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Notes - No. 5 Oregon Hosts No. 19 Arizona State on Friday
01/16/19 | Women's Basketball
EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 5 Oregon women's basketball team plays host to No. 19 Arizona State at 6 PM on Friday, the third top-25 game at Matthew Knight Arena so far this season.
FURLOUGH FREEBIE
This weekend against the Arizona schools, Oregon is offering two free tickets to either game for all federal workers. Simply show an ID badge at the Matthew Knight Arena ticket window to claim a pair of general admission tickets. The offer is only available in person, not online.
#5 OREGON DUCKS (14-1, 3-0 Pac-12)
PPG: 91.1 | FG%: 52.2 | 3FG%: 41.0 | FT%: 79.6
Notes: The Ducks have the most potent offense in the nation so far this season. UO's 91.1 points per game leads the NCAA. UO is also first in the nation with a 1.85 assist-to-turnover ratio. UO's 11.2 turnovers per game are the fourth fewest in the NCAA while its 20.7 assists per game also rank fourth. Oregon is first in the nation in field goal percentage (52.2%), second in free throw percentage (79.6%) and fourth in three-point percentage (41.0%).
#19 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS (12-4, 3-2 Pac-12)
PPG: 68.4 | FG%: 42.5 | 3FG%: 33.4 | FT%: 66.8
Series: UO trails, 34-32 (leads 20-11 in Eugene)
Last: UO won, 57-44 (2/23/18 in Tempe)
Notes: ASU played a tough non-conference schedule, dropping close games to Baylor and Louisville. They are coming off a home split vs. the Bay Area schools, losing to Stanford (72-65) and beating Cal (62-61). ASU has the No. 22 scoring defense in the NCAA. Only Kianna Ibis (13.4 ppg) and Courtney Ekmark (10.1) are scoring in double-figures this season.
KEY STORYLINES
- Oregon swept the season series with Arizona State last season. Each team is 20-11 all-time vs. the other at home.
- UO has two top-10 RPI wins this season (Syracuse, 4 and Mississippi State, 9), the most in the NCAA thus far.
- The Ducks face the top-2 scoring defenses in the Pac-12 this weekend - Arizona (54.4 ppg) and ASU (55.7 ppg).
- Satou Sabally has been on fire in Pac-12 play, averaging a team-high 22.3 ppg on 47.8% shooting with 9.3 rpg.
- Sabrina Ionescu is the all-time NCAA (M/W) leader with 15 career triple-doubles (previous: 12, Kyle Collinsworth, BYU)
- Maite Cazorla (3.71-to-1) and Sabrina Ionescu (3.39-to-1) rank No. 2 and No. 6 in the NCAA in assist-to-turnover ratio.
- 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 fifth in the AP poll for the fourth straight week.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 National, Pac-12 Oregon, Pac-12 Arizona with Ann Schatz & Elise Woodward.
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" in the TuneIn app or online at TuneIn.com.
ARIZONA STATE SERIES HISTORY
- The Sun Devils hold a 34-32 edge in the series.
- Kelly Graves is 2-4 vs. ASU at Oregon.
- The Ducks swept the season series last season, snapping a four-game ASU winning streak.
- Arizona State has won 20 of the last 24 meetings, dating back to 2005.
- Oregon's win at ASU last season was it's first victory in Tempe since March 2, 2000. The Ducks had lost 15 straight road games in the series.
- The Ducks win in Tempe last year during the final weekend of regular season play clinched a share of the Pac-12 title. UO won it outright with a win at Arizona two days laster.
- Arizona State has been ranked in the top-25 in five of its last six games against Oregon. On Friday, the No. 5 Ducks meet the No. 19 Sun Devils.
- 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.
CURRENT ROSTER VS. THE SUN DEVILS
- Maite Cazorla has been fantastic against the Sun Devils in her career. The senior is averaging 15.8 points per game in four meetings with ASU on 49.0 percent shooting with eight three-pointers.
- In three career meetings with ASU, Ruthy Hebard is averaging 13.7 points on 77.8 percent shooting with 7.3 rebounds per game.
- Sabrina Ionescu had a 26-point game against ASU last season in Eugene, knocking down 11-of-15 shots with six rebounds and five assists.
600+ ASSIST CLUB
- With after posting 10 dimes on Jan. 6 against Washington, Sabrina Ionescu became just the 12th player in Pac-12 history to tally 600+ career assists. She did it in 84 career games.
- Maite Cazorla joined Ionescu in the exclusive 600+ club in the very next game, on Dec. 11 at USC. The 13th player in Pac-12 history with 600+ assists, she's had 140+ assists each season. Cazorla reached the 600 mark in 123 career games.
- Only six active players in the NCAA have reached 600+ assists: Ionescu and Cazorla are joined by Colorado's Kennedy Leonard, Ohio State's Carmen Grande, Belmont's Darby Maggard and Lamar's Chastadie Barrs as active players in the NCAA with 600+ assists.
SHE STANDS ALONE
- Sabrina Ionescu is currently averaging 19.3 points, 7.7 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game, the only player in the NCAA averaging 16+ points, 7+ rebounds and 7+ assists.
- The last time anyone posted a balanced 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.
IONESCU SNAPS UO CAREER ASSIST MARK
Sabrina Ionescu's first assist on Dec. 11 at USC - a long pass to Satou Sabally for a transition three-pointer - gave her 608 assists 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 at USC.
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.
FURLOUGH FREEBIE
This weekend against the Arizona schools, Oregon is offering two free tickets to either game for all federal workers. Simply show an ID badge at the Matthew Knight Arena ticket window to claim a pair of general admission tickets. The offer is only available in person, not online.
#5 OREGON DUCKS (14-1, 3-0 Pac-12)
PPG: 91.1 | FG%: 52.2 | 3FG%: 41.0 | FT%: 79.6
Notes: The Ducks have the most potent offense in the nation so far this season. UO's 91.1 points per game leads the NCAA. UO is also first in the nation with a 1.85 assist-to-turnover ratio. UO's 11.2 turnovers per game are the fourth fewest in the NCAA while its 20.7 assists per game also rank fourth. Oregon is first in the nation in field goal percentage (52.2%), second in free throw percentage (79.6%) and fourth in three-point percentage (41.0%).
#19 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS (12-4, 3-2 Pac-12)
PPG: 68.4 | FG%: 42.5 | 3FG%: 33.4 | FT%: 66.8
Series: UO trails, 34-32 (leads 20-11 in Eugene)
Last: UO won, 57-44 (2/23/18 in Tempe)
Notes: ASU played a tough non-conference schedule, dropping close games to Baylor and Louisville. They are coming off a home split vs. the Bay Area schools, losing to Stanford (72-65) and beating Cal (62-61). ASU has the No. 22 scoring defense in the NCAA. Only Kianna Ibis (13.4 ppg) and Courtney Ekmark (10.1) are scoring in double-figures this season.
KEY STORYLINES
- Oregon swept the season series with Arizona State last season. Each team is 20-11 all-time vs. the other at home.
- UO has two top-10 RPI wins this season (Syracuse, 4 and Mississippi State, 9), the most in the NCAA thus far.
- The Ducks face the top-2 scoring defenses in the Pac-12 this weekend - Arizona (54.4 ppg) and ASU (55.7 ppg).
- Satou Sabally has been on fire in Pac-12 play, averaging a team-high 22.3 ppg on 47.8% shooting with 9.3 rpg.
- Sabrina Ionescu is the all-time NCAA (M/W) leader with 15 career triple-doubles (previous: 12, Kyle Collinsworth, BYU)
- Maite Cazorla (3.71-to-1) and Sabrina Ionescu (3.39-to-1) rank No. 2 and No. 6 in the NCAA in assist-to-turnover ratio.
- 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 fifth in the AP poll for the fourth straight week.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 National, Pac-12 Oregon, Pac-12 Arizona with Ann Schatz & Elise Woodward.
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" in the TuneIn app or online at TuneIn.com.
ARIZONA STATE SERIES HISTORY
- The Sun Devils hold a 34-32 edge in the series.
- Kelly Graves is 2-4 vs. ASU at Oregon.
- The Ducks swept the season series last season, snapping a four-game ASU winning streak.
- Arizona State has won 20 of the last 24 meetings, dating back to 2005.
- Oregon's win at ASU last season was it's first victory in Tempe since March 2, 2000. The Ducks had lost 15 straight road games in the series.
- The Ducks win in Tempe last year during the final weekend of regular season play clinched a share of the Pac-12 title. UO won it outright with a win at Arizona two days laster.
- Arizona State has been ranked in the top-25 in five of its last six games against Oregon. On Friday, the No. 5 Ducks meet the No. 19 Sun Devils.
- 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.
CURRENT ROSTER VS. THE SUN DEVILS
- Maite Cazorla has been fantastic against the Sun Devils in her career. The senior is averaging 15.8 points per game in four meetings with ASU on 49.0 percent shooting with eight three-pointers.
- In three career meetings with ASU, Ruthy Hebard is averaging 13.7 points on 77.8 percent shooting with 7.3 rebounds per game.
- Sabrina Ionescu had a 26-point game against ASU last season in Eugene, knocking down 11-of-15 shots with six rebounds and five assists.
600+ ASSIST CLUB
- With after posting 10 dimes on Jan. 6 against Washington, Sabrina Ionescu became just the 12th player in Pac-12 history to tally 600+ career assists. She did it in 84 career games.
- Maite Cazorla joined Ionescu in the exclusive 600+ club in the very next game, on Dec. 11 at USC. The 13th player in Pac-12 history with 600+ assists, she's had 140+ assists each season. Cazorla reached the 600 mark in 123 career games.
- Only six active players in the NCAA have reached 600+ assists: Ionescu and Cazorla are joined by Colorado's Kennedy Leonard, Ohio State's Carmen Grande, Belmont's Darby Maggard and Lamar's Chastadie Barrs as active players in the NCAA with 600+ assists.
SHE STANDS ALONE
- Sabrina Ionescu is currently averaging 19.3 points, 7.7 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game, the only player in the NCAA averaging 16+ points, 7+ rebounds and 7+ assists.
- The last time anyone posted a balanced 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.
IONESCU SNAPS UO CAREER ASSIST MARK
Sabrina Ionescu's first assist on Dec. 11 at USC - a long pass to Satou Sabally for a transition three-pointer - gave her 608 assists 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 at USC.
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
Deja Kelly, Peyton Scott & Phillipina Kyei | Selection Sunday
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