Ducks Host Portland on Friday Night

EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon women's basketball team will play host to the Portland Pilots on Friday night at Matthew Knight Arena.

The Ducks and Pilots tip at 6 PM on Friday with a free live stream available at GoDucks.com/live. Links to live stats and a radio stream are also available via the women's basketball schedule on GoDucks.com.

OREGON DUCKS (6-1, Pac-12)
PPG: 80.9 | FG%: 47.8 | 3FG%: 38.9 | FT%: 70.2
Notable: The Ducks currently rank 11th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.40) and seventh in assists per game (19.9) Helping with that number is the Ducks also rank 18th in the NCAA in field goal percentage (47.8%). Individually, Lexi Bando ranks eighth in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (55.3%). On Nov. 27 against San Jose State, Sabrina Ionescu tallied the fifth triple-double in UO history with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists.

PORTLAND PILOTS (2-6, WCC)
PPG: 55.6 | FG%: 35.0 | 3FG%: 30.5 | FT%: 65.9
UP Series Record: UO leads, 27-5 (18-0 in Eugene)
Last Meeting: UO won, 92-53, in Eugene (12/12/15)
Notable: Portland is coming off a 76-37 loss to Weber State, its lowest scoring output of the season. Against another Pac-12 foe, the Pilots lost 67-54 to USC at the Great Alaska Shootout. Darian Slaga leads the team, averaging 10.4 points per game. UP's top three-point threat is Holly Blades, who is 17-of-49 (34.7%) from deep. Julie Spencer (7.3) and Ashley Gray (7.0) lead the team in rebounding.

TOP-25
Oregon is just one point away from the top-25 of the Associated Press poll. The Ducks, with 65 points, are the first team out while Virginia Tech, with 66 points, is at No. 25. Oregon has not been ranked in the AP top-25 since Dec. 15, 2003 when they were ranked No. 21.

OREGON'S HISTORY VS. PORTLAND
The Ducks and Pilots have met 32 times previously with Oregon going 27-5. The Ducks have never lost to Portland at home with a perfect 18-0 mark. Last year the Ducks won big against Portland, 93-52. Maite Cazorla had a big game with 18 points and six assists. Lexi Bando went 3-of-4 from long range for 11 points plus three assists.

OREGON'S TIP TO HONOLULU
Oregon went 2-1 over Thanksgiving weekend at the Rainbow Wahine Showdown in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Ducks lost to No. 7 Mississippi State, 75-63, to open the trip before rebounding with wins over host Hawai'i, 86-49, and San Jose State, 91-62. Against MSU, the Ducks hung tough, down just four points, 57-53, with six minutes to go in the fourth quarter. A big three pointer followed by clutch free throw shooting when UO started to foul intentially allowed the Bulldogs to pull away in the final minutes. Lexi Bando and Sabrina Ionescu each had a team-high 14 points for the Ducks in the loss as UO shot just 27.8 percent from three-point range. Bando continued her strong play on the islands in the win over Hawai'i as the junior poured in a game-high 22 points including six three-pointers. In the final game of the trip, a win over SJSU, Ionescu tallied the Ducks' first triple-double since 1988 with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. Oti Gildon had a career day against the Spartans with 16 points and nine rebounds.

MANY SEEING MINUTES
The Ducks have played all 14 eligible players in all seven games thus far. No players is averaging more than 27 minutes per game. Maite Cazorla has seen the most playing time at 26.3 minutes per game, followed closely by Sabrina Ionescu (25.9) and Lexi Bando (23.9).

FIRST TRIPLE-DOUBLE SINCE 1988
In the Ducks' 91-62 win over San Jose State on Nov. 27, freshman Sabrina Ionescu tallied Oregon's first triple-double since Stefanie Kasperski did it in 1988. In just her seventh game, Ionescu scored 11 points to go with 12 rebounds and 11 assists. It was the fifth triple-double ever for the Ducks.

ALL-TIME OREGON TRIPLE-DOUBLES
Sabrina Ionescu   SJSU (11/27/16)   11 P, 12 R, 11 A
Stefanie Kasperski   ASU (2/12/88)   16 P, 12 R, 10 B
Bev Smith   WASH (2/19/82)   15 P, 14 R, 11 A
Bev Smith   WASH (1/25/82)   18 P, 12 R, 12 A
Bev Smith   WASH (1/22/81)   23 P, 11 R, 11 S

NON-CONFERENCE WINNING STREAK SNAPPED
Oregon won 16 straight non-conference games (not including postseason), dating back to the 2013-14 season, prior to falling to No. 7 Mississippi in Honolulu on Nov. 25. UO's last non-conference loss prior to MSU was at home to Fresno State on Dec. 21, 2014. The Ducks went a perfect 11-0 in non-conference play last season.