After struggling with her shot in Friday’s loss to No. 3 Oregon State, Aari McDonald was hoisting jumpers at 6:45 a.m. in McKale Center on Sunday, a little over five hours before a showdown with the Oregon Ducks.
McDonald knew she needed to be sharp for her team to pull off a historic upset. And while her early-morning workout resulted in one of her most prolific games of the season, it still was not enough to topple the No. 2 team in the country.
McDonald scored 10 of her 25 points in the first quarter and drilled half of her 10 3-point attempts, but the Ducks held off No.