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Paopao Earns Pac-12 Player of the Week
02/27/23 | Women's Basketball
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon junior Te-Hina Paopao, recording three straight 20-point performances and a season-high 23 points against Arizona State, was named Pac-12 Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.
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In leading the Ducks to wins over No. 14 Arizona and Arizona State last week, Paopao averaged 22.0 points while shooting 63.3 percent from the field (14-for-22) and 66.7 percent from three (12-of-18). Additionally, she averaged 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.
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Paopao dropped a season-high 23 points in a 77-48 win over the Sun Devils on Senior Day Saturday, including a career-best seven 3-pointers. The Oceanside, Calif., product scored 20 in the first half while going 6-of-7 from long range.
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She went 5-for-8 from behind the arc in UO's 73-59 upset of the Wildcats to lead all players with 21 points. Paopao also hauled in five rebounds and dished out three assists in helping the Ducks end their season-long seven-game skid.
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Paopao collects her first career Pac-12 Player of the Week award and becomes the fourth different Duck to earn a conference weekly honor this season. UO has now claimed a conference-leading eight Pac-12 weekly awards this season, tied for second-most in a single season in program history.
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Earlier this season, Chance Gray (freshman), Endyia Rogers (player) and Grace VanSlooten (1 player, 3 freshman) have taken home Pac-12 weekly awards. The four different players are also second-most in a season by Oregon.
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Oregon next heads to the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas as the No. 9 seed, where it will face eighth-seeded Washington in the first round Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. PT at Michelob ULTRA Arena (Pac-12 Network).
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PAOPAO AT A GLANCE
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In leading the Ducks to wins over No. 14 Arizona and Arizona State last week, Paopao averaged 22.0 points while shooting 63.3 percent from the field (14-for-22) and 66.7 percent from three (12-of-18). Additionally, she averaged 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.
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Paopao dropped a season-high 23 points in a 77-48 win over the Sun Devils on Senior Day Saturday, including a career-best seven 3-pointers. The Oceanside, Calif., product scored 20 in the first half while going 6-of-7 from long range.
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She went 5-for-8 from behind the arc in UO's 73-59 upset of the Wildcats to lead all players with 21 points. Paopao also hauled in five rebounds and dished out three assists in helping the Ducks end their season-long seven-game skid.
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Paopao collects her first career Pac-12 Player of the Week award and becomes the fourth different Duck to earn a conference weekly honor this season. UO has now claimed a conference-leading eight Pac-12 weekly awards this season, tied for second-most in a single season in program history.
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Earlier this season, Chance Gray (freshman), Endyia Rogers (player) and Grace VanSlooten (1 player, 3 freshman) have taken home Pac-12 weekly awards. The four different players are also second-most in a season by Oregon.
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Oregon next heads to the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas as the No. 9 seed, where it will face eighth-seeded Washington in the first round Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. PT at Michelob ULTRA Arena (Pac-12 Network).
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PAOPAO AT A GLANCE
- Averaged 22.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting 63.3 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from three
- Season-high 23 points behind a career-best seven 3-pointers (7-for-10) Saturday vs. Arizona State
- Seven threes are most by a Duck this season
- Dropped 21 points and was 5-for-8 from deep in UO's win against No. 14 Arizona
- Three straight 20-point performances to match longest streak of her career
- First career Pac-12 Player of the Week award
- Fourth different Duck to earn a weekly league award this season
- UO's league-leading eighth weekly conference honor of the year
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