No. 8 Ducks Open Final Regular Season Weekend at Arizona State

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 8 ranked Oregon women's basketball team opens the final weekend of the regular season on Friday at Arizona State with a Pac-12 championship within reach.

The Ducks and Sun Devils tip at 5 PM PT on Friday on Pac-12 Networks. Oregon closes the regular season on Sunday at Arizona.

#8 OREGON DUCKS (25-4, 14-2 Pac-12)
PPG: 83.8 | FG%: 49.9 | 3FG%: 39.8 | FT%: 76.4
Notable: After a wild weekend the Ducks a one-game lead in the Pac-12 standings, looking for their first title since the 1999-2000 season. With 25 wins, the Ducks have already tied the single-season program record. UO's offense has been leading the way this year, as the Ducks rank No. 6 in the NCAA in scoring (83.8 ppg), No. 4 in shooting (49.9%), No. 7 in three-point shooting (39.8%) and No. 6 in assists (19.7 apg). Sabrina Ionescu is a finalist for the Wooden Award, the Wade Trophy, the Naismith Trophy, the Dawn Staley Award and the Lieberman Award.

ASU SUN DEVILS (19-9, 10-6 Pac-12)
PPG: 69.8 | FG%: 45.3 | 3FG%: 34.1 | FT%: 71.1
Series Record: UO trails, 31-34 (10-20 in Tempe)
Last Game: Oregon won, 74-64 (1/14/18 in Eugene)
Notable: Arizona State swept rival Arizona last weekend after dropping both games on the LA road trip. Kianna Ibis had 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting in ASU and Oregon's meeting this year in Eugene. She leads the team, averaging 12.7 points per game this season. ASU has forced 432 turnovers this season, 15.4 per game. Reili Richardson has a 141-to-40 assist-to-TO ratio.

RPI CHECK
As of Feb. 20, the Ducks are No. 8 in the NCAA RPI report. Arizona State is No. 41, Arizona is No. 280.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 National, Pac-12 Oregon, Pac-12 Arizona
Stream - Pac-12.com/live 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.

LAST TIME OUT
Oregon won a thrilling overtime game against No. 10 UCLA on Monday night in Eugene. In a top-10 battle, the Ducks prevailed behind 20+ points from Maite Cazorla, Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally.

A WIN WOULD...
- Give Oregon 15 league wins, matching the program record (15-3) when UO won a Pac-10 title in 1998-99.
- Give Oregon 26 overall wins, breaking the program wins record of 25, set in 1980-81 (25-7) and 1998-99 (25-6).

OREGON'S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- With a one-game lead in the Pac-12 standings, the Ducks are looking for their first conference title since the 1999-2000 campaign.
- Oregon has only won two Pac-10/12 titles in program history. The Ducks shared the title in 1998-99 when they went 15-3 in conference play, the most league wins in program history. Oregon won an outright title a year later in 1999-2000 when the Ducks went 14-4 in league games.
- UO has finished better than sixth just three times since 2000 (4th in 2001, 5th in 2003, 2nd in 2005).
- Prior to the Pac-10 adopting women's sports for the 1986-87 season, the Ducks won six league titles in the Northwest Basketball League and the NorPac Conference, including four straight from 1978-79 to 1981-82. The Ducks were 23-2 (the fewest losses in program history) in 1978-79 and went a perfect 11-0 in the Northwest Basketball League.

ARIZONA STATE SERIES HISTORY
- The Sun Devils hold a 34-31 edge in the overall series.
- The Ducks snapped a four-game losing streak in the series with a 74-64 win vs. ASU this season in Eugene.
- Arizona State has won nine of the last 11 games vs. Oregon, going back to the 2010-11 season.
- Oregon has lost 15 straight games vs. ASU in Tempe. The Ducks' last win on the road against Arizona State was March 2, 2000, the last win in Oregon's 11-game winning streak vs. Arizona State.
- Oregon won 11 straight between the two schools between 1995-2000, it's longest streak in the series.
- Arizona State won the first ever meeting between the two schools, 70-69, in Tempe on Jan. 5, 1981.

EARLIER THIS SEASON VS. ASU
- Then No. 8-ranked Oregon won, 74-64, against No. 18 Arizona State on Jan. 14 in Eugene.
- Sabrina Ionescu went 11-of-15 from the field for 26 points plus six rebounds and five assists. Ruthy Hebard went a perfect 9-for-9 for 20 points plus six rebounds.
- The Ducks shot 66 percent from the field (31-of-47).
- ASU shot 43.6 percent (24-of-55) overall but went just 9-of-24 in the second half.

HEBARD SETS NCAA CONSECUTIVE FG RECORD
- Going into last Monday's game against UCLA, Ruthy Hebard had already made an incredible 30 straight field goals, a new NCAA record. She hit her first three shots versus the Bruins to extend her record to 33, the most consecutive field goals in either men's or women's NCAA basketball.
- The previous mark was 28 straight made shots, set by Southern Utah's Myndee Kay Larsen in 1998.
- The men's record was 30, set by Yale's Brandon Sherrod in 2016.
- Hebard made her last six shots at Washington on Feb. 9 and set a UO single-game record by going 12-for-12 at Washington State on Feb. 11. Hebard matched her own record in the the next game, when she went 12-for-12 again in a double-overtime win against USC on Feb. 16. She then started the game 3-for-3 against UCLA on Feb. 19 before missing a tough shot in the paint in the second quarter.

HEBARD SETS UO FG PERCENTAGE RECORD
- Sophomore Ruthy Hebard went 12-for-12 from the floor against Washington State on Feb. 11, setting a new UO single-game field goal percentage record.
- She did it again in the very next game, going 12-for-12 in a double-overtime win against USC on Feb. 16.
- The previous program record was a pair of 11-for-11 outings by Jillian Alleyne at Arizona on Jan. 21, 2014 and Lauri Landerholm at Washington State on Jan. 22, 1987.

HEBARD FIVE TIMES PERFECT
- Forward Ruthy Hebard has been perfect from the floor in five games this season.
- She went 10-of-10 at Texas A&M on Nov. 16, 7-for-7 against Eastern Washington on Nov. 21, 9-for-9 against Arizona State on Jan. 14 and then 12-for-12 against both WSU on Feb. 11 and USC on Feb. 16.

HEBARD, IONESCU JOIN 1K CLUB TOGETHER
Sophomores Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard, who were roommates as freshman at UO, both joined the 1,000-point club in a win at Washington State on Feb. Hebard tallied 16 points in the first half to reach the 1K mark by halftime while Ionescu reached the milestone on a jumper in the fourth quarter. They joined former star Jillian Alleyne as the only player in UO history to reach 1,000 career points as sophomores.

CAZORLA MAKES IT FOUR IN 1K CLUB
- Junior Maite Cazorla reached 1,000 career points in Oregon's overtime win over No. 10 UCLA on Feb. 19. Cazorla did it in 99 career games.
- Senior Lexi Bando reached 1,000 career points last year as a junior while Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard both reached 1K points on Feb. 11 at Washington State. Bando reached the 1K threshold in the Ducks' Pac-12 Tournament upset of Washington last year.
- With Cazorla, Ionescu, Hebard and Bando all in the 1K club, the Ducks join Notre Dame, UConn and Ohio State as the only teams in the country with four active 1,000 point scorers.

SHARP SHOOTERS
- Oregon ranks fourth in the NCAA, shooting 49.9 percent from the floor.
- The Ducks are seventh in the country, shooting 39.8 percent from three-point range.
- Oregon is 21st in the NCAA and leads the Pac-12, shooting 76.4 percent at the free throw line.
- Individually, Ruthy Hebard leads the nation, shooting 66.9 percent on field goals.
- Lexi Bando (44.4%) and Sabrina Ionescu (43.8%) are 3rd and 4th in the Pac-12 in three-point percentage.

SHARE THE ROCK
- Oregon ranks sixth in the NCAA with 572 assists.
- The Ducks are averaging 19.7 assists per game this year, good for sixth in the NCAA.
- Sabrina Ionescu ranks third in the NCAA in total assists (226) and fifth in assists per game (7.8 apg).

THE SCOREBOARD, IT'S LIT
- Oregon ranks sixth in the NCAA, averaging 83.8 ppg.
- UO is outscoring its opponents by 19.1 points per game, the fifth biggest margin in the NCAA.

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 (255-for-561), 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 255 made three-pointers are the second most in UO career history. Taylor Lilley has the record with 270 made from 2007-2010.