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Photo by: Eric Evans/GoDucks.com
Rogers Sets Pace In Rivalry Win
12/11/22 | Women's Basketball
Endyia Rogers scored a career-high 34 points Sunday as Oregon beat OSU to open Pac-12 play.
EUGENE, Ore. — When the final horn sounded Sunday, there was no doubting who had been the woman of the hour.
Endyia Rogers scored a career-high 34 points for the UO women in a 75-67 victory over Oregon State in Matthew Knight Arena. Trailing 60-53 midway through the fourth quarter, the Ducks went on a 17-2 run that included 12 points from Rogers. An energetic crowd of 6,990 roared when Rogers was announced as the player of the game, she was mobbed by teammates as the horn sounded, and she got a pat on the back from OSU coach Scott Rueck in the handshake line.
"She was phenomenal tonight," UO coach Kelly Graves said. "And she did it when we needed it most. Just really proud of her. (And) it wasn't just her scoring. That's the Endyia that we thought we were gonna get; we've seen it from time to time, but tonight we saw it in all its glory."
Te-Hina Paopao added 12 points, Grace VanSlooten scored 10 and Chance Gray had nine for the Ducks. But Rogers stole the spotlight Sunday, making 6-of-10 three-pointers and grabbing nine rebounds while dishing out six assists in the game.
"Just keep feeding her — that's how we won the game," Paopao said. "She was hot from the beginning. She couldn't miss, so you gotta go with the hot hand."
How It Happened: The Ducks (7-1, 1-0 Pac-12) led for longer stretches of Sunday's game, but Oregon State put together several surges that made it a typically competitive matchup between in-state rivals. The Beavers scored the first nine points of the game, they closed the second quarter with a 7-0 run to get within 34-31 at halftime, and a 17-3 run from late in the third to early in the fourth gave OSU a 60-53 lead with 5:30 to play.
At a timeout 8 seconds later, Rogers returned to the game. Her mindset?
"We're gonna win this game," she said postgame. "No matter what I have to do, no matter what we have to do, we're going to win the game."
She took business into her own hands, getting the Ducks within 60-58 with two free throws followed by a three-pointer. After OSU scored to lead by four, Oregon scored the next 12 points of the game. VanSlooten hit two free throws, Rogers made a go-ahead three, Rogers added two more free throws and then she fed freshman Chance Gray for a three-pointer that made it 68-62 with just 1:19 to play.
"That's one of the biggest shots probably in her career — and certainly her career here," Graves said of the three by Gray. "That was huge, for a freshman to do that."
When Rogers again made two free throws on the next possession, Oregon's run since trailing 60-53 was 17-2, and the Ducks led by eight at 70-62. That ended up being the final margin as the teams traded free throws the rest of the way.
"What a great game tonight," Graves said. "The crowd was amazing. They were treated to a well-played game by both teams, back and forth, high level. A Pac-12 game on December 11; you don't really see that, but it looked like a late February game (between) two teams that are looking to not only get into the NCAA Tournament but up their seed. Just a really great game"
Notable: Oregon won on its home court Sunday, after the Ducks and Beavers each beat the other on the road last season. … The Beavers led for 17:25 of game action Sunday, longer than the Ducks had trailed in their other seven games combined, 7:45. … Paopao had four assists with one turnover, leaving her national-best assist-to-turnover ratio this season at 35:4, or 8.75 assists for every turnover.
Quotable:
Head coach Kelly Graves on what spurred the big day by Rogers
"We talked with her as a staff in the last couple of days. And I think it helped — every once in a while they just need that reassurance that, hey, you believe in them, and just to remind them what great players that they are."
Head coach Kelly Graves on the atmosphere in Matthew Knight Arena.
"We were the better finishing team tonight, but give Oregon State a lot of credit. This was a hostile crowd. I thought the crowd tonight was amazing. This kind of reminded me of what it looked like a few years ago."
Up Next: The Ducks host Eastern Washington in Matthew Knight Arena on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Endyia Rogers scored a career-high 34 points for the UO women in a 75-67 victory over Oregon State in Matthew Knight Arena. Trailing 60-53 midway through the fourth quarter, the Ducks went on a 17-2 run that included 12 points from Rogers. An energetic crowd of 6,990 roared when Rogers was announced as the player of the game, she was mobbed by teammates as the horn sounded, and she got a pat on the back from OSU coach Scott Rueck in the handshake line.
"She was phenomenal tonight," UO coach Kelly Graves said. "And she did it when we needed it most. Just really proud of her. (And) it wasn't just her scoring. That's the Endyia that we thought we were gonna get; we've seen it from time to time, but tonight we saw it in all its glory."
Te-Hina Paopao added 12 points, Grace VanSlooten scored 10 and Chance Gray had nine for the Ducks. But Rogers stole the spotlight Sunday, making 6-of-10 three-pointers and grabbing nine rebounds while dishing out six assists in the game.
"Just keep feeding her — that's how we won the game," Paopao said. "She was hot from the beginning. She couldn't miss, so you gotta go with the hot hand."
How It Happened: The Ducks (7-1, 1-0 Pac-12) led for longer stretches of Sunday's game, but Oregon State put together several surges that made it a typically competitive matchup between in-state rivals. The Beavers scored the first nine points of the game, they closed the second quarter with a 7-0 run to get within 34-31 at halftime, and a 17-3 run from late in the third to early in the fourth gave OSU a 60-53 lead with 5:30 to play.
At a timeout 8 seconds later, Rogers returned to the game. Her mindset?
"We're gonna win this game," she said postgame. "No matter what I have to do, no matter what we have to do, we're going to win the game."
She took business into her own hands, getting the Ducks within 60-58 with two free throws followed by a three-pointer. After OSU scored to lead by four, Oregon scored the next 12 points of the game. VanSlooten hit two free throws, Rogers made a go-ahead three, Rogers added two more free throws and then she fed freshman Chance Gray for a three-pointer that made it 68-62 with just 1:19 to play.
"That's one of the biggest shots probably in her career — and certainly her career here," Graves said of the three by Gray. "That was huge, for a freshman to do that."
When Rogers again made two free throws on the next possession, Oregon's run since trailing 60-53 was 17-2, and the Ducks led by eight at 70-62. That ended up being the final margin as the teams traded free throws the rest of the way.
"What a great game tonight," Graves said. "The crowd was amazing. They were treated to a well-played game by both teams, back and forth, high level. A Pac-12 game on December 11; you don't really see that, but it looked like a late February game (between) two teams that are looking to not only get into the NCAA Tournament but up their seed. Just a really great game"
Notable: Oregon won on its home court Sunday, after the Ducks and Beavers each beat the other on the road last season. … The Beavers led for 17:25 of game action Sunday, longer than the Ducks had trailed in their other seven games combined, 7:45. … Paopao had four assists with one turnover, leaving her national-best assist-to-turnover ratio this season at 35:4, or 8.75 assists for every turnover.
Quotable:
Head coach Kelly Graves on what spurred the big day by Rogers
"We talked with her as a staff in the last couple of days. And I think it helped — every once in a while they just need that reassurance that, hey, you believe in them, and just to remind them what great players that they are."
Head coach Kelly Graves on the atmosphere in Matthew Knight Arena.
"We were the better finishing team tonight, but give Oregon State a lot of credit. This was a hostile crowd. I thought the crowd tonight was amazing. This kind of reminded me of what it looked like a few years ago."
Up Next: The Ducks host Eastern Washington in Matthew Knight Arena on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Team Stats
OSU
Oregon
FG%
.400
.365
3FG%
.259
.407
FT%
.571
.818
RB
41
41
TO
8
8
STL
2
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
34
FGM
10
3FGM
6
FTM
8
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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