Oregon Finishes January at No. 3 Stanford Sunday

STANFORD, Calif. — The Oregon women's basketball team finishes the month of January and its three-game road trip Sunday at No. 3 Stanford, with tip-off set for 1 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Network at Maples Pavilion.

The Ducks ended their two-game skid and picked up their eighth straight against Cal Friday, 78-73, in a game that featured 30 lead changes and 12 ties. Grace VanSlooten led all players with 20 points and nine rebounds, as all five UO starters finished with double-figure points.

Sunday's contest will mark the only meeting in the regular season between Oregon and Stanford, while the Cardinal mark UO's sixth top-25 opponent of the season. Stanford has won the last four meetings and lead the all-time series, 59-14.

GAME #21
RV Oregon (14-6, 5-4) at No. 3 Stanford (20-2, 8-1)
Sunday, Jan. 29 | 1 p.m. PT | Maples Pavilion (Stanford, Calif.)
TV: Pac-12 Network
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 three-game road trip Sunday at No. 3 Stanford after taking down California Friday, 78-73. Sunday's game will be the only meeting between the Ducks and Cardinal during the regular season.

Stanford equals the highest ranked team that the Ducks will face, as Oregon also met then-No. 3 Ohio State at the San Diego Invitational just before Christmas. The Cardinal will be the sixth ranked team Ducks have faced this season, going 1-4 against ranked teams so far this season.

Oregon and Stanford have split the last 10 meetings, while the Cardinal have claimed the last four after the Ducks had won three straight in the series. Stanford leads the all-time series, 59-14, with a 30-3 home record.

LAST TIME OUT
The Ducks snapped their second two-game losing streak of the season at California Friday, 78-73, marking the Ducks' smallest margin of victory this season.

In a game UO trailed 35-33 at halftime, the Ducks withstood 30 lead changes and 12 ties to earn their second Pac-12 road win. Grace VanSlooten paced all scorers with 20 points to go with nine rebounds. Freshman Chance Gray added 12 points behind 10-for-10 from the free throw line and knocked down all six of her free throws in the fourth quarter.

All five Oregon starters cracked double-digit points, with Endyia Rogers adding 18 and Te-Hina Paopao scoring 13.

SCOUTING STANFORD
Stanford pulled out a 63-60 win over Oregon State Friday night, extending its winning streak to three games. The Cardinal (20-2, 8-1) have dropped just one game in conference this season, a 55-46 decision at USC on Jan. 15. Stanford is 13-1 at home, with its only setback coming against No. 1 South Carolina in overtime back on Nov. 20.

The Cardinal are led by a trio of players who score in double figures: Cameron Brink (14.5), Haley Jones (13.7) and Hannah Jump (12.0). Brink nearly averages a double-double, leading the team with 9.8 rebounds a contest.

As a team, Stanford is third in the Pac-12 at 78.6 points per game while leading the league with 46.6 rebounds a contest. The Cardinal's plus-16.2 rebounding margin is third in the nation and best in the Pac-12.

Defensively, Stanford averages a conference-best 6.6 blocks a game (No. 3 nationally) and limits teams to 33.5 shooting from the field (No. 4 nationally).

INSIDE THE SERIES
Dating back to 1981, Stanford holds a 59-14 lead in the all-time series. The Cardinal have won four straight meetings with Oregon, snapping the Ducks' three-game winning streak in the series. Sunday's meeting, which is the only game between the teams in the regular season, will mark the ninth straight in which Stanford is ranked in the nation's top 10, and sixth time in the top five.

Oregon is 3-30 on the road against the Cardinal while head coach Kelly Graves is 6-11 against Stanford in his Oregon career. The Ducks last won a true road game at Stanford on Feb. 24, 2020, as defeating a then-fourth-ranked team 74-66. The sides have split the last 10 matchups overall, going back to 2018.

OREGON vs. RANKED TEAMS
No. 3 Stanford marks the sixth top-25 opponent Oregon has faced this season, as four of the Ducks' six losses have come to top-25 squads. Oregon is 1-4 against top-25 teams this season, with the Ducks' defeating No. 17 Arkansas 85-78 to kick off the San Diego Invitational on Dec. 20. It was the 44th ranked victory under ninth-year head coach Kelly Graves.

A season ago, the Ducks collected a pair of top-10 wins, including a 68-66 win over No. 7 Arizona. The Ducks have picked up 16 victories over teams in the nation's top 10 in Graves' tenure, with seven coming in the 2019-20 campaign. UO's last road win against a top-25 team came at No. 15 Oregon State on Dec. 13, 2020 (79-59), while the last road victory against a top 10 team came at No. 4 Stanford on Feb. 24, 2020 (74-66).

Under Graves, UO has picked up six wins against top-five teams, with the highest ranked win coming against No. 3 Stanford on Jan. 16, 2020 (87-55).
THE "O" STANDS FOR OFFENSE
Oregon's 110.5 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 (114.2) and Stanford (112.6). The Ducks' 79.9 points per game rank as the 16th-best mark in the country and second-highest in the conference. UO's plus-16.4 scoring margin is the third-best rate in the Pac-12 and 21st in the nation while the team's 51.7 effective field goal percentage ranks third in the league.

UO has scored at least 75 points in 13 of 20 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. In total, Oregon gets a Pac-12 high 32.8 percent of its points from 3-pointers.

NUGGETS AND TRENDS
This season, Oregon averages just 10.9 turnovers per game in victories while turning the ball over 15.0 times per game over six losses. When the Ducks have 15 or more turnovers, they are 2-4 while all four of UO's six losses have come to teams ranked in the nation's top 15.

In its 14 victories, Oregon is shooting 39.1 percent from 3-point range while averaging 8.6 3-point field goals. Defensively, the Ducks are holding teams to 27.2 percent and 5.6 made 3-pointers. In defeats, the Ducks are shooting just 33.3 percent from behind the arc and their average made 3-pointers drops to 8.2 while opponents are making 8.2 3-pointers a game at a 40.5 percent clip.

Through the season's first 10 games, UO's perimeter defense suppressed opponents to just 24.0 percent from 3-point range (4.8 made 3-pointers per game). In the next six-game span, UO allowed teams to shoot a combined 43.4 3-point percent on 9.8 3-pointers. Those numbers have dropped to 28.0 percent from three (5.3 made per game) over the last four games.

In losing consecutive games for just the second time this season, the Ducks were outscored by a combined 52 points in the paint, including a minus-30 differential against Oregon State last Friday. The Ducks had been outscored in the paint just once this season prior to those two games and boasted a plus-221 margin for the season in the paint (plus-13.0 per game).

Since the 2020-21 season, Oregon is 3-6 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.