Sunday, November 13
Eugene, OR
2:00 PM
University of Oregon
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Lamar
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Photo by: Eric Evans/GoDucks.com
Three-Point Shooting Fuels Ducks In Opener
11/13/16 | Women's Basketball
The UO women beat Lamar on Sunday to open their season, shooting 12-of-25 from three-point range.
EUGENE, Ore. — The 2016-17 Oregon women's basketball season got off to a successful start, as the Ducks made 12-of-25 three-point attempts to beat Lamar, 84-67, before ,2,098 fans in Matthew Knight Arena on Sunday afternoon.
How It Happened: A year after leading the NCAA in three-point accuracy, the Ducks showed that their shooting prowess will be a strength in 2016-17 as well. Junior Lexi Bando made three early three-pointers as Oregon jumped out to a 13-3 lead, and freshman Sabrina Ionescu's first career three-pointer made it 34-19 in the second quarter, the Ducks' biggest lead of the half.
Lamar fought back to within 10 at halftime, and made a three-pointer of its own to cut the lead to 43-36 early in the third quarter. But Maite Cazorla and Ionescu got the lead back to double digits with two more three-pointers, and another by Bando later in the period pushed the advantage to 20 at 60-40.
"It's awesome because we've got so many guards that can find you," Bando said. "They're going to hit you when you get open."
Oregon's biggest least was 29 early in the fourth quarter, a period the Cardinal won 22-13. The Ducks shot .449 for the game, including an even .500 in the first half, and limited Lamar to .397 for the game.
"I thought we did some really good things tonight, and then we did some not-so-good things," UO coach Kelly Graves said. "I think we played 'young' a few times, and we didn't show that killer instinct I'd like to see. I thought we put together our best quarter of the night, and then gave it back in the fourth."
Tapping The Depth: The Ducks had 13 of their 15 scholarship players in uniform, and by halftime all 13 had played. Transfer Justine Hall and rehabbing freshman Sierra Campisano weren't suited up.
Bando led all scorers with 20 points on 6-of-7 three-pointing. Senior post Jacinta Vandenberg had eight points, seven rebounds, four assists and three blocks, and Megan Trinder added nine points with four assists in her UO debut.
"We played 13 players, and that makes it kind of disjointed a bit," Graves said. "But I made a conscious effort to get everybody in in the first half, kind of get those nerves out of the way. … We're going to try to play as many players as we can early, and see. … But by Pac-12 play we'll settle into a nine-, 10-player rotation. We have to."
The Magnificent Seven: Oregon's top-rated freshman class was represented by Ionescu in the starting lineup, and the first two off the bench were wing Jayde Woods and forward Lydia Giomi. Forwards Mallory McGwire and Ruthy Hebard entered soon after, and Morgan Yaeger made her debut late in the second quarter.
Their transition to college wasn't seamless — Ionescu had three turnovers in the first four minutes, and Giomi missed back-to-back layup attempts shortly after entering. But by game's end, Ionescu was the Ducks' second-leading scorer with 11 points — though on 4-of-16 shooting — and McGwire had six rebounds, one behind team leaders Vandenberg and Lauren Yearwood.
"You could see the nerves a little bit," Bando said. "But first game, now they're good. Next game, they're going to come out and show you what they can do."
Up Next: The Ducks host Cal State-Bakersfield on Friday at 6 p.m.
How It Happened: A year after leading the NCAA in three-point accuracy, the Ducks showed that their shooting prowess will be a strength in 2016-17 as well. Junior Lexi Bando made three early three-pointers as Oregon jumped out to a 13-3 lead, and freshman Sabrina Ionescu's first career three-pointer made it 34-19 in the second quarter, the Ducks' biggest lead of the half.
Lamar fought back to within 10 at halftime, and made a three-pointer of its own to cut the lead to 43-36 early in the third quarter. But Maite Cazorla and Ionescu got the lead back to double digits with two more three-pointers, and another by Bando later in the period pushed the advantage to 20 at 60-40.
"It's awesome because we've got so many guards that can find you," Bando said. "They're going to hit you when you get open."
Oregon's biggest least was 29 early in the fourth quarter, a period the Cardinal won 22-13. The Ducks shot .449 for the game, including an even .500 in the first half, and limited Lamar to .397 for the game.
"I thought we did some really good things tonight, and then we did some not-so-good things," UO coach Kelly Graves said. "I think we played 'young' a few times, and we didn't show that killer instinct I'd like to see. I thought we put together our best quarter of the night, and then gave it back in the fourth."
Tapping The Depth: The Ducks had 13 of their 15 scholarship players in uniform, and by halftime all 13 had played. Transfer Justine Hall and rehabbing freshman Sierra Campisano weren't suited up.
Bando led all scorers with 20 points on 6-of-7 three-pointing. Senior post Jacinta Vandenberg had eight points, seven rebounds, four assists and three blocks, and Megan Trinder added nine points with four assists in her UO debut.
"We played 13 players, and that makes it kind of disjointed a bit," Graves said. "But I made a conscious effort to get everybody in in the first half, kind of get those nerves out of the way. … We're going to try to play as many players as we can early, and see. … But by Pac-12 play we'll settle into a nine-, 10-player rotation. We have to."
The Magnificent Seven: Oregon's top-rated freshman class was represented by Ionescu in the starting lineup, and the first two off the bench were wing Jayde Woods and forward Lydia Giomi. Forwards Mallory McGwire and Ruthy Hebard entered soon after, and Morgan Yaeger made her debut late in the second quarter.
Their transition to college wasn't seamless — Ionescu had three turnovers in the first four minutes, and Giomi missed back-to-back layup attempts shortly after entering. But by game's end, Ionescu was the Ducks' second-leading scorer with 11 points — though on 4-of-16 shooting — and McGwire had six rebounds, one behind team leaders Vandenberg and Lauren Yearwood.
"You could see the nerves a little bit," Bando said. "But first game, now they're good. Next game, they're going to come out and show you what they can do."
Up Next: The Ducks host Cal State-Bakersfield on Friday at 6 p.m.
Team Stats
LU
ORE
FG%
.397
.449
3FG%
.316
.480
FT%
.647
.769
RB
30
48
TO
17
20
STL
16
9
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
6
3FGM
6
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
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