Ducks to Celebrate Senior Class Saturday

EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon women's basketball team will play its final home game of the regular season and honor a three-member senior class Saturday afternoon, as the Ducks host No. 4 Stanford at 2 p.m. PT at Matthew Knight Arena.

In a postgame ceremony, UO will recognize seniors Ula Chamberlin, Bella Hamel and Kennedi Williams. Fifth-year senior Peyton Scott announced this week that she will seek a medical hardship waiver with hopes to return to Oregon next season after suffering a season-ending knee injury in the season opener.

GAME #31
Oregon (11-19, 2-15) vs. No. 4 Stanford (25-4, 14-3)
Saturday, March 2 | 2 p.m. PT | Matthew Knight Arena (Eugene, Ore.)
TV: Pac-12 Network
Play-by-play: Elise Woodward| Analyst: Mary Murphy
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (Eugene: KUGN 98.1 | Portland: KPAM 860 AM)
Play-by-play: Chris Clayton | Analyst: Bev Smith
Listen Online | Live Stats

AT A GLANCE
Oregon is set for its final home game of the regular season, as UO welcomes No. 4 Stanford to Matthew Knight Arena on Saturday. The Ducks will recognize a three-member senior class in a postgame ceremony in Ula Chamberlin, Bella Hamel and Kennedi Williams.

The Cardinal will mark the 12th ranked opponent the Ducks will face this season, and eighth over their last 11 games. Stanford is the seventh team in the top 10 and fourth in the top five on UO's schedule.

The Ducks eye a regular-season series split with the Cardinal after SU earned an 88-63 win in Stanford on Jan. 19. UO is 14-62 against the Stanford all time with a 9-26 home record.

LAST TIME OUT
Oregon suffered its 12th straight loss Thursday against Cal 62-59. The Ducks claimed their first lead early in the fourth quarter and led by six with just over four minutes to play before the Golden Bears closed the night on a 12-3 run.

UO got a team-leading 17 points and six assists from Chance Gray, while Grace VanSlooten (14 points, 11 rebounds) and Phillipina Kyei (10 points, 11 rebounds) each recorded double-doubles.

Phillipina Kyei logged double-double No. 20 of the season, moving her into a sixth-place tie with Sabrina Ionescu in a single season in UO history. For VanSlooten, it marked her eighth double-double of the season and 10th of her career.

SCOUTING STANFORD
Fourth-ranked Stanford (25-4, 14-3) claimed the outright regular-season Pac-12 title after a 67-63 win at Oregon State Thursday night. Overall, the Cardinal have won six of their last seven games and 10 of the last 12 games. SU boasts an 8-1 road record during league play.

Stanford's roster is highlighted by two players averaging a double-double on the season, with Kiki Iriafen averaging 18.6 points and 11.0 rebounds a game to pair with Cameron Brink's 17.9 points and 11.7 boards a night. Hannah Jump adds 10.5 points per game and leads her team with 64 made 3-pointers.

Brink is the Pac-12 leader in blocks per game, free throw shooting and defensive rebounds per game. Brink (15) and Iriafen (14) are second and third, respectively, in the conference in double-doubles behind Oregon's Phillipina Kyei.

As a team, Stanford leads the conference in scoring margin, rebounding, rebounding margin and free throw shooting while ranking second in assist-to-turnover ratio and scoring defense.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Saturday's game will be the 77th all-time meeting between Oregon and Stanford, with the Cardinal owning a 62-14 edge in the series' history. The Cardinal have won seven straight games in the series, going back to the 2021-22 season, after the Ducks had won five of the previous six matchups. UO is 9-26 at home against the Cardinal, with a 2-7 mark at Matthew Knight Arena. Oregon has lost five of the last six in Eugene, with the last home win coming on Jan. 16, 2020. Head coach Kelly Graves has guided the Ducks to six of their 14 all-time wins against Stanford.

SU claimed the season's first matchup 88-63 at Maples Pavilion on Jan. 19. The then-eighth-ranked Cardinal began the game on a 20-0 run before the Ducks trimmed the deficit to five points midway through the second quarter. Chance Gray led Oregon with 19 points and five assists while Phillipina Kyei registered 14 points. Five Cardinal finished in double figures, paced by 21 points and 15 boards from Kiki Iriafen.

OREGON vs. RANKED TEAMS
Fourth-ranked Stanford marks the 12th team ranked in the top 20 Oregon will face this season, eighth over its last 11 games and 11th over a 17-game span. The Ducks faced seven straight top-20 opponents from Jan. 5-Feb. 18, with four being ranked in the top 10. Including Stanford, UO has eight games against teams in the top 10 and four against the top five. This season, the Ducks have gone 0-11 against ranked teams and have dropped 12 consecutive games to ranked teams overall, dating back to last season.