No. 1 Ducks Set For Three Games in Three Days at Paradise Jam

EUGENE, Ore. - Fresh off Sunday's road win over No. 17 Syracuse, the top-ranked Oregon women's basketball team continues its 10-day road trip with three games in three days this week at the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

No. 1 Oregon (4-0) will open the tournament with a Thanksgiving Day showdown against Oklahoma State on Thursday before taking on UT Arlington on Friday and No. 8 Louisville on Saturday.

Tournament Details
Nov. 28 vs. Oklahoma State (5-0)
Nov. 29 vs. UT Arlington (4-0)
Nov. 30 vs. #8 Louisville (5-0)
Location: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Venue: University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center
Tipoff: 12:15 p.m. PT (all three games)

Broadcast Information
Live Stream: FloHoops ($)
Play-by-Play: Brenda VanLengen
Analyst: Kevin Lehman
Radio: Oregon Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Terry Jonz

Where the Ducks Rank as a Team

Category	Stat	Pac-12	NCAA
Assists Per Game	26.8	1st	1st
Assist-Turnover Ratio	2.02	1st	1st
Rebound Margin	17.3	1st	T-3rd
Points Per Game	94.5	1st	4th
3PT FG Per Game	11.5	1st	4th
Scoring Margin	+38.0	1st	T-5th
Field Goal Pct.	50.2	3rd	7th

Where the Ducks Rank Individually

Player	Category	Stat	Pac-12	NCAA
Sabrina Ionescu	Assists Per Game	9.5	1st	1st
Sabrina Ionescu	Triple-Doubles	1	1st	T-1st
Minyon Moore	Assist-Turnover Ratio	7.5	1st	T-2nd
Ruthy Hebard	Field Goal Pct.	72.5	1st	4th
Ruthy Hebard	Double-Doubles	4	1st	T-5th
Ruthy Hebard	Rebounds Per Game	13.3	1st	T-4th
Ruthy Hebard	Off. Rebounds Per Game	4.8	1st	T-16th
Ruthy Hebard	Points Per Game	20.5	3rd	T-26th

Sabally, Big Third Quarter Lifts Ducks to Top-20 Road Win
After taking a 31-30 lead into halftime, the Ducks poured in 31 points in the third quarter alone to pull away from No. 17 Syracuse for an 81-64 win on Sunday in the Carrier Dome. The Ducks were led by Satou Sabally, who poured in 23 points with nine rebounds in her official 2019-20 debut after missing opening week while playing overseas for the German WNT. Erin Boley and Sabrina Ionescu each added 19 points, Ruthy Hebard continued her double-double streak with 11 points and 13 rebounds, and Minyon Moore added 10 assists.

Hebard Dominating Early On
Ruthy Hebard has been a beast down low through the Ducks' first four games of the season, averaging 20.5 points and 13.3 rebounds per game while posting four straight double-doubles. Hebard poured in 31 points with 13 rebounds in the Nov. 16 win over Texas Southern, recording the third 30-point game of her career. The senior now owns 43 career double-doubles, the fifth-most in UO history and the most among active NCAA players. Hebard is fourth in the nation in both rebounds per game and field-goal percentage (.725), and she is tied for 26th in points per game.

Record Book & Milestone Watch
» Sabrina Ionescu needs only two more assists to pass Jordin Canada (831, UCLA) as the all-time women's Pac-12 leader.
» Ionescu is just seven three-pointers away from breaking the Oregon all-time record (283, Lexi Bando, 2014-18).
» Ionescu needs three more double-figure scoring games to pass Allison Lang (108, 1980-84) as the UO all-time leader.
» Ionescu is seven rebounds away from reaching 800 in her career, and 32 shy of cracking the UO all-time top 10.
» Ionescu is 23 points away from passing UO legend Bev Smith (2,063, 1978-82) for No. 3 in Oregon history.
» With 40 in her career, Ionescu needs one more double-double to take sole possession of No. 6 in UO history.
» Ruthy Hebard is 15 blocked shots away from passing Cathrine Kraayeveld (132, 2000-05) for No. 7 in UO history.
» Hebard (98) needs two more double-digit scoring games to pass Smith for No. 4 in UO history, and three more to move into a tie for No. 3.
» Minyon Moore is 20 assists away from 500 for her career, and 20 steals away from 250.
» Satou Sabally needs 8 more rebounds to reach 400 in her career, and four steals to get to 100.

Graves Signs Nation's No. 1 Class
Kelly Graves announced the signing of five elite student-athletes to National Letters of Intent on Nov. 18, officially securing the nation's top-ranked 2020 recruiting class. All five of the Ducks' signees are regarded as five-star talents ranked the top 35 of ESPN's 2020 top 100, and all five are also rated as top 30 prospects by both Blue Star Basketball and ASGR Basketball. Oregon's group is ranked No. 1 in the nation by ESPN, giving the program its first-ever top-ranked recruiting class. The Ducks' five players in the ESPN top 35 are the most in the country, with no other team signing more than three.
» Angela Dugalic - Forward | 6'4" | Des Plaines, Ill. | ESPN: #24
» Te-Hina Paopao - Guard | 5'9" | Oceanside, Calif. | ESPN: #33
» Sydney Parrish - Guard | 6'2" | Fishers, Ind. | ESPN: #10
» Maddie Scherr - Guard | 5'11" | Florence, K.Y. | ESPN: #19
» Kylee Watson - Forward | 6'4" | Linwood, N.J. | ESPN: #15

Ionescu Gets 19th Triple-Double
A game after she finished just one rebound shy, Sabrina Ionescu extended her NCAA all-time triple-doubles record on Nov. 16 vs. Texas Southern with the 19th of her career and first of her senior season. The reigning national player of the year racked up 10 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists - matching her best-ever assist total in a triple-double - while becoming the first collegian ever to have a triple-double in four different seasons. Through four games, Ionescu is just shy of averaging a triple-double with 14.3 points per game, 9.3 rebounds per game and an NCAA-leading 9.5 assists per game.

Role Players Stepping Up Early
The Ducks entered 2019-20 with arguably the most established starting five in the nation, but Oregon's role players have made a big impact through the season's first four games. Taylor Chavez, starting during opening week for the absent Satou Sabally, went 6-of-9 from three-point range for a career-high 25 points in Oregon's 109-52 win over Utah State, two days after Lydia Giomi scored a career-high 18 points with nine rebounds in the 2019-20 season opener. Freshman Jaz Shelley also impressed against Utah State with 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting. As a team, Oregon has already had seven different players combine for 16 double-figure scoring games.

More Milestones For Ionescu, Hebard
Oregon's star senior duo of Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard reached more impressive milestones in Oregon's Nov. 13 victory over Utah State. Ionescu became the fourth Duck in program history to eclipse 2,000 career points while finishing one rebound shy of another triple-double (16 P, 12 A, 9 R), and Hebard became the fourth UO player to surpass 1,000 career rebounds in a double-double performance (19 P, 15 R). Ionescu also eclipsed 800 career assists in the victory, becoming the first Duck and just the second Pac-12 women's player ever to reach that mark. Ionescu (2,041 P, 793 R) and Hebard (1,880 P, 1,035 R) are in a race to become the first active player in the nation to reach 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.

Up Next
Oregon's schedule doesn't get any easier after the Paradise Jam, as the Ducks will return home to face South Dakota State on Dec. 8 in Matthew Knight Arena. The Ducks beat the Jackrabbits twice in 2018-19, including in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.