Oregon is not ready for its season to fade to black.

“Stay tuned,” senior Ariel Thomas said when asked about the Ducks drawing Washington State in the opening round of the Pac-12 women’s tournament.

Thomas and three other seniors finished the regular season in style as Oregon followed up the thrilling upset of No. 20 Arizona State with a methodical 90-78 victory over lowly Arizona on Sunday at Matthew Knight Arena.

It was the final home game for Thomas, Danielle Love, Laura Stanulis and Chynna Miley — unless Oregon hosts a WNIT game.

That’s right, after hitting rock bottom with a 4-27 record a year ago, the Ducks have a chance to reach a postseason tournament after finishing the regular season 15-14 overall and 6-12 in the Pac-12.

Back in October, the players decided to be realistic with their team goals and aim for 16 wins.

“They did that before the season,” coach Paul Westhead said. “It’s easy to say you want to win 29 games.”

Oregon is the No. 10 seed at the Pac-12 tournament in Seattle. The Ducks will face the No. 7 Cougars (15-15, 9-9) at 6 p.m. Thursday at KeyArena on the opposite side of the bracket from No. 1 Stanford.

The teams split during the regular season with Oregon prevailing 82-66 Jan. 24 in Eugene and losing 108-88 Feb. 23 in Pullman.

“I know I’m really excited about it because we did not play well at all the last time that we played against them,” Chrishae Rowe said after scoring 15 points against Arizona. “We know what we’re capable of. We want to keep playing, and we have a goal to reach.”

After the emotional senior day introductions, Thomas finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and two assists. Friday night, the veteran point guard scored 22 points against the Sun Devils to help Oregon snap a 33-game losing streak against ranked teams.

“It was a good feeling. I tried not to cry, I just wanted to stay in the moment,” Thomas said. “I probably might be teary-eyed later on today.”

Love added 11 points and five rebounds. Stanulis kept her dribble alive after falling to the floor and made a highlight-reel assist to the seldom-used Miley for the Ducks’ final points.

“That was pretty special. As soon as Chynna came in I said, ‘If I give you the ball just shoot it.’ So it was cool to see as soon as she got the ball she scored it,” Thomas said. “To see how much joy as a team and enthusiasm we had for her to get that bucket was pretty amazing.

“For the fans to chant her name, that was pretty cool. That’s why I love Oregon fans so much.”

After the Wildcats (5-24, 1-17) clawed to within 76-70 with 4:20 left, Rowe made a tough jumper and sophomore Lexi Petersen converted a driving layup to push the lead back to double digits.

“I knew it was going to be a grind game. Too much activity,” Westhead said. “You have to learn how to survive. You play a great team like we did the other night, you have to survive that. Sometimes you have to survive yourselves. And we did. I’m happy for them.”

Oregon was able to withstand an inconsistent game from its consistently spectacular star, Jillian Alleyne.

The sophomore forward finished with her 26th double-double (18 points, 16 rebounds), but she had nine turnovers and picked up her fourth foul with 15:39 remaining.

Love, Katelyn Loper and Rowe each made three-pointers during a quick 13-7 surge to give the Ducks a 70-59 cushion midway through the second half.

Loper, a junior who transferred from Hofstra last season, and Thomas both surpassed 1,000 points for their careers on Sunday. Alleyne reached 1,000 in the fewest games by an Oregon player on Friday.

“Katelyn Loper always seems to come up with the shots when we need her. Chrishae was just good enough to help us win. Ariel Thomas got us going early,” Westhead said. “What I can say about this weekend is the players are finally finding ways to help each other win, which is a good sign of a team.”

Rowe has been dealing with an Achilles’ tendon injury that has kept her out of practices for the last 10 days. The true freshman still averaged 20.0 points coming off the bench during the sweep of the Arizona schools.

“I do have (former football coach) Chip Kelly’s office now, so I learned from him. It’s day to day,” Westhead said when asked about Rowe’s health. “She’ll get a whole bunch of treatment.”

Even though Oregon’s team banquet was scheduled for 30 minutes after Sunday’s game, there is still another chapter or two to be written on the 2013-14 Ducks.

“We’d be pretty excited. That would mean a lot to us because that was our goal,” Thomas said on the possibility of extending the season beyond next week. “We’ve had a lot of ups and downs this season, a lot of adversity, so for us to make some type of postseason is definitely good.

“It may not be the NCAA Tournament, but the WNIT is still a blessing and an opportunity for us to continue playing Oregon women’s basketball.”

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