The University of Hawaii women’s basketball team ran into a deadly combination on Saturday: a tall, athletic opponent that shot lights-out.

Lexi Bando scored 22 points, Ruthy Hebard added 19 and Oregon shot 32-for-55 from the field, including 12-for-20 from 3-point range, in an 86-49 victory over Hawaii in the Rainbow Wahine Showdown at the Stan Sheriff Center.

“Partially why they shot the ball so well is we once again lost some of our matchups,” said Hawaii coach Laura Beeman. “We didn’t get hands in faces and you can’t give good shooters airspace.”

The Ducks (5-1), who trailed by seven points early, outscored the Rainbow Wahine 45-18 in the second half. Oregon got the ball inside against Hawaii’s 2-3 zone, shot over the top and beat the Rainbow Wahine (2-4) down the floor in transition.

“It’s not the first team we’re going to see this year that is that big and athletic,” Hawaii guard Julissa Tago said. “We just have to take it as a steppingstone, learn from it and just move on and get better.”

Briana Harris led Hawaii with 12 points and Tago and Olivia Crawford each added nine.

The Rainbow Wahine stayed in the zone because of a lack of depth and the Ducks’ size, Beeman said. Eight players got into the game for Hawaii.

“We have a game tomorrow and we can’t run our legs into the ground,” Beeman said. “It’s difficult to sit back in the zone when they’re shooting the ball that well, but we can’t injure our kids. The more banging you do going over screens and trying to take charges and rotations, we have to be very cognizant of the health of our kids.”

Oregon put the game away by outscoring Hawaii 22-6 in the third quarter to take a 63-37 advantage. At that point, the Ducks were 25-for-42 from the field, including 10-for-18 from 3-point range.

“Especially the third quarter, we really put the clamps on them and that got us going in some transition,” said Ducks coach Kelly Graves. “We got some easy buckets and then they got a little tired. Laura does a great job. She just doesn’t have a lot of bodies right now.”

The Ducks, who have six players 6 feet 3 or taller, also held a 35-24 rebounding advantage. The Rainbow Wahine shot 16-for-49 from the field and often had to force up low-percentage shots as the shot clock ticked down.

“When you have height behind you, your guards can get in the deny lanes because if you beat them backdoor, you’re going to run into 6-5,” Beeman said. “When we attacked we went into their bigs and we couldn’t find the kickouts.”

The Rainbow Wahine’s largest lead was 12-5 after Sarah Toeaina’s layup with 4:36 left in the first quarter. All five Hawaii starters had a field goal during the game-opening spurt.

Hawaii finished 8-for-14 from the field, including 5-for-10 from 3-point range, to take a 21-18 lead after one quarter.

“We came out ready to compete, we came out focused,” Beeman said. “Unfortunately, when teams start to come at us a little bit, instead of raising our level of intensity we have a tendency to get a little defeatist.”

Oregon ended the first half on an 11-2 run to take a 41-31 advantage. Maite Cazorla, Sabrina Ionescu and Bando each hit 3-pointers during the run.

There was a familiar face for UH basketball fans on the Oregon bench. Mark Campbell, who played guard for the Rainbow Warriors for two seasons in the early 2000s, is the Ducks’ associate head coach.

“Mark’s been great,” Graves said. “He’s been our recruiting coordinator and we have recruited well. There’s a reason this freshman class is ranked anywhere from No. 1 to No. 3 in the nation. He’s a huge part of that and he’s also the person spearheading our defense.”

The Rainbow Wahine will face No. 7 Mississippi State today at 4:30 p.m. in the final game of the round-robin tournament.

The Bulldogs beat San Jose State 88-51 earlier Saturday.