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EUGENE, Ore. – Taking on their second top ranked team in as many games, Washington State (6-8, 1-2) suffered a 98-58 loss to No. 5 Oregon (13-1, 2-0) on the road at Knight Arena Sunday in Eugene, Ore. The Ducks used a big second quarter to put the game away, starting the frame on a 7-0 run before doubling their lead minutes later with a 10-0 run. Oregon was able to exploit their advantage in the paint as Ruthy and Satou Sabally combined for 33 first half points. In the third, the Cougars found their offense, shooting an impressive 10-for-14 in the period, only to see the Ducks match the effort going 13-of-18 with Hebard again leading the way with 12 more points in the quarter. She would finish with a career-best 34 in the game after adding a final three points to her total in the fourth quarter. With both team's reserves in the game, the Ducks kept up their pace, outscoring the Cougars 21-7 in the final period of play to close out the contest.
Despite the loss, the Cougars did witness a career achievement come to pass in the game when senior
Alexys Swedlund joined WSU's 1,000-point club late in the third quarter on her 197
th career three-pointer. The fourth-year Coug moved into 18th all-time in scoring with 1,002 career points.
Coach Ethridge Quote of the Game
"They're really good. Obviously they've got great length and great bodies. They've got great shooting. Ruthy (Hebard), their five, had a bad game the last one and I know he (Coach Graves) got on her. It's our Achilles heel a little bit. We don't have much of a post presence and they really took it to us in every phase of the game. We didn't show much fight and we didn't show much spirit. That was a really hungry and competitive team we played and we can take some lessons and learn a few things from them."
Moments of the Game
Things You Need To Know
- WSU dropped its third-straight game to the Ducks who took both matchups in the season series in 2018.
- With 2:24 to play in the third, senior Alexys Swedlund, who scored nine in the game, hit her 1,000 career point, draining her second three-pointer of the game. Swedlund became the 19th member of the 1,000 point club joining teammate Borislava Hristova. The duo are the sixth in program history to play together with 1,000 points, the last duo being Tia Presley and Lia Galderia in 2015.
- Borislava Hristova saw her 20-point scoring streak end at three games as she was held to 13 points. She has scored in double-figures in all 14 games on the year.
- Chanelle Molina scored a team best 14 points to go with five rebounds and six assists.
- Oregon was led by Ruthy Hebard who scored a career-best 34 points on 16-of-21 shooting. Satou Sabally added 25 points as the Ducks held a 62-30 scoring advantage in the paint.
- Sabrina Ionescu recorded her 15th career triple-double, continuing to build on her NCAA record, with 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists. Her 10 assists gave her 597 for her career, tying the Duck's all-time record.
- As a team, the Ducks outshot the Cougs, 56.9%-to-38.6%.
- WSU returns home for the first time in nearly six weeks, the last home game played on Dec. 1, to take on the Mountain Schools. The Cougs start the weekend with a game against 13-1 Utah, Friday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network.
