Oregon Makes Sunday Stop at Cal

BERKELEY, Calif. — The Oregon women's basketball team concludes its trip to the Bay Area on Sunday, as the Ducks visit California for a 12 p.m. PT tip at Haas Pavilion on Pac-12 Network.

GAME #20
Oregon (11-8, 2-4) at California (12-6, 2-4)
Sunday, Jan. 21 | 12 p.m. PT | Haas Pavilion (Berkeley, Calif.)
TV: Pac-12 Network
Play-by-play: Kevin Danna | Analyst: Tammy Blackburn
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (Eugene: KUGN 98.1 | Portland: KPAM 860 AM)
Play-by-play: Chris Clayton
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AT A GLANCE
Oregon finishes the weekend with a Sunday tilt at California, with tipoff set for 12 p.m. at Haas Pavilion.

The Ducks look for a weekend split of the Bay Area schools after suffering an 88-63 loss at No. 8 Stanford Friday night. Oregon seeks its ninth straight win against the Golden Bears and seventh straight road win in the series.

Oregon leads the all-time series 46-33 with a 20-18 mark on the road. Overall, the Ducks have won 10 of the last 12 meetings with Cal.

LAST TIME OUT
Oregon suffered an 88-63 loss to eighth-ranked Stanford Friday night. The Cardinal saw five players score in double figures, led by 21 from Kiki Iriafen, who also added 15 rebounds.

Stanford raced out to a 20-0 lead to start the game before the Ducks responded by scoring the next 13 points. UO's deficit was trimmed to just five points in the second quarter on a Sofia Bell 3-pointer, but Stanford scored the half's final 12 points to take a 17-point lead into halftime.

The Ducks were led by Chance Gray's 19 points and five assists while Phillipina Kyei finished with 14 points and six rebounds. Sofia Bell went 3-for-3 from the 3-point line in scoring nine points and Grace VanSlooten added eight points and a team-high seven rebounds.

Stanford converted 12 UO turnovers into 15 points while Oregon scored two points off six Cardinal giveaways.

SCOUTING california
California (12-6, 2-4) suffered a 71-64 home loss to Oregon State Friday night, dropping just its second home game in its last seven contests. Against the Beavers, Ioanna Krimili scored 20 points on 7-of-15 shooting with four rebounds. She was joined in double figures by Leilani Mcintosh's 12 points and Kemery Martin finished with 11 points off the bench.

Krimili leads Cal this season with 16.0 points per game while Marta Suarez averages 12.6 points and leads the team with 6.7 rebounds a game. McIntosh scores 11.1 an outing and rounds out three Golden Bears who average in double figures.

The Bears are No. 3 in the Pac-12 in free throw shooting at 75.3 percent and rank second in 3-point attempts per game (25.8) and fourth in 3-pointers made a game (8.1), but rank 10th in 3-point percentage at 31.4 percent. As an team, Cal's 40.4 field goal percentage is 11th in the conference while ranking 10th in rebounding margin at plus-1.9.

McIntosh is second in the league with 5.6 assists per game and eighth with her 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio. Additionally, she ranks sixth in free throw percentage at 82.3 and eighth with 1.9 steals per game.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Sunday's game will mark the 80th all-time meeting between Oregon and California, with the Ducks owning a 46-33 edge in the series' history. The teams met just once last season, with UO coming away with a 78-73 win at Haas Pavilion. Grace VanSlooten led all players with 20 points and nine rebounds, while Chance Gray set an Oregon freshman record by going 10-for-10 from the free throw line.

The Ducks have won eight straight against the Golden Bears, and 10 of the last 12 dating back to the 2015-16 season. UO has won the last six matchups in Berkeley and is 20-18 on the road all-time at Cal. Head coach Kelly Graves is 10-3 in his Oregon career against the Bears, going 6-1 at Haas Pavilion.

CLOSING TIME
Oregon has been at its best when it counts this season, averaging 35.1 points in the second halves of games compared to 29.1 points in first halves. The Ducks average 17.6 points in the fourth quarter, most of any single quarter with a plus-four scoring margin, and boast a plus-24 scoring differential in the second half compared to a minus-27 differential in the first halves of games. As a team, UO has a higher field goal percentage (44.0%), 3-point percentage (31.7%) and free throw percentage (78.1%) in the fourth quarter than overall for the season.

» The Ducks have outscored their opponents in the fourth quarter in six of their last 12 games, and nine times on the season.
» Sunday against Arizona, Oregon staved off the Wildcats' comeback bid by going 8-for-10 from the free throw line, all coming over the final 5:03, with Grace VanSlooten going 6-for-6 from the stripe.
» Leading by just four headed into the fourth quarter against Idaho on Dec. 8, Chance Gray went a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line over the game's final 3:22 to help stave off Idaho and earn an eight-point win.
» Gray knocked down all five of UO's 3-pointers against Portland State, including four in the fourth quarter and three coming on consecutive trips down the floor to help seal the victory.
» Gray scored eight of her 22 points against Arizona State in the fourth quarter, going 3-for-4 from the floor (2-for-3 3PT).
» In the last five minutes of games, the Ducks shoot 86.2 percent from the free throw line (54-for-63) while Gray is a perfect 22-for-22 from the line.
» Oregon is 4-1 this season in games decided by less than 10 points and have won five of the last seven such games, dating back to last season. The Ducks are 11-6 in games decided by three points or less since the start of the 2016-17 season, and have won two straight games decided by two points or less.
» The Ducks have played six "clutch games" - games that are within five points with five minutes or less to play - and have won five of those six: Grand Canyon, Idaho, UTSA, Oklahoma State and Arizona.