No. 1 Ducks roll over Northeastern

7th-ranked Oregon State downs Pacific, advances in preseason WNIT

EUGENE, Ore. — Two days after shocking the best team in the world, the top-ranked Oregon Ducks easily won their season opener.

Ruthy Hebard had 21 points and 12 rebounds and Oregon easily downed Northeastern 89-47 on Monday. All-America guard Sabrina Ionescu added 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Ducks, who led by as many as 38 points.

Ionescu’s 3-pointer with just over five minutes left in the game stretched Oregon’s lead to 78-45. She went to the bench for good with just under three minutes to go.

Forward Lydia Giomi added a career-high 18 points and nine rebounds for Oregon.

Oregon downed the U.S. women’s national team 93-86 in an exhibition game on Saturday, handing the Americans their second loss ever to a college program. Ionescu led the way with 30 points, while Satou Sabally had 25.

So it wasn’t surprising that the Ducks remained a solid No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll earlier Monday, receiving 28 of 30 firstplace votes from a national media panel.

NO. 7 OREGON STATE 69, PACIFIC 57:

In Corvallis, Ore., Mikayla Pivec had 18 points and 17 rebounds to help the Beavers beat the Tigers in the second round of the preseason WNIT.

Pacific closed to within eight points at 62-54 late in the fourth quarter, but the Beavers made enough plays down the stretch to hold on for the win.

Brooklyn McDavid scored 32 points, making 14 of her 20 shots, to lead Pacific (1-1).

NO. 10 MISS. STATE 80, UT MARTIN 44:

In Starkville, Miss., Jessika Carter scored a careerhigh 19 points and the Bulldogs (2-0) had two other players in double figures on the way to a victory over the Skyhawks (0-2).

TENNESSEE 74, NO. 15 NOTRE DAME 68:

In South Bend, Ind., Rennia Davis had a career-high 33 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Lady Vols past the Fighting Irish.

Davis became the first Lady Vol since Candace Parker with 30 points and 10 rebounds against a ranked opponent. Davis was 12 of 20 from the field, with five 3-pointers, to help Tennessee hand Notre Dame its fourth home loss in the past 115 contests. UConn has the other three wins at Notre Dame.

Jordan Horston added 12 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals for Tennessee (3-0). Jazmine Massengill added five points, 13 rebounds and nine assists.

Tennessee announced before the game that guard Zaay Green suffered a torn ACL in her right knee at a practice Saturday and will be out indefinitely. Green and Davis are the only returning starters for the Lady Vols. Green was leading Tennessee with 13 points per game with 4.5 rebounds and two assists.

Destinee Walker led Notre Dame (2-1) with 18 points.

NO. 18 DEPAUL 81, DREXEL 47:

In Chicago, Chante Stonewall scored 19 points, Sonya Morris had 17 and Lexi Held added 15 to help the Blue Demons (2-0) beat the Dragons (2-1).

NO. 23 ARKANSAS 101, MCNEESE 58:

In Fayetteville, Ark., Chelsea Dungee scored 19 points and Taylah Thomas scored 11 with 11 rebounds and the Razorbacks (2-0) drubbed the Cowgirls (1-2).

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WINTHROP 61, NO. 18 ST. MARY’S 59:

In Moraga, Calif., Chandler Vaudrin scored 19 points off the bench as the Eagles (2-1) upset the Gaels (1-1).

The Eagles were up 61-57 with 13 seconds left before Jordan Ford hit a layup to get the Gaels (1-1) within two. Russell Jones then missed a free throw with seven seconds left, giving the Saint Mary’s one last chance. Ford’s shot missed with a second left and Winthrop held on for the win.