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No. 5 Ducks Visit USC Friday Night
01/09/19 | Women's Basketball
EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 5 ranked Oregon women's basketball team will meet USC at 8 PM on Friday night for its first Pac-12 road game of the season.
#5 OREGON DUCKS (13-1, 2-0 Pac-12)
PPG: 92.4 | FG%: 52.6 | 3FG%: 40.7 | FT%: 79.8
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 1.97 assist-to-turnover ratio. UO's 10.8 turnovers per game are the fewest in the NCAA while its 21.3 assists per game rank fourth. Oregon is first in the nation in field goal percentage (52.6%), fourth in free throw percentage (79.8%) and seventh in three-point percentage (40.7%).
USC TROJANS (10-4, 0-3 Pac-12)
PPG: 68.8 | FG%: 41.9 | 3FG%: 33.9 | FT%: 64.4
Series: UO trails, 23-45 (8-27 in Los Angeles)
Last: UO won, 80-74, in 2OT (2/16/18 in Eugene)
Notes: After starting the season 9-0, USC has lost four of its last five games. The Trojans are led by sisters Minyon and Mariya Moore. Minyon is averaging a team-high 14.3 points per game while Mariya is just behind her at 13.6. Mariya had a career-high 36 points on 13-of-22 shooting, including seven three-pointers, in a 66-59 loss at Cal on Sunday.
KEY STORYLINES
- Oregon has won five straight games against USC, tied for the longest winning streak against the Trojans in UO history.
- The Ducks have the No. 1 scoring offense in the Pac-12 (92.4 ppg) while USC ranks last in the league (68.8 ppg).
- Ruthy Hebard (22.5 ppg), Satou Sabally (22.0 ppg) and Erin Boley (20.0) are all averaging 20+ points in Pac-12 play.
- 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 (9.0) and Hebard leads the NCAA in field goal percentage (70.9%).
- Erin Boley hit eight threes against Washington, one shy of the UO record. She leads the Pac-12 with 46 three-pointers.
- 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.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 National and Pac-12 Oregon
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.
USC SERIES HISTORY
- Oregon trails the all-time series with USC, 45-23.
- However, UO has won five straight vs. USC.
- Kelly Graves is 6-2 against USC while at Oregon.
- Despite sweeping the Trojans last season, the Ducks had issues with turnovers in both games. Oregon turned the ball over 20 times in Los Angeles and 24 times in Eugene.
- Oregon snapped a nine-game losing streak to USC with a 63-57 win in Eugene on Feb. 2, 2015.
- Oregon has just three wins at the Galen Center, and is 3-12 at the facility since it opened for the 2006-07 season. The Ducks are 3-9 against USC (3-8 regular season, 0-1 Pac-12 Tournament) plus 0-3 against other foes at the former home of the Pac-12 Tournament.
- USC won 19 of the first 22 meetings in the series, which started on March 21, 1981 in Los Angeles. USC won that game, 67-64.
- Oregon's longest winning streak in the series is five games, coming from 1997-99 and also its current five-game streak. USC's longest winning streak in the series is 10 games, from 1990-95.
CAZORLA VS. THE TROJANS
Maite Cazorla had two strong games against USC last season. The guard first tallied 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting with six assists in Oregon's 70-66 win in Los Angeles. Then, back in Eugene, Cazorla had 17 points with four three-pointers in a thrilling double-overtime win.
IONESCU MATCHES UO ASSISTS RECORD
Sabrina Ionescu's first assist on Friday at USC will give her 608 in her career, breaking the UO career record of 607 set by Lauri Landerholm in 1987. Ionescu posted 10 assists in Sunday's win vs. Washington State, matching the record. Maite Cazorla is just behind Ionescu with 598 assists.
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.
- Ionescu joined Colorado's Kennedy Leonard and Ohio State's Carmen Grande as active players in the NCAA with 600+ assists.
- Maite Cazorla is about to reach the milestone as well with 598 career assists.
- With 1,506 career points, 607 career assists and 588 career rebounds, Ionescu is on pace to become the first player in NCAA history to tally 2,000+ points, 1,000+ rebounds and 1,000+ assists.
SHE STANDS ALONE
- Sabrina Ionescu is currently averaging 19.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 9.0 assists per game, the only player in the NCAA averaging 16+ points, 7+ rebounds and 7+ assists.
- The last time anyone posted a state 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.
#5 OREGON DUCKS (13-1, 2-0 Pac-12)
PPG: 92.4 | FG%: 52.6 | 3FG%: 40.7 | FT%: 79.8
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 1.97 assist-to-turnover ratio. UO's 10.8 turnovers per game are the fewest in the NCAA while its 21.3 assists per game rank fourth. Oregon is first in the nation in field goal percentage (52.6%), fourth in free throw percentage (79.8%) and seventh in three-point percentage (40.7%).
USC TROJANS (10-4, 0-3 Pac-12)
PPG: 68.8 | FG%: 41.9 | 3FG%: 33.9 | FT%: 64.4
Series: UO trails, 23-45 (8-27 in Los Angeles)
Last: UO won, 80-74, in 2OT (2/16/18 in Eugene)
Notes: After starting the season 9-0, USC has lost four of its last five games. The Trojans are led by sisters Minyon and Mariya Moore. Minyon is averaging a team-high 14.3 points per game while Mariya is just behind her at 13.6. Mariya had a career-high 36 points on 13-of-22 shooting, including seven three-pointers, in a 66-59 loss at Cal on Sunday.
KEY STORYLINES
- Oregon has won five straight games against USC, tied for the longest winning streak against the Trojans in UO history.
- The Ducks have the No. 1 scoring offense in the Pac-12 (92.4 ppg) while USC ranks last in the league (68.8 ppg).
- Ruthy Hebard (22.5 ppg), Satou Sabally (22.0 ppg) and Erin Boley (20.0) are all averaging 20+ points in Pac-12 play.
- 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 (9.0) and Hebard leads the NCAA in field goal percentage (70.9%).
- Erin Boley hit eight threes against Washington, one shy of the UO record. She leads the Pac-12 with 46 three-pointers.
- 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.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 National and Pac-12 Oregon
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.
USC SERIES HISTORY
- Oregon trails the all-time series with USC, 45-23.
- However, UO has won five straight vs. USC.
- Kelly Graves is 6-2 against USC while at Oregon.
- Despite sweeping the Trojans last season, the Ducks had issues with turnovers in both games. Oregon turned the ball over 20 times in Los Angeles and 24 times in Eugene.
- Oregon snapped a nine-game losing streak to USC with a 63-57 win in Eugene on Feb. 2, 2015.
- Oregon has just three wins at the Galen Center, and is 3-12 at the facility since it opened for the 2006-07 season. The Ducks are 3-9 against USC (3-8 regular season, 0-1 Pac-12 Tournament) plus 0-3 against other foes at the former home of the Pac-12 Tournament.
- USC won 19 of the first 22 meetings in the series, which started on March 21, 1981 in Los Angeles. USC won that game, 67-64.
- Oregon's longest winning streak in the series is five games, coming from 1997-99 and also its current five-game streak. USC's longest winning streak in the series is 10 games, from 1990-95.
CAZORLA VS. THE TROJANS
Maite Cazorla had two strong games against USC last season. The guard first tallied 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting with six assists in Oregon's 70-66 win in Los Angeles. Then, back in Eugene, Cazorla had 17 points with four three-pointers in a thrilling double-overtime win.
IONESCU MATCHES UO ASSISTS RECORD
Sabrina Ionescu's first assist on Friday at USC will give her 608 in her career, breaking the UO career record of 607 set by Lauri Landerholm in 1987. Ionescu posted 10 assists in Sunday's win vs. Washington State, matching the record. Maite Cazorla is just behind Ionescu with 598 assists.
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.
- Ionescu joined Colorado's Kennedy Leonard and Ohio State's Carmen Grande as active players in the NCAA with 600+ assists.
- Maite Cazorla is about to reach the milestone as well with 598 career assists.
- With 1,506 career points, 607 career assists and 588 career rebounds, Ionescu is on pace to become the first player in NCAA history to tally 2,000+ points, 1,000+ rebounds and 1,000+ assists.
SHE STANDS ALONE
- Sabrina Ionescu is currently averaging 19.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 9.0 assists per game, the only player in the NCAA averaging 16+ points, 7+ rebounds and 7+ assists.
- The last time anyone posted a state 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.
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