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Oregon Wraps Up SoCal Trip at UCLA
01/12/19 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES - The No. 5 ranked Oregon women's basketball team wraps up it's SoCal road trip at 2 PM on Sunday at UCLA.
#5 OREGON DUCKS (14-1, 3-0 Pac-12)
PPG: 92.4 | FG%: 52.7 | 3FG%: 41.0 | FT%: 79.5
Notes: The Ducks have one of the most efficient offenses in the nation so far this season. UO's 92.4 points per game leads the NCAA. UO is also first in the nation with a 1.93 assist-to-turnover ratio. UO's 11.0 turnovers per game are the third fewest in the NCAA while its 21.2 assists per game rank fifth. Oregon is first in the nation in field goal percentage (52.7%), second in free throw percentage (79.5%) and fourth in three-point percentage (41.0%).
UCLA BRUINS (9-7, 2-2 Pac-12)
PPG: 72.0 | FG%: 41.2 | 3FG%: 27.2 | FT%: 69.4
Series: UO trails, 31-36 (11-22 in Los Angeles)
Last: UO won, 65-62 (3/3/18, P12T in Seattle)
Notes: The Bruins opened Pac-12 play with wins over USC and Cal but have dropped two straight to Stanford and OSU. Forward Michaela Onyenwere is averaging a team-high 16.8 points per game while Lajahna Drummer is nearly averaging a double-double at 9.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. UCLA leads the Pac-12, averaging 18.1 offensive boards a game.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 National, Pac-12 Oregon, Pac-12 LA with Anne Marie Anderson and Tammy Blackburn
Stream - Pac-12.com & Pac-12 Now app with login
Radio - Terry Jonz on the call at 590 AM (Eugene), 1640 AM (Portland) & TuneIn. Search for "Oregon IMG alt" in the TuneIn app or online at TuneIn.com.
KEY STORYLINES
- Oregon has won four straight games against UCLA, including last year's semifinals win in the Pac-12 Tournament.
- UO has posted back-to-back 40-point league wins, tied for the third-largest Pac-10/12 wins in program history.
- The Ducks are the No. 2 three-point shooting team in the league (41.0%) while UCLA is the worst (27.2%).
- Satou Sabally has been on fire in Pac-12 play, averaging a team-high 23.3 ppg on 48.1% shooting with 8.7 rpg.
- Sabrina Ionescu is the all-time NCAA (M/W) leader with 15 career triple-doubles (previous: 12, Kyle Collinsworth, BYU)
- Ionescu leads the NCAA in assists per game (8.9) and Hebard is No. 2 in the nation in field goal percentage (70.7%).
- 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
UO is No. 5 in the AP poll for the third straight week.
UCLA SERIES HISTORY
- Oregon trails UCLA in the all-time series, 31-36
- UO is 6-3 vs. UCLA under Kelly Graves
- The Ducks have won four straight vs. UCLA.
- Oregon won three games against the Bruins last season, winning in LA, Eugene and Seattle for the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals.
- Oregon swept the LA schools on the road for the first time in program history last year and is looking to do it again with a win on Sunday in Pauley Pavilion.
- Oregon's longest winning streak against UCLA is six games, coming from 1993-96.
- UCLA's longest win streak in the series is six games, coming just before UO's six-game run (1990-93).
- UCLA won the first meeting between the teams, 92-88, on Dec. 6, 1980, in Los Angeles.
CURRENT ROSTER VS. THE BRUINS
- Ruthy Hebard has had three double-doubles in five career games agianst the Bruins. She is averaging 18.4 ppg on 68.5% shooting with 10.0 rpg.
- Sabrina Ionescu had one of her 15 career triple-double against the Bruins. As a freshman, she had 11 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in an upset win over the No. 15 ranked Bruins.
- Maite Cazorla averaged 18.3 points per game vs. UCLA in the Ducks' three wins last year.
- Satou Sabally had the best game of her freshman season against the Bruins. The forward tallied 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting with seven three-pointers in UO's overtime win vs. the Bruins in Eugene.
IONESCU SNAPS UO CAREER ASSIST MARK
Sabrina Ionescu's first assist on Dec. 11 - a long pass to Satou Sabally for a transition three-pointer - at USC gave her 608 in her career, breaking the UO career record of 607 set by Lauri Landerholm in 1987. Ionescu went on to post a team-high seven assists in the 93-53 win against the Trojans.
600+ ASSIST CLUB
- With 607 career assists after posting 10 on Jan. 6 against Washington State, Sabrina Ionescu became just the 12th player in Pac-12 history to tally 600+ career assists.
- Maite Cazorla joined Ionescu in the exclusive 600+ club in the very next game, on Dec. 11 against USC. The senior tallied three assists giving her 601 in her career. She's had 140+ assists each season.
- Ionescu and Cazorla joined Colorado's Kennedy Leonard and Ohio State's Carmen Grande as active players in the NCAA with 600+ assists.
SHE STANDS ALONE
- Sabrina Ionescu is currently averaging 19.6 points, 7.9 rebounds and 8.9 assists per game, the only player in the NCAA averaging 16+ points, 7+ rebounds and 7+ assists.
- The last time anyone posted a stat line even close to that was in 2014-15, when Cal's Brittany Boyd averaged 13.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6.8 assists.
ALL-TIME NCAA TRIPLE-DOUBLE LEADER
Junior Sabrina Ionescu picked up a record 13th career triple-double on Dec. 20 vs. Air Force. Ionescu was tied with BYU's Kyle Collinsworth for the all-time NCAA lead, both men's or women's, at 12 before tallying 17 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists against the Falcons. She extended her own record in the very next game, with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists on Dec. 21 vs. UC Irvine. She now has 15 after posting another triple-double on Jan. 6 against Washington State.
#5 OREGON DUCKS (14-1, 3-0 Pac-12)
PPG: 92.4 | FG%: 52.7 | 3FG%: 41.0 | FT%: 79.5
Notes: The Ducks have one of the most efficient offenses in the nation so far this season. UO's 92.4 points per game leads the NCAA. UO is also first in the nation with a 1.93 assist-to-turnover ratio. UO's 11.0 turnovers per game are the third fewest in the NCAA while its 21.2 assists per game rank fifth. Oregon is first in the nation in field goal percentage (52.7%), second in free throw percentage (79.5%) and fourth in three-point percentage (41.0%).
UCLA BRUINS (9-7, 2-2 Pac-12)
PPG: 72.0 | FG%: 41.2 | 3FG%: 27.2 | FT%: 69.4
Series: UO trails, 31-36 (11-22 in Los Angeles)
Last: UO won, 65-62 (3/3/18, P12T in Seattle)
Notes: The Bruins opened Pac-12 play with wins over USC and Cal but have dropped two straight to Stanford and OSU. Forward Michaela Onyenwere is averaging a team-high 16.8 points per game while Lajahna Drummer is nearly averaging a double-double at 9.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. UCLA leads the Pac-12, averaging 18.1 offensive boards a game.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 National, Pac-12 Oregon, Pac-12 LA with Anne Marie Anderson and Tammy Blackburn
Stream - Pac-12.com & Pac-12 Now app with login
Radio - Terry Jonz on the call at 590 AM (Eugene), 1640 AM (Portland) & TuneIn. Search for "Oregon IMG alt" in the TuneIn app or online at TuneIn.com.
KEY STORYLINES
- Oregon has won four straight games against UCLA, including last year's semifinals win in the Pac-12 Tournament.
- UO has posted back-to-back 40-point league wins, tied for the third-largest Pac-10/12 wins in program history.
- The Ducks are the No. 2 three-point shooting team in the league (41.0%) while UCLA is the worst (27.2%).
- Satou Sabally has been on fire in Pac-12 play, averaging a team-high 23.3 ppg on 48.1% shooting with 8.7 rpg.
- Sabrina Ionescu is the all-time NCAA (M/W) leader with 15 career triple-doubles (previous: 12, Kyle Collinsworth, BYU)
- Ionescu leads the NCAA in assists per game (8.9) and Hebard is No. 2 in the nation in field goal percentage (70.7%).
- 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
UO is No. 5 in the AP poll for the third straight week.
UCLA SERIES HISTORY
- Oregon trails UCLA in the all-time series, 31-36
- UO is 6-3 vs. UCLA under Kelly Graves
- The Ducks have won four straight vs. UCLA.
- Oregon won three games against the Bruins last season, winning in LA, Eugene and Seattle for the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals.
- Oregon swept the LA schools on the road for the first time in program history last year and is looking to do it again with a win on Sunday in Pauley Pavilion.
- Oregon's longest winning streak against UCLA is six games, coming from 1993-96.
- UCLA's longest win streak in the series is six games, coming just before UO's six-game run (1990-93).
- UCLA won the first meeting between the teams, 92-88, on Dec. 6, 1980, in Los Angeles.
CURRENT ROSTER VS. THE BRUINS
- Ruthy Hebard has had three double-doubles in five career games agianst the Bruins. She is averaging 18.4 ppg on 68.5% shooting with 10.0 rpg.
- Sabrina Ionescu had one of her 15 career triple-double against the Bruins. As a freshman, she had 11 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in an upset win over the No. 15 ranked Bruins.
- Maite Cazorla averaged 18.3 points per game vs. UCLA in the Ducks' three wins last year.
- Satou Sabally had the best game of her freshman season against the Bruins. The forward tallied 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting with seven three-pointers in UO's overtime win vs. the Bruins in Eugene.
IONESCU SNAPS UO CAREER ASSIST MARK
Sabrina Ionescu's first assist on Dec. 11 - a long pass to Satou Sabally for a transition three-pointer - at USC gave her 608 in her career, breaking the UO career record of 607 set by Lauri Landerholm in 1987. Ionescu went on to post a team-high seven assists in the 93-53 win against the Trojans.
600+ ASSIST CLUB
- With 607 career assists after posting 10 on Jan. 6 against Washington State, Sabrina Ionescu became just the 12th player in Pac-12 history to tally 600+ career assists.
- Maite Cazorla joined Ionescu in the exclusive 600+ club in the very next game, on Dec. 11 against USC. The senior tallied three assists giving her 601 in her career. She's had 140+ assists each season.
- Ionescu and Cazorla joined Colorado's Kennedy Leonard and Ohio State's Carmen Grande as active players in the NCAA with 600+ assists.
SHE STANDS ALONE
- Sabrina Ionescu is currently averaging 19.6 points, 7.9 rebounds and 8.9 assists per game, the only player in the NCAA averaging 16+ points, 7+ rebounds and 7+ assists.
- The last time anyone posted a stat line even close to that was in 2014-15, when Cal's Brittany Boyd averaged 13.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6.8 assists.
ALL-TIME NCAA TRIPLE-DOUBLE LEADER
Junior Sabrina Ionescu picked up a record 13th career triple-double on Dec. 20 vs. Air Force. Ionescu was tied with BYU's Kyle Collinsworth for the all-time NCAA lead, both men's or women's, at 12 before tallying 17 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists against the Falcons. She extended her own record in the very next game, with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists on Dec. 21 vs. UC Irvine. She now has 15 after posting another triple-double on Jan. 6 against Washington State.
Players Mentioned
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Monday, March 17
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Monday, March 17
Peyton Scott & Ari Long: "A good, competitive basketball game."
Thursday, February 27
Kelly Graves: "We've played really well."
Thursday, February 27