No. 6 Oregon Hosts No. 24 Stanford in Crucial Pac-12 Clash

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 6 ranked and first place Oregon women's basketball team hosts No. 24 ranked and second place Stanford at noon on Sunday in game that will shape the Pac-12 championship race.

#6 OREGON DUCKS (21-3, 10-1 Pac-12, 1st)
PPG: 84.0 | FG%: 49.7 | 3FG%: 40.3 | FT%: 75.6
Notable: Oregon goes into Sunday's game against No. 24 ranked Stanford with a 6-3 record against top-25 teams. The Ducks are atop the Pac-12 standings, looking for their first league title since the 1999-2000 season. Oregon's offense has been leading the way this year, as the Ducks rank No. 8 in the NCAA in scoring (84.0 ppg), No. 3 in shooting (49.7%), No. 6 in three-point shooting (40.3) and No. 8 in assists (19.6 apg). UO is No. 4 in the Pac-12 in field goal defense (38.2 percent).

#24 STANFORD CARDINAL (15-8, 9-2 Pac-12, T2nd)
PPG: 67.6 | FG%: 41.3 | 3FG%: 29.7 | FT%: 62.1
Series Record: UO trails, 9-53 (8-23 in Eugene)
Last Game: Stanford won, 65-59, in P12T last year
Notable: Stanford, currently tied with UCLA for second place in the Pac-12 standings, is coming off a 60-57 win at No. 16 Oregon State on Friday night. In league play, the Cardinal are allowing opponents to shoot just 34.9 percent and score only 56.3 points per game. Guard Brittany McPhee leads the Cardinal with 16.3 points per game while forward Alanna Smith is averaging 13.2 points and 7.4 rebounds. Stanford has won five straight games vs. Oregon.

RPI CHECK
Oregon is No. 5 in the NCAA RPI (as of Feb. 3) after defeating California on Friday night. Stanford is No. 19, up from No. 25 after picking up a road win at OSU.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - ESPN2
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 demolished No. 25 ranked Cal, 91-54, on Friday night. The Ducks shot 51.5% from the field and 47.4% from three while holding the Golden Bears to 38.2% shooting overall and 27.3 percent from three.

A WIN WOULD...
- Give the Ducks 11 league wins, the most for the program since 2004-05, when UO went 12-6.
- Improve UO to 15-0 at home. Oregon's single-season record for consecutive home wins is 14 (1998-99).

BEST HOME RECORD IN THE NCAA
At 14-0, Oregon has the best home record in the NCAA this season. Duke is second at 13-0 while Mississippi State and Baylor are 12-0.

STANFORD SERIES HISTORY
- UO trails in the all-time series with Stanford, 53-9.
- Oregon has lost five straight games to Stanford.
- Oregon has lost 28 straight games on the road vs. Stanford. The Ducks' last win at Stanford was actually the first time the two teams met in Stanford, Calif., a 63-54 win on March 5, 1987. The Ducks haven't won at Stanford in 31 years.
- The Ducks snapped an 18-game losing streak to the
Cardinal with a 62-55 win in Eugene on Senior Night to cap the 2014-15 season, Kelly Graves' first year with Oregon. Stanford was ranked No. 19 at the time.
- UO's longest win streak in the series is three games, the first three meetings between the two teams.
- Stanford's longest winning streak in the series is 22 games, running from 1988 to 1998.

AGAINST STANFORD LAST YEAR
- Oregon dropped three games to Stanford last year.
- Sabrina Ionescu was the only UO player to average double figures in scoring over those three games against the Cardinal. Ionescu averaged 15.3 points on 32.6 percent shooting.
- UO shot 34.1 percent as a team in the three losses while Stanford shot 44.8 percent. The Ducks did force 43 Cardinal turnovers while committing 32 turnovers.
- Stanford eliminated UO from the Pac-12 Tournament last year in the semifinals. The Ducks defeated Arizona in the first round and upset Kelsey Plum and Washington in the quarterfinals but dropped a 71-56 decision to the Cardinal in the semifinals. Ionescu and Maite Cazorla each had 14 points but the Ducks shot just 33.3 percent from the field. Oregon did go 5-of-6 from three and 11-of-12 at the line.
- The Ducks also lost twice to Stanford in the regular season. Oregon lost, 81-60 at No. 10 Stanford on Jan. 6, 2017 and lost again, 65-59, to No. 8 Stanford in its regular season finale in Eugene on Feb. 26, 2017.

THREE NEARING 1,000 CAREER POINTS
- The Ducks have three players all closing in on 1,000 career points. Sophomore Sabrina Ionescu has 957 points in 57 career games, junior Maite Cazorla has 946 points in 94 career games and sophomore Ruthy Hebard has 938 points in 60 career games.
- Senior Lexi Bando reached 1,000 career points last year as a junior.
- 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 third in the NCAA, shooting 49.7 percent from the floor.
- The Ducks are sixth in the country, shooting 40.3 percent from three-point range.
- Oregon is second in the Pac-12 in free throw percentage, at 75.6 percent.
- Individually, Ruthy Hebard ranks fifth in the NCAA, shooting 63.2 percent on field goals.
- Sabrina Ionescu is seventh in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12, shooting 46.2 percent from three. Lexi Bando is second in the league and 17th in the country, shooting 44.7 percent from deep.

SHARE THE ROCK
- Oregon ranks fourth in the NCAA with 471 assists.
- The Ducks are averaging 19.6 assists per game this year, good for eighth in the NCAA.
- Sabrina Ionescu ranks fourth in the NCAA in both total assists (185) and assists per game (7.7 apg).

THE SCOREBOARD, IT'S LIT
- Oregon ranks 8th in the NCAA, averaging 84.0 ppg.
- UO is outscoring its opponents by 22.1 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.