The ninth-ranked Oregon Ducks women's basketball team ran into a dominant duo at No. 5 Mississippi State on Wednesday night, falling to the Bulldogs 90-79 in Starkville.

Teaira McCowan finished with 35 points and 19 rebounds, and Victoria Vivians added 30 points for Mississippi State. McCowan added five blocks, while Vivians hit 5 of 8 three-pointers and added four rebounds.

Mississippi State (10-0) built a 12-point halftime lead at 45-33, and Oregon never got closer than eight points down in the second half.

"Tonight we were pretty good, especially offensively," Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer said. "I just think we're hard to deal with offensively. I think people are having a hard time guarding us right now."

Ruthy Hebard led the Ducks with 25 points and seven rebounds. Satou Sabally finished with 17 points, while Sabrina Ionescu added 15 points and five assists.

The Ducks (8-2) lost despite shooting 56 percent from the field and hitting 7 of 14 three-pointers.

"Both teams were really good offensively, but the difference was we just didn't really come to play defensively," Oregon coach Kelly Graves said. "We had a difficult time, obviously, with blocking McCowan out. She's an incredible player and when she puts her mind to it, there's really not a whole lot you can do down there."

Oregon returns home to take on Ole Miss on Sunday.

-- The Associated Press contributed to this report.