No. 7 Ducks Meet Utes Sunday

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 7 ranked Oregon women's basketball team visits Utah on Sunday for an 11 AM PT tip on Pac-12 Network Oregon and Mountain.

#7 OREGON DUCKS (19-3, 8-1 Pac-12, 1st)
PPG: 83.7 | FG%: 49.4 | 3FG%: 39.3 | FT%: 76.5
Notable: Oregon has won five straight games against Utah. At 8-1, Oregon is alone atop the Pac-12 standings, a game up on both UCLA and Stanford. UO hasn't won a Pac-12 title since the 1999-2000 season. The Ducks rank first in the Pac-12 and 11th in the NCAA in scoring (83.7 ppg) and second in the league and fifth in the nation in field goal percentage (49.4%). Sophomore Sabrina Ionescu leads the Pac-12 in both scoring (19.5 ppg) and assists (7.3 apg).

UTAH UTES (14-6, 5-4 Pac-12, 6th)
PPG: 74.8 | FG%: 45.7 | 3FG%: 34.3 | FT%: 74.6
Series Record: Oregon leads, 16-9 (4-7 in SLC)
Last Game: Oregon won, 73-61 (2/17/17 in SLC)
Notable: Hawai'i transfer Megan Huff leads Utah in scoring at 14.4 points per game while shooting 49.5 percent from the floor and 40.8 percent from three. After sweeping the Arizona schools on the road last weekend, Utah fell, 69-58, to Oregon State on Friday night. Huff tallied a season-best 26 points vs. the Beavers on 10-of-16 shooting, including 3-of-6 from three-point range.

DUCKS IN THE POLLS
Oregon's No. 7 ranking in the AP poll is the highest in program history. UO's No. 9 ranking earlier this season matched the previous best. UO was ranked No. 9 in four different weeks during the 1981-82 season.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 Oregon & Pac-12 Mountain
Stream - Pac-12.com with a cable login
Radio - Terry Jonz on the call at KUGN 590 (Eugene), KUIK 1360 (Portland) & TuneIn. Search for "Oregon IMG" in the TuneIn app or online at TuneIn.com.
Live Stats - oregon.statbroadcast.com

LAST TIME OUT
Oregon improved to 8-1 in league play with a 74-55 win at Colorado on Friday night. Ruthy Hebard had 20 points and nine rebounds to lead the Ducks while Sabrina Ionescu filled the stat sheet with 14 points, eight assists and seven rebounds. Ionescu went just 5-of-16 from the field but hit four three-pointers.

A WIN WOULD...
- Give the Ducks six straight wins against Utah and three straight in Salt Lake City.
- Improve Oregon's road record to 5-3 this season, with all three losses coming to top-20 opponents.
- Keep UO in first place in the Pac-12 standings, the only team with just one conference loss.
- Even up Kelly Graves' record against Pac-12 foes to 32-32 in four seasons at Oregon.

KELLY'S COMING BACK HOME
- Head coach Kelly Graves was born in Idaho but was raised in Utah. He went to Davis HS north of Salt Lake City for his first year of high school before moving to St. George, Utah, where he graduated from Dixie HS.
- Graves was a first team all-state selection as a senior at Dixie HS in 1981 prior to playing at New Mexico.
- He scored 36 points during a state playoff game at the Huntsman Center as a senior in high school.
- Graves' dad, Joseph, was a Utah graduate. Father and son rarely missed a Utah men's basketball game and Kelly was also an usher at the Huntsman Center for a time until the family moved to St. George.

UTAH SERIES HISTORY
- Oregon leads the all-time series, 16-9, after defeating Utah twice last season and five straight over the last two seasons.
- The Ducks and Utes played three times during the 2015-16 season, with Oregon winning both regular season meetings plus a WNIT matchup in Eugene.
- The Ducks are 6-4 against Utah since the Utes joined the Pac-12 for the 2011-12 season.
- Oregon won the first six games in the series, stretching from 1981-1989, it's longest winning streak against the Utes.
- The Ducks won the first meeting between the two
schools, 73-63, in Eugene on Dec. 12, 1981.

LAST SEASON VS. UTAH
- Oregon won 73-61, last year in Salt Lake City. Ruthy Hebard had 16 points to lead the Ducks, who shot 48.4 percent in the game while holding the Utes to 37 percent shooting. Sabrina Ionescu had 11 points and 9 assists.
- The Ducks won the meeting in Eugene last season as well, 84-66. Sabrina Ionescu had one of her four triple-doubles with 14 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds.
Hebard had a double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds plus three blocked shots.
- Hebard averaged 20.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in two games against Utah last year. Sabrina Ionescu averaged 12.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 11 assists.

BEST HOME RECORD IN THE NCAA
At 13-0, Oregon has the best home record in the NCAA this season. Mississippi State, Duke and George Mason are tied for second at 12-0.

SHARE THE ROCK
- Oregon ranks fourth in the NCAA with 428 assists.
- The Ducks are averaging 19.5 assists per game this year, good for eighth in the NCAA.
- Individually, Sabrina Ionescu ranks fifth in the NCAA in total assists (161) and eighth in assists per game (7.3). Ionescu and Maite Cazorla rank No. 1 and No. 4 in the Pac-12 in assists per game, with 7.3 and 5.2, respectively.

SHARP SHOOTERS
- Oregon ranks fifth in the NCAA, shooting 49.4 percent from the floor.
- The Ducks are eighth in the country, shooting 39.3 percent from three-point range.
- Individually, Ruthy Hebard ranks eighth in the NCAA, shooting 64.2 percent on field goals.
- Sabrina Ionescu (45.1%) and Lexi Bando (44.7%) rank No. 4 and No. 5 in the Pac-12 in three-point field goal percentage.

THE SCOREBOARD, IT'S LIT
- Oregon ranks 11th in the NCAA, averaging 837 ppg.
- UO is outscoring its opponents by 21.7 points per game, the 8th biggest scoring margin in the NCAA.