2021–22 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team

The 2021–22 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks were led by eighth-year head coach Kelly Graves, and they played their home games at Matthew Knight Arena as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

2021–22 Oregon Ducks women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	20–12 (11–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kelly Graves (8th season)
Associate head coach	Jodie Berry
Assistant coaches	Jackie Nared Hairston Mike Moser
Home arena	Matthew Knight Arena
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Stanford †	16	–	0		1.000			32	–	4		.889
Oregon	11	–	6		.647			20	–	12		.625
Washington State	11	–	6		.647			19	–	11		.633
No. 19 Arizona	10	–	6		.625			21	–	8		.724
Colorado	9	–	7		.563			22	–	9		.710
Utah	8	–	7		.533			21	–	12		.636
UCLA	8	–	8		.500			18	–	13		.581
Oregon State	6	–	9		.400			17	–	14		.548
Arizona State	4	–	9		.308			12	–	14		.462
USC	5	–	12		.294			12	–	16		.429
California	2	–	10		.167			11	–	13		.458
Washington	2	–	12		.143			7	–	16		.304
† 2022 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

Main article: 2020–21 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team

The Ducks finished the season at 15–9 and 10–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place.^[1] They received a bye in the Pac-12 Tournament and lost in their first game to their rivals, Oregon State.^[2] The Ducks received a bid to the NCAA tournament.^[3] They defeated South Dakota and Georgia in the first and second rounds before losing to Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen.^[3]

Offseason

Departures

Due to COVID-19 disruptions throughout NCAA sports in 2020–21, the NCAA announced that the 2020–21 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any individual involved in an NCAA winter sport, including women's basketball. This meant that all seniors in 2020–21 had the option to return for 2021–22.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason left
Taylor Chavez	3	Guard	5'10"	Junior	Surprise, AZ	Transferred to Arizona
Jaz Shelley	4	Guard	5'9"	Sophomore	Moe, VIC, Australia	Transferred to Nebraska
Arielle Wilson	10	Forward	6'6"	Junior	Fayetteville, NC	Retired
Taylor Mikesell	11	Guard	5'11"	Junior	Massillon, OH	Transferred to Ohio State
Lydia Giomi	14	Forward	6'6"	Senior	Seattle, WA	Graduated; chose not to return
Erin Boley	21	Forward	6'2"	Senior	Hodgenville, KY	Graduated; chose not to return
Angela Dugalić	25	Forward	6'4"	Freshman	Des Plaines, IL	Transferred to UCLA

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Date eligible	Years eligible	Previous school
Ahlise Hurst	0	Guard	5'9"	Senior	Bendigo, Australia	May 14, 2021	2	New Mexico
Endyia Rogers	4	Guard	5'7"	Junior	Dallas, TX	June 27, 2021	3	USC
Shannon Dufficy	5	Forward	6'2"	Senior	Melbourne, Australia	June 18, 2021	2	Utah State
Chanaya Pinto	10	Forward	6'1"	Junior	Maputo, Mozambique	May 25, 2021	3	Northwest Florida State College
Taylor Hosendove	11	Forward	6'1"	Senior	Atlanta, GA	May 12, 2021	2	Georgia State

Roster

2021–22 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Ahlise Hurst 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Bendigo Sr. Secondary New Mexico Bendigo, Australia F 1 Nyara Sabally 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Jr Rotteck Gymnasium Berlin, Germany G 3 Taylor Bigby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Centennial HS Las Vegas, NV G 4 Endyia Rogers 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Bishop Lynch HS USC Dallas, TX F 5 Shannon Dufficy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Our Lady of Mercy Utah State Missouri Melbourne, Australia F 10 Chanaya Pinto 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Carçavelos NW Florida College Maputo, Mozambique F 11 Taylor Hosendove 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Westlake HS Clemson Georgia State Atlanta, GA F 12 Te-Hina Paopao 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So La Jolla Country Day Oceanside, CA C 15 Phillipina Kyei 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Fr Crestwood Prep Calgary, AB F 22 Kylee Watson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Mainland Linwood, NJ G 23 Maddie Scherr 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Ryle Florence, KY F 32 Sedona Prince 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) RS Jr Liberty Hill HS Texas Liberty Hill, TX G 33 Sydney Parrish 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Hamilton Southeastern Fishers, IN	Head coach Kelly Graves (New Mexico) Assistant coach(es) Jodie Berry (Western Washington) Jackie Nared Hairston (Saint Mary's) Mike Moser (UNLV) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 19, 2022

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2021* 6:00 pm, live stream	No. 10	Saint Martin's	W 93–26	–	22 – Paopao	7 – Tied	7 – Scherr	Matthew Knight Arena (7,475) Eugene, OR
November 6, 2021* 12:00 pm, live stream	No. 10	Westmont	W 95–65	–	18 – Kyei	11 – Tied	8 – Scherr	Matthew Knight Arena (7,323) Eugene, OR
Regular Season
November 9, 2021* 7:30 pm, live stream	No. 10	Idaho State	W 91–34	1–0	18 – Prince	10 – Kyei	5 – Scherr	Matthew Knight Arena (7,436) Eugene, OR
November 14, 2021* 5:00 pm, live stream	No. 10	Dixie State	W 84–35	2–0	17 – Hurst	10 – Kyei	5 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (8,761) Eugene, OR
November 20, 2021* 2:00 pm, FloHoops	No. 9	vs. Oklahoma Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinal	W 98–93	3–0	30 – Sabally	11 – Tied	4 – Tied	Imperial Arena (875) Nassau, Bahamas
November 21, 2021* 11:30 am, FloHoops	No. 9	vs. No. 1 South Carolina Battle 4 Atlantis semifinal	L 63–80	3–1	12 – Tied	6 – Kyei	5 – Scherr	Imperial Arena (545) Nassau, Bahamas
November 22, 2021* 11:30 am, ESPNU	No. 9	vs. No. 23 South Florida Battle 4 Atlantis third place game	L 62–71	3–2	15 – Tied	7 – Tied	3 – Tied	Imperial Arena (269) Nassau, Bahamas
December 1, 2021* 3:30 pm, P12N	No. 18	UC Davis	L 57–64	3–3	11 – Tied	7 – Kyei	3 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (7,090) Eugene, OR
December 4, 2021* 6:00 pm, None	No. 18	Portland	W 62–59	4–3	26 – Parrish	8 – Prince	6 – Scherr	Chiles Center (2,162) Portland, OR
December 11, 2021* 2:00 pm, live stream		Long Beach State	W 68–59	5–3	19 – Hurst	8 – Prince	9 – Scherr	Matthew Knight Arena (7,431) Eugene, OR
December 13, 2021* 6:00 pm, live stream		McNeese State	W 109–38	6–3	21 – Tied	13 – Kyei	8 – Scherr	Matthew Knight Arena (7,011) Eugene, OR
December 18, 2021* 4:30 pm, ESPN+		at Kansas State	L 56–68	6–4	16 – Scherr	6 – Watson	6 – Scherr	Bramlage Coliseum (5,209) Manhattan, KS
December 21, 2021* 6:00 pm, BTN		at Northwestern	Canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within the Northwestern program.^[a]					Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
January 2, 2022 12:00 pm, P12N		Colorado	Postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the Colorado program.^[b]					Matthew Knight Arena  Eugene, OR
January 2, 2022* 12:00 pm, live stream		Carroll (MT)	W 88–57	7–4	15 – Sabally	5 – Scherr	3 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (6,945) Eugene, OR
January 7, 2022 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 2 Stanford	L 68–80	7–5 (0–1)	22 – Rogers	8 – Sabally	2 – Rogers	Maples Pavilion (0) Stanford, CA
January 9, 2022 1:00 pm, P12N		at California	W 88–53	8–5 (1–1)	21 – Tied	9 – Sabally	5 – Sabally	Haas Pavilion (1,595) Berkeley, CA
January 15, 2022 2:30 pm, P12N		No. 7 Arizona	W 68–66 ^OT	9–5 (2–1)	24 – Paopao	13 – Sabally	3 – Paopao	Matthew Knight Arena (7,944) Eugene, OR
January 17, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 9 UConn	W 72–59	10–5	22 – Paopao	8 – Paopao	6 – Rogers	Matthew Knight Arena (9,439) Eugene, OR
January 21, 2022 7:00 pm, P12N		at Washington	W 68–61	11–5 (3–1)	23 – Rogers	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,832) Seattle, WA
January 26, 2022^[c] 11:00 am, P12N	No. 19	Utah	W 70–66	12–5 (4–1)	15 – Sabally	5 – Tied	5 – Paopao	Matthew Knight Arena (7,075) Eugene, OR
January 28, 2022 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	UCLA	Forfeited to Oregon due to excess non-COVID injuries within the UCLA program.					Matthew Knight Arena  Eugene, OR
January 30, 2022 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	USC	W 80–48	13–5 (6–1)	23 – Sabally	7 – Tied	4 – Rogers	Matthew Knight Arena (7,613) Eugene, OR
February 1, 2022^[d] 2:00 pm, live stream	No. 19	Arizona State	W 72–58	14–5 (7–1)	22 – Sabally	6 – Tied	6 – Paopao	Matthew Knight Arena (6,950) Eugene, OR
February 4, 2022 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	at No. 8 Arizona	L 48–63	14–6 (7–2)	17 – Rogers	7 – Rogers	1 – Tied	McKale Center (10,413) Tucson, AZ
February 6, 2022 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	at Arizona State	L 49–55	14–7 (7–3)	18 – Rogers	10 – Sabally	5 – Paopao	Desert Financial Arena (2,912) Tempe, AZ
February 9, 2022^[e] 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	at Washington State	W 83–30	15–7 (8–3)	17 – Rogers	8 – Tied	8 – Scherr	Beasley Coliseum (760) Pullman, WA
February 11, 2022 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	at Oregon State Rivalry	W 74–66	16–7 (9–3)	22 – Paopao	12 – Sabally	6 – Rogers	Gill Coliseum (6,097) Corvallis, OR
February 13, 2022 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	Oregon State	L 62–68	16–8 (9–4)	17 – Paopao	5 – Parrish	4 – Rogers	Matthew Knight Arena (8,404) Eugene, OR
February 16, 2022^[f]* 4:00 pm, P12N		UCLA	W 67–53	17–8	16 – Rogers	10 – Sabally	4 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (7,223) Eugene, OR
February 18, 2022 7:00 pm, P12N		California	W 52–47	18–8 (10–4)	15 – Prince	8 – Tied	4 – Paopao	Matthew Knight Arena (7,968) Eugene, OR
February 20, 2022 1:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 2 Stanford	L 62–66	18–9 (10–5)	23 – Paopao	7 – Sabally	5 – Paopao	Matthew Knight Arena (8,981) Eugene, OR
February 23, 2022 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	at Colorado	L 83–86 ^2OT	18–10 (10–6)	28 – Rogers	11 – Sabally	6 – Paopao	CU Events Center (1,796) Boulder, CO
February 26, 2022 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	at Utah	W 73–65	19–10 (11–6)	18 – Parrish	8 – Paopao	5 – Paopao	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,207) Salt Lake City, UT
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 3, 2022 6:00 pm, P12N	(2)	vs. (7) UCLA Quarterfinals	W 63–60	20–10	16 – Rogers	15 – Sabally	6 – Rogers	Michelob Ultra Arena (4,428) Paradise, NV
March 4, 2022 8:30 pm, P12N	(2)	vs. (6) Utah Semifinals	L 73–80	20–11	17 – Paopao	12 – Sabally	4 – Paopao	Michelob Ultra Arena (4,917) Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
March 19, 2022 2:30 pm, ESPN2	(5 W)	vs. (12 W) Belmont First Round	L 70–73 ^2OT	20–12	31 – Sabally	12 – Sabally	5 – Rogers	Thompson–Boling Arena (5,448) Knoxville, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=Wichita. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:^[9]

Rankings

See also: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	10	10*	9	15	18т	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	19	19	24	RV	25т	RV			Not released
Coaches	9	9*	9^	13	16	22	23	—	—	—	—	RV	25	22	25т	RV	RV	RV			RV

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.

See also

• 2021–22 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team

Notes

1. This game was canceled on December 21 due to COVID-19 protocols within the Wildcats program. This game was declared a no contest by the NCAA.
2. This game was postponed on December 29 due to COVID-19 protocols within the Buffaloes program.^[4]
3. This game was originally scheduled on December 31 before being postponed and rescheduled to January 26 due to COVID-19 protocols within the Utah program.^[4][5]
4. This game was originally scheduled on January 13 before being postponed and rescheduled to February 1 due to COVID-19 protocols within the Arizona State program.^[6][7]
5. This game was originally scheduled on January 23 before being postponed and rescheduled to February 9 due to COVID-19 protocols within the Washington State program.^[8]
6. This game was added on February 8 to make up for the forfeiture earlier this season. This game will only count against the overall record.

References

1. "2020-21 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Standings". pac-12.com. April 4, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
2. "2021 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKET". pac-12.com. March 7, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
3. "NCAA Bracket for the 2021 Division I women's basketball tournament Official Bracket". ncaa.com. April 4, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
4. "Women's Basketball Games vs. Utah and Colorado Postponed". goducks.com. December 29, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
5. "Women's Basketball Game vs. Utah Rescheduled". goducks.com. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
6. "Women's Basketball Game vs. Arizona State Postponed". goducks.com. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
7. "Women's Basketball Game vs. Arizona State Rescheduled". goducks.com. January 30, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
8. "Women's Basketball Game at Washington State Postponed". goducks.com. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
9. "2021-22 Oregon Ducks Women's Basketball Schedule". goducks.com. University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved October 28, 2021.