TUCSON, Ariz. – No. 6 Oregon (26-3, 15-2 Pac-12) held Arizona (17-11, 7-10 Pac-12) scoreless in the fourth quarter and cruised to an 83-54 win in McKale Center on Friday night.
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Aari McDonald, the nation's third-leading scorer, scored 26 points, dished out five assists and brought down four rebounds. She is two points away from becoming the 12th player in Pac-12 history to score 700 points in one season.
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Sam Thomas pitched in nine points and
Cate Reese had eight points and six rebounds.
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Oregon shot 57% from the field and were led by Sabrina Ionsecu, who scored 22 points to go along with eight assists, five rebounds and six three-pointers. Satou Sabally, Ruthy Hebard and Maite Cazorla also scored in double-figures.
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McDonald and Ionescu went toe to toe in the first half as Ionescu scored 16 points and McDonald had 15 of her own. The Ducks would take a 40-32 lead into half time as Oregon shot 55% from the field.
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The third quarter was tightly contested as Oregon outscored Arizona 24-22 to make it 64-54 heading into the final period.
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Oregon controlled the fourth quarter as they held Arizona scoreless throughout the entire period and scored 19 points to give the Ducks an 83-54 win.
The Wildcats will wrap up the regular season on Sunday as they take on No. 9 Oregon State at 3 p.m. MST.
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