Oregon

Pac 12 Preview:  Oregon

 

Last Season:  

20-12 overall and 11-6 in Pac 12 play.  

The Coaches:

Kelley Graves starts season 9th with the Ducks.  Graves coached in the WCC first at St Mary’s then Gonzaga winning 67% of his games over 17 seasons.

Jodie Berry is in her 8th season at Oregon as an assistant after coaching with Graves at Gonzaga for 11 years.

Jackie Nared Hairston is in her 2nd year as an Assistant.  The former St Mary’s player was coaching at Arizona.

Sadie Edwards joins the Ducks from the WNBA Liberty team where she was operations manager.  Edwards played at USC graduating in 2018.          

 

Losses:

Nyara Sabally who averaged 15 ppg and 8 rebounds per game.  Sabally is in the WNBA. 

Sydney Parrish averaged 8 points and made 53 threes most on the team.  Parish transferred to Indiana.

Kylee Watson averaged 4 points and 3 rebound.  Watson transferred to Notre Dame.

Maddie Scherr averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds.  Scherr transferred to Kentucky.

Chanaya Pinto averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds. Pinto transferred to Penn State

Taylor Bigby, ranked # 15 out of HS only played 9 games.   Bigby transferred to USC

Shannon Dufficy averaged 2 points and 1 rebound.

Assistant Mike Moser left for the NBA.  

 

Additions:

Taya Hanson, 5-10 Sr Guard transfer from ASU.  Hanson averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds last season.   She averaged 12 points as a Soph at ASU.

Jennah Isai, 5-11 Wing from AZ ranked # 36

Chance Gray, 5-9 PG from Ohio ranked # 7

Kennedy Basham, 6-7 Post from AZ Ranked # 59. 

Grace Vanslotten, 6-3 Forward from IMG Florida ranked # 13.

 

The Team:

Sedona Prince is a 6-7 Redshirt Sr who averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds.   Price  transferred from Texas, and was a McD All American and ranked # 8 out of HS.   

Te-Hina Paopao, 5-9 Jr PG   Paopao averaged 13 points and 3 assists.

Endyia Rogers 5-7 Sr Guard averaged 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.   She transferred from   last season.  In her two years at USC she averaged 14 points.  

Taylor Hosendove, 6-2 5^th year Forward who averaged 1.6 points and 2 rebounds.  She transferred from Georgia State and before that Clemson.   

Phillipina Kyei, 6-8 Soph Post from Calgary Alberta who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds.  

Ahlise Hurst, Sr, 5-9 Guard who averaged 6 points and made 47 threes at 38%.  Hurst transferred a year ago from New Mexico where she averaged 11 points over her three seasons, including 39 against Oklahoma.  She’s from Australia.  

 

The Schedule:  

Northwestern, North Carolina, Arkansas and probably Ohio State highlight the non-conference schedule. 

 

Predictions:  

Prince, Rogers and Paopao are returning starters and they all averaged 9 or more points per game.  Hurst is a top returning rotation player.  No question big losses on the three younger players who left, however Gray, VanSlotten and Isai are top recruits and there will be playing time for them immediately.     Not a deep team however some very talented players.  Heath will be a key to a potential top 4 finish.  

 

2023 Recruiting:

Sofia Bell, 6-1 Wing from Oregon ranked # 34

Sarah Rambus 6-4 Post/F from MI ranked # 61