Pac-12 Women’s Tournament: Oregon Ducks Run Past Colorado Buffaloes

The Oregon Ducks were all business in an 84-47 win with a three-point barrage against Colorado on Friday.

Oregon did not waste much time against Colorado in the Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament. The top-seeded Ducks met the ninth-seeded Buffaloes and it was no match.

Kelly Graves and Oregon held Colorado to shooting 23 percent in the first half. Oregon shot over 54 percent in the opening two quarters and put the game out of reach on an impressive 22-0 run in the third quarter. Freshman Satou Sabally scored 21 points to lead the team.

Sabally was a force from the start shooting 8 for 11 from the floor. She was 5 for 7 from three-point range. A player who missed out on playing Colorado last month was Lexi Bando. She missed the game with a foot injury. She returned to face them in the Pac-12 Tournament and put on a show of her own.

Lexi Bando was dropping three-point shots in Pregame Practice and was more than comfortable doing the same against the Colorado Defense. She finished the game 6 for 9 from three-point range and 19 points. The Ducks finished the game hitting 48 percent from beyond the arc and held Colorado to just 5 for 25 shots from distance.

For Colorado, Kennedy Leonard had an off day shooting 5 for 14 from the floor. Alexis Robinson was 2 for 11. Both teams had 12 turnovers each, but the Oregon Ducks took advantage with big runs and big shots. Sabrina Ionescu finished the game with a double-double scoring 10 points and helping her teammates with 13 of the team’s 22 assists in the game.

Next: Oregon Ducks Drop Road Game vs Washington State

Oregon moves on to the next round of the Women’s Pac-12 Tournament and will face either California or UCLA in the Semifinals on Saturday at 6 pm Pacific Time on Pac-12 Network.