Ducks Win 13th Straight Behind Trio of Stellar Performances

Friday, February 21

Berkeley, CA

6:00 PM

University of Oregon

25-2,14-1Pac-12

California

10-16,2-13Pac-12

Oregon

California

Ducks Win 13th Straight Behind Trio of Stellar Performances

02/21/20 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Oregon 93, Cal 61 Updated Season Stats Updated Career Stats Postgame Notes

By: Nate Krueger

BERKELEY, Calif. – Bay Area native Sabrina Ionescu recorded her 25th career triple-double in front of her hometown crowd, Erin Boley was deadly from three-point range and Ruthy Hebard dominated inside on Friday night to lead the No. 3 ranked Oregon women's basketball team to its 13th straight win, 93-61 over California, before a crowd of 4,518 in Haas Pavilion.

The Ducks improved to 25-2 overall and 14-1 in conference play, giving them a chance to clinch a share of the Pac-12 title with a win on Monday night at No. 4 Stanford. Oregon is seeking its third straight regular-season conference championship.

Ionescu finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for career triple-double No. 25, reaching the milestone before the end of the third quarter while playing in front of a large contingent of friends and family. Boley was on fire from behind the arc, going 8-of-9 for a team-high 24 points, and Hebard continued to be a double-double machine with 20 points and a game-high 15 rebounds.

How it Happened: The Ducks came out on fire as Ionescu and Boley opened the game with back-to-back three-pointers, and Boley drilled another triple to give Oregon a 15-2 lead less than four minutes in. Ionescu made it a 10-point lead with a lay-in at the 2:14 mark, but the Golden Bears kept battling and ended the quarter on a 6-0 run and to trail by just four after 10 minutes.

Oregon put its foot down in the second quarter, opening the period on a 18-0 run behind a red-hot Boley to go up by 22. The junior knocked down four three-pointers in a span of five UO baskets, making her a perfect 6-of-6 from behind the arc to start the game. Ionescu got the Ducks' lead back to 21 with a short jumper with 30 seconds left in the half before Cal answered with a bucket to make it a 19-point game at the break.

Boley opened the second half with her seventh triple of the night, and she knocked down her eighth to kick off a 13-0 run that pushed Oregon's lead to 32 midway through the third quarter. Ionescu notched her triple-double with more than two minutes remaining in the period, finishing through contact and converting a three-point play that gave her 12 points, 11 boards and 11 assists. Junior Satou Sabally enjoyed a strong quarter with 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting, helping the Ducks to a 36-point lead with 10 minutes remaining.

Oregon's bench got extended action in the fourth quarter as the Ducks finished out their 13th straight victory, with freshman Jaz Shelley scoring five points on 2-of-3 shooting and junior Lydia Giomi impressing defensively with a pair of blocks. Ionescu added five more points to round out her triple-double stat line in her final game playing in Haas Pavilion.

Who Stood Out: Ionescu extended her all-time record for triple-doubles while notching her NCAA-leading seventh of the season, and fourth in Pac-12 play this season. Boley kept up her recent hot shooting from three-point range and is now 20-of-29 (69.0 percent) from behind the arc over the last four games, and Hebard recorded her sixth double-double in the last nine games, 14th of the season and 53rd of her career. Sabally gave Oregon four players in double figures with 16 points, Minyon Moore – also a Bay Area native – added nine points and four assists, and Shelley finished with seven points and four assists.

Notable: NBA star Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors was sitting courtside during the game along with two of his daughters, and he visited and took pictures with the Ducks in their locker room following the game … Ionescu is now only nine rebounds away from becoming the first player in NCAA men's or women's history to reach 2,000 career points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists ... Ionescu (2,446) and Hebard (2,266) are now first and second, respectively, on the Oregon all-time scoring list after Hebard moved past Alison Lang (2,252, 1980-84) for No. 2 in program history … Boley moved up from No. 11 to No. 8 in Oregon history in three-pointers made with 174 in her career, and Sabally is now tied for No. 9 with 168 … Ionescu and Hebard notched their 128th and 119th career double-figure scoring games, respectively, and they remain tied at No. 4 in UO history with 53 career double-doubles … Hebard has now scored 20-plus points in six of the last eight games, and she has a team-leading 11 20-point games this season and 48 in her career … Oregon has now won six of the last eight meetings against Cal and lead the all-time series, 42-33.

Up Next: The No. 3 Ducks will face No. 4 Stanford in a crucial Pac-12 matchup on Monday night on ESPN2 in Maples Pavilion. Oregon owns a one-game lead over the Cardinal in the conference standings with three regular-season games remaining.