Oregon Guard Named to Pac-10 All-Tournament Team

Taylor Lilley averaged 22.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game during Oregon’s two games,

Oregon sophomore guard Taylor Lilley was named to the 2008 State Farm Pac-10 Women’s all-Tournament team. Photo courtesy: goducks.com

EUGENE, Ore. - Oregon sophomore guard Taylor Lilley was named to the 2008 State Farm Pac-10 Women’s all-Tournament team, it was announced by the conference on Tuesday.

Stanford, which won the Pac-10 tournament championship on Monday night after a 56-35 victory over California, had three players make the all-tournament squad, led by MVP Candice Wiggins, sophomore Jayne Appel and freshman Kayla Pedersen.

Also selected to the squad; Arizona State’s Dymond Simon, California’s Devanei Hampton and Lilley.

“Making the Pac-10 Tournament team is a very deserving award for Taylor,” Oregon head coach Bev Smith said. “She’s definitely in great company.”

Oregon opened the tournament as the No. 7 seed, and in the first game of the weekend, knocked off No. 10 seed Washington State, 66-45, last Friday night. The Ducks were then eliminated from the tournament after a 67-60 loss to No. 2 Cal on Saturday afternoon.

Lilley averaged 22.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game during Oregon’s two games, shooting .533 (16-30) from the floor. She knocked down six three-pointers and also was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line.

The Newhall, Calif., native scored a game-high 20 points in the win over the Cougars last Friday, before adding a game-high 24 in Saturday’s loss to the Golden Bears.

Lilley helped erase an eight-point Cal lead in the final five minutes of the game, converting two three-point plays, adding an additional lay-up, and knocking down a clutch three-pointer from four feet behind the arc with 15 seconds on the clock, bringing the Ducks within 62-60. Lilley scored 11 of her 24 points during that stretch.

She finished this season averaging 12.7 points per game to lead Oregon. She also led the Ducks with 74 three-pointers, a single-season mark that ranks second in Oregon history. In just two seasons, Lilley’s 113 career three-pointers already rank sixth all-time in Oregon history.

Source: goducks.com

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