The Oregon women’s basketball team has multiple players sidelined due to injury for its final non-conference games, and one player taking time away from the team for personal reasons.
Ducks coach Kelly Graves provided multiple updates to reporters Thursday morning.
Sofia Bell, Salimatou Kourouma and Sammie Wagner are all expected to miss Oregon’s games against Air Force and UC Irvine next week due to injury. While specific details were sparse on the nature of their injuries, Graves noted that Kourouma is getting closer to her season debut for the Ducks, Wagner will be out “a few more weeks,” and Bell — injured against USC on Saturday — could be out “a while” as her timeline has yet to be determined.
Freshman guard Katie Fiso is back home in Seattle and has been away from the team after the recent passing of her father, Graves said.
“She’s taking a little bit of time off to be with her family right now, which I think is important. Especially around the holidays,” Graves said. “This is a tough time when you’ve lost a parent.”
The Ducks (7-3, 0-1 Big Ten) host Air Force (9-1) at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, and UC Irvine (6-3) at 6 p.m. on Dec. 19, both at Matthew Knight Arena.
— Ryan Clarke covers the Oregon Ducks and Big Ten Conference. Listen to the Ducks Confidential podcast or subscribe to the Ducks Roundup newsletter.
