Three-Game Road Swing Starts at Nevada

EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon women's basketball team begins a three-game road trip Tuesday at Nevada, with the Ducks and Wolf Pack set to tip off at 6:30 p.m. PT at the Lawler Events Center in Reno, Nev.

GAME #5
Oregon (3-1) at Nevada (2-1)
Tuesday, Nov. 21 | 6:30 p.m. PT | Lawler Events Center (Reno, Nev.)
TV/Online: Mountain West Network
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (Eugene: KUGN 98.1 | Portland: KPAM 860 AM) | SXM 373
Play-by-play: Chris Clayton
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AT A GLANCE
The Oregon women's basketball begins a three-game road trip in Reno on Tuesday, taking on the Nevada Wolf Pack at the Lawler Events Center at 6:30 p.m. PT.

The Ducks and Wolf Pack will meet for the first time since the 2012-13 season, as the Ducks look to extend their lead in the all-time series to 5-2.

UO is led by sophomores Grace VanSlooten (16.5 PPG) and Chance Gray (14.8 PPG) who are combining to average 31.3 points per game, or about 44.4 percent of Oregon's offense. Sofia Bell (11.0 PPG) and Phillipina Kyei (10.3 PPG) round out four Ducks averaging double figures.

LAST TIME OUT
Oregon suffered its first loss of the season Saturday, an 89-50 defeat to Santa Clara at Matthew Knight Arena. The loss was just the Ducks' second over the last 62 nonconference home games.

The Broncos blitzed Oregon with 12 3-pointers in the first half, helping Santa Clara build a 25-point halftime lead. Santa Clara scored 25 straight points over the first and second quarters, shooting 80.0 percent from 3-point range in the first half.

Chance Gray (11) and Sofia Bell (10) were the only Ducks to score in double figures, as UO was held to season lows in points and rebounds with 30. The loss snapped a 16-game home winning streak against nonconference teams.

SCOUTING NEVADA
Nevada has won two of its first three games to begin the season, defeating Pepperdine 64-41 in its last outing on Saturday. Against the Waves, three players scored in double figures, led by 14 from Audry Roden and 13 from Lexie Givens. The Wolf Pack held Pepperdine to 25.0 percent shooting from the field and 26.7 percent from 3-point range and did not allow a single player to crack double-digit points.

Nevada's defense currently ranks fifth in the nation in steals per game at 17.7, while ranking sixth in forcing 27.0 turnovers a game and seventh in turnover margin at plus-13.3. UNR's 23 steals against Sacramento State in its season opener were the fourth-most in program history in the NCAA era.

Nevada returns three starters and nine letterwinners from 2022-23 while welcoming in six freshmen and two graduate transfers. The Wolf Pack finished last season with a 10-21 record and in eighth place in the Mountain West Conference. Nevada was picked eighth in the MW's preseason coaches poll.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Tuesday's meeting will be the first between Oregon and Nevada since the 2012-13 season, when the Wolf Pack defeated the Ducks at Matthew Knight Arena, 77-73 on Dec. 9, 2012. UNR has won the last two meetings, but the Ducks lead the all-time series 4-2, which dates back to 1986.

UO is 1-1 on the road in the series, winning the series' first meeting in 1986, 93-68. Tenth-year head coach Kelly Graves has never faced the Wolf pack during his Oregon tenure.

NO SOPHOMORE SLUMPS
Oregon's 3-1 start has been fueled by the Ducks' top two returners in sophomores Chance Gray and Grace VanSlooten. The duo has combined to average 31.3 points per game, or about 44.4 percent of the team's total offense. VanSlooten scored 19 in each of UO's first two games and dropped a season-high 21 at Grand Canyon Thursday, while also averaging 7.8 rebounds an outing. Gray opened the season with 17 points against Northern Arizona before leading the Ducks with 20 against UAPB, the third time in her career eclipsing the 20-point mark.

» Gray equaled her career high with six 3-pointers against the Golden Lions, going 5-for-6 in the first half.
» Gray played a game-high 38 minutes in back-to-back games against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Grand Canyon and averages a team-high 34.7 minutes a night.
» At GCU, Gray set career highs with seven assists and six rebounds while committing just one turnover.
» In her last three games, Gray has 16 assists and leads the team at 4.5 per game.
» VanSlooten produced her first 20-point outing of the season at Grand Canyon, and the sixth of her career, scoring 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting.
» The Ducks are 5-1 when VanSlooten scores at least 20 points (1-0 this season) and 2-1 when she finishes with a double-double (1-0 this season).
» VanSlooten drained the first 3-pointer of her career against NAU, as she looks to expand her range as a small forward.
» After going scoreless on 0-for-7 shooting from the field in the first half against NAU, VanSlooten hit on 24 of her next 38 field goal attempts (63.2 percent) - a span that includes the second half against NAU and games against UAPB and Grand Canyon.
» VanSlooten dished out a career-high six assists in the win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

PHEEL IT, PHILLI
Junior center Phillipina Kyei, the tallest player in Oregon history, turned in a double-double in each of Oregon's first three games this season - the longest streak of her career. She upped her career total to 11 double-doubles with 13 points and a season-high 16 rebounds Thursday at Grand Canyon, moving her into a tie for 19th in program history. She is just the 23rd player in UO history with at least 10 career double-doubles.

» Kyei has 11 double-doubles in just 66 career games, the second-fewest of any Duck with at least 10 double-doubles (Nyara Sabally, 47 games).
» Oregon is 10-1 when Kyei records a double-double and 12-2 when she scores at least 10 points.
» 27 career games with 10 or more rebounds, with 22 coming since the start of last season.
» Scored a career-high 16 points against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Nov. 8, connecting on 6-of-10 field goal attempts.
» Double-digit rebounds in five of her last seven games, dating back to last season.
» Surpassed the 500-rebound mark at GCU and her 507 career rebounds ranks seventh among active players in the Pac-12.
» Since the start of last season, Kyei is averaging 10.7 rebounds and 7.4 points per game.
» Kyei is fifth among active Pac-12 players with 72 career blocks, recording a block in seven of the last nine games, dating back to last season.