LAS VEGAS — Oregon beat Washington on Wednesday in Las Vegas in the opening round of the women’s Pac-12 Conference Tournament.

The No. 9-seed Ducks walked off with 52-50 victory.

“We’re just happy we’re moving on,” Ducks coach Kelly Graves said.

Endyia Rogers scored 28 points and had 11 rebounds. Oregon advanced to the second round, where they’ll face No. 1 Stanford on Thursday (2:30 p.m., Pac-12 Networks). UO’s Te-Hina Paopao added 13 points in Wednesday’s win.

Oregon improved to 17-13. Do the Ducks — NET Ranking No. 18 — need another win to make the NCAA Tournament field?

“I don’t know. We’ll see,” Graves said. “I’ll leave that to the selection committee.”

I had a photographer on the scene in Las Vegas for the game.

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