The Oregon women’s basketball team improved to 2-1 in the World Vision Invitational at McArthur Court with an 87-58 win over Portland State on Sunday.
The Ducks are 5-1 overall with the only loss coming against Wisconsin on Saturday.
“It was a successful weekend,” head coach Paul Westhead said. “I’d like it to have been more, but it could have been less. I’m happy with today’s performance.”
“Today was a little bit of a pride game — to show we are not affected by the previous day’s game,” Westhead continued. “We came back and played our normal style of basketball, if not picked it up some.”
The Ducks never trailed by more than three points in the game, and took the lead for good after an Amanda Johnson three-pointer tied the game at 10. The Vikings, shooting just 25.4 percent (18-71) for the game, committed 18 turnovers and succumbed to Oregon’s pace.
Guard Nia Jackson set career highs with 16 points and seven assists and matched another with seven rebounds. Guard Micaela Cocks — the only double-figure scorer in each of Oregon’s first six games — added 13 points for the Ducks, who had five women in double figures for scoring.
Saturday’s result: Wisconsin 58, Oregon 57
A controversial inadvertent whistle gave the Badgers a final chance against the Ducks with 1.8 seconds remaining, and Wisconsin center Lin Zastrow made a layup as time expired to hand Oregon its first loss of the season.
Down 56-54 after an Alyssa Karel three-pointer, the Ducks took a timeout with eight seconds remaining to evaluate options. Guard Taylor Lilley made a quick three-pointer with four seconds remaining, and Wisconsin pushed the ball downcourt and attempted a three-pointer, which fell short.
Referee Darla Foutz, citing an accidentally blown whistle, reset the game clock and gave Wisconsin its final chance.
“When I was running by, I thought (Stone) said timeout, and she didn’t,” Foutz told The Register-Guard. “The whistle went, so we had to stop the game.”
The Ducks put up by far their lowest point total of the season, making just 36.5 percent of their shots (19-52) while committing 21 turnovers and failing to dictate the pace of the game. Johnson led the team with 19 points and six rebounds, and Canepa chipped in 10 rebounds off the bench.
Friday’s result: Oregon 117, Cal State Fullerton 69
The Ducks made 43 of their 87 field goals (49.4 percent) in their best offensive showing of the season as they set the No. 2 single-game scoring mark in a victory over Cal State Fullerton.
Though Oregon trailed early a 15-4 run capped by a Victoria Kenyon free throw with 12:03 remaining, and the Ducks’ fast pace took it from there.
“This offense feeds off energy,” Lilley said. “When we’re getting a bunch of offensive rebounds in a row and getting turnovers we use that momentum on offense.”
Seven different Oregon players, including four of five starters, scored 10 or more points. Lilley led the way with 22 points on 8-12 shooting (6-9 from the three-point line), and Johnson set a new career high with 16 rebounds, along with 13 points. Canepa had 17 points and four rebounds off the bench for the Ducks.

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