Oregon Takes on No. 18 UCLA Sunday

LOS ANGELES — The Oregon women's basketball team continues its road trip Sunday at No. 18 UCLA, with tipoff set for 12 p.m. PT at Pauley Pavilion on Pac-12 Network.

The Ducks seek to snap their season-long four-game skid after dropping a 56-51 decision at USC Friday. Sunday, Endyia Rogers led UO with 14 points and Grace VanSlooten added 10. Phillipina Kyei hauled in a game-high 15 rebounds.

Oregon and UCLA have split the last eight meetings overall, including the Bruins' 82-74 win at Matthew Knight Arena on Dec. 30. UCLA, who mark UO's eight game against a top-25 team this season, leads the all-time series, 40-36. Each of the Ducks' last nine games have been decided by 10 points or less.

GAME #25
Oregon (14-10, 5-8) at No. 18 UCLA (19-6, 8-5)
Sunday, Feb. 12 | 12 p.m. PT | Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles Calif.)
TV: Pac-12 Networks
Play-by-play: Anne Marie Anderson | 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 will play the second of four straight road games Sunday at No. 18 UCLA. The Ducks look to snap a season-long four-game skid, their longest losing streak since the 2015-16 season when they lost five straight. The Ducks (14-10, 5-8) sit in an eighth-place tie in the Pac-12 standings after dropping six of its last seven games. UO began its road trip with a 56-51 setback at USC Friday.

The Ducks and Bruins have split the last eight meetings, dating back to the 2018-19 season. The then-10th-ranked Bruins claimed the season's first matchup on Dec. 30 at Matthew Knight Arena, 82-74. In the game, Endyia Rogers led the Ducks with 18 points to lead three players in double figures.

LAST TIME OUT
Oregon suffered a 56-51 defeat at USC Friday. The Ducks led 20-8 after the first quarter and 29-21 at half, leading by as many as 14 in the first half. The loss extended UO's season-long skid to four games, its longest since losing five in a row during the 2015-16 season.

Rogers (14) and Grace VanSlooten (10) were the only Ducks to crack double-figure scoring in the game while Phillipina Kyei hauled in a game-high 15 rebounds.

USC, led by a 18-point, 11-rebound double-double from Osako Adika, out-scored UO 23-12 in the third quarter. The Trojans grabbed 23 offensive rebounds, a season high allowed by Oregon, in gaining a 44-38 rebounding advantage.

SCOUTING UCLA
UCLA (19-6, 8-5) comes into Sunday's matchup having won back-to-back games after a 62-54 win over Oregon State Friday night. The two-game winning streak comes on the heels of the Bruins losing three straight games, with two coming in overtime (at Colorado, vs. Arizona). UCLA currently sits in three-way tie for fourth in the Pac-12 standings.

Charisma Osborne (15.6) and Kiki Rice (11.8) lead the Bruins' offensive attack while Osborne also leads her team with 5.6 rebounds a game. Emily Bessoir is second at 5.3 boards a game. As a team, UCLA leads the Pac-12 with 14.6 offensive rebounds per game and is second with 23 3-point attempts per game.

Gina Conti has the conference's fourth-best assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.17 while Rice is ninth at 1.63. UCLA forces teams into 16.1 turnovers a game and ranks second in the Pac-12 in free throw shooting at 75.9 percent.

INSIDE THE SERIES
UCLA holds a slim 40-36 lead in the all-time series, while Oregon is 13-23 on the road in the series' history. The Bruins claimed the season's first meeting at Matthew Knight Arena on Dec. 30, 82-74, when both teams were ranked inside the nation's top 20. In the game, Endyia Rogers led three Ducks in double figures with 18 points while Te-Hina Paopao and Grace VanSlooten added 17. Kiki Rice dropped a game-high 21 for UCLA, who also got 17 from Charisma Osborne and 11 from Gina Conti.

Oregon last won on the road against UCLA on Feb. 14, 2020, a 80-66 victory when UO was ranked No. 3 and UCLA came in as the seventh-ranked team in the nation. Overall, the Ducks have won nine of the last 13 meetings, dating back to the 2017 season, and three of the last four in Los Angeles. Head coach Kelly Graves is 11-7 against UCLA while at Oregon, with a 5-2 road record. The sides have split the last eight meetings, dating back to Feb, 22, 2019.

OREGON vs. RANKED TEAMS
No. 18 UCLA will mark the eighth top-25 opponent Oregon has faced this season, as six of the Ducks' nine losses have come to top-25 squads. Oregon is 1-6 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 72-59 win against No. 9 UConn and 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. 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).

This season against top-25 foes, the Ducks are averaging 74.6 points per game (3.5 points below season average) while allowing 81.4 points (allow 65.0 for the season). The Ducks are shooting 43.1 percent from the field and 32.4 percent from three against ranked teams. Additionally, Oregon turns the ball over 13.4 times per game (11.7 season average) while its assist-to-turnover ratio drops to 1.10 (1.43 season average).

Three players average double-figure points against ranked teams, led by 19.1 from freshman Grace VanSlooten. VanSlooten is shooting 50.0 percent from the field against top-25 teams while logging two 20-point efforts, including a career-high 29 against then-No. 3 Ohio State. Senior Endyia Rogers averages 16.4 points a game and Te-Hina Paopao adds 13.1 points per outing against ranked foes.

THE "O" STANDS FOR OFFENSE
Oregon's 107.4 offensive efficiency rating (points per 100 possessions) is the 14th-highest mark in the country and third-best in the Pac-12 behind only Utah (114.7) and Stanford (111.1). The Ducks' 77.0 points per game rank as the 28th-best mark in the country and third-highest in the conference. UO's plus-12.4 scoring margin is the third-best rate in the Pac-12.

UO has scored at least 75 points in 14 of 24 outings while reaching the 90-point mark five times. Last Sunday's 100-92 loss to No. 7 Utah marked the first loss under ninth-year head coach Kelly Graves in which the Ducks scored at least 90 points and lost (had been 52-0). This season, Oregon is 4-1 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 80.5 points per game while shooting 44.9 percent from the field and 38.8 percent from behind the arc. In total, Oregon gets a Pac-12 high 30.6 percent of its points from 3-pointers.