Notes - Oregon Closes Out Non-Conference Schedule vs. Air Force and UC Irvine

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 7 ranked Oregon women's basketball team wraps up its non-conference schedule this week with back-to-back games against Air Force (Thursday, 11 AM PT) and UC Irvine (Friday, 12 PM).

#7 OREGON DUCKS (9-1, 0-0 Pac-12)
PPG: 91.4 | FG%: 52.3 | 3FG%: 41.4 | FT%: 86.3
Notes: The Ducks have one of the most efficient offenses in the NCAA so far this season. UO's 91.4 points per game ranks first in the NCAA. UO is second in the nation with a 1.86 assist-to-turnover ratio. UO's 10.8 turnovers per game are the third fewest in the NCAA while its 20.1 assists per game are ninth. UO is second in field goal percentage (52.3%), 10th in three-point percentage (41.4%) and first in free throw percentage (86.3%).

AIR FORCE FALCONS (4-6, 0-0 Mountain West)
PPG: 63.2 | FG%: 36.6 | 3FG%: 30.1 | FT%: 59.6
Series: None | Last: Teams have never met
Notes: Air Force has lost three straight, including a 79-60 loss at Portland on Tuesday night.

UC IRVINE ANTEATERS (9-1, 0-0 Big West)
PPG: 78.4 | FG%: 44.7 | 3FG%: 31.8 | FT%: 76.1
Series: UO leads, 4-1 | Last: W, 87-77 (11/25/11)
Notes: UCI handed Portland State its first loss on Tuesday night, 73-68. Jordan Sanders had 34 points.

KEY STORYLINES
- Sabrina Ionescu needs one more triple-double to break the NCAA overall career record (12, Kyle Collinsworth, BYU)
- Ionescu is the only player in the NCAA averaging 18+ pts, 7+ rebs and 7+ ast per game. She has five double-doubles.
- Ruthy Hebard ranks fifth in the NCAA, shooting 69.0 percent from the field. She has three double-doubles.
- Ionescu (31) and Erin Boley (29) are No. 1 and No. 2 in the Pac-12 in made three-pointers this season.
- As they did last year as well, all five of UO's starters are averaging 10+ points per game, led by Ionescu's 21.0 ppg.
- Ionescu is one of five AP preseason All-Americans (Asia Durr, Katie Lou Samuelson, Arike Ogunbowale, Kalani Brown)
- UO features both the national point guard of the year (Ionescu) and the national power forward of the year (Hebard).

THE DUCKS IN THE POLLS
The Ducks are ranked No. 7 in the AP poll this week. UO will likely rise after defeating No. 4 Mississippi State on Tuesday night.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - None
Stream - Free at GoDucks.com/live
Radio - Terry Jonz on the call at 590 AM (Eugene), 1640 AM (Portland) & TuneIn. Search for "Oregon IMG" in the TuneIn app or online at TuneIn.com.

AIR FORCE SERIES HISTORY
- Oregon and Air Force have never met.
- The Ducks have only played once against a service academy, defeating Navy, 72-64, on Dec. 6, 2014.

UC IRVINE SERIES HISTORY
- Oregon is 4-1 all-time against UC Irvine
- The teams have met just once in Eugene, with UO winning 87-77 on Nov. 25, 2011.

DELGADO BACK IN EUGENE
Former Oregon guard Amanda Delgado is on staff at UC Irvine. The Las Vegas native played her senior season for Kelly Graves in 2014-15, starting 18 games. The shooter hit 115 three-pointers in her four-year UO career and scored 452 total points.

DUCKS TOP NO. 4 MISSISSIPPI STATE
No. 4 ranked Mississippi State entered Matthew Knight Arena on Dec. 18 with the nation's No. 4 scoring defense and No. 2 rebounding margin. The Ducks beat the Bulldogs at their own game in an 82-74 win. Oregon outrebounded MSU, 27-25, and scored 82 points. Sabrina Ionescu struggled shooting in the game, going just 5-of-18 from the field, but went a perfect 17-of-17 from the free throw line, both a UO and Pac-12 record. As a team, the Ducks went 27-of-28 from the line. Maite Cazorla, who had scored in double figures in two previous games against MSU, added 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Ruthy Hebard had a stellar defensive effort, holding MSU All-American forward Teaira McCowan to just five points.

IONESCU SNAPS UO, PAC-12 FT MARK
In Oregon's Dec. 18 win against No. 4 ranked Mississippi State, junior Sabrina Ionescu went a perfect 17-of-17 at the charity stripe, breaking both the UO and Pac-12 free throw percentage records. The previous Oregon record was 14-of-14, set by Jessica Schutt at Washington on Feb. 19, 1995. The previous Pac-12 record was 15-of-15, set three different times, most recently by UW's Kristi Kingma against Oregon State on Jan. 25, 2013.