No. 1 Ducks Open Regular Season Monday in MKA

EUGENE, Ore. - Fresh off of their historic exhibition win over the USA Women's National Team on Saturday, the No. 1 ranked Ducks kick off the highly-anticipated 2019-20 regular season on Monday with a 3 p.m. Veteran's Day matchup against Northeastern.

Game Details
Matchup: #1 Oregon (0-0) vs. Northeastern (0-1)
Date: Monday, November 11, 2019
Location: Eugene, Ore.
Venue: Matthew Knight Arena
Opening Tip: 3:00 p.m. PT
Doors Open: 2:00 p.m.
Autzen Shuttles: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Broadcast Information
Live Stream: GoDucks.com/Live
Radio: Oregon Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Terry Jonz
Analyst: Bev Smith

Scouting Report: Northeastern
The Huskies, 20-12 with an NIT appearance in 2018-19, suffered a narrow four-point loss in their 2019-20 opener last Tuesday against South Dakota, a team that went 28-6 and reached the NCAA Tournament in 2018-19. Northeastern graduated two of its top three scorers from last season, and saw four different players score in double figures against South Dakota. Sophomore Kendall Curence led the way with 19 points on 5-of-6 shooting from three-point range, and Alexis Hill added 15 points with three blocks.

Oregon Knocks Off Team USA
Playing in front of a tremendous crowd of 11,530 fans in Matthew Knight Arena on Saturday, No. 1 Oregon became the first college team since 1999 and only the second in history to defeat the USA WNT, 93-86. UO joined Tennessee (65-64, 11/7/99) as the only collegiate teams ever to knock off the world's premier women's basketball organization. The Ducks - who trailed by 11 midway through the second quarter - were led by a dynamic 30-point performance from reigning national player of the year Sabrina Ionescu, including 20 in a brilliant third quarter. Satou Sabally poured in 25 points, headlined by eight points in an 11-0 UO run in the fourth, and senior Ruthy Hebard notched a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. "I think the difference with Oregon was, they never quit," said three-time WNBA champion Sue Bird. "Some of the other teams, we maybe wore them down a bit. But not this team."
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Consensus Preseason No. 1
The Ducks open the 2019-20 season with the first Associated Press No. 1 national ranking in program history. Oregon sits atop both the preseason AP poll and the USA Today coaches poll, and the Ducks also receieved preseason No. 1 rankings from espnW, NCAA.com, Sports Illustrated and SLAM, among others.

Picked to Three-Peat
For the second straight season, the Ducks have been picked to win the Pac-12 in the preseason vote of the conference's coaches. Oregon received the maximum 11 first-place votes and 121 points, with Stanford picked to place second with 111 points and one first-place vote. Oregon State (99), UCLA (93) and Arizona State (77) round out the top five of the preseason poll. Oregon has won the Pac-12 regular season title each of the last two seasons - the first two in program history - and the Ducks also won the Pac-12 Tournament in 2017-18.

Quick Hits: #20 Sabrina Ionescu
» Enters senior season with career totals of 1,984 points, 792 assists and 756 rebounds, giving her the chance to become the first player in NCAA women's basketball history to reach 2,000+ career points, 1,000+ career assists and 1,000+ career rebounds.
» NCAA all-time leader (men's and women's) with 18 career triple-doubles; Previous record was 12 (Kyle Collinsworth, BYU).
» 2018-19 Wade Trophy (national player of the year) and Wooden Award (NCAA most outstanding player) winner.
» Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Year (2017-18, 2018-19); Three-time all-Pac-12 selection.
» Two-time Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year (2017-18, 2018-19).
» Two-time unanimous first-team all-American (2017-18, 2018-19).
» Oregon's all-time leader with 792 career assists, 101 more than any other Duck in program history.
» Averaged 19.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game during historic junior season.
» Racked up an NCAA single-season record eight triple-doubles in 2018-19 to become the new all-time career record holder with 18.
» Led the nation in 2018-19 with 311 total assists while pacing the Pac-12 and ranking third in the NCAA in assists per game.

The Oregon Ducks take on Team USA at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon on November 9, 2019 (Samuel Marshall/Eric Evans Photography)

The Oregon Ducks take on Team USA at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon on November 9, 2019 (Samuel Marshall/Eric Evans Photography)

See You Soon, Satou
Satou Sabally was brilliant in a 25-point performance in Oregon's exhibition win over Team USA on Saturday, but she will miss the Ducks' first three regular season games as she heads overseas to play for the German women's national team in the FIBA women's Eurobasket 2021 qualifiers. Sabally last competed for her home country during the FIBA U20 European Div. A Championship in the summer of 2018, where she averaged 20.7 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game.

Record Book and Milestone Watch
» Sabrina Ionescu is only 16 points away from becoming the fourth Duck ever to surpass 2,000 in a career.
» With 80 more points, Ionescu will pass UO legend Bev Smith (1978-82) for No. 3 on the UO all-time scoring list.
» Ionescu needs eight assists and 44 rebounds to surpass 800 for her career in both categories.
» Ionescu is only two three-pointers away from passing Taylor Lilley (2007-10) for No. 2 in Oregon history, and just 15 away from breaking the Oregon all-time record (283, Lexi Bando, 2014-18).
» Ionescu is seven double-figure scoring games away from overtaking Alison Lang (108, 1980-84) for the most in UO history.
» Ruthy Hebard is just 18 rebounds away from becoming the fourth Duck ever to eclipse 1,000 in a career.
» Hebard needs 14 rebounds to pass Stefanie Kasperski (1986-90) for No. 4 in Oregon history.
» Hebard is six double-figure scoring games away from passing Bev Smith (1978-92) for No. 4 in UO history.
» With 39 career double-doubles, Hebard needs two more to pass Debbie Sporcich (1990-94) for No. 5 in program history.
» Satou Sabally needs 17 rebounds to reach 400 in her career, and seven steals to get to the career century mark.
» Minyon Moore is 50 assists away from 500 for her career.

Up Next
No. 1 Oregon will be back in action on Wednesday against Utah State at 6 p.m. in Matthew Knight Arena before hosting Texas Southern at 2 p.m. on Saturday.