Peyton Scott suffers season-ending knee injury in University of Oregon debut

The University of Oregon women’s basketball team announced Wednesday that former Lynchburg-Clay standout Peyton Scott is out for the season following an injury in her regular-season debut with the Oregon Ducks.

“Peyton Scott will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 season after suffering a knee injury in Monday’s season opener against Northern Arizona,” the team posted on X (formerly Twitter) Wednesday.

Scott scored 14 points in the team’s lone exhibition game.

“In a sad irony, Scott scored Oregon's first basket of the season, helping the Ducks charge out to an 11-7 lead with a run capped by [Chance] Gray's first of three 3-pointers in the first half,” Rob Moseley wrote in a game recap Monday night. “Moments later, Scott went down to the hardwood favoring her knee, and had to be helped off the court. She returned to the UO bench in the second quarter, then watched the second half with a sleeve on her left knee.”

Head Coach Kelly Graves also referenced the injury in the game recap from Wednesday night, as the Ducks are now 2-0 on the season.

“"That's never an easy circumstance; we love Peyton," Graves said. "Peyton's really important to us. Some kids were emotional when we found on Tuesday, but I thought we handled it well.”

The University of Oregon announced the addition of Scott in May, as she came to the Ducks after four years at Miami University (Ohio). As written by the University of Oregon:

“Scott, a four-year starter for Miami (Ohio) and native of Lynchburg, Ohio, comes in Eugene with her name engraved all over the Redhawks' record book. In addition to her 1,871 career points, Scott also ranks fourth in Miami history with 36 career 20-point games and 676 made field goals. Scott's 368 career assists and 217 steals are each eighth-most in team history.
 
“The 5-foot-8 Scott is a four-time All-MAC selection, earning second-team honors after the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons to go with third-team accolades a season ago and all-freshman team recognition in 2019-20. Over her distinguished four-year career, Scott averaged 16.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game while shooting 43.8 percent from the field (31.4 percent from 3).
 
“Ahead of the 2022-23 season, Scott was named to the Becky Hammon preseason watch list, which is given annually to the mid-major player of the year. She eclipsed the 20-point mark nine times in 25 starts last season, finishing with 15.4 points a game while shooting a career-best 36.7 percent from behind the 3-point line.

“Playing her prep ball at Lynchburg-Clay High School, Scott concluded her career as the program's all-time leading scorer with 2,202 points and was tabbed 2017-18 league player of the year. Scott averaged 27.4 points, 10.9 rebounds and 5.0 assist a game while earning team MVP honors as a senior. Her trophy case also included three all-league selections, three all-district honors and two all-state picks.

“Scott graduated from Miami with a degree in sports leadership and management and will utilize her final year of eligibility in 2023-24.”