2018-19 Basketball - W Roster
Roster
Oti Gildon
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Gonzaga Prep
- Hometown:
- Spokane, Wash.
BRINGING BACK A PROGRAM PILLAR
Oti Gildon returned to the Oregon women's basketball team in the summer of 2020, rejoining her alma mater as Interim Director of Creativity/Student Athlete Support. Gildon's role includes video coordination as well as camp staging and promotion, among other duties.
“We are thrilled to have Oti back as a part of our team,” said head coach Kelly Graves. “She was a foundational player for us who really helped build this program up to what it is, and she has gained valuable experience since while playing overseas. Oti’s energy is infectious and she will be a tremendous role model for our young team.”
AS A PROFESSIONAL
Played professionally for Lombos Quina in Portugal after graduating from Oregon in 2019 ... The team's top performer through 20 games during the 2019-20 season, averaging a double-double with 16.8 points and 10.2 rebounds per game while shooting 54.1 percent from the field ... Named the 2020 Portugal Eurobasket Forward of the Year and a Eurobasket Al-Portugese first-team selection.
CAREER
Appeared in 143 games as a Duck, the third-most in program history ... Finished career with 583 career points and 414 rebounds ... Helped Oregon to back-to-back Pac-12 regular-season titles in 2018 and 2019 as well as the Pac-12 Tournament championship as a junior ... Tied for the program record with 13 NCAA Tournament games played, helping the Ducks reach the Elite Eight in 2017 and 2018 before advancing to the program's first-ever Final Four in 2019 ... Ranks second in Oregon history with a .596 career field-goal percentage during NCAA Tournament play.
AS A SENIOR | 2018-19
Made two starts as a senior while appearing in all 38 games for the Ducks, who repeated as Pac-12 regular-season champions and advanced to the Final Four for the first time in program history ... Averaged a career-best 4.6 points and 3.4 rebounds in a career-high 16.3 minutes per game ... Shot an efficient .583 (70-of-120) from the floor and recorded a career-high 23 steals ... Scored a season-high12 points on 5-of-6 shooting on Nov. 23 vs. UC Riverside ... Finished with six points in each of her two starts as a senior, coming in back-to-back games against UCLA (Feb. 22) and USC (Feb. 24) ... Also had eight rebounds against the Bruins ... Went 3-of-4 from the floor for eight points in Oregon's win over Indiana in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... Scored four points and grabbed three rebounds in the Final Four against eventual national champion Baylor.
AS A JUNIOR | 2017-18
Appeared in all 38 games with one start as the Ducks won both the Pac-12 regular season and tournament titles in 2018 and advanced to the Elite Eight...Averaged 4.1 points and 3.4 rebounds in 13.9 minutes per game...Posted her first career double-double in her first career start, with 20 points and 12 rebounds against Hampton on Nov. 28...Averaged 8.0 points in four NCAA Tournament games, including 16 points on 7-of-8 shooting in UO's opening round win over Seattle U...Also had 10 points and seven boards in UO's Sweet 16 win over Central Michigan, which was played in her hometown of Spokane, Wash.
AS A SOPHOMORE | 2016-17
Appeared in 37 games for the Ducks in her sophomore campaign...Averaged 4.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game...Had some big games for the Ducks, helping the team to the NCAA Tournament...Scored 11 points and snatched nine rebounds in Oregon's Sweet 16 win over No. 4 ranked Maryland on March 25...Averaged 5.5 points while shooting 61.5 percent from the field in four NCAA Tournament games...Scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds in just 13 minutes in a win over San Jose State in Honolulu on Nov. 27...Followed that game with 10 points in a win over Portland on Dec. 9...In the next game, tallied 16 points and six rebounds in a win at Clemson on Dec. 12...Scored 10 points at No. 8 Stanford on Feb. 26...Served on the O Heroes Courts for Kids service trip to Nicaragua in the summer of 2017.
AS A FRESHMAN | 2015-16
Appeared in 30 games in her first season with the Ducks...Averaged 2.0 points in 9.4 minutes per game...Her first collegiate basket was a three-pointer in the Ducks' season-opening win at No. 22 ranked North Carolina...Scored a season-high nine points against Hampton in the second game of the year and again at Stanford in the regular season finale...Grabbed six boards in 18 minutes at Cal and played a season-high 22 minutes in that regular season finale against the Cardinal after the Ducks lost All-American forward Jillian Alleyne with an injury the week prior in practice...Shot 44.4 percent from the field, 35.3 percent from three and 72.0 percent at the line.
CAREER HIGHS (Through senior season)
| Points: 20, Hampton -- 11/28/17 |
| Rebounds: 12, Hampton -- 11/28/17 |
| Assists: 4, at UCLA -- 01/13/19 |
| Steals: 4, vs Maryland -- 03/25/17 |
| Blocks: 4, Portland State -- 12/18/15 |
| FG made: 9, Hampton -- 11/28/17 |
| FG attempts: 12, vs San Jose State -- 11/27/16 |
| 3FG made: 2, UC Santa Barbara -- 11/22/15 |
| 3FG attempts: 3, at Oregon State -- 01/09/16 |
| FT made: 4, 6 times |
| FT attempts: 5, Washington -- 12/30/16; at Arizona State -- 02/05/17 |
USA BASKETBALL
Won a second straight USA Basketball 3x3 national title in 2019 along with UO teammates Sabrina Ionescu, Ruthy Hebard and Lydia Giomi...Represented the USA at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup in the Phillipines during the summer of 2018 along with Ionescu, Hebard and Erin Boley, finishing fifth with a 4-1 record...Earned the bid after going undefeated at the USA Basketball 3x3 national championship in the spring...Played in the USA Basketball 3-on-3 tournament in the spring of 2017 with teammates Justine Hall, Ruthy Hebard and Lexi Bando...Team took second in the women's open division.
HIGH SCHOOL
Rated the No. 37 recruit (five stars) in the nation by ESPN Hoopgurlz, then the highest in UO history...Averaged 15.2 points and 9.1 rebounds per game as a junior when she led Gonzaga Prep to its first ever 4A state championship…Scored 18 points to go with 15 rebounds in the state title game against Mount Rainer…Tallied 10 of Gonzaga Prep’s 11 fourth quarter points in the championship game.
CLUB
Played for head coach Kerry Pickett and the Spokane Sandpipers.
