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Dec 7, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Oregon Ducks players on the court during the National Anthem prior to the game against the UCLA Bruins at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
After taking down Purdue in the opening round of the B1G tournament the Oregon Ducks next opponent in the tournament was the 6 seed Maryland Terrapins. Coming into the game Oregon was a NCAA tournament lock and projected 8 seed in the tourney. But the opportunity to potentially move off the 8 line and get further away from a 1 seed was on the line for the Ducks as well as keeping their B1G tournament odds alive.
They would be in tough against a good Maryland team projected to be a 4 seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament and had a bye to the 2nd round of the tournament.
Maryland would go on the games first significant run of the game as Ehis Etute had to go to the bench for repairs after getting cut and was bleeding. The Terrapins would use the opportunity without Etute on the floor to go on a 10-3 run and take an early 14-8 lead midway through the 1st quarter. The teams would trade buckets the rest of the quarter and Maryland had a 21-15 lead after 1.
Early in the 2nd it was Avary Cain stepping up for the Ducks scoring 6 straight herself to tie the game at 23 with 4 of those coming on a 4 point play.
From there both teams were really battling with neither team able to go on a big run to take the lead. This was incredibly competitive basketball with neither team giving an inch as Maryland would take 1 point lead at half-time 32-31.
After a quiet first half that saw Katie Fiso held scoreless she would start to cook right after half-time giving the Ducks 8 quick points early in the 3rd to give the Ducks their biggest lead of the game 41-36.
But just as the Ducks threw a punch the Terrapins came back with a haymaker of their own going on an 11-2 run to go back up 51-47 with just over 3 minutes left in the 3rd and take a 57-52 lead into the 4th quarter.
Oregon had a counter of their own thanks to Etute and Fiso taking control of the game.
Maryland would fight, scratch, and claw their way back though to make it a 2 point game with under 30 seconds to play. Maryland elected not to foul and attempted to trust its defense to get a stop and then get the ball back for one final possession to either tie or win the game. Avary Cain would make them pay for that decision with a dagger 3 to make it a 5 point game with 4.4 seconds to go to seal the game and move the Ducks on to the next round.
ANOTHER UPSET#B1GWBBT x @OregonWBBpic.twitter.com/crrIndovi8
— Big Ten Conference (@bigten) March 6, 2026
Up next tomorrow the Ducks will take on 3 seeded Michigan who projects as a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. A great opportunity for the Ducks to add to their resume as they keep marching along in the B1G tournament.
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