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Photo by: Eric Evans/GoDucks.com
Rogers Cooks Up Comeback For Ducks
03/01/23 | Women's Basketball
Endyia Rogers scored 10 points late in the fourth quarter to help Oregon rally past Washington in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament.
LAS VEGAS — Down seven to Washington midway through the fourth quarter Wednesday, Oregon needed someone to step up. The Ducks' all-conference guard answered the call.
Endyia Rogers scored 10 of her game-high 28 points during a span of 3:18 late in the fourth quarter, helping the UO women to a 52-50 victory over the Huskies in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Mandalay Bay. The Ducks (17-13) added a crucial victory to their NCAA Tournament résumé and moved on to face Stanford in the quarterfinals on Thursday (2:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network).
Rogers' first two buckets of the fourth quarter ended a stretch of more than 10 minutes without a field goal for the Ducks, and Te-Hina Paopao followed with a three-pointer to cap a 9-0 run that put Oregon up 45-43. The teams traded baskets over the next few possessions, but the UO women held the Huskies scoreless on their final two possessions to hang on.
"In the end, I'm really proud that we were the ones that showed the composure down the stretch — made the plays, executed really well offensively when we needed to, and then those last couple of stops defensively obviously proved to be the difference," UO coach Kelly Graves said. "But, just proud. At this point you guys, we're just happy we're gonna move on. … This was a great Duck win."
Rogers made 12-of-23 shots for her 28 points — tied for fifth-most in tournament history by a Duck — and also grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds. Her late outburst included a nifty reverse layin and a couple of baseline jumpers, as Oregon's best one-on-one scorer took the game into her own hands.
"I think what was going through my head was, we need to get a stop," Rogers said. "That was most important, is getting a stop — and then getting the best shot that we could."
Paopao, seated next to Rogers at the postgame press conference, put it more succinctly: "She was hoopin'."
How It Happened: The Ducks were coming off a sweep of the Arizona schools in which their execution offensively was as good as it had been all season, and in the opening minutes Wednesday that carried over. Paopao and Rogers each scored twice during an 11-2 run by Oregon to open the game. But after Paopao set up Taylor Hosendove for a basket that made it 13-4, the Ducks went cold and UW closed within 13-9 after one quarter.
Negating second-chance points had been a focus of Oregon's game plan, but the Huskies scored twice off offensive rebounds in the first quarter and twice more in the second. One of the latter came during a 13-0 run by Washington that gave the Huskies a 25-17 lead. Grace VanSlooten, making her return from a three-game absence, made two free throws to end that run, starting a 10-4 run to close the half for Oregon that included threes by Rogers and Paopao.
"We don't want to leave it like this," Graves told his team in the locker room as the Ducks faced a 29-27 deficit. "We've got 20 minutes to turn it around."
Both teams were slow out of the gate in the third period. Rogers got Oregon started with another three, and with UW up 36-32, Rogers and Paopao scored on consecutive trips to tie it. But Paopao's basket, with 4:53 left in the third, would be Oregon's last field goal until just 4:46 remained in the game — effectively an entire quarter. UW led 40-36 entering the fourth, then hit a three early in the final period to lead by seven.
With 6:19 to go, Oregon finally scored again, on two free throws by Phillipina Kyei. That started what ended up being a 9-0 run, in which Rogers got cooking and took over for the Ducks. Her last of five made baskets in the final minutes of the game put Oregon up 51-50 with 1:28 to go, and Kyei rebounded UW's second miss on its next trip to win back possession for the Ducks. Oregon also missed twice on its next trip, but again Kyei won a battle for a rebound, Chance Gray made a free throw with 2.9 seconds left for a 52-50 lead, and Washington's shot at a game winner was off the mark.
"We have full confidence in Endyia that she's going to either make the play for herself, or make the right play for someone else," Graves said of the late plays Oregon ran for Rogers. "Te-Hina was a big part of that, because she was the one that we had on top (in a) a two-man game. You (put) your two best players in a position to succeed. When you're in a close game like that, that's who you have to rely on — they're veterans, they're experienced, they've been here before. But Endyia's performance tonight — I've seen some really good ones in this conference tournament, and that was as good as I've seen. I'm really proud of her."
Notable: The Ducks have won three straight games for the first time since mid-December. … Oregon improved to 4-3 all-time against Washington in the conference tournament. … The UO women last lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament in 2016.
Quotable:
UO coach Kelly Graves on what made the difference along with Rogers' scoring
"Coming into this game, rebounds was our number one focus. We didn't do a great job of it in the first half. Second half, they had zero second chance points. We've been such an offensive team over the years; I'm really proud of the way that we're playing defense. I think our defense has been a lot better in the last couple of months, and it proved to be tonight. No second-chance points second half, so good on them."
UO coach Kelly Graves on how Wednesday's win impacts NCAA Tournament hopes
"We're just going to try and do our best to win tomorrow. We'll control what we control, and that's our effort and execution out on the basketball court. Obviously, if we can be fortunate enough to get another one, at least in this tournament, then I would say our chances are pretty good. But with a NET rating of 18 going into this game — I'm not a math genius, but I don't know how a team 16-13 can be 18th in the NET. That's an aberration. But it also shows that we're playing good basketball. So we'll see. I'll leave that to the committee. We're just gonna worry about trying to win tomorrow."
Up Next: The Ducks face tournament No. 1 seed Stanford on Thursday (2:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network).
Endyia Rogers scored 10 of her game-high 28 points during a span of 3:18 late in the fourth quarter, helping the UO women to a 52-50 victory over the Huskies in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Mandalay Bay. The Ducks (17-13) added a crucial victory to their NCAA Tournament résumé and moved on to face Stanford in the quarterfinals on Thursday (2:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network).
Rogers' first two buckets of the fourth quarter ended a stretch of more than 10 minutes without a field goal for the Ducks, and Te-Hina Paopao followed with a three-pointer to cap a 9-0 run that put Oregon up 45-43. The teams traded baskets over the next few possessions, but the UO women held the Huskies scoreless on their final two possessions to hang on.
"In the end, I'm really proud that we were the ones that showed the composure down the stretch — made the plays, executed really well offensively when we needed to, and then those last couple of stops defensively obviously proved to be the difference," UO coach Kelly Graves said. "But, just proud. At this point you guys, we're just happy we're gonna move on. … This was a great Duck win."
Rogers made 12-of-23 shots for her 28 points — tied for fifth-most in tournament history by a Duck — and also grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds. Her late outburst included a nifty reverse layin and a couple of baseline jumpers, as Oregon's best one-on-one scorer took the game into her own hands.
"I think what was going through my head was, we need to get a stop," Rogers said. "That was most important, is getting a stop — and then getting the best shot that we could."
Paopao, seated next to Rogers at the postgame press conference, put it more succinctly: "She was hoopin'."
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How It Happened: The Ducks were coming off a sweep of the Arizona schools in which their execution offensively was as good as it had been all season, and in the opening minutes Wednesday that carried over. Paopao and Rogers each scored twice during an 11-2 run by Oregon to open the game. But after Paopao set up Taylor Hosendove for a basket that made it 13-4, the Ducks went cold and UW closed within 13-9 after one quarter.
Negating second-chance points had been a focus of Oregon's game plan, but the Huskies scored twice off offensive rebounds in the first quarter and twice more in the second. One of the latter came during a 13-0 run by Washington that gave the Huskies a 25-17 lead. Grace VanSlooten, making her return from a three-game absence, made two free throws to end that run, starting a 10-4 run to close the half for Oregon that included threes by Rogers and Paopao.
"We don't want to leave it like this," Graves told his team in the locker room as the Ducks faced a 29-27 deficit. "We've got 20 minutes to turn it around."
Both teams were slow out of the gate in the third period. Rogers got Oregon started with another three, and with UW up 36-32, Rogers and Paopao scored on consecutive trips to tie it. But Paopao's basket, with 4:53 left in the third, would be Oregon's last field goal until just 4:46 remained in the game — effectively an entire quarter. UW led 40-36 entering the fourth, then hit a three early in the final period to lead by seven.
With 6:19 to go, Oregon finally scored again, on two free throws by Phillipina Kyei. That started what ended up being a 9-0 run, in which Rogers got cooking and took over for the Ducks. Her last of five made baskets in the final minutes of the game put Oregon up 51-50 with 1:28 to go, and Kyei rebounded UW's second miss on its next trip to win back possession for the Ducks. Oregon also missed twice on its next trip, but again Kyei won a battle for a rebound, Chance Gray made a free throw with 2.9 seconds left for a 52-50 lead, and Washington's shot at a game winner was off the mark.
"We have full confidence in Endyia that she's going to either make the play for herself, or make the right play for someone else," Graves said of the late plays Oregon ran for Rogers. "Te-Hina was a big part of that, because she was the one that we had on top (in a) a two-man game. You (put) your two best players in a position to succeed. When you're in a close game like that, that's who you have to rely on — they're veterans, they're experienced, they've been here before. But Endyia's performance tonight — I've seen some really good ones in this conference tournament, and that was as good as I've seen. I'm really proud of her."
Notable: The Ducks have won three straight games for the first time since mid-December. … Oregon improved to 4-3 all-time against Washington in the conference tournament. … The UO women last lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament in 2016.
Quotable:
UO coach Kelly Graves on what made the difference along with Rogers' scoring
"Coming into this game, rebounds was our number one focus. We didn't do a great job of it in the first half. Second half, they had zero second chance points. We've been such an offensive team over the years; I'm really proud of the way that we're playing defense. I think our defense has been a lot better in the last couple of months, and it proved to be tonight. No second-chance points second half, so good on them."
UO coach Kelly Graves on how Wednesday's win impacts NCAA Tournament hopes
"We're just going to try and do our best to win tomorrow. We'll control what we control, and that's our effort and execution out on the basketball court. Obviously, if we can be fortunate enough to get another one, at least in this tournament, then I would say our chances are pretty good. But with a NET rating of 18 going into this game — I'm not a math genius, but I don't know how a team 16-13 can be 18th in the NET. That's an aberration. But it also shows that we're playing good basketball. So we'll see. I'll leave that to the committee. We're just gonna worry about trying to win tomorrow."
Up Next: The Ducks face tournament No. 1 seed Stanford on Thursday (2:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network).
Team Stats
Oregon
UW
FG%
.357
.368
3FG%
.294
.267
FT%
.875
.667
RB
35
37
TO
9
12
STL
8
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
28
FGM
12
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
2
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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Monday, March 17
Deja Kelly, Peyton Scott & Phillipina Kyei | Selection Sunday
Monday, March 17
Peyton Scott & Ari Long: "A good, competitive basketball game."
Thursday, February 27
Kelly Graves: "We've played really well."
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