Notes: Women's Hoops Visits Utah
01/24/16 | Women's Basketball
EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon women's basketball team will look to get a sweep on the mountain road trip when the Ducks visit Utah on Sunday.
Oregon and Utah will tip at 1 PM PT with a free live stream and radio coverage available.
OREGON BREAKDOWN (13-5 2-5 Pac-12)
FG%: 47.4 | 3FG%: 40.5 | FT%: 63.9 | PPG: 76.1
Notable: Oregon went 11-0 in non-conference play, including a road win at North Carolina to start the season, but struggled to an 0-5 start to Pac-12 play. UO owned halftime leads in four of those five losses. The Ducks broke through, however, with a win over California last Sunday and won again, 59-46, at Colorado on Friday. Jillian Alleyne became the Pac-12's all-time rebound leader in the victory over California, breaking Chiney Ogwumike's mark. Alleyne needs one more double-double for 85 in her career, which will match the current Pac-12 record owned by Ogwumike.
UTAH BREAKDOWN (12-6, 4-3 Pac-12)
FG%: 42.9 | 3FG%: 32.3 | FT%: 72.9 | PPG: 69.3
Utah Series Record: UO leads, 11-9, overall but trails, 2-7, in Salt Lake City. UO is 2-4 against Utah in Pac-12 games.
Last Meeting: Utah point guard Danielle Rodriguez hit a game-winning bucket with two seconds left and the Ducks lost, 66-64, on Feb. 20, 2015 at the Huntsman Center.
Notable: Utah went on a 15-0 run in the fourth quarter against OSU on Friday, but the Utes' comeback came up short in a 62-53 loss. Utah is undefeated (7-0) when leading at halftime and undefeated (6-0) in games decided by five points or less, including wins over UW, Cal and Arizona.
TV AND RADIO BROADCAST INFO
Oregon's game on Sunday at Utah will be streamed live for free. Visit the Utah women's basketball schedule online to find the link. The game will also be available on the radio via KUGN 590 AM in Eugene, KUIK 1320 AM in Portland or on TuneIn worldwide with Terry Jonz on the call. Search “Oregon IMG” in the app or TuneIn.com to find the broadcast.
THE PAC-12'S GREATEST REBOUNDER
- Jillian Alleyne is both Oregon's and the Pac-12's all-time leading rebounder with 1,589 boards. She jumped Bev Smith (1,362 boards) for first in UO history on Nov. 19, 2015 in a win over Hampton. Alleyne broke the Pac-12 record for career rebounds (1,567), previously held by former Stanford star Chiney Ogwumike, with her ninth rebound of the game in a win over California on Jan. 17, 2016.
- Alleyne also owns Oregon's and the Pac-12's single-game records for rebounds (27) plus UO's and the conference's single-season records for rebounds (519 as a sophomore). Her 519 rebounds during the 2013-14 season are now the sixth most in NCAA history.
ELSEWHERE IN THE RECORD BOOKS
- Jillian Alleyne has 84 career double-doubles, good for second all-time at Oregon and the Pac-12. Bev Smith has the UO record, with 88 in her career (before the NCAA or Pac-12 sponsored women's sports). Chiney Ogwumike owns the Pac-12 record with 85 double-doubles.
- Alleyne's 29 double-doubles as a junior set both the UO and Pac-12 single-season records.
- Until posting six rebounds in a loss at Oregon State on Jan. 8, Alleyne had a double-double in 29 straight games, breaking her own Pac-12 and UO record of 21 straight games. It is the third longest career streak in NCAA history, behind Oklahoma's Courtney Paris (112) and Robert Morris' Artemis Spanou (33).
- Alleyne ranks fifth all-time at Oregon with 1,953 points scored. Alison Lang holds the UO record with 2,252. Alleyne is 17 points behind Stefanie Kasperski for third all-time in the UO record books.
ACTIVE LEADER
Jillian Alleyne is the NCAA's active leader with 1,589 career rebounds. She also leads all active players, averaging 14.3 rebounds per game over her stellar career.
- Alleyne is the only player in the nation with 1,800+ points and 1,500+ rebounds.
- She is one of just six players in the NCAA with 1,000 career rebounds.
- Alleyne owns the most double-doubles of any player with 84.
- Her 754 made field goals are the sixth most among active players in the NCAA.
- Alleyne has attempted 726 free throws in her career, more than any other active player. Her 444 made free throws are the seventh most among active players.
ALLEYNE IN THE NCAA RANKINGS
This season Jillian Alleyne leads the NCAA with 15 double-doubles, is third with 13.6 rebounds per game and is 16th in field goal percentage, shooting 57.4 percent.
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. 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.
WHEN PLAYING UTAH
- The Ducks are 8-2 against Utah at home but are 2-7 on the road. Oregon is 11-9 vs. Utah overall.
- The last time UO won in Salt Lake City was 1984.
- Utah is 4-1 against the Ducks since joining the Pac-12 for the 2011-12 season.
- Oregon won the first six games in the series, stretching from 1981-1989.
- The Ducks won the first meeting between the two schools, 73-63, in Eugene on Dec. 12, 1981.
- The 86 points scored by the Ducks in their overtime loss in 2009 is their most in any game against Utah. The Ducks scored a series low 47 points against the Utes on both March 3, 2012 and Feb. 8, 2013.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES VS. UTAH
2014-15: Utah point guard Danielle Rodriguez hit a game-winning bucket with two seconds left and the Ducks lost, 66-64, on Feb. 20, 2015 at the Huntsman Center Jillian Alleyne and Lexi Petersen each had 18 points for the Ducks
2013-14: In the Ducks' lone meeting with Utah in 2013-14, freshman Chrishae Rowe scored a team-high 38 points, the third most in UO single-game history. Jillian Alleyne added 18 points and a game-high 17 rebounds as the Ducks won, 93-71, on Feb. 8, 2014.
2012-13: Liz Brenner posted a double-double against the Utes with 11 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in a 67-47 loss in Salt Lake City on Feb. 8, 2010.
2011-12: Amanda Johnson returned from injury to post a double-double in a 72-67 win at Matthew Knight Arena on Feb. 2, 2012. Johnson finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds while Nia Jackson added 19 points as well and hit clutch free throws in the final minutes.
2009-10: In the last non-conference game between Oregon and Utah, the Utes won in overtime, 89-86, after erasing a 15-point second half deficit. Utah's Kalee Whipple hit a three-pointer with two seconds left to tie it up in regulation after the Ducks led, 73-58, with six minutes left. Nia Jackson, Jasmin Holliday and Nicole Canepa all fouled out in the game for the Ducks.
UTAH/COLORADO WEEKEND
The last time the Ducks swept a weekend against Colorado and Utah was in 2011-12 at home, when Oregon won 72-67 over Utah on Feb. 2 and 67-62 against Colorado on Feb. 4.
PAC-12 ROAD WEEKEND
The last time the Ducks swept a road weekend in Pac-12 play was in 2008-09. Oregon won, 75-55, at Washington on Jan. 15 before taking down Washington State, 57-41, on Jan. 17.
PETERSEN'S STRONG SENIOR YEAR
- Lexi Petersen became the 27th player in UO history to reach 1,000 career points when the Ducks defeated Cal on Jan. 17, 2016. She needed seven points to reach the milestone coming into the game and ended up finishing the victory with 12 points.
- Petersen is averaging a career-best 13.4 points per game, besting her previous high of 11.1 points per game set last year as a junior.
- Also impressive is how much Petersen's shooting has improved. A career 39.5 percent shooter, Petersen is shooting 47.0 percent from the floor this season, which ranks ninth in the Pac-12. Her shooting percentage ranks second in the Pac-12 among guards, behind only OSU's Jamie Weisner.
CAZORLA MAKING IMMEDIATE IMPACT
- Maite Cazorla started in her first career game, a victory at then-No. 22 North Carolina, and has shined since.
- The native of the Canary Islands has 112 assists compared to 45 turnovers (2.49-to-1), the second-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the Pac-12 and 17th-best in the NCAA.
- Cazorla is second in the Pac-12 and ranks 15th in the NCAA with 6.2 assists per game.
THREE-POINT THREATS
Shooting 40.5 percent from three-point range this year as a team, the Ducks rank third in the nation. Helping to achieve that mark are two terrific long-range shooters, both ranking in the top-15 in the Pac-12 in three-point field goal percentage.
- Despite being just a freshman last season, guard Lexi Bando led the Pac-12 in three-point field goal percentage. The Eugene native shot 40 percent (55-of-125) from long range last year, the fifth-best percentage in UO single-season history. She is shooting even better so far this season, 43.5 percent, which ranks third in the Pac-12 and 22nd in the NCAA.
- Senior Lexi Petersen is ninth in the Pac-12, shooting 39.5 percent from beyond the arc.
