The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team is a completely different squad when Te-Hina Paopao is on her game.
She was definitely on her game and then some as she led the Ducks to a 77-48 rout over Arizona State to end the regular season. Oregon will now head down to Las Vegas as the ninth seed of the Pac-12 tournament where Washington awaits.
Paopao finished the day with 23 points and made 7-of-10 from the three-point line. Twenty of those points came in the first half.
While the Oregon point guard was filling it up on the offensive end, the Duck defense was on point for the entire 40 minutes. ASU was held to just 25.4 percent shooting from the field and to just nine points in the third quarter.
Endyia Rogers supported her fellow guard with 17 points and seven rebounds. Taya Hanson, a former Sun Devil, set a career-high with 10 rebounds. Taylor Hosendove also added eight points and 10 rebounds.
The victory was also Kelly Graves’ 100th win in Pac-12 play.
One stat that might cause some concern for the Ducks is the turnover category. Oregon committed 18 miscues, something that needs to be cleaned up before the post-season begins.
Oregon is now 17-13 overall and is still on the bubble for the NCAA tournament. The Ducks most likely have to beat the Huskies in the first round of the conference tourney in order to make the big dance.
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