Ducks, Beavers Clash in Corvallis Friday

EUGENE, Ore. — No. 23 Oregon and rival Oregon State meet for the final time in the regular season Friday night, with an 8 p.m. PT tip-off at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis on Pac-12 Networks.

The Ducks split two games at Matthew Knight Arena last weekend, defeating Washington on Friday 65-58 before falling in overtime to Washington State 85-54 Sunday. Against the Cougars, Endyia Rogers poured in 33 points on 6-of=8 shooting from behind the 3-point line while freshman Chance Gray scored a career-high 22 on 5-of-8 3-point shooting.

Gray was tabbed Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Monday, becoming the third different Duck to earn a conference weekly award (Rogers, Grace VanSlooten).

Oregon, who defeated OSU 75-67 on Dec. 11, seeks its first season series sweep of Oregon State since the 2019-20 season. The Ducks have won the last three games in Corvallis and lead the all-time series 66-44.

GAME #19
No. 23 Oregon (13-5, 4-3) at Oregon State (10-8, 2-5)
Friday, Jan. 20 | 8 p.m. PT | Gill Coliseum (Corvallis, Ore.)
TV: Pac-12 Networks
Play-by-play: Ann Schatz | Analyst: Mary Murphy
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (KUGN 98.1 FM/590 AM)
Play-by-play: Terry Jonz
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AT A GLANCE
Oregon concludes its season series with in-state rival Oregon State Friday night in Corvallis, with tip-off set for 8 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Networks. The Ducks claimed the season's first matchup, 75-67, on Dec. 11 at Matthew Knight Arena. Endyia Rogers scored a career-high 34 points against the Beavers to earn Pac-12 Player of the Week honors. UO seeks a series sweep of OSU for the first time since the 2019-20 season.

Oregon is coming off a 1-1 home weekend after defeating Washington 65-58 Friday and suffering an 85-84 overtime loss to Washington State on Sunday. It marked the Ducks' first overtime loss of the season and third straight overtime setback, going back to last season.

LAST TIME OUT
Against the Cougars, Rogers led all players with 33 points while equaling her career high with six made 3-pointers (6-for-8). Freshman Chance Gray dropped a career-high 22 points while making five 3-pointers, earning her Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors.

WSU outscored Oregon 46-24 in the paint, with the minus-22 scoring margin being UO's largest of the season. The Cougars grabbed 50 rebounds to the Ducks' 36.

Oregon rallied from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime, capped by two made free throws by Grace VanSlooten with under a second remaining in regulation.

SCOUTING OREGON STATE
Oregon State suffered back-to-back home losses to Washington State and Washington last Friday and Sunday, respectively, and sit at 10-8 overall (2-5 Pac-12). The Beavers are 6-8 since starting the season 4-0 and have not won consecutive games since defeating Southern (Dec. 1) and Jackson State (Dec. 3).

Talia von Oelhoffen leads OSU and ranks sixth in the Pac-21 at 15.6 points per game while Raegan Beers is ninth at 14.7 points a game. Beers, a freshman, is second among conference freshmen in scoring, trailing only Oregon's Grace VanSlooten (15.2). Beers gets to the free throw line more than any player in the Pac-12, leading the conference with 113 free throws taken and 78 made free throws this season. Von Oelhoffen is the league leader in free throw percentage at 89.7 percent.

Oregon State averages the third-most rebounds per game in the league, pulling down 41.5 a contest with an average rebounding margin of plus-7.1. The Beavers grab the second-most defensive rebounds a game in the Pac-12 with 30.6.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Friday's matchup will be the season's second meeting and the 111th meeting all-time between the in-state rivals. Oregon holds a 66-44 lead in the all-time series after claiming a 75-67 win to open the conference slate on Dec. 11. The Ducks look for their first season series sweep of Oregon State since the 2019-20 season.

Oregon is 27-25 all-time in Corvallis, winning a season ago 74-66 on Feb. 11, 2022. The Ducks have won the last three games on the road in the series while the sides have split the last 14 matchups overall. Dating back to 1999, UO is 51-50 over the last 101 games in The Rivalry Series.

Head coach Kelly Graves is 7-11 against OSU in his Oregon career. Including Friday's game, the Ducks have been ranked in the top 25 in 13 straight matchups.

THE "O" STANDS FOR OFFENSE
Oregon's 111.6 offensive efficiency rating (points per 100 possessions) is the eighth-highest mark in the country and third-best in the Pac-12 behind only Utah (114.5) and Stanford (114.1). The Ducks' 80.8 points per game rank as the 16th-best mark in the country and second-highest in the conference.

UO has scored at least 75 points in 12 of 18 outings while reaching the 90-point mark four times. Under ninth-year head coach Kelly Graves, the Ducks are 52-0 when scoring at least 90 points. This season, Oregon is 4-0 when reaching the 90-point plateau, surpassing the total number of 90-point efforts during the 2021-22 and 2020-21 seasons (three times each). At Matthew Knight Arena this season, the Ducks are averaging 82.0 points per game while shooting 45.0 percent from the field and 40.7 percent from behind the arc. Five different players have led the Ducks in scoring this season, with Endyia Rogers and Grace VanSlooten each leading the team (or tied) six times. Ahlise Hurst has twice led UO in scoring off the bench and Te-Hina Paopao has led the Ducks four times.

HONOR ROLL
Oregon freshman Chance Gray, after a career-high 22 points and five made 3-pointers against Washington State Sunday, was tabbed Pac-12 Freshman of the Week. Gray's honor was the first of her career and the Ducks' sixth weekly award this season to lead the conference (most awards since collecting six in the 2017-18 season). It is the third time two different Ducks have been named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week and first since the 2019-20 season (Jaz Shelley, Holly Winterburn).

Gray went 5-for-9 from behind the 3-point line against WSU, which are the most made 3-pointers by a UO freshman since Shelley's freshman record of 10 set on Dec. 16, 2019. Gray's performance marked just the third time this season a Pac-12 freshman has made five 3-pointers in a game, and the only 20-point performance. Additionally, Gray has connected on 23 straight free throw attempts dating back to Nov. 14 at Southern - a span of 16 games.

NUGGETS AND TRENDS
This season, Oregon averages just 11.0 turnovers per game in victories while turning the ball over 16.4 times per game over five losses. When the Ducks have 15 or more turnovers, they are 2-4 while all four of UO's five losses have come to teams ranked in the nation's top 15.

In its 13 victories, Oregon is shooting 40.6 percent from 3-point range while averaging 9.0 3-point field goals. Defensively, the Ducks are holding teams to 26.7 percent and 5.5 made 3-pointers. In defeats, the Ducks are shooting just 31.6 percent from behind the arc and their average made 3-pointers drops to 7.4 while opponents are making 9.0 3-pointers a game at a 42.5 percent clip.

Sunday's 85-84 overtime loss to WSU marked the first time this season in which Oregon committed fewer turnovers than its opponent and lost. Additionally, the Ducks were outscored by 22 points in the paint, their largest margin of the season. The loss also marked the first time Oregon lost when scoring at least 80 points.

Since the 2020-21 season, Oregon is 3-5 in games decided by three points or less with a 1-3 overtime record, dropping its last three games that have gone to overtime. Under Graves, the Ducks are 5-5 in overtime decisions.