Women’s NCAA Tournament: Oregon Ducks Keep Dancing, Top Temple 71-70
The Oregon Ducks battled and found a way to pull out the victory against the Temple Owls on Saturday.
Freshman helped power the Oregon Women’s Basketball team to a win in the NCAA Tournament over the Temple Owls.. Kelly Graves has been Head Coach for three years and the hard work he has instilled in his team has shown tenacity all season and it paid off on Saturday.
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The Oregon Ducks have three players who can score. Ruthy Hebard led the team with 23 points. She did not take a shot from outside, but Oregon relies on her to get points inside the paint. The most important ones extended the season with under 10 seconds left. Hebard drove toward the basket and hit a floater than went in leaving Temple scrambling for a final shot. Hebard was on the other end of the floor to block it for the win.
Freshman Sabrina Ionescu was 7 for 17 from the floor and Molly McGwire had a double double pulling down 10 rebounds to go with 13 points. Oregon had a quick celebration and is getting ready for Duke and the biggest challenge of the season on Monday.
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The Blue Devils held Hampton to 31 points on Saturday. Duke has won 10 of their last 11 games. The Oregon Ducks and Duke meet on Monday at 3:40pm Pacific Time. The game will be part of whip around coverage on ESPN2.