Ruthy Hebard goes for a loose ball in the first half at Oregon State.

*Kevin Wade contributed to this report

On Wednesday morning, the Oregon women's basketball program announced that a star forward does not have a significant injury. Junior Ruthy Hebard went down late in the first half of Monday's Civil War loss to Oregon State, and did not return due to a knee injury. The program announced that there was no structural damage.

NEWS: Ruthy Hebard is questionable for this weekend's games against UCLA and USC. An MRI yesterday revealed no structural damage in her knee. #GoDucks

Later in the day media members were permitted to watch the final 30 minutes of practice leading up to this weekend's home games with the Los Angeles schools. Hebard was not present at that time. Head coach Kelly Graves confirmed after practice that Hebard had not taken part in practice, and her availability this weekend remained murky.

“It's good news relatively speaking," Graves said. "But she is questionable for the week. She’s not going to practice for the week, and it could run into some time. We’re not completely out of the woods yet. I’m just happy for her that there’s no structural damage, then you’re talking months, and that’s not good for anybody."

Graves identified the injury as a "bone bruise". He was unable to provide a timeline for return. He reiterated multiple times that that will come down to the doctors.

“When they say ‘hey Kelly, I think we can get her into some practice’ or ‘hey Kelly, I think she can play in the games’ [then I'll play her]," he said. "I don’t want to play doctor at all. Nor would I ever put pressure on a training staff.

"I’m no doctor. I’ll leave it up to them. But she’s got some work ahead of her."

Hebard ranks third on the team in scoring (16.3 points per game), first in rebounds (8.9 rebounds per game) and first in field goal percentage (69.0-percent). The field goal percentage is second in the NCAA this season. She was an all-Pac-12 selection each of the past two seasons. She was 2017-18 Katrina McClain Award recipient given to the nation's top power forward.

Per, Graves, the Ducks could go a number of different ways in terms of filling her minutes if she misses time. They could go big and turn to 6-foot-6 sophomore Lydia Giomi or go with the veteran hand in senior Oti Gildon. They could even replicate what we saw on Monday when they went smaller and played a "five out" style to spread the court.

“I don’t know yet," Graves said when asked which route they'd go. "We’ll see how practice goes. We’ve got some options.

“We’d much rather have a full squad with us, but we’re going to be fine. Nobody is going to feel sorry for us, that’s for sure. They won’t say ‘we don’t need to play quite as hard’. We’re going to get everyone’s best shot and we need to go finish this out."

Turning to Gildon may be the most logical choice. While she is undersized at 6-foot-1, the senior will be playing her final regular season home games at Matthew Knight this weekend. Not to mention the fact that Gildon has been more productive than Giomi this season. She's played 16.5 minutes per game compared to 9.7, and has scored 5.2 points per game with 3.7 rebounds to Giomi's 2.0 points and 2.3 rebonds.

"Oti is an able backup or fill-in, however you want to say it," Graves said. "If you look at her numbers per minute, and you played her Ruthy minutes, the numbers would be somewhat comparable."

Gildon is ready if that's the direction they choose to go.

"There’s always big shoes to fill with Ruthy being out," Gildon said. "But I’ve done it before, and I’m ready to do it again...We need her for March. Let her rest up now."

The Ducks will host UCLA on Friday night and USC on Sunday with Hebard questionable for the matchups. Oregon was able to sweep the Los Angeles schools earlier this season with Hebard putting up 19 points and grabbing 18 rebounds against the Bruins.