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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Deja Kelly scored 13 of her 20 points in the second half, Elisa Mevius made a layup with 22 seconds left and Oregon blew a 16-point fourth-quarter lead before the Ducks beat No. 12 Baylor 74-72 Sunday night to snap a 14-game losing streak against ranked opponents.
Oregon (3-0), which is 1-5 all-time against the Bears, went 0-13 last season against Top-25 opponents and beat a Top-25 team for the first time since a 73-59 win over then-No. 14 Arizona on Feb. 23, 2023.
Sarah Andrews and Yaya Felder converted back-to-back three-point plays to spark a 17-2 run that cut Baylor’s deficit to 68-67 with 5:39 to play. Phillipina Kyei made a jumper and Kelly hit two free throws to make it a five-point game about 2 minutes later but Andrews answered with a 3 and Jada Walker made two foul shots before Aaronette Vonleh’s tip-in putback made it 74-72 with 1:28 remaining and gave the Baylor (1-1) its first lead of the second half.
Kelly’s layup made it 74-all with a minute to go and, after Andrews missed a layup, Elisa Mevius drove from the left corner, got a seal on the block from the 6-foot-8 Kyei and her wide-open basket gave Oregon the lead for good.
Walker led Baylor with 24 points and Darianna Littlepage-Buggs scored 19 and grabbed 10 rebounds. Andrews finished with 13 points.
Alexis Whitfield scored 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting and grabbed four rebounds in the first half to help Oregon take a 35-27 lead into intermission. Walker made back-to-back layups and Littlepage-Buggs followed with another before Felder’s fast-break basket capped an 8-0 spurt and gave Baylor a 25-20 lead with 6:55 left in the second quarter. Whitfield answered with a turn-around and pull-up jumpers and, after Sarah Andrews hit two free throws for the Bears, scored five points in an 11-0 run to close the half.
Baylor shot just 29% (10 of 35) from the field and hit just 1 of 10 from 3-point range while the Ducks made 13 of 26 overall in the first half but the Bears scored nine points off…
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Author : Associated Press
Publish date : 2024-11-11 05:24:00
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