LOS ANGELES — The Oregon women’s basketball team pulled away in the final minute to beat No. 21 USC, 71-66, on Tuesday night.
The score was tied at 66-all with a minute remaining when Mia Jacobs took a 3-point shot that bounced off the rim. Ari Long, who had previously tied the game with a 3-pointer, hit another to give the Ducks the lead.
Katie Fiso made two free throws as part of a game-ending 14-0 run to hand the Trojans their second straight loss. It’s the first time all season that USC (10-5 overall, 2-2 Big Ten) has lost two straight games.
An important part of USC’s offense was missing on Tuesday night at the Galen Center. Sophomore guard Kennedy Smith, who averages 10.2 points per game, was out for the game and is currently day-to-day with a lower leg injury.
Kara Dunn was the biggest offensive contributor in the game with a season-high 21 points and nine rebounds. Jazzy Davidson recorded a double-double of 14 points and 13 rebounds.
Ehis Etute had a team-high 17 points for Oregon (14-3, 2-2) to go with 13 rebounds while shooting 6 for 10 from the field. Katie Fish added 14 points while dishing out six assists.
The Trojans were coming off a lopsided loss to rival UCLA just three days earlier – a game in which they shot 4 for 11 from 3-point range. They had already surpassed that total by halftime and finished 6 of 15 from behind the arc.
Davidson and Londynn Jones each knocked down a 3-pointer and Dunn hit two as part of a 19-3 run that gave the Trojans a 21-9 advantage with 40 seconds left in the opening quarter.
Oregon tapped into its transition offense in the second quarter and was able to get a jump shot from Long and a 3-pointer from Astera Tuhina early on as a result. Davidson disrupted the Ducks’ flow with a blocked shot and fed the ball to Malia Samuels for a layup and a 27-16 lead.
The Ducks pressured Davidson throughout the game, but the true freshman still managed to make plays even without Smith by her side. It also opened up opportunities for Jones and Samuels to score.
The two were relentless in the paint, dribbling around the Ducks when they tried to press.
USC tightened its grip on the game by getting to the free-throw line. Dunn made a layup with 31 seconds left in the third quarter and was fouled in the process. That not only got the Trojans a point off a free throw – it also got starting forward and second-leading scorer Mia Jacobs into foul trouble.
Ehis Etute, another starting forward, was in foul trouble at that point as well with three fouls. The Trojans scored eight points from the free-throw line in the third quarter.
Fiso had the hot hand in the fourth quarter and scored eight points, and two free throws from Etute got Oregon within a point of tying the score.
Jones made a layup, a free throw and a 3-pointer to extend USC’s lead once again and the Trojans pulled ahead 64-57 but they couldn’t survive the Ducks’ 14-0 scoring run in the end.
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