Oregon women’s basketball ended its 2011-12 regular season with a 65-47 road loss to Utah on Saturday afternoon. The Ducks (15-15, 7-11) led by as many as eight points in the first half but fell behind after a 19-2 run by the Utes. @@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=236&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205390977@@
The 47 points scored by Oregon was only one better than the team’s season low. The Ducks shot just 32.7 percent from the floor in the losing effort. @@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=236&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205382591@@
Senior forward Amanda Johnson led the team with 15 points and eight rebounds, while Jasmin Holliday added 10 points.
Utah was led by sophomore forward Michelle Plouffe, who had 21 points, 10 boards, three assists and four blocks on the night. Forward Taryn Wicijowski scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while junior guard Iwalani Rodrigues scored 19 points, including four three-pointers. @@http://www.goducks.com/downloads2/448075.pdf?ATCLID=205390977&SPSID=4307&SPID=236&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500@@
Oregon will now prepare to play in the Pacific Life Pac-12 Tournament at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Ducks, seeded No. 9 in the tournament, will take on No. 8 Washington (8-10, 16-12) at noon on March 7th. If the Ducks win, they will face the the tournament’s No.1 seed, Stanford (27-1, 17-0), in the second round. @@http://pac-12.org/SPORTS/BasketballW/Standings.aspx@@