No. 9 Oregon Heads to Seattle

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 9 ranked Oregon women's basketball team will try and get back to its winning ways on Friday night with a visit to rival Washington. The Ducks and Huskies tip at 8 PM on Pac-12 Networks.

#9 OREGON DUCKS (21-4, 10-2 Pac-12)
PPG: 83.3 | FG%: 49.4 | 3FG%: 40.0 | FT%: 76.0
Notable: Oregon is tied for first in the Pac-12 standings and looking for its first league title since the 1999-2000 season. Oregon's offense has been leading the way this year, as the Ducks rank No. 10 in the NCAA in scoring (83.4 ppg), No. 4 in shooting (49.4%), No. 6 in three-point shooting (40.0) and No. 8 in assists (19.4 apg). Sophomore Sabrina Ionescu is a finalist for the Wooden Award, the Wade Trophy, the Naismith Trophy, the Dawn Staley Award and the Lieberman Award.

WASHINGTON HUSKIES (7-16, 1-11 Pac-12)
PPG: 68.5 | FG%: 38.4 | 3FG%: 31.7 | FT%: 70.4
Series Record: UO trails, 47-51 (14-28 at UW)
Last Game: UO won, 94-83 (12/31/17 in Eugene)
Notable: Washington is coming off a 72-70 loss at Arizona on Sunday. The Huskies have lost four straight since defeating WSU, 56-49, on Jan. 21. In league play, UW is averaging 62.4 points per game but allowing 72.3 points. Sophomore guard Amber Melgoza is fourth in the Pac-12, averaging 17.2 points per game. She's also eighth in the league, shooting 76 percent on free throws.

RPI CHECK
The Ducks dropped from No. 5 to No. 7 in the RPI after losing to Stanford on Sunday. The Cardinal went up from No. 20 to No. 12. Washington is 171 in the RPI while Washington State is No. 83.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 National, Oregon & 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 fell to No. 24 Stanford, 78-65, on Sunday in Eugene. The Ducks had a nine-point lead at halftime but shot just 28 percent in the second half.

A WIN WOULD...
- Give the Ducks 11 league wins, the most for the program since 2004-05, when UO went 12-6.
- Give UO three straight wins against Washington.

WASHINGTON SERIES HISTORY
- UO trails Washington, 51-47 all-time in the series.
- Oregon and Washington met just once each of the last two seasons but they play twice again this year.
- Kelly Graves picked up his 500th career win when the Ducks defeated the Huskies, 94-83, on Dec. 31, 2017.
- Sabrina Ionescu broke the NCAA's career triple-double record with her eighth on Dec. 31, 2017 against Washington. Ionescu tallied 24 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in a win. The sophomore needed just 48 collegiate games to break the record.
- One of Graves' early top-25 wins at Oregon was a thrilling, 75-63, win at No. 24 Washington on Feb. 7, 2016. The Ducks trailed by as much as 17 points in the third quarter before outscoring UW, 21-11, in the third and 35-19 in the fourth. With star Jillian Alleyne in foul trouble and on the bench much of the game (she played only 18 minutes and scored nine points), the Ducks used six threes in the third to cut the UW lead to 44-40 going to the fourth. Oregon then used a 13-2 run in the fourth to put the game away. Maite Cazorla scored 16 points and hit four threes. Kelsey Plum had 26 points for UW but Chantel Osahor was limited to just five points in 39 minutes.
- Graves picked up another top-25 win against UW in the 2017 Pac-12 Tournament with it's shocking 70-69 win over No. 11 ranked Washington at KeyArena.
- UO's win over UW in the Pac-12 Tournment last year snapped a string of three straight postseason losses to the Huskies (WNIT in 2014, Pac-12 Tournament in 2013, Pac-12 Tournament in 2012).
- Washington won the first nine meetings in the series, spanning from March 1, 1974 through March 11, 1978. That nine-game winning streak is UW's longest vs. UO.
- Oregon's longest winning streak in the series is 12 games, running from Feb. 8, 1996 to Dec. 28, 2001.
- The first meeting in the series was played in Eugene. Washington won, 50-39, on March 1, 1974.

EARLIER THIS SEASON VS. WASHINGTON
Then No. 10-ranked Oregon knocked off Washington, 94-83, on Dec. 31, the opening weekend of Pac-12 play. Sabrina Ionescu had a triple-double in the win with 24 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. Kelly Graves earned his 500th career win in the Ducks' victory over the Huskies. Fellow sophomore Ruthy Hebard tallied a double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Guard Amber Melgoza had 31 points for the Huskies.

THREE NEARING 1,000 CAREER POINTS
- The Ducks have three players all closing in on 1,000 career points. Sophomore Sabrina Ionescu has 979 points in 58 career games, junior Maite Cazorla has 955 points in 95 career games and sophomore Ruthy Hebard has 954 points in 61 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 fourth in the NCAA, shooting 49.4 percent from the floor.
- The Ducks are sixth in the country, shooting 40.0 percent from three-point range.
- Oregon is first in the Pac-12 and 22nd in the NCAA in free throw percentage at 76.0 percent.
- Individually, Ruthy Hebard ranks sixth in the NCAA, shooting 62.8 percent on field goals.
- Sabrina Ionescu is third in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12, shooting 46.9 percent from three. Lexi Bando is second in the league and 18th 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 10th in the NCAA with 83.3 ppg.
- UO is outscoring its opponents by 20.7 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.