Ducks Become Eugene Globetrotters in Basketball World Cup

Usually the offseason is a time for recovery and individual practice, but four members of the Oregon Women’s Basketball team decided to raise the level of competition to a global scale.

Sabrina Ionescu, Ruthy Hebard, Oti Gildon and Erin Boley entered the 3X3 National Tournament and swept their eight games to earn the National Championship crown.

The Duck squad was then chosen to represent the US in Manila for the 3X3 World Cup, a surprising decision considering a combination of the Nation‘s best players are usually paired up and sent to the tournament, not an entire team.

The Ducks would eventually fall to Italy, but not before making their case as an elite team. Let’s recap the historic World…