Notes: No. 3 Oregon Visits Cal

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 3 ranked and Pac-12 leading Oregon women's basketball team visits California at 8 PM on Friday.

#3 OREGON DUCKS (21-1, 10-0 Pac-12)
PPG: 89.6 | FG%: 52.1 | 3FG%: 42.1 | FT%: 77.3
Notes: The Ducks have one of the most efficient offenses in the nation this season. UO's 89.6 points per game leads the NCAA. The Ducks also lead the nation with a 1.87 assist-to-turnover ratio. Oregon's 10.8 turnovers per game are the fewest in the NCAA while its 20.2 assists per game rank fifth. The Ducks are second in the nation in field goal percentage (52.1%), second in three-point percentage (42.1%) and eighth in free throw percentage (77.3%).

CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (14-7, 5-5 Pac-12)
PPG: 71.7 | FG%: 43.7 | 3FG%: 33.2 | FT%: 72.4
Series: Oregon leads, 39-33 (15-18 in Berkeley)
Last: #6 UO beat #25 Cal, 91-54 (2/2/18 in Eugene)
Notes: California's Kristine Anigwe is one of the most dominant post players in the NCAA. The senior is averaging 22.4 points and an NCAA-best 15.6 rebounds per game. She's had a double-double in every game this season (21) and is third among active players in the NCAA with 62 in her career. No Bear is shooting better than 35% from three this season.

KEY STORYLINES
- Oregon owns the longest active winning streak in the NCAA at 14 games. Baylor and Missouri State are second at 12.
- Oregon hasn't beaten California in back-to-back games since 2006. The Ducks won the last meeting, 91-54.
- In Pac-12 games, the Ducks own the league's No. 1 scoring offense (86.1 ppg) and No. 1 scoring defense (59.4 ppg).
- Maite Cazorla (3.31-to-1) & Sabrina Ionescu (3.17-to-1) rank No. 7 and No. 8 in the NCAA in assist-to-turnover ratio.
- For the second straight year, all five of Oregon's starters are averaging 10+ points per game, led by Ionescu's 18.6 ppg.
- Ionescu is the all-time NCAA (mens/womens) leader with 16 career triple-doubles (prev: 12, Kyle Collinsworth, BYU)
- 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 jumped up one spot this week to No. 3 in the AP poll.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV - Pac-12 National, Oregon & Bay Area
Stream - Pac-12.com & Pac-12 Now app
Radio - Terry Jonz on the call at 590 AM (EUG), 1640 AM (PDX) & TuneIn. Search for "Oregon Sports Network" in the app or at TuneIn.com

CALIFORNIA SERIES HISTORY
- Oregon leads the all-time series with Cal, 39-33.
- The Ducks topped No. 25 Cal, 91-54, in Eugene last year, the only meeting between the teams. The 37-point win is one of
- Oregon's longest winning streak in the series is 15 games, running from 1994-2001.
- As a freshman, Sabrina Ionescu hit a three at the buzzer to beat California, 69-66, on Jan. 8, 2017 in Berkeley. It was her only made three of the game (1-of-6). The Walnut Creek, Calif., native had a huge amount of friends and family in the stands in her first Bay Area trip as part of the Ducks.

LAST YEAR VS. CALIFORNIA
- Sabrina Ionescu tore apart the Bears last season, scoring a game-high 28 points on 9-of-13 shooting with four three-pointers. She had a double-double with 11 assists and just two turnovers.
- Ruthy Hebard also had a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
- Oregon held Cal star Kristine Anigwe to just six points on 3-of-9 shooting.
- The Ducks outrebounded Cal, 40-28, and shot 51.5% from the floor and 47.4% from three.

CONFERENCE START
The Ducks are 10-0 in Pac-12 play thus far, their best start since joining the league. Oregon started its Pac-12 slate 6-0 last season, the program's best start to league play since moving to the Pac-10 for the 1986-87 season.

30+ POINT SCORERS
Oregon has had four different starters score 30+ points in a Pac-12 game this season.
- Ruthy Hebard had 34 points vs. Washington St
- Satou Sabally had 33 at Washington St
- Sabrina Ionescu had 31 vs. #19 Arizona State
- Erin Boley had 31 at Washington

FIFTH TOUGHEST UPCOMING SCHEDULE
- Oregon has the fifth toughest remaining schedule in the NCAA. The opponents left on UO's schedule own a .757 winning percentage (131-42).
- The Ducks will play three of their next four games against top-15 ranked teams (No. 11 Stanford, No. 7 Oregon State x2), one at home and two on the road.

SHE STANDS ALONE
- Sabrina Ionescu is currently averaging 18.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game, the only player in the NCAA averaging 14+ points, 7+ rebounds and 7+ assists.
- The last time anyone in the NCAA 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.

ATTENDANCE LEADERS
Oregon leads the Pac-12, averaging 6,567 fans per home game. The Ducks are averaging over 1,300 more fans per game than second-place OSU. Oregon is one of just 10 teams in the NCAA averaging 6,000+ fans per game.

FOUR-POINT QUARTERS ARE PRETTY GOOD
- The Ducks gave up just four points to Arizona in the first quarter on Jan. 20. Oregon outscored the Wildcats 31-4 in the first after opening the game on a 20-0 run. UA went 2-of-18 from the floor.
- Oregon's defense also allowed Long Beach State to score just four points in the second quarter of the Ducks' 110-48 win on Dec. 2. LBSU went 2-of-12 from the floor and didn't get to the line once. UO outscored the 49ers 26-4 in the quarter.

BUT A TWO-POINT QUARTER IS BETTER
Oregon completely shut down Colorado in the first quarter on Feb. 3, holding the Buffs to 0-of-13 shooting. Colorado scored just two points, both coming at the free throw line. Oregon owned a 27-2 lead at the end of the first.

NATIONAL AWARD WATCH LISTS
- Both Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard were named to the preseason WBCA Wade Trophy watch list on Nov. 20. Satou Sabally was one of six players added to the midseason watch list on Feb. 5, which is 41 players after 35 were named to the preseason list.
- Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard were both named to the preseason Wooden Award watch list on Nov. 6. They both made the cut for the late season watch list on Feb. 4, which is 20 players.
- Of the 50 players named to the Naismith Trophy Watch List, three were Ducks. Sabrina Ionescu, Ruthy Hebard and Satou Sabally were all selected to the watch list for the Atlanta Tipoff Club's national player of the year honor. Only Notre Dame (5) and UConn (4) have more players on the list. The field will be cut to 30 for the midseason watch list.
- After winning the award a season ago as a sophomore, Sabrina Ionescu has been named to the Nancy Lieberman Award watch list for her junior season. The award is annually presented to the top point guard in the country.
- A year after being named the Pac-12 freshman of the year, sophomore Satou Sabally has been named to the watch list for the Cheryl Miller Award, given annually to the nation's top small forward.
- A year after winning the inaugural Katrina McClain Award for the nation's top power forward, Ruthy Hebard is on the watch list again this season.