Ducks, Terps Clash Saturday on BTN

Saturday, January 31

College Park, MD

2 p.m.

University of Oregon

Maryland

The Oregon women's basketball team takes on Rutgers at Jersey Mike's Arena on Jan. 28, 2026.

Photo by: Rob Moseley/GoDucks.com

01/30/26 | Women's Basketball

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Ducks eye East Coast sweep (2 p.m. PT, BTN).

EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon women's basketball team finishes its Northeast trip on Saturday, as the Ducks visit No. 16 Maryland at XFINITY Center at 2 p.m. PT on Big Ten Network.

The Ducks picked up their second straight decisive victory with a 74-53 win at Rutgers on Wednesday. Maryland is coming off three straight losses, all to ranked teams and two coming in overtime, following its 83-80 double-overtime setback to Washington on Wednesday.

Oregon leads the all-time series 2-1, with the Terrapins picking up their first win in the series last year in Eugene, 79-61. Saturday's contest will mark the first between the sides in College Park.

GAME #24
Oregon (16-7, 4-6) at No. 16 Maryland (17-5, 5-5)
Saturday, Jan. 31 | 2 p.m. PT | XFINITY Center (College Park, Md.)
TV: Big Ten Network
Play-by-play: Ed Cohen | Analyst: Christy Winters Scott
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (KUGN 98.1 FM | ESPN Portland 910 AM)
Play-by-play: Chris Clayton
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A WIN WOULD…
» Give Oregon three straight Big Ten wins for the first time this season
» Improve the Ducks' road record to 5-3 overall, 3-3 in Big Ten play and 7-4 in all games away from home.
» Give Oregon its second ranked win (currently 1-4), and second road win against a top-25 team this season.
» Be the 49th victory over a ranked team under 12th-year head coach Kelly Graves.
» Give the Ducks a 3-1 lead in the all-time series with Maryland, and first ever win in College Park (first road meeting).
» Give Oregon a 1-1 record against the Terrapins as members of the Big Ten.

LAST TIME OUT
About the only category that Rutgers won in Wednesday's Big Ten match-up was bench scoring. As dominant as Oregon's starting five was, it hardly mattered.

The UO women's basketball team (16-8, 4-6 Big Ten) has won back-to-back conference games for the second time this season, after the Ducks went into Jersey Mike's Arena on Wednesday and beat the Scarlet Knights, 74-53. Oregon's starting five scored 59 points to outscore the entire home team, led by 17 points and nine rebounds from Ehis Etute and Ari Long's first career double-double.

Long had 12 points with 12 rebounds, double her previous career high. She had six rebounds in the second quarter alone Wednesday, when the Ducks broke open the game by outscoring Rutgers, 25-9.

SCOUTING MARYLAND
Maryland (17-5, 5-5) comes into Saturday's matchup having lost three straight games, all to ranked teams with each of the last two going into overtime. On Wednesday, the Terrapins suffered an 83-80 double-overtime loss to Washington at home.

Against the Huskies, Yarden Garzon poured in 24 points and seven rebounds, with Addi Mack adding 20 points. Saylor Poffenbarger turned in a 16-point, 14-rebound double-double.

Oluchi Okananwa leads the Terps with her 16.6 points per game to go with 5.6 boards a game. Garzon averages 13.4 points, with Mack (11.1) and Poffenbarger (10.8) also scoring in double figures.

Maryland leads the Big Ten with 16.8 made free throws per game, while ranking second in rebounds per game (43.2) and rebounding margin (plus-11.5). Additionally, the Terrapins are third in field goal defense, with opponents shooting just 36.7 percent from the floor.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Oregon holds a 2-1 lead over Maryland in the all-time series that started in 1983. Saturday's contest will mark the first between the teams in College Park after the Terrapins visited Matthew Knight Arena last season in the first-ever matchup as Big Ten members. In that game, Maryland came away with a 79-61 victory.

Before last season's matchup, the Ducks and Terrapins met in the Sweet Sixteen in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, with UO upsetting No. 4 Maryland 77-63 to advance to its first of three consecutive Elite Eights. Including Saturday's game, the Terrapins have been ranked inside the nation's top 20 in all four meetings.

DUCKS AGAINST THE TOP 25
No. 16 Maryland marks the sixth top-25 opponent the Ducks will face, with each coming over their first 11 Big Ten games. UO picked up its first ranked win of the season on Jan. 6 at No. 21 USC, 71-66. The Ducks suffered a tightly contested 85-81 loss to No. 15 Michigan State on Jan. 11, as well as a double-overtime heartbreaking loss to sixth-ranked Michigan on Dec. 29, 92-87. The Ducks picked up two ranked wins a season ago, winning at 16th-ranked Michigan State on the road after defeating then-12th-ranked Baylor at home. Head coach Kelly Graves has led the Ducks to 48 ranked wins during his 12-year tenure in Eugene.

Against ranked teams this season, three players average double-figure points: Katie Fiso (16.2), Ehis Etute, (13.8) and Mia Jacobs (11.4). Etute also adds 8.6 rebounds while shooting 54.5 percent from the floor. Sofia Bell is shooting at a 46.7 clip from the 3-point line goal in those contests and adds 1.6 steals. Fiso is averaging 5.8 assists and 4.4 rebounds while totaling eight steals against top-25 opponents. Oregon is outscoring ranked teams 106-69 in the fourth quarter while holding a plus-33 point differential in the second half overall.

OFF AND RUNNING
Oregon began the 2025-26 season 10-0 for just the third time in program history before suffering its first loss of the season on Dec. 7 at No. 4 UCLA. It marked the first 10-0 start since beginning the 2015-16 season 11-0, and the second 10-0 start or better under 12th-year head coach Kelly Graves. The Ducks' 12-1 start was its best 13-game start since the 2019-20 season, and the third 12-1 start or better under Graves. UO's offense has scored 80 or more in 13 of 23 games, including five straight to begin the season - its longest streak to open a season since seven straight such games to open the 2019-20 season. UO's scoring offense of 77.9 points per game ranks 31st nationally and ninth in the Big Ten.

Seven different Ducks have led or tied for the team lead in scoring, with 11 different players producing a double-digit scoring performance. Four times this season five different players finished in double figures, most recently on Dec. 18 in win over Portland: Mia Jacobs (21), Amina Muhamad (12), Avary Cain (11), Sarah Rambus (11) and Katie Fiso (10). Five of the 11 players with a double-figure scoring game came off the bench (Avary Cain, Ehis Etute, Muhammad, Astera Tuhina and Janiyah Williams).

STORM AND SWARM
Oregon's suffocating defense, a chief reason for Oregon's success a season ago, is back again this year. The Ducks have forced at least 20 turnovers 12 times and recorded double-digit steals in 17 of 23 contests this season. The 17 games with 10 or more steals are tied for the fifth-most in the country, and three shy of the national leaders, while the 12 20-turnover games are tied for 24th-most nationally. In 12 games this season, UO's defense has recorded double-digit steals while forcing 20 or more turnovers - tied for the 12th-most such games in the country and seven games behind the nation's leaders.

Oregon forced a season-high 32 turnovers behind 24 steals against West Georgia in the season opener, its most steals in a game since 2013. Oregon's defense recorded 12 or more steals and forced at least 23 turnovers in four consecutive games to begin the season. UO turned in 10 or more steals in five consecutive games from Nov. 23 to Dec. 3, matching the longest streak from a season ago. The four consecutive games with 20-plus turnovers to start the season marked its longest since eight straight such games during the 2010-11 season.

CARDIAC DUCKS
Oregon has been no stranger to close games this season. The Ducks' double-overtime contest at Wisconsin on Jan. 18 marked the second time this season that the Ducks have gone to double overtime, also playing two extra periods against then-sixth-ranked Michigan on Dec. 29. UO has played six games this season that have been decided by five points or less, going 2-4 in those games, while also playing six "clutch games" - games that are within five points with five minutes to play or less. Since the start of last season, Oregon has played 21 clutch games, winning over half of them (11).
At then-No. 21 USC on Jan. 6, Oregon overcame a 16-point halftime deficit to upset the Trojans on their home floor 71-66. Junior guard Ari Long went 3-for-3 from the beyond the arc over the game's final 2:43 to erase a six-point hole and finish the game on a 14-0 run. The comeback victory tied for the second-largest halftime deficit overcome under 12th-year head coach Kelly Graves, tying a 16-point comeback at USC back on Jan. 13, 2017. Trailing at one point by 17 in the third quarter, it was the largest comeback win since the 2021-22 season against Arizona.

» The win against the Trojans marked the second double-digit comeback win of the season after Oregon trailed by 14 points at Auburn on Nov. 30, outscoring the Tigers 34-20 in the second half.
» The double-OT game against the Wolverines was the first time the Ducks have gone into double overtime since the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament against Belmont on March 19, 2022.
» This Ducks played a pair of overtime games a season ago, including a 77-73 win over Vanderbilt in the first round of last year's NCAA Tournament in Durham, N.C.
» This marks the first season with multiple double-overtime games played since 2021-22, when UO played two over the season's final five games. Oregon played three games that season that went into an extra period, going 1-2.
» Over the last two seasons, the Ducks have participated in 16 games that have been decided by five points or fewer, going 9-7 in those tilts with five wins coming away from home.
» The six games decided by five points or fewer are tied for the most such games in the Big Ten this season.
» A season ago, UO went 9-5 in clutch games, winning six straight at one point, while going 5-0 in games decided by two points or less and 7-1 in games decided by four points or less.

GO, FISO, GO
Sophomore point guard Katie Fiso has stepped into the Ducks' lead guard spot this season, as she takes over after the departures of graduate guards Deja Kelly and Peyton Scott. Fiso, who was the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Washington her senior season, got her first career start in the season opener against West Georgia on Nov. 3 and turned in her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 assists - without a turnover. She produced her first 20-point scoring effort while handing out 10 assists against Grand Canyon on Nov. 11 and has since recorded points-assists double-doubles against Army (12 points, 10 assists), Saint Mary's (15 points, 10 assists), Oregon State (23 points, 14 assists), Portland (10 points, 11 assists) and Penn State (15 points, 10 assists). She set a career high with 26 points at Wisconsin on Jan. 18 and now owns a team-best seven 20-point games this season.

Against Oregon State on Dec. 3, Fiso turned in one of the best games of her career with 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting to go with a career-high 14 assists. Her 14 assists equaled the second-highest assist total in a game in program history, and were three shy of Sabrina Ionescu's record of 17 set in 2018. The 14 assists are tied for the second-most in a game by any player in the Big Ten, while there have been just 10 games nationally this season where someone produced at least 14 assists.

» Fiso leads the Ducks with 15.3 points per game after averaging just 3.1 a game last season. Her increase of 12.2 points per game is the highest improvement from a season ago among Big Ten players (18th-highest nationally).
» Fiso's seven 20-point games are tied for sixth-most in the league among Big Ten guards.
» Against the Wolverines, she scored 22 of her 24 points in the second half and both overtime periods.
» Over the last 10 games, Fiso has scored 96 of her 161 points after halftime - good for 59.6 percent of her scoring.
» Her seven points-assists double-doubles this season lead the nation, while only 18 players in the country have multiple points-assists double-doubles.
» There have been 12 points-assists double-doubles in the Big Ten this season, with Fiso accounting for seven of them and the only player with more than two.
» Led (or tied) UO in assists in 22 of 23 outings this season and ranks second in the Big Ten at 6.9 assists a night (ninth nationally).
» On Dec. 8, Fiso earned her second selection to the Big Ten's weekly honor roll after averaging 18.5 points and 10.5 assists.
» Fiso is one of four players in the country averaging at least 6.5 assists and shooting 45.0 percent or better from the floor, and the only player in the Big Ten.

MAMA MIA
Senior forward Mia Jacobs, a Fresno State transfer, has made an immediate impact for the Ducks on the season. She ranks second on the team in scoring at 14.0 points per game while shooting 45.2 percent from the floor. Jacobs finished as the team's leading scorer in three of the first four games to begin the season, and six times in total this year. Jacobs is second on the team with five games with 20 points or more and dropped a season-high 30 points behind six 3-pointers at Wisconsin on Jan. 18, the sixth 30-point effort of her career. Additionally, she has connected on 78-of-92 free throw attempts to rank ninth in the Big Ten at 84.8 percent.

» Jacobs' 30-point game against the Badgers marked the first Duck with 30 or more points since Endyia Rogers dropped 35 against Utah on Feb. 5, 2023. She scored 22 after halftime, with nine coming over the two overtime periods.
» On Dec. 7 at UCLA, Jacobs eclipsed 1,500 points for her career and her 1,664 points rank 27th among all active players and fifth-most among active players in the Big Ten.
» Jacobs' 49 made 3-pointers lead the team and are second-most among Big Ten forwards (No. 10 nationally among forwards), and behind only Minnesota's Grace Grocholski.
» She went 12-of-13 from the free throw line against Grand Canyon on Nov. 11, marking the most made free throws by a Duck since Sabrina Ionescu made 17 against Mississippi State on Dec. 18, 2018.
» Her free throw percentage of 85.6 is fourth-best in the nation among forwards with at least 50 made free throws and second in the Big Ten.

RING THE BELL
Junior guard Sofia Bell is a phenom on the court and in the classroom. Bell earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon after only two years and is already enrolled in an MBA program at UO. On the basketball court, she is a disruptor to opposing offenses and has developed into a knock-down 3-point shooter. The 6-foot Bell leads the team with 16 blocks and ranks second in made 3-pointers (40) and steals (43), recording at least one steal in 21 of 23 games this season with multiple steals in 14 contests. Bell has registered at least one theft in 54 of her 72 career games (75.0 percent), while finishing with multiple steals 30 times. Sixteen of her 30 career blocks have come this season after having just three over 28 games last year.

On the offensive end, she is shooting 37.7 percent from behind the 3-point line (40-of-106) - up from 29.7 percent from a season ago - and had a career day against No. 15 Michigan State on Jan. 11, going 6-of-8 from downtown on her way to a career-high 18 points. Bell went 4-for-4 from deep in the first quarter against the Spartans in making a career-best six made 3-pointers. Bell produced her 12th game this season with multiple 3-pointers with a pair against Minnesota on Jan. 21. Her 15 points against Montana State on Dec. 14 marked the first time in her career she led the Ducks in scoring, becoming the seventh different player to lead UO in points this season. Bell is the only player in the Big Ten, and one of just 14 players in the nation, to have at least 16 blocks while making at least 40 3-pointers.

EHIS THE BEAST
Sophomore F Ehis Etute has begun to tap into her raw potential in her second season in Eugene. The Luxembourg product has scored in double figures in 11 of her last 15 games, logging a career-best 17 points to go with 13 boards at No. 21 USC on Jan. 6, and matching her career-high point total at Rutgers on Jan. 28. Etute turned in a then-career-high 15 points to go with eight rebounds against Old Dominion on Thanksgiving Day before a 16-point, 15-rebound double-double off the bench at Auburn on Nov. 30. It marked Etute's first double-double of her career while grabbing a career high in rebounds, going 7-of-10 from the floor. She scored 13 points and hauled in seven rebounds in the Ducks' comeback victory against the Trojans.

» Etute has started each of the last eight games, her first starts of the season, after making one start during her freshman season.
» With 11 points and 12 rebounds against Minnesota, Etute turned in a double-double in back-to-back games for the first time in her career. Three of her four double-doubles this season have come over her last seven games, while she was one rebound of a double-double at Rutgers and one point away from another against Penn State.
» Over her last seven games, she is averaging 13.3 points and a team-high 10.0 rebounds.
» Etute produced her third double-double of the year at Wisconsin on Jan. 18, scoring 13 points to go with 11 boards (five offensive rebounds). She scored nine points on 4-of-4 shooting in the third quarter to help UO overcome a five-point halftime deficit.
» All four of her career double-doubles have come this season, as she has the second-most double-doubles on the team.
» Over a four-game stretch from Nov. 27 to Dec. 14, Etute averaged 12.7 points and 11.0 rebounds while shooting 55.9 percent from the field. She averaged 22.4 minutes off the bench in that stretch, the third-most minutes of anyone on the team.
» Etute has led UO in rebounding in 15 of 22 games in which she has played this season and has finished as the team leader 19 times in her career, including six straight games and in seven of her last nine.
» Against Washington State on Nov. 19, she hauled in 13 rebounds for her first 10-rebound effort, with eight coming on the offensive end - the second-best total by any player in the Big Ten this season.
» Etute boasts a total rebounding rate of 22.1 percent, the highest rate in the Big Ten and sixth-highest rate in the country among players averaging at least 15.0 minutes per game, with her offensive rebounding rate of 20.5 percent is tops in the Big Ten and FOURTH nationally among those players.

THE LONG GAME
Junior guard Ari Long has cracked the starting lineup for the first time in her career this season, starting each of the last 21 games in place of the injured Elisa Mevius, who will miss the season due to a knee injury. Long, standing at 6-foot, leads the Ducks with 48 steals and ranks third on the team with 13 blocks. Her 13 blocks are tied for the 10th-most among Big Ten guards, while she is one of just two Big Ten guards with at least 13 blocks and 48 steals. She is part of a group of just 20 guards in the country with those numbers.

» Long turned in her first career double-double at Rutgers, scoring 12 points while securing a career-high 12 boards. Additionally, she added four steals, three assists and a block in the Ducks' 74-53 win.
» On Jan. 18 against Wisconsin, she turned in an all-around effort with 10 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals - setting career highs in rebounds and assists while equaling her season high in steals.
» She is the first Duck with at least 10 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals since Oti Gildon (20-8-5-4) on Dec. 30, 2018, while it is just the fifth time since at least 1999 a Duck produced that stat line.
» She is one of just four players in the Big Ten to produce a game with at least 10 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals this season, and just the second during Big Ten play.
» Her 48 steals rank as the third most in the Big Ten.
» Against No. 21 USC on Jan. 6, she knocked down three 3-pointers over the game's final three minutes to help Oregon complete a 17-point comeback and come away with a 71-66 victory.
» With UO trailing 66-60 with under three minutes to play, Long connected from deep range on consecutive trips to tie the game before knocking down the go-ahead triple with just over 30 seconds remaining.
» Long has led or tied for the team lead in steals 10 times this season while pacing the team in blocks seven times. She has tallied multiple steals in eight of her last nine games and leads Oregon with nine games with at least three steals.