Ducks Host Southern Oregon in Lone Exhibition

EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon women's basketball team will host Southern Oregon in its only exhibition contest on Sunday, with tip-off set for 4 p.m. PT at Matthew Knight Arena.

The Ducks are coming off their seventh 20-win season under head coach Kelly Graves, who enters his 10^th year at the helm. UO retains four letterwinners and three starters while adding nine newcomers (four freshmen, five transfers) and officially begins its campaign at home on Monday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. against Northern Arizona.

GAME INFO
When: Sunday, Oct. 29 | 4 p.m. PT
Where: Matthew Knight Arena | Eugene, Ore.
TV/Live Stream: N/A
Radio: KUJZ (95.3 FM)
Online audio: GoDucks.com | Go Ducks app
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AT A GLANCE
Oregon hosts Southern Oregon in its lone exhibition game, with tipoff set for 4 p.m. PT at Matthew Knight Arena.

The Ducks return three starters among four letterwinners from last year's team that finished 20-15 and made a run to the quarterfinals of the WNIT. UO also welcomes in the nation's 18th-ranked recruiting class that features three four-star prospects ranked in espnW's top 100 in Sofia Bell, Sarah Rambus and Sammie Wagner.

Returners include starters Chance Gray, Phillipina Kyei and Grace VanSlooten. Both Gray and VanSlooten look to build on strong freshmen campaigns in which they were voted onto the Pac-12's all-freshman team. Additionally, Gray earned honorable mention on the league's all-defensive team and VanSlooten was all-Pac-12 honorable mention.

Kyei produced one of Ducks' best rebounding seasons in recent years, hauling in 376 rebounds (10.7 per game), which is tied for third-most in a single season in UO history.

LAST SEASON IN REVIEW
Oregon finished the 2022-23 season with a 20-15 record, while going 7-11 in Pac-12 play, good for a seventh-place tie in the league standings. The Ducks produced their eighth 20-win season over the last nine years, with the only exception being the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season.

Despite being one of the last four teams left out of the NCAA Tournament, UO made a run to the Great 8 - or quarterfinal - round of the WNIT. Oregon hosted the first three rounds of the WNIT, defeating North Dakota State, Rice and San Diego by an average of 28.0 points a game.