Oregon, Southern Meet in Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series

EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon women's basketball team continues its busy home stretch, as Southern visits Matthew Knight Arena at 7 p.m. PT as part of the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series.

GAME #10
Oregon (6-3) vs. Southern (1-6)
Monday, Dec. 11 | 7 p.m. PT | Matthew Knight Arena (Eugene, Ore.)
TV: Pac-12 Network
Play-by-play: Ann Schatz | Analyst: Angela Taylor
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (Eugene: KUGN 98.1 | Portland: KPAM 860 AM) | SXM 373
Play-by-play: Chris Clayton | Analyst: Bev Smith
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AT A GLANCE
Oregon continues its busy home stretch with its third game in four days, as Southern visits Matthew Knight Arena Monday night at 7 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Network).

The Jaguars make the return trip to Eugene after the Ducks visited Baton Rouge, La., last season in the inaugural Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series. It is a first-of-its-kind educational and basketball scheduling pact between Power 5 and HBCU conferences, and is aimed to create a forum for competition, promotion of education around issues of anti-racism and social justice and motivating the current and next generation of community leaders to affect positive change.

Oregon holds a 3-0 lead in its series history with SU, after the Ducks earned an 83-46 win a season ago.

LAST TIME OUT
Playing two games in less than 24 hours, Oregon came away with a 59-51 win over Idaho Friday night and finished the stretch with a 65-54 win over Portland State Saturday afternoon.

UO's trio of Chance Gray, Phillipina Kyei and Grace VanSlooten accounted for 53 points in both outings, and have scored 106 of Oregon's 124 points in the two games. Gray dropped 20 against the Vandals while Kyei matched that point total against PSU, setting a career high.

Kyei logged a double-double in each game while VanSlooten scored 17 to go with 10 rebounds against Idaho.

SCOUTING SOUTHERN
Southern (1-6) comes to Eugene following a 101-45 home victory over Louisiana Christian on Saturday. The game marked the just the second home game of the season for the Jaguars, who began the season playing five Power 5 opponents on the road.

Four players scored in double figures in SU's first win of the campaign, paced by 17 from Taylor Williams. Three players - Aleighyah Fontenot, Sirvivia Legions and Soniyah Reed - each added 14 in the game, as the Jags shot 63 percent from the floor and 53 percent from 3-point range.

Williams leads Southern averaging 9.7 points a game while shooting 45.5 percent from the floor and grabbing 3.3 rebounds a night. Preseason all-SWAC second team selection Chloe Fleming has averaged 7.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.

The defending SWAC champions, the Jags were picked second in the conference's preseason coaches poll. Southern finished 18-15 a season ago while winning its conference tournament crown.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Oregon and Southern will meet for the fourth time, and second straight season as part of the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series. A season ago, the Ducks visited Baton Rouge, La., coming away with an 83-46 victory. In the game, Chance Gray finished with a dozen points with two assists while Phillipina Kyei logged a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double in 24 minutes of action.

UO is 2-0 at home against Southern, as this will be the Jaguars' first t rip to Eugene since 2013. The Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series is a first-of-its-kind educational and basketball scheduling pact between Power 5 and HBCU conferences, and is aimed to create a forum for competition, promotion of education around issues of anti-racism and social justice and motivating the current and next generation of community leaders to affect positive change.

While visiting Baton Rouge last season, Oregon was taken on a guided tour of Southern University's campus to learn first-hand the history of the historically Black university. Following the game, the Ducks and Jaguars enjoyed a shared dinner together while creating relationships that would not have been possible without the initiative. SU will be the second SWAC team to visit Matthew Knight Arena this season, as the Ducks defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 86-60, on Nov. 8.

THE DUCKS' NEW BIG THREE
Oregon's top returning trio of Chance Gray, Phillipina Kyei and Grace VanSlooten helped the Ducks snap a two-game losing skid with back-to-back wins at home in less than 24 hours this past weekend. Against Idaho Friday, the three accounted for 53 of UO's 59 points in an eight-point victory. The following afternoon, they again combined for 53 total points in a 65-54 win over Portland State. In that 24-hour span, they have scored 106 of Oregon's 124 total points - or 85.4 percent of the team's total offense.

» Gray finished with a game-high 20 points against Idaho, her second 20-point outing of the season and fourth of her career.
» Leading by just four headed into the fourth quarter against the Vandals, Gray went a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line over the game's final 3:22 to help stave off Idaho.
» Gray knocked down all five of UO's 3-pointers against PSU, including four in the fourth quarter and three coming on consecutive trips down the floor to help seal the victory.
» Kyei was a force in both contests, first matching her career high with 16 points before setting a new career best with 20 against Portland State.
» Kyei extended her streak to three straight double-doubles, while upping her season total to seven with 17 boards against UI and a season-high 18 against PSU.
» VanSlooten was consistent across the two wins, scoring 17 against Idaho before 18 against the Vikings while grabbing 10 and 9 rebounds, respectively.
» VanSlooten scored 16 of her 18 in the second half against PSU, hitting on 6-of-13 shots from the field.
» On the season, the three are responsible for 385 of the Ducks' 592 points (65%), or 42.8 points per game.

PHEED PHILLI
Junior center PHILLIPINA KYEI, the tallest player in Oregon history, has turned in a double-double in seven of Oregon's first nine games this season to lead the Pac-12. Kyei produced three straight double-doubles to open the season and has logged three straight against after a 20-point, 18-rebound performance against Portland State Saturday, marking the longest streaks of her career. She upped her career total to 15 double-doubles, moving her into 14th in program history. She is just the 23rd player in UO history with at least 10 career double-doubles.

» Kyei has 15 double-doubles in just 71 career games, the fewest number of any Duck with at least 13 double-doubles.
» Kyei is one of five players in the Pac-12 averaging at least 10 points and 10 rebounds, while her seven double-doubles lead the conference.
» Oregon is 13-2 when Kyei records a double-double and 15-3 when she scores at least 10 points.
» 31 career games with 10 or more rebounds, with 26 coming since the start of last season.
» Scored a career-high 20 points against Portland State, and five of her six career games with at least 15 points have come this season.
» Kyei led Oregon in scoring for the second time in her career with 15 points at Baylor, and third time against PSU.
» Double-digit rebounds in nine of her last 12 games, dating back to last season.
» Surpassed the 500-rebound mark at GCU and her 569 career rebounds ranks seventh among active players in the Pac-12.
» Since the start of last season, Kyei is averaging 10.9 rebounds and 8.2 points per game.