When senior guard Lexi Bando was sidelined by a lower leg injury in mid-January, the Oregon women's basketball team faced playing in the near future without the NCAA's active career leader in three-point percentage.
For most teams, that would be a huge hole to fill. But the No. 7 Ducks aren't most teams. To replace Bando in the starting lineup, UO coach Kelly Graves could turn to a player with 36 career starts to her name, forward Mallory McGwire.
To be sure, the Ducks will miss Bando's ability to stretch the defense, again this week when they play without her on the Mountain road trip that begins at Colorado on Friday (7 p.