University of Oregon
Vermont
11/10/26 | Women's Basketball
UO Visits Vermont for First Time on Wednesday (1 p.m. PT, ESPN+).
BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Oregon women's basketball team continues a three-game, three-state road trip with a Wednesday afternoon tip at 1 p.m. PT at Patrick Gymnasium.
Despite a valiant comeback effort, UO suffered its first loss of the season Monday night at Grand Canyon, 84-71, in the Ducks' first road contest of the season.
The Ducks and Catamounts will meet for the first time, with the game marking the first of consecutive games visiting America East Conference opponents. UO will conclude its road swing on Friday at Maine.
GAME #4
Oregon (2-1) at VERMONT (2-1)
Wednesday, Nov. 11 | 1 p.m. PT | Patrick Gymnasium (Burlington, Vt.)
TV/Stream: ESPN+
Play-by-play: Rob Ryan | Analyst: Bernie Cieplicki
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (KUGN 98.1 FM/590 AM)
Play-by-play: Saul Galvan
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A WIN WOULD…
» Give the Ducks their first road win of the season.
» Mark Oregon's first against Vermont (first-ever meeting).
» Be the Ducks' first against any current member of the America East Conference (first game against an AEC team).
» Improve head coach Kelly Graves' nonconference record to 149-42 while at Oregon.
LAST TIME OUT
Even in just the first three games of the new season, Oregon has proven that no one's lead is ever safe.
The Ducks attempted a second straight double-digit comeback, trailing by 18 points at halftime before cutting it a one-point game late in the fourth quarter. But Oregon's furious rally came up short in an 81-74 setback to Grand Canyon at Global Credit Union Arena on Monday night.
After going to the halftime locker room trailing 46-28, the Ducks (2-1) outscored GCU (2-0) 46-25 in the second half. Three consecutive 3-pointers in the fourth, the final one from Mallory Heyer, brought the Ducks all the way back to within a point with 2:38 remaining. The Antelopes were able to withstand UO's signature comeback bid, chiefly due to a 15-of-17 effort from the free throw line in the fourth.
SCOUTING VERMONT
Vermont (2-1) opened the season by knocking off Keene State and Quinnipiac before suffering its first loss on Sunday at Fairfield, 74-50, in the America East-Metro Basketball Challenge. The Catamounts feature three players averaging double-digit points in Emma Haan (15.0), Catherine Gilwee (14.7) and Sienna Papanastasiou-Thomas (10.7). Haan also paces her team with 7.3 boards a night.
As a team, the Catamounts average 12.3 3-pointers per game, which ranks ninth in the nation this season. Additionally, exactly half of UVM's points come from the 3-point line. Haan is her team's leader with 11 made 3-pointers while shooting at a 50.0 percent clip.
Vermont retained nine players from last year's team that went 27-8, won the America East crown and qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Malia Lenz was Vermont's lone selection to the America East preseason all-conference team. Lenz started all 35 games last season and averaged 7.5 points and 7.3 rebounds a night, finishing seventh in the America East in rebounds per game. The Catamounts were picked to finish third in the conference's preseason coaches poll.
INSIDE THE SERIES
Wednesday's game will mark the first-ever meeting between Oregon and Vermont, and mark the program's initial contest in the Green Mountain State. The tilt will be the first of back-to-back games against America East teams, as the Ducks visit Maine on Friday, and will mark UO's first games against any team from the America East Conference.
OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT
The Ducks opened the first week of the 2026-27 season with a pair of home victories, beginning the season with an emphatic 87-54 win over Hawai'i on Monday at Matthew Knight Arena. Oregon finished the week with a 64-57 comeback victory over former conference foe Washington State, where the Ducks trailed by 14 at halftime and by as many as 16 points in the second half. UO's 2-0 start marks the 12th straight year that the Ducks won the season's first two games.
» Mallory Heyer, who made her Oregon debut last Monday after sitting out last season following a mid-season transfer from Minnesota, scored all of her team-high 16 points in the first half.
» Oregon's defense forced 23 Hawai'i turnovers behind 18 steals. Senior guard Ari Long tallied a career-best six steals in the game, while Ehis Etute also set a career best with four thefts.
» The Ducks hit on 11-of-32 3-point attempts vs. UH, which would have tied for the second-highest number of attempts in a game last season. A season ago, Oregon averaged just 19.4 3-point attempts per game.
» The Ducks owned a 50-35 rebounding advantage against Hawai'i, producing their first 50-rebound game since Dec. 9, 2023 against Portland.
» Etute brought in 12 offensive rebounds in the season opener, equaling the most offensive boards in a game by a Duck since Jillian Alleyne recorded 12 against Washington on March 24, 2014.
» Her 12 offensive rebounds equaled the most by a Duck since at least the 1999-000 season and marked the most by any player in the Big Ten since the 2024-25 season.
» Friday's win against WSU marked the sixth time that the Ducks have overcome a double-digit deficit to win - and the fourth since the start of last season.
» The 14-point halftime deficit was UO's second-largest halftime deficit overcome since the 2017-18 season.
» Junior Avary Cain scored all 11 of her points in the second half and went 3-of-4 from the 3-point line, with her last triple giving the Ducks the lead for good with just over five minutes left to play.
» Freshman guard Brooklynn Haywood scored nine of her 14 points in the second half.
» Oregon outscored the Cougars 42-21 in the second half while shooting 60.0 percent from the 3-point line and limited WSU to 1-of-14 (7.1 percent).
EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE
Through three games this season, Oregon is averaging 17.7 offensive rebounds a game - good for fifth in the Big Ten and 47th nationally - leading to 19.3 second-chance points per game. Of its 120 total rebounds on the season, 53 have come on the offensive end, good for a 44.2 percent share. The Ducks boast an offensive rebounding rate of 40.2 percent, which ranks seventh in the Big Ten. A season ago, UO averaged 10.0 offensive boards a night and 10.1 second-chance points per game.
» Junior forward Ehis Etute leads the Big Ten and is No. 2 in the country with her 8.0 offensive rebounds a game, as 24 of her Big Ten-leading 37 rebounds have come on the offensive end.
» Etute boasts an offensive rebounding rate of 27.9 percent, the best in the Big Ten and No. 4 nationally among players averaging at least 20.0 minutes per game.
» Etute's total rebounding rate of 25.5 percent ranks eighth nationally among players averaging 20.0 minutes, and tops in the conference.
