Oregon’s overtime buzzer-beater win a couple of weeks ago with a 63-48 win inside the McKale Center.

Very little went right for the Ducks, who suffered their first loss since Jan. 7 to Stanford. Oregon falls to 15-6 overall and 7-2 in conference action.

Their ultimate downfall for the visitors was their inability to hold on to the ball and get a shot up. Oregon turned the ball over 21 times and managed to get just 44 shots up in the entire game. This would have been an even worse outcome if it wasn’t for Nyara Sabally’s 15 points and Endyia Rogers’ 17 points and seven rebounds. No other Duck was in double figures.