The Oregon Ducks ladies did enough this afternoon to secure a bye in the first round of this week’s Pac-12 tournament later this week, with the defeat of the Utah Utes in Salt Lake City, 71-65.
Oregon started strong, led by Nyara Sabally inside and a barrage of threes by Sydney Parrish and TeHina Paopao. The Ducks quickly went up by 13 mid-period when Utah found a groove and went on a 7-0 run in the second part of the first quarter, closing to six before a Parrish layup pushed the Ducks ahead 18-10.