No. 10 Ducks Return Home to Host EWU

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 10 ranked Oregon women's basketball team returns home after a week-long road trip to host Eastern Washington at 6 PM on Tuesday at Matthew Knight Arena.

#10 OREGON DUCKS (3-1, 0-0 Pac-12)
PPG: 86.3 | FG%: 48.9 | 3FG%: 41.8 | FT%: 70.0
Notable: Oregon is coming off its first loss of the 2017-1 season, 74-61, at No. 5 ranked Louisville. The Ducks were the runners-up in the preseason WNIT after falling in the championship game. Sophomore Sabrina Ionecu is averaging 17.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game. The Ducks are coming off their first ever appearances in the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 and return all five starters and 100-percent of its scoring from last year's NCAA tournament run.

EASTERN WASHINGTON EAGLES (1-2, 0-0 Big Sky)
PPG: 63.3 | FG%: 35.9 | 3FG%: 22.8 | FT%: 78.3
Series Record: UO leads, 7-0 (4-0 in Eugene)
Last Meeting: UO won 95-66 (3/18/10 in WNIT)
Notable: Eastern Washington opened the season with an 81-56 loss at Fresno State but rebounds with a 65-63 overtime win against Air Force. Most recently, EWU fell, 73-69, to BYU in its home opener. Delany Hodgins is averaging a team-high 21.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. She's shooting 49.0 percent from the floor. EWU is allowing opponents to shoot 43.8 percent.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - None
Stream - GoDucks.com/live
Radio - 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

DUCKS IN THE POLLS
Oregon remained No. 10 in the second week Associated Press top-25 poll.

HEBARD'S HUGE WEEKEND
Sophomore Ruthy Hebard went a combined 16-for-20 from the field (80%) for 38 points at No. 19 Texas A&M and No. 5 Louisville. This season, Hebard is shooting 66.7 percent on field goals, good for third in the Pac-12 and 26th in the NCAA.

IONESCU EARNS SIXTH CAREER TRIPLE-DOUBLE
In what she called "the ugliest triple-double of my life", Sabrina Ionecu tallied 16 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists as the Ducks won, 83-68, at No. 19 Texas A&M on Nov. 16. Ionescu didn't score at all in the first half and finished the game just 3-of-14 from the field and 1-of-5 from three-pointer range. She did, however, go a career-high 9-of-11 at the free throw line. The guard is now tied with Nicole Powell's (Stanford) Pac-12 career record and one away from the NCAA record (7).

IONESCU TALLIES FIFTH TRIPLE-DOUBLE
With a career-high 29 points plus 10 rebounds and 11 assists against Drake on Nov. 12, Sabrina Ionescu tallied her fifth career triple-double in just the second game of her sophomore season.

BANDO ON RECORD PACE
Senior guard Lexi Bando is close to setting multiple three-point percentage records. The guard is a career 46.1 percent three-point shooter (211-for-458), 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.

MARGIN OF VICTORY
Oregon's 48-point win (91-43) over CSUN on Nov. 10 was the Ducks' second largest victory under head coach Kelly Graves. The biggest was a 63-point win (122-59) against Portland State on Dec. 17, 2015.

NON-CONFERENCE UNDER GRAVES
Oregon is 32-6 in regular season non-conference games in four-plus seasons under head coach Kelly Graves.
- The Ducks went a perfect 11-0 in non-conference play during the 2015-16 season.
- If you include postseason games (WNIT in 2015-16 and NCAA in 2016-17), the Ducks are 38-9 against non-Pac-12 opponents.

PK80
As part of the PK80 - Phil Knight Invitational, the Ducks will host an incredible women's basketball doubleheader at Matthew Knight Arena on Nov. 25. To honor Nike founder and Oregon alum Phil Knight for his 80th birthday, the No. 11 Ducks will meet No. 22 Oklahoma (2:30 PM) after No. 1 UConn plays Michigan State (12 PM).

THE PAC-12'S YOUNGEST TEAM
Despite being picked second in the Pac-12 preseason coaches poll, Oregon is tied with Oregon State with the youngest roster in the conference. Both the Ducks and Beavers each have just four upperclassmen this season.

THE PAC-12'S TALLEST TEAM
With seven players standing 6-foot-2 or taller, Oregon is the tallest team in the Pac-12 for the 2017-18 season. California, Stanford, Colorado and Utah are just behind with six.

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
Sabrina Ionescu was named a second team preseason All-American by Lindy's while both Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard were named third team preseason All-Americans by Street & Smith.

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Players Mentioned

Lexi Bando

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