No. 9 Oregon Visits No. 5 Mississippi State on Wednesday

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 9 ranked Oregon women's basketball team faces its third top-25 road test of the young season at 4 PM PT on Wednesday in a SEC Network televised game at No. 5 Mississippi State.

#9 OREGON DUCKS (8-1, 0-0 Pac-12)
PPG: 90.8 | FG%: 51.0 | 3FG%: 43.1 | FT%: 77.9
Notable: The Ducks have won five straight games since falling at No. 5 Louisville. Oregon owns one of the top offenses in the nation, ranking third in scoring (90.8), sixth in field goal percentage (51.0) and fifth in three-point percentage (43.1). Guard Sabrina Ionescu is fourth in the country, averaging 8.3 assists per game. Oregon is coming off its first ever appearances in the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 and returned all five starters from last year's NCAA tournament run.

#5 MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (9-0, 0-0 SEC)
PPG: 82.9 | FG%: 46.1 | 3FG%: 36.4 | FT%: 68.4
Series Record: Mississippi State leads, 2-0
Last Game: #7 MSU won, 75-63 (11/25/16, Hawaii)
Notable: While the Ducks boast one of the nation's best offenses, Mississippi State owns one of the country's top defenses. Then-No. 7 ranked Mississippi State defeated unranked Oregon, 75-63, last season at the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu. Victoria Vivians had 17 points to lead MSU while Lexi Bando and Sabrina Ionescu each had a team-high 14 points for the Ducks.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - SEC Network
Stream - WatchESPN.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 - msu.statbroadcast.com

DUCKS IN THE POLLS
Oregon's No. 9 ranking this week in the Associated Press top-25 poll matches its highest all-time ranking. The Ducks were ranked No. 9 four times during the 1981-82 season.

NAISMITH, WADE TROPHY WATCH LISTS
- Both Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard have been named to the 50-player Naismith Trophy watch list. The award, organized by the Atlanta Tipoff Club, goes to the top player in the NCAA.
- Ionescu was also named to the Wade Trophy watch list. The Wade Trophy is presented by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and is also awarded to the top player in the NCAA.

UO DUO SWEEPS PAC-12, NATIONAL AWARDS
After the week concluding on Dec. 3, sophomore Sabrina Ionescu and freshman Satou Sablly swept both the Pac-12 and USBWA national player of the week awards. Ionescu was named player of the week in both while Sabally was named freshman of the week in both.
- Ionescu posted a pair of double-doubles in wins over Hampton and Weber State, averaging 17.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 10.0 assists. She matched the program single-game record with 14 assists vs. the Wildcats.
- Sabally averaged 20.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists against Hampton and Weber State, while shooting 54.3 percent from the floor and 50.0 percent on three-pointers.

THE SCOREBOARD, IT'S LIT
Oregon ranks 3rd in the NCAA, averaging 90.8 points per game. The Ducks have outscored their opponents, on average, by 30.1 points per game, which ranks 4th.

SHARE THE ROCK
- Oregon ranks 6th in the NCAA with 206 total assists.
- The Ducks are averaging 22.9 assists per game this year, good for 4th in the NCAA.
- Oregon has 206 assists on 303 made baskets (67.9%).
- Individually, Sabrina Ionescu ranks 7th in the NCAA in total assists (75) and 4th in assists per game (8.3). Ionescu is 11th in the NCAA, with a 3.57-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

SHARP SHOOTERS
- Oregon ranks 6th in the NCAA, shooting 51.0 percent from the floor.
- The Ducks are 5th in the country, shooting 43.1 percent from three-point range.

BANDO ON RECORD PACE
Senior guard Lexi Bando is close to setting multiple three-point percentage records. The guard is a career 45.9 percent three-point shooter (227-for-495), 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.
- Bando's 227 made three-pointers are the second most in UO career history. Taylor Lilley has the record with 270 made from 2007-2010.

IONESCU MATCHES UO ASSISTS RECORD
With 14 assists on Dec. 2 against Weber State, Sabrina Ionescu matched the UO single-game assists record, also held by Corrie Mizusawa (at Gonzaga, Nov. 25, 2003) and Vanessa Selden (vs. NMSU, Dec. 7, 1990). Ionescu's previous career-best was 13 assists against Utah on Jan. 22, 2017.

COMBINED THREE-POINT RECORD FALLS
On Nov. 2, Oregon and Weber State combined for 34 three-pointers, the most in UO single-game history. Both teams made 17 threes, with the Ducks going 17-of-33 and the Wildcats going 17-of-34. Ironically, the Ducks entered the game with the nation's best three-point percentage defense, at just 20.2 percent. The previous record was 27 combined three-pointers against Portland State on Nov. 20, 2011.

DUCKS EXPLODE FOR 44-POINT QUARTER
Oregon scored a program-record 44 points in the third quarter against Weber State on Nov. 2. The Ducks shot 82.4 percent (14-of-17) in the period.

NON-CONFERENCE UNDER GRAVES
Oregon is 37-6 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 43-9 against non-Pac-12 opponents.

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), held by Penn State's Suzie McConnell, who is now the head coach at Pitt.