No. 9 Ducks Head to Pullman

EUGENE, Ore. - The Pac-12's top two scorers - Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu and WSU's Borislava Hristova - square off at 1 PM on Sunday as the Ducks and Cougars meet in Pullman, Wash.

#9 OREGON DUCKS (22-4, 11-2 Pac-12)
PPG: 83.0 | FG%: 49.4 | 3FG%: 39.4 | FT%: 75.8
Notable: Oregon is tied for first in the Pac-12 standings with Stanford and UCLA, looking for its first league title since the 1999-2000 season. UO's offense has been leading the way this year, as the Ducks rank No. 12 in the NCAA in scoring (83.0 ppg), No. 4 in shooting (49.4%), No. 8 in three-point shooting (39.4) and No. 7 in assists (19.5 apg). Sabrina Ionescu is a finalist for the Wooden Award, the Wade Trophy, the Naismith Trophy, the Dawn Staley Award and the Lieberman Award.

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS (10-15, 3-10 Pac-12)
PPG: 67.3 | FG%: 40.1 | 3FG%: 31.1 | FT%: 63.4
Series Record: UO leads, 64-19 (28-10 in Pullman)
Last Game: UO won, 89-56 (12/29/17 in Eugene)
Notable: Washington State is coming off a tough, 63-61, overtime loss to Oregon State on Friday night. A foul call with seconds left in OT allowed for the Beavers to hit free throws and escape Pullman with a win. Guard Borislava Hristova leads the Cougars with 18.7 points per game, the only WSU player in double figures. She's second in the league in scoring behind Sabrina Ionescu.

RPI CHECK
Despite beating Washington on Friday night, the Ducks actually dropped a spot in the RPI, going from No. 9 to No. 10. Washington State is No. 86 in the RPI.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 Oregon & Pac-12 Washington
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 defeated Washington, 76-63, on Friday in Seattle. Ruthy Hebard had a career-high 30 points plus 14 rebounds for her seventh double-double this year.

A WIN WOULD...
- Give the Ducks 12 league wins, the most for the program since 2004-05, when UO went 12-6.
- Give UO back-to-back road sweeps of the Washington schools (UO didn't play UW & WSU on the road last year, swept them in 2015-16).

WASHINGTON STATE SERIES HISTORY
- Oregon leads the all-time series with WSU, 64-19.
- Kelly Graves is 3-3 against WSU at Oregon, with two wins coming in Pullman. He went 6-3 against Washington State while head coach at Gonzaga.
- Of all Pac-12 opponents, Oregon has had the most success against Washington State, boasting 64 wins in the all-time series. Second best is Oregon State, as the Ducks own 60 wins all-time against the rival Beavers.
- Oregon's longest winning streak in the series with WSU is 17 games, spanning a decade from 1978-1988.
- Washington State's longest winning streak in the series is just two games, coming on three occasions.
- WSU has won five of the last eight meetings.
- The last time Oregon allowed more than 100 points was in a 107-100 loss to Washington State in the Pac-12 Tournament on March 6, 2014.

EARLIER THIS SEASON VS. WSU
- Then No. 10-ranked Oregon defeated Washington State, 89-56, on Dec. 29 to open Pac-12 play.
- The Ducks scored at least 20 points in each quarter as Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard each scored 25 points. Ionescu added six rebounds and eight assists while Hebard had a double-double with 10 rebounds, five coming on the offensive glass. Lexi Bando had 18 points and hit four three-pointers.
- Oregon turned the ball over just nine times while forcing 18 WSU turnovers. UO scored 25 points off those 18 turnovers.

THREE NEARING 1,000 CAREER POINTS
- The Ducks have three players all closing in on 1,000 career points. Sophomore Sabrina Ionescu has 989 points in 59 career games, junior Maite Cazorla has 963 points in 96 career games and sophomore Ruthy Hebard has 984 points in 62 career games.
- Senior Lexi Bando reached 1,000 career points last year as a junior. It came in the Ducks' Pac-12 Tournament upset of Washington.
- The only player in UO history to reach 1,000 career points as a sophomore was Jillian Alleyne (2012-2016) with 1,086 points over her first two seasons.

SHARP SHOOTERS
- Oregon ranks fourth in the NCAA, shooting 49.4 percent from the floor.
- The Ducks are eighth in the country, shooting 39.4 percent from three-point range.
- Oregon is second in the Pac-12, shooting 75.8 percent at the free throw line.
- Individually, Ruthy Hebard ranks fourth in the NCAA, shooting 64.1 percent on field goals.
- Sabrina Ionescu is ninth in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12, shooting 46.1 percent from three.

SHARE THE ROCK
- Oregon ranks fifth in the NCAA with 508 assists.
- The Ducks are averaging 19.5 assists per game this year, good for seventh in the NCAA.
- Sabrina Ionescu ranks fourth in the NCAA in total assists (196) and sixth in assists per game (7.5 apg).

THE SCOREBOARD, IT'S LIT
- Oregon ranks 12th in the NCAA with 83.0 ppg.
- UO is outscoring its opponents by 20.4 points per game, the sixth biggest margin in the NCAA.

IONESCU A LIEBERMAN AWARD FINALIST
On Jan. 29, sophomore Sabrina Ionescu was named one of 10 finalists for the 2018 Nancy Lieberman Award, which annually goes to the top point guard in women's college basketball.

HEBARD A MCCLAIN AWARD FINALIST
On Feb. 1, sophomore Ruthy Hebard was named one of 10 finalists for the 2018 Katrina McClain Award, which honors the nation's top power forward.

BANDO ON RECORD PACE
Senior guard Lexi Bando is close to setting multiple three-point percentage records. The guard is a career 45.5 percent three-point shooter (249-for-547), the best among active players in the NCAA.
- The NCAA career record is 47.6 percent (262-of-550), set by Notre Dame's Alicia Ratay from 2000-03.
- The Pac-12 career record is 45.2 percent (191-of-423), set by Stanford's Jennifer Azzi from 1988-90.
- The Oregon career record is 44.6 percent (66-of-148), set by Jennifer Bourn from 1987-91.
- Bando's 249 made three-pointers are the second most in UO career history. Taylor Lilley has the record with 270 made from 2007-2010.