Much like the men’s team the night before, the Oregon women played inspired basketball for the first 36 minutes of the game, had a significant lead, and could not close it out for the win.
The Ducks started the game with a stifling defense that limited Stanford to only 10 points in the first quarter, and zero from beyond the arc. Meanwhile Sydney Parrish rediscovered her three point shooting and TeHina Paopao’s shooting was on fire, and Oregon was up 14-10 in the first.
The Cardinal regrouped in the second period, helped in part by Sedona Prince getting into quick foul trouble in the first quarter, with Nyara Sabally and Kylee Watson also getting into early foul trouble and missing significant parts of the period.