Notes: Ducks Host USC on Sunday

EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon women's basketball team will look to sweep the season series with USC when the Ducks and Trojans meet at 11 AM on Sunday at Matthew Knight Arena.

OREGON DUCKS (15-9, 5-7 Pac-12)
PPG: 73.3 | FG%: 46.0 | 3FG%: 40.2 | FT%: 71.0
Notable: Oregon is alone in sixth place in the Pac-12 standings, one game behind Arizona State and one game up on California and Washington State. The Ducks are coming off a wire-to-wire win over No. 15 UCLA, 84-75, on Friday night. It was the highest ranked team the Ducks have defeated under Kelly Graves and the sixth top-25 win overall in his two-plus seasons at the helm. Sabrina Ionescu tallied her fourth triple-double of the season against the Bruins, breaking the UO career record owned by Bev Smith.

USC TROJANS (13-11, 4-9 Pac-12)
PPG: 68.3 | FG%: 43.2 | 3FG%: 38.0 | FT%: 70.5
Series Record: UO trails, 45-20 (13-18 in Eugene)
Last Meeting: UO won, 59-53 (1/13/17 in Los Angeles)
Notable: Like the Ducks, USC is coming off a big upset win. The Trojans defeated Oregon State, 70-50, in Corvallis on Friday night. USC was led by Sadie Edwards' 17 points while Courtney Jaco added 15 and Kristen Simon scored 14 points to go with seven rebounds. USC held the Beavers to just 35.4 percent shooting and 6-of-20 from three-point range. USC has won three of its last five games.

TV AND RADIO BROADCAST INFO
Oregon's game at 11 AM PT on Sunday vs. USC will be broadcast live on the Pac-12 National channel plus Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Los Angeles. The game will also be carried live on the radio in Eugene (KUGN 590 AM) and Portland (KBNP 1410 AM) with Terry Jonz on the call, Oregon women's basketball's longtime play-by-play man. Fans can find a free radio stream online via TuneIn.com/Ducks and the TuneIn app.

OREGON'S HISTORY VS. USC
- Oregon trails the all-time series with USC, 45-20.
- The Ducks won at USC this season, 59-53. Oregon hasn't swept USC in a season since 2002-03.
- Oregon had not won at USC since Jan. 30, 2010, before it's win in LA this season.
- Oregon split the regular season series with USC last year, losing in Los Angeles and winning in Eugene. In the senior day 69-60 victory, point guard Maite Cazorla scored a career-high 26 points to lead the Ducks.
- Maite Cazorla tallied a career-high 26 points on 12-of-19 shooting last year against USC in Eugene.
- Oregon snapped a nine-game losing streak to USC with a 63-57 win in Eugene two seasons ago.
- Oregon has just two wins in the Galen Center, and is 2-11 at the facility since it opened for the 2006-07 season. The Ducks are 2-8 against USC (2-7 regular season, 0-1 Pac-12 Tournament) plus 0-3 against other foes at the former home of the Pac-12 Tournament.
- USC won 19 of the first 22 meetings in the series, which started on March 21, 1981 in Los Angeles. USC won that game, 67-64.
- Oregon's longest winning streak in the series is five games, coming from 1997-99.
- USC's longest winning streak in the series is 10 games, from 1990-95.

TOP-25 TESTED
Oregon has already played 10 games against top-25 teams this season. The Ducks are 3-7 in those contests with wins against No. 24 Michigan State, No. 20 California and No. 15 UCLA. Of the 13 games Oregon has played in Pac-12 play thus far, eight have been against top-25 teams.

BANDO CAREER THREES
Lexi Bando is now tied with Jamie Craighead for fourth in Oregon career history was 182 three-pointers made. Bando went 5-for-7 from three on Friday against UCLA.

RPI CHECK
Oregon was No. 38 in the NCAA RPI before knocking off UCLA on Friday night. The Bruins were No. 10 in the RPI and are the highest ranked team the Ducks have beaten this season. The Pac-12 is the No. 1 conference in the RPI and has four teams in the top-15.