UO and OSU Meet for a Top-25 Civil War in Corvallis

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 7 ranked Oregon women's basketball team visits No. 18 ranked Oregon State at 8 PM on Friday for the first top-25 Civil War since 1981.

#7 OREGON DUCKS (17-2, 6-0 Pac-12)
PPG: 84.9 | FG%: 50.2 | 3FG%: 39.3 | FT%: 75.9
Notable: At 6-0, Oregon is off to its best start to league play since joining the Pac-10 for the 1986-87 season. Oregon State will be the seventh and eighth top-25 opponent for the Ducks this season. UO has won nine straight games overall, led by their offense. UO ranks No. 11 in the NCAA, averaging 84.9 points per game. UO is fourth in the NCAA in field goal percentage (50.2%) and ninth in three-point percentage (39.3%). Sunday's game will be the 100th meeeting of the Civil War.

#18 OSU BEAVERS (13-4, 4-2 Pac-12)
PPG: 76.8 | FG%: 50.7 | 3FG%: 42.5 | FT%: 64.6
Series Record: UO leads, 59-39 (24-23 in Corvallis)
Last Game: UO lost, 67-60 (1/29/17 in Corvallis)
Notable: Oregon State has won 13 straight Civil War meetings. UO's last win in the series was an 81-72 victory in Eugene on Jan. 23, 2011. OSU is led by senior forward Marie Gulich, averaging a team-best 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game while shooting 67.4%. OSU is No. 1 in the NCAA, shooting 42.5% from three and No. 3 in the country, shooting 50.7% from the field.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 Oregon
Stream - Pac-12.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 - oregon.statbroadcast.com

LAST TIME OUT
Oregon shot the lights out, 66.0% from the field and 41.7% from three in a 74-64 win over No. 18 Arizona State last Sunday in Eugene. Ruthy Hebard was a perfect 9-for-9 from the field for 20 points while fellow sophomore star Sabrina Ionescu started the game 6-for-6 and ended up with a team-high 26 points on 11-of-15 shooting. UO held ASU to just five points in the third as the Ducks took a 20-point lead, 59-39, going to the fourth quarter.

A WIN WOULD...
- Snap a 13-game Civil War losing streak
- Give UO a win at OSU for the first time since 1/9/10.
- Give Oregon a 7-0 start to Pac-12 play.
- Give Oregon 10 straight wins overall.
- Improve Oregon's record against top-25 teams this season to 5-2.

LAST YEAR VS. OREGON STATE
- OSU swept the season series with the Ducks last year.
- OSU won the first meeting last year, 43-40, in Eugene. The Ducks took a 37-36 lead with under three minutes to play but couldn't hang on to upset No. 11 OSU.
- The Beavers won again in Corvallis, 67-60.
- Sabrina Ionescu averaged a team-high 17.5 points in the two games against Oregon State last season. Fellow freshman Ruthy Hebard grabbed a team-high 9.5 boards in the two contests.
- Oregon was held to just five combined made three-pointers in the two Civil War games.

CIVIL WAR SERIES HISTORY
- The Ducks own a 59-39 edge in the all-time series.
- Kelly Graves is 0-6 against Oregon State since becoming head coach for the 2014-15 season.
- This year's game in Eugene will be the 100th meeting of the women's basketball Civil War.
- The Ducks' longest winning streak in the series is 11 games, coming both from 1986-90 and 1996-2001.
- Oregon State is on a 13-game winning streak in the Civil War, it's longest winning streak in the series.
- Oregon's last win in the series was on Jan. 23, 2011 in Eugene, the opening game of Matthew Knight Arena.
- Oregon women's basketball played its first ever game in Matthew Knight Arena against Oregon State, winning 81-72. A Pac-12 record crowd of 12,320 was in attendance for the win. In former coach Paul Westhead's second season, point guard Nia Jackson had a team-high 24 points on 8-of-12 shooting. Kristi Fallin went 5-of-6 from three off the bench.
- Oregon State won the first meeting between the two programs, 44-31, on Jan. 24, 1974 in Corvallis. The Beavers won six of the first seven games in the series.
- Oregon and OSU have gone to overtime just five times in the series, with the Ducks holding a 3-2 record in those games.

THE SCOREBOARD, IT'S LIT
- Oregon ranks 10th in the NCAA, averaging 84.9 ppg.
- UO is outscoring its opponents by 23.8 points per game, the sixth biggest scoring margin in the NCAA.

SHARE THE ROCK
- Oregon ranks fourth in the NCAA with 382 assists.
- The Ducks are averaging 20.1 assists per game this year, good for eighth in the NCAA.
- Individually, Sabrina Ionescu ranks sixth in the NCAA in total assists (136) and ninth in assists per game (7.2). Ionescu and Maitie Cazorla rank No. 1 and No. 4 in the Pac-12 in assists per game, with 7.2 and 5.6, respectively.

SHARP SHOOTERS
- Oregon ranks fourth in the NCAA, shooting 50.2 percent from the floor.
- The Ducks are ninth in the country, shooting 39.3 percent from three-point range.
- Individually, Ruthy Hebard ranks third in the NCAA, shooting 68.5 percent on field goals.
- Sabrina Ionescu (45.0%) and Lexi Bando (44.7%) rank No. 1 and No. 3 in the Pac-12 in three-point field goal percentage.

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 (249-for-547), 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 249 made three-pointers are the second most in UO career history. Taylor Lilley has the record with 270 made from 2007-2010.