No. 10 Oregon Opens Pac-12 Play vs. Washington State

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 10 ranked Oregon women's basketball team opens Pac-12 play against Washington State with a 3 PM tip on Friday at Matthew Knight Arena.

#10 OREGON DUCKS (11-2, 0-0 P12)
PPG: 88.8 | FG%: 51.2 | 3FG%: 42.1 | FT%: 76.5
Notable: Oregon enters conference play with the Pac-12's top scoring offense (88.8 ppg), which ranks fifth in the NCAA. The Ducks are also ranked sixth in the NCAA in field goal percentage (51.2) and fourth in the country in three-point percentage (42.1). Setting up all that offense has been guards Sabrina Ionescu and Maite Cazorla, who both rank in the top five in the Pac-12 in assists per game. Ionescu leads the league (7.9 apg) while Cazorla is fifth (5.7 apg).

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS (7-5, 0-0 P12)
PPG: 69.0 | FG%: 39.7 | 3FG%: 30.9 | FT%: 67.9
Series Record: Oregon leads, 63-19
Last Game: UO lost, 75-59 (1/1/17 in Eugene)
Notable: Washington State guard Borislava Hristova is fourth in the Pac-12, averaging a team-best 16.9 points per game. The Cougars have won the last two meetings between the teams in Eugene. Last year UO was without Sabrina Ionescu, who had a thumb injury. Chanelle Molina scored 20 points to lead WSU while Lexi Bando scored a team-high 19 points for the Ducks.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - None (Last game this season not on either Pac-12 Network or ESPN)
Stream - Free at GoDucks.com/live
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

A WIN WOULD...
- Give the Ducks a victory in their Pac-12 opener for first time since Jan. 1, 2009 against Washington, 82-71. Oregon is 0-3 in league openers under Kelly Graves and has lost seven straight Pac-12 openers overall.
- Give head coach Kelly Graves 499 career wins, going back to his first head coaching job at Big Bend CC.
- Give the Ducks a four-game winning streak.
- Snap a two-game home losing streak to WSU.

IONESCU NAMED PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ionescu was named Pac-12 player of the week for the fourth time in seven weeks, the league announced on Tuesday. Ionescu was named the MVP of the Duel in the Desert after she helped the Ducks to a pair of wins. She tallied 25 points on Dec. 21 as the No. 10 Ducks trounced No. 19 Texas A&M, 84-62. It was the second time this season the Ducks topped the Aggies. Ionescu then, despite only playing the first three minutes of the fourth quarter, flirted with a quadruple-double vs. Hawaii on Dec. 22, posting 19 points, eight rebounds, six assists and six steals.

ALL FIVE STARTERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES
Oregon is one of just six teams in the NCAA to have all five starters averaging double figures in scoring. Oregon is joined by Ball State, Central Michigan, DePaul, Florida and West Virginia.

DEJA VU
The Ducks are opening up Pac-12 play at home against the Washington schools for the second straight season. Oregon lost, 99-77, to No. 9 Washington on Dec. 30 and lost again, 75-59, to Washington on Jan. 1.

LAST YEAR VS. WASHINGTON STATE
- The Ducks played Washington State just once last season, falling 75-59 in Eugene on Jan. 1.
- Oregon was without Sabrina Ionescu last season, as the guard suffered a thumb injury the week prior against Ole Miss. Justine Hall started in her place.
- Lexi Bando scored a team-high 19 points for the Ducks while Ruthy Hebard had 14 points and eight rebounds but went just 3-of-7 from the field. Hebard did her damage at the free throw line, going 8-for-12.
- The Ducks shot 36.5 percent against the Cougars and 45.5 percent (5-of-11) at the three-point line.
- Turnovers doomed the Ducks last season, as the Cougars scored 14 points off 21 UO turnovers.
- Washington State shot 44.8 percent from the floor and 41.2 percent from three (7-of-17).
- Chanelle Molina tallied a game-high 20 points while Alexys Swedlung added 16 and Caila Hailey scored 12 points. Ivana Kmetovska scored 10 points.

WASHINGTON STATE SERIES HISTORY
- Oregon leads the all-time series with WSU, 63-19.
- Kelly Graves is 2-3 against WSU at Oregon, with both wins coming in Pullman. He went 6-3 against Washington State while head coach at Gonzaga.
- Oregon's 25-point win at Washington State (73-48) on Feb. 5, 2016 is the Ducks' largest Pac-12 victory since taking down California, 70-41, in Eugene on Jan. 5, 2006. It is also the largest league win for the Ducks under head coach Kelly Graves. Jillian Alleyne had a team-high 25 points and 14 rebounds and Maite Cazorla hit four threes in the win.
- Of all Pac-12 opponents, Oregon has had the most success against Washington State, boasting 62 wins in the all-time series. Second best is Oregon State, as the Ducks own 59 wins all-time against the rival Beavers.
- Oregon's longest winning streak in the series with WSU is 17 games, spanning a decade from 1978-1988.
- Washington State's longest winning streak in the series is just two games, coming on three occasions.
- WSU has won five of the last seven meetings.
- The last time Oregon allowed more than 100 points was in a 107-100 loss to Washington State in the Pac-12 Tournament on March 6, 2014.

PAC-12 RECORD SEVENTH TRIPLE-DOUBLE
It was clear early in the game that Sabrina Ionescu was feeling it on Dec. 17 against Ole Miss. At halftime, Ionescu already had 12 points and nine assists. She finished with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists for a Pac-12 record seventh career triple-double. Not only did the sophomore break the Pac-12 mark, held by former UO assistant Nicole Powell, but she tied the NCAA career mark, shared by Suzie McConnell and Louella Tomlinson. Ionescu tallied her seventh career triple-double in just her 44th career game. McConnell needed 128 games and Tomlinson needed 125.

NAISMITH, WADE TROPHY WATCH LISTS
- Both Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard were 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.

THE SCOREBOARD, IT'S LIT
Oregon ranks fifth in the NCAA, averaging 88.8 points per game. UO has outscored their opponents by 28.2 points per game, which ranks eighth in the nation.

SHARE THE ROCK
- Oregon ranks second in the NCAA with 275 assists.
- The Ducks are averaging 21.2 assists per game this year, good for seventh in the NCAA.
- UO has 275 assists on 430 made baskets (63.9%).
- Individually, Sabrina Ionescu ranks third in the NCAA in total assists (103) and fourth in assists per game (7.9). Ionescu is 16th in the NCAA, with a 3.12-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

SHARP SHOOTERS
- Oregon ranks sixth in the NCAA, shooting 51.2 percent from the floor.
- The Ducks are fourth in the country, shooting 42.1 percent from three-point range.
- Individually, Ruthy Hebard ranks sixth in the NCAA, shooting 64.7 percent on field goals. Sabrina Ionescu is No. 6 in the country, shooting 51.3 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 45.5 percent three-point shooter (232-for-510), 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 232 made three-pointers are the second most in UO career history. Taylor Lilley has the record with 270 made from 2007-2010.

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.

NON-CONFERENCE UNDER GRAVES
Oregon is now 40-8 in regular season non-conference games in four 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 46-10 against non-Pac-12 opponents.