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Notes: Ducks Meet Stanford in Pac-12 Tournament Semifinals
03/04/17 | Women's Basketball
Oregon and Stanford will play for the first time in the Pac-12 Tournament on Saturday night at KeyArena.
EUGENE, Ore. - After defeating No. 11 ranked Washington, the Oregon women's basketball team will face another tough test when they meet No. 10 Stanford on Saturday night in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals.
The Ducks and Cardinal tip at 8:30 PM on Pac-12 Networks with a spot in the tournament championship on the line.
OREGON BREAKDOWN (20-12, 8-10 Pac-12)
All-Time Pac-12 Tourney Record: 6-15 (Win Thursday was 1st since 07-08)
Last Year at the Tournament: First round loss to Arizona, 74-68
Did You Know?: The 1st Pac-12 WBB tourney was at UO's McArthur Court
Notable: Oregon is in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament for first time since 2005, when the No. 2 seed Ducks lost to No. 3 seed Arizona State, 54-47, in San Jose, Calif. It was also in 2005 that the Ducks last went to the NCAA Tournament. Oregon has never met Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament. The matchup between the Ducks and Cardinal will be a contrast of styles. Oregon ranks third in the nation in three-point shooting (39.1%) and 21st in overall shooting (45.4%) while Stanford is sixth in the country in opponent field goal percentage (34.2%) and 20th in the NCAA in scoring defense (55.9 points per game).
TV AND RADIO BROADCAST INFO
Oregon's game at 8:30 PM PT in the Pac-12 Tournament vs. Stanford will be aired on Pac-12 Network. The game will also be carried live on the radio in Eugene (KUGN 590 AM) and Portland (KBNP 1410 AM) with Terry Jonz on the call, Oregon women's basketball's longtime play-by-play man. Fans can find a free radio stream online via TuneIn.com/Ducks and the TuneIn app.
FRESHMEN SCORING
In Thursday's win over Arizona, freshmen scored 61 of Oregon's 70 points. This season the Ducks are averaging 71.6 points per game overall and freshmen are scoring 45.6 points, 63.6% of the team's total.
BANDO REACHES 1,000 CAREER POINTS
With a jumper as part of a big 13-point fourth quarter in Friday night's upset win of No. 11 ranked Washington, junior Lexi Bando became the 28th player in Oregon women's basketball history to reach 1,000 career points. She now has 1,009 career points.
NCAA STAT RANKINGS
Oregon is one of the best shooting teams in the nation.
- The Ducks rank 21st in the NCAA and third in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at 45.4 percent.
- Oregon is better from three, shooting 39.1 percent which is third in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12.
- With all those made shots come assists. The Ducks rank 15th in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12 averaging 17.0 assists per game.
OREGON'S PAC-12 TOURNAMENT HISTORY
- Oregon is 6-15 all-time at the Pac-12 Tournament.
- This is the second time Oregon has reached the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament (2002, 2005).
- Thursday's win over Arizons snapped an eight-game losing streak in the tournament.
- Oregon is 2-4 at the Pac-12 Tournament in Seattle. The Ducks lost to Arizona in the first round last season but defeated the Wildcats in the first round this year and Washington in the quarterfinals.
- Prior to Thursday, Oregon's last win in the Pac-12 Tournament came in 2007-08, when the Ducks beat Washington State, 66-45, in the first round in San Jose, Calif. The Ducks lost in the second round that year to California, 67-60.
- Oregon's game against WSU in 2013-14 was the highest scoring in Pac-12 Tournament history as the Ducks lost, 107-100. The 207 combined points beat the previous mark, which was 179 point when Oregon lost, 90-89, to Arizona in 2011.
- Oregon's deepest run in the Pac-12 Tournament was in the first version of the women's tournament, in 2001-02, which was played in Eugene at McArthur Court. The Ducks knocked off Washington State, 85-67, in the first round and Washington, 78-64, in the second round before falling to Arizona State, 64-58.
PAC-12 AWARDS
- Freshman guard Sabrina Ionescu was named Pac-12 freshman of the year by both the league's coaches and the league's media. She was also selected to the all-Pac-12 and Pac-12 all-freshman teams.
- Freshman forward Ruthy Hebard was selected to both the all-Pac-12 and Pac-12 all-freshman teams.
- Junior guard Lexi Bando was named all-Pac-12 honorable mention. This is the first postseason honor in Bando's collegiate career.
FRESHMEN ON ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS
Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard became just the 17th and 18th freshmen in Pac-12 history when they were named to the all-Pac-12 team. When looking around the nation, just two other freshmen were named to all-conference teams. In the Big Ten, Maryland's Destiny Slocum and Michigan's Kysre Gondrezick were both named all-freshman and second team all-conference. However, in the SEC, ACC and the Big 12, no freshmen were selected to the all-league team.
GRAVES' 20 WIN SEASONS
With a 20-12 record this season, head coach Kelly Graves has 14 20-win seasons in 20 years coaching at the Div. I level. Graves has won 20+ in 10 of the last 11 years. Oregon won 24 games last season, just one short of the program record.
TOP-25 TESTED
Oregon has played a whopping 12 games against top-25 teams this season. The Ducks are 4-8 in those contests with wins against then-No. 24 Michigan State, then-No. 20 California, then-No. 15 UCLA and No. 11 Washington.
RPI CHECK
As of Saturday morning, the Ducks are up to No. 34 in the NCAA RPI, well within reach of an NCAA Tournament spot. Stanford enters Saturday's game ranked No. 8. The Pac-12 features four teams in the top-10 of the RPI, highlighted by Oregon State at No. 5.
BRACKETOLOGY
The latest edition of Charlie Creme's projected NCAA tournament bracket on ESPN.com has the Ducks as a No. 8 seed facing No. 9 seed Michigan in the first round at No. 1 seed Notre Dame. He has six Pac-12 teams currently in the tournament field.
LAST TIME IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
The last time the Ducks made the NCAA Tournament was in the 2004-05 season. No. 10 seed Oregon defeated No. 7 seed TCU, 58-55, in Seattle in the first round behind Catherine Kraayeveld's 23 points. The Ducks lost, 69-46, to No. 2 seed Baylor in the second round.
WHEN PLAYING #2 SEED STANFORD
- Oregon has never played Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament and never played Stanford on a neutral floor in general.
- Oregon trails in the all-time series with Stanford, 52-9.
- The Ducks lost twice to Stanford this season. Sabrina Ionescu averaged 16.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists in two games against the Cardinal, all team-highs. The Ducks shot just 34.4 percent from the field and made only seven threes in two games against the Cardinal.
- The Ducks snapped an 18-game losing streak to the Cardinal with a 62-55 win in Eugene on Senior Night to cap the 2014-15 season, Kelly Graves' first with Oregon.
- Oregon has lost 28 straight games on the road vs. Stanford. The Ducks' last win at Stanford was actually the first time the two teams met in Stanford, Calif., a 63-54 win on March 5, 1987. The Ducks haven't won at Stanford in 30 years.
- Oregon's longest winning streak in the series is three games, the first three meetings between the two teams.
- Stanford's longest winning streak in the series is 22 games, running from 1988 to 1998.
The Ducks and Cardinal tip at 8:30 PM on Pac-12 Networks with a spot in the tournament championship on the line.
OREGON BREAKDOWN (20-12, 8-10 Pac-12)
All-Time Pac-12 Tourney Record: 6-15 (Win Thursday was 1st since 07-08)
Last Year at the Tournament: First round loss to Arizona, 74-68
Did You Know?: The 1st Pac-12 WBB tourney was at UO's McArthur Court
Notable: Oregon is in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament for first time since 2005, when the No. 2 seed Ducks lost to No. 3 seed Arizona State, 54-47, in San Jose, Calif. It was also in 2005 that the Ducks last went to the NCAA Tournament. Oregon has never met Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament. The matchup between the Ducks and Cardinal will be a contrast of styles. Oregon ranks third in the nation in three-point shooting (39.1%) and 21st in overall shooting (45.4%) while Stanford is sixth in the country in opponent field goal percentage (34.2%) and 20th in the NCAA in scoring defense (55.9 points per game).
TV AND RADIO BROADCAST INFO
Oregon's game at 8:30 PM PT in the Pac-12 Tournament vs. Stanford will be aired on Pac-12 Network. The game will also be carried live on the radio in Eugene (KUGN 590 AM) and Portland (KBNP 1410 AM) with Terry Jonz on the call, Oregon women's basketball's longtime play-by-play man. Fans can find a free radio stream online via TuneIn.com/Ducks and the TuneIn app.
FRESHMEN SCORING
In Thursday's win over Arizona, freshmen scored 61 of Oregon's 70 points. This season the Ducks are averaging 71.6 points per game overall and freshmen are scoring 45.6 points, 63.6% of the team's total.
BANDO REACHES 1,000 CAREER POINTS
With a jumper as part of a big 13-point fourth quarter in Friday night's upset win of No. 11 ranked Washington, junior Lexi Bando became the 28th player in Oregon women's basketball history to reach 1,000 career points. She now has 1,009 career points.
NCAA STAT RANKINGS
Oregon is one of the best shooting teams in the nation.
- The Ducks rank 21st in the NCAA and third in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage at 45.4 percent.
- Oregon is better from three, shooting 39.1 percent which is third in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12.
- With all those made shots come assists. The Ducks rank 15th in the NCAA and first in the Pac-12 averaging 17.0 assists per game.
OREGON'S PAC-12 TOURNAMENT HISTORY
- Oregon is 6-15 all-time at the Pac-12 Tournament.
- This is the second time Oregon has reached the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament (2002, 2005).
- Thursday's win over Arizons snapped an eight-game losing streak in the tournament.
- Oregon is 2-4 at the Pac-12 Tournament in Seattle. The Ducks lost to Arizona in the first round last season but defeated the Wildcats in the first round this year and Washington in the quarterfinals.
- Prior to Thursday, Oregon's last win in the Pac-12 Tournament came in 2007-08, when the Ducks beat Washington State, 66-45, in the first round in San Jose, Calif. The Ducks lost in the second round that year to California, 67-60.
- Oregon's game against WSU in 2013-14 was the highest scoring in Pac-12 Tournament history as the Ducks lost, 107-100. The 207 combined points beat the previous mark, which was 179 point when Oregon lost, 90-89, to Arizona in 2011.
- Oregon's deepest run in the Pac-12 Tournament was in the first version of the women's tournament, in 2001-02, which was played in Eugene at McArthur Court. The Ducks knocked off Washington State, 85-67, in the first round and Washington, 78-64, in the second round before falling to Arizona State, 64-58.
PAC-12 AWARDS
- Freshman guard Sabrina Ionescu was named Pac-12 freshman of the year by both the league's coaches and the league's media. She was also selected to the all-Pac-12 and Pac-12 all-freshman teams.
- Freshman forward Ruthy Hebard was selected to both the all-Pac-12 and Pac-12 all-freshman teams.
- Junior guard Lexi Bando was named all-Pac-12 honorable mention. This is the first postseason honor in Bando's collegiate career.
FRESHMEN ON ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS
Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard became just the 17th and 18th freshmen in Pac-12 history when they were named to the all-Pac-12 team. When looking around the nation, just two other freshmen were named to all-conference teams. In the Big Ten, Maryland's Destiny Slocum and Michigan's Kysre Gondrezick were both named all-freshman and second team all-conference. However, in the SEC, ACC and the Big 12, no freshmen were selected to the all-league team.
GRAVES' 20 WIN SEASONS
With a 20-12 record this season, head coach Kelly Graves has 14 20-win seasons in 20 years coaching at the Div. I level. Graves has won 20+ in 10 of the last 11 years. Oregon won 24 games last season, just one short of the program record.
TOP-25 TESTED
Oregon has played a whopping 12 games against top-25 teams this season. The Ducks are 4-8 in those contests with wins against then-No. 24 Michigan State, then-No. 20 California, then-No. 15 UCLA and No. 11 Washington.
RPI CHECK
As of Saturday morning, the Ducks are up to No. 34 in the NCAA RPI, well within reach of an NCAA Tournament spot. Stanford enters Saturday's game ranked No. 8. The Pac-12 features four teams in the top-10 of the RPI, highlighted by Oregon State at No. 5.
BRACKETOLOGY
The latest edition of Charlie Creme's projected NCAA tournament bracket on ESPN.com has the Ducks as a No. 8 seed facing No. 9 seed Michigan in the first round at No. 1 seed Notre Dame. He has six Pac-12 teams currently in the tournament field.
LAST TIME IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
The last time the Ducks made the NCAA Tournament was in the 2004-05 season. No. 10 seed Oregon defeated No. 7 seed TCU, 58-55, in Seattle in the first round behind Catherine Kraayeveld's 23 points. The Ducks lost, 69-46, to No. 2 seed Baylor in the second round.
WHEN PLAYING #2 SEED STANFORD
- Oregon has never played Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament and never played Stanford on a neutral floor in general.
- Oregon trails in the all-time series with Stanford, 52-9.
- The Ducks lost twice to Stanford this season. Sabrina Ionescu averaged 16.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists in two games against the Cardinal, all team-highs. The Ducks shot just 34.4 percent from the field and made only seven threes in two games against the Cardinal.
- The Ducks snapped an 18-game losing streak to the Cardinal with a 62-55 win in Eugene on Senior Night to cap the 2014-15 season, Kelly Graves' first with Oregon.
- Oregon has lost 28 straight games on the road vs. Stanford. The Ducks' last win at Stanford was actually the first time the two teams met in Stanford, Calif., a 63-54 win on March 5, 1987. The Ducks haven't won at Stanford in 30 years.
- Oregon's longest winning streak in the series is three games, the first three meetings between the two teams.
- Stanford's longest winning streak in the series is 22 games, running from 1988 to 1998.
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