Ehis Etute put Oregon women’s basketball on her back as she continued to show why she needs to be an everyday starting player. She logged 26 points, 11 rebounds through 32 minutes. Her great performance fueled the Ducks (17-7, 5-6 Big Ten) to a 68-61 win over No. 16 Maryland (17-6, 5-6), their second ranked win of 2026. 

After a 30-point win over Penn State, Oregon started slow. Maryland took a six-point lead early in the game thanks to a pair of Ducks turnovers and missed second-chance opportunities. 

Oregon chipped away at the Terrapin lead, finally having their shots fall and getting the ball to Ehis Etute. 

Etute made a presence in the paint, getting fouled twice and making a couple from under the basket. Oregon was getting the ball back quickly due to some bad Terrapin offense. Through the first five minutes of the game, Maryland had already committed five turnovers.

Oregon was moving the ball well around the top of the key. Frequent passes in and around the paint worked well for the Ducks, who secured their first lead of the game on a Mia Jacobs layup, capping off a 6-0 Oregon run in the first quarter. 

The Ducks’ defense was on full display early on. Oregon had three blocked shots and two steals, as well as six defensive rebounds through the first quarter. The Ducks forced the Terrapins to endure an more than three-minute scoring drought, and ended the first quarter with a 14-13 lead. 

Sofia Bell drilled a long range 3-pointer coming out of a media timeout as the Ducks found their offensive groove in the second quarter. Flustered from that, Maryland turned the ball over, their seventh before halftime, which led to another Bell basket. 

In the fleeting minutes of the first half, despite having solid options, Oregon hadn’t scored in over two and a half minutes. Maryland took advantage of the Ducks lull in offense and went on to score 14 unanswered points en route to a 36-30 halftime advantage.

Though Oregon had some solid runs to start the game, by halftime its shooting numbers were not so good. The Ducks shot 33% from the field, 29% from 3-point range and were not capitalizing well on the Terrapins’ eight first-half turnovers. 

Oregon came into the third quarter on fire. To combat the 14-0 run Maryland just administered, Oregon threw the Terps into a three-minute scoring drought while the Ducks went on an 8-0 streak to tie the game at 38.

Oregon’s 10-0 scoring streak was snapped by a Addi Mack 3-pointer, putting the Terrapins back up, 41-40, halfway through the third quarter. 

That period, though, wound down with a multitude of Oregon turnovers and missed shots. Despite that, the Ducks were giving the Terrapins a very tough time defensively; the Terrapins were sent into another scoring drought, only broken due to a Sarah Rambus shooting foul.

The third quarter ended with the Terrapins up six, 50-44. The Ducks were battling hard on defense, but, despite Etute logging a double-double before the quarter break, could not get the offense to click.

The fourth quarter kicked off with a Katie Fiso turnover, the Ducks 15th of the game. By the end of the game, the Ducks committed 18 total turnovers. 

Etute continued to do what she had been doing all day. She drove into the paint, using her body to get under the basket, and put the ball in. The Ducks were back within two, 50-48. 

She repeated her previous basket with two more and kept Oregon within two. Bell drilled a 3-pointer to put Oregon ahead 55-54 with just under six minutes left.

Bell got herself another two deep makes from the corner, cementing a seven point lead with just over two minutes left. Oregon found something late with its 11-0 run on offense; meanwhile, the Ducks’ defense held steady, not letting the Terrapins score for over four minutes

An Oregon foul on Fiso helped the Terrapins get back within two with 26 seconds left. Fiso was fouled with 24 seconds left, and regained the four-point lead for Oregon after making both her shots. Jacobs and Bell were fouled as well and gave Oregon a 68-61 lead with seven seconds left.

Oregon’s shooting trended up throughout the remainder of the game, sitting at 45% from the field and 33% from 3-point range by game’s end. 

Oregon will be back in Matthew Knight Arena on February 4, to take on Illinois at 6:00 PM.