Ducks Face UW in Seattle Friday

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• Oregon Notes – Washington

EUGENE, arch. – After two big home wins against top-10 teams, Oregon will look to maintain its momentum when it plays Seattle in Washington on Friday. The Ducks have won their last three games, including victories over two teams ranked in the top 10 in Arizona and Connecticut, and will look to continue their winning streak against rival Washington.

The Ducks lead the all-time streak between the two schools, 53-51, and have won each of the last eight meetings between the two schools, including five straight in Seattle.

GAME INFORMATION
When: Friday January 21st
Where: Alaska Airlines Arena
Time: 19 o’clock
TV: Pac-12 network
Play by Play: Elisa Woodward | Analyst: Alyssa Charlston
Stream link: https://pac-12.com/live?networks=P12ORG
Radio: KUGN 590 AM (Eugene); KPAM 860 AM (Portland)
Play by Play: Terry Jonz

NUMBERS TO KNOW

3 – Oregon is one of three national teams to beat a top 10 team in consecutive games (South Carolina, South Florida).
10 – The Ducks have had 10 different players leading the team in a game this season.
22.3 — Oregon guard Te-Hina Paopao has averaged 22.3 points per game over the past three games.
37.6 – Oregon leads the Pac-12 and is 13th in the nation shooting 37.6 percent from three-point range.
53.8 — Oregon’s four preseason All-Pac-12 picks (Paopao, Prince, Sabally, Rogers) averaged 53.8 PPG over their last four games.

TOP 10 TAKEDOWN

Oregon has slipped back into the national conversation with back-to-back wins against the top-10 teams, beating No. 7 Arizona on Saturday and No. 9 UConn on Monday. The Ducks beat a top-10 team in consecutive games for the first time since January 2020 (Oregon State) with a 68-66 overtime win over the Wildcats and a 72-59 win over the Huskies. Oregon is one of only three national-level teams to have beaten a top-10 team in consecutive games this season, joining South Carolina and South Florida. The UO men’s team also picked up two top 10 wins, making Oregon the first school since at least the 1999-00 season to win four games in five days against AP top 10 opponents between their men’s and women’s basketball programs.

DUCKS DOMINATE UCONN

After trailing 10-0 in the first three minutes on Monday against UConn, Oregon would dominate the rest of the way with a 72-59 win. The Ducks used an 18-0 first-half run to open a 26-14 lead and never looked back, leading by as much as 24 early in the fourth quarter. The win was Oregon’s second straight over UConn, as the Ducks played a strong defense that kept the Huskies to 3 of 18 on three-point attempts and forced 19 turnovers. Te-Hina Paopao again led offensively and scored 22 points for her third straight 20-point game while also grabbing eight rebounds. Sedona Prince brought the Ducks off the bench again, scoring 12 of their 14 points in the second quarter to extend the lead.

ALL THE WAY BACK

Trailing by as much as 17 points in the second half, Oregon came back to beat No. 7 Arizona 68-66 in overtime behind Endyia Rogers’ game-winning put-back jumper with less than half a second to go. The Ducks, trailing 54-41 heading into the fourth, outplayed the Wildcats 18-5 in the fourth quarter to force overtime after holding them to 20 percent in the final frame. Te-Hina Paopao had a career-high 24 points with 8-of-14 shots, while Nyara Sabally had a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Sedona Prince scored 16 points and sparked the Oregon Rally with a monster in the fourth quarter, scoring 10 points and blocking two shots to help the Ducks force overtime. The comeback was Oregon’s biggest win since March 2016 against UTEP, when the Ducks rebounded from an 18-point deficit in WNIT.

HEATING PAOPAO

Oregon guard Te-Hina Paopao has been the offensive leader for the Ducks the past few games, averaging 22.3 PPG over the past three contests, scoring at least 20 points each time. Paopao has led or shared the team’s lead in each of the last three games for the past three games, shooting 52.2 percent from the field and 52.6 percent from three-point range at this stretch. She scored 21 points in the win in California before setting a career high with 24 against Arizona and 22 against UConn on Monday.

» Averaged 18.6 PPG in five games since returning from injury.
» First UO player since 2019-20 season to score at least 20 points in three straight games (Satou Sabally).
» Had only one 20-point career game prior to this season.

GET DONE DONE AT BOTH END

The Ducks have been solid at both ends of the floor in their first 15 games. Oregon is currently second in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage, shooting 46.0 percent from the field while sitting third in the league with 17.6 per game. Oregon has shot at least 43 percent off the field in 12 of its 15 games while keeping its opponent under 40 percent off the field nine times, including four games in which it kept teams under 30 percent off the field.

» The Ducks are 9-1 when they beat teams from the field and 1-4 when opponents finish with a better FG percentage.
» Oregon forced nine times more turnovers than their opponent while winning the turnover bout 8-2.
» Forced at least 20 turnovers in four games this season.
» One of two Pac-12 teams to stop at least four opponents from shooting less than 30 percent from the field.

SHARP SHOOTERS

Pac-12 leaders in three-point field goal percentage, Oregon have received solid outside production from a number of different players. The Ducks are 13th in the country shooting 37.8 percent from beyond the arc and are one of 17 teams nationwide shooting at least 37 percent from three-point range. Oregon is also fourth in the league with 102 total threes and has caught multiple outside shots in all 14 games. Sydney Parrish leads the Ducks shooting 41.2 percent from long range (28 to 68), while Ahlise Hurst shoots 40.5 percent from deep (30 to 74).

» One of two multi-player Pac-12 teams 25 or older made a three-pointer this season (Stanford).
» Hurst is fourth in the conference in three-pointer matches while Parrish is fifth.
» Five different players have scored at least three three-pointers in a game (Hurst, Parrish, Te-Hina Paopao, Endyia Rogers, Maddie Scherr).
» Shot 48.8 percent from beyond the arc (21-for-43) over the weekend at Stanford and California, led by a season-high of 14 three-pointers made in 26 attempts against the Bears.