Bay Area Schools In Town
01/20/10 | Women's Basketball
THIS WEEK
Oregon (12-5, 3-2) returns to Mac Court after two straight weeks on the road. The Bay Area schools are in town this week as the Ducks host California (8-8, 2-3) at 7 p.m., Thursday and No. 2 Stanford (15-1, 5-0) at 11 a.m., Saturday.
TV • RADIO BROADCASTS/MEDIA
Saturday's game with Stanford will be broadcast on Fox Sports Net. This will be Oregon's second appearance on a national broadcast this year, the first was at Oregon State on Jan. 9. Expected to call the game is Jim Watson and Mary Murphy.
Both games will be broadcast on THE SCORE 95.3 in the Eugene/Springfield area. For those fans out of the listening area, fans can watch a live video broadcast of Thursday's game on the O-Zone, or listen to an audio simulcast of Saturday's game on the O-Zone.
O-ZONE: ONLINE VIDEO & AUDIO/LIVE STATS
Women's basketball fans can now watch all non-televised home games live on the O-Zone at www.GoDucks.com. All home games will offer live video and audio. Live stats will also be available for all home games.
TICKETS
Tickets are still available for this weekend and can be purchased by clicking HERE, calling 1-800-WEB-FOOT, or in person at the Casanova Center ticket office. Tickets can also be purchased at the McArthur Court ticket window 90 minutes prior to game time. The doors to Mac Court open 60 minutes prior to tip.
PIZZA HUT 100-POINT PERSONAL PAN PLAY
The highest scoring Division I women's basketball team in the nation has a new promotion headed to Mac Court: The Pizza Hut Personal Pan Play.
Oregon has teamed with Pizza Hut, and each time the Ducks reach 100 points in a game, every fan in attendance at McArthur Court will receive a free personal pan pizza.
Oregon is currently averaging 87.4 points per game to lead all Division I women's basketball teams in the country, and under first-year head coach Paul Westhead, the Ducks are off to their best start, 12-5, in five years.
MORE PROMOTIONS
Oregon fans can pick up a “$5 Off” coupon at any Eugene/Springfield area BI-Mart or Oregon Community Credit Union locations to receive $5 off a reserved ticket for Oregon's game against California on Thursday.
GODUCKS LIVE
For fans who want to hear first-year head coach Paul Westhead's take on last weekend's games and his forecast for the upcoming week, tune into GoDucks Live on www.GoDucks.com or KSCR 1320 AM with Jerry Allen every Monday at 9:15 a.m.
COACHES SHOW
The third edition of this year's coaches' show will air at 8 p.m., Monday, Jan. 25 on Comcast SportsNet Northwest. The show will feature interviews with UO men's basketball head coach Ernie Kent and women's basketball head coach Paul Westhead, as well as game highlights and interviews with student-athletes from both teams.
Tipoff Tuesday live from The Cooler
Oregon head coach Paul Westhead will be at the The Cooler each Tuesday night during the Pac-10 season talking with Oregon play-by-play announcer Terry Jonz. The broadcast can be heard on KUGN 590, and will also be simulcast on the O-Zone. Following coach Westhead will be Oregon men's basketball coach Ernie Kent speaking with veteran announcer Jerry Allen.
FORMER DUCK GREATS RETURN TO MAC COURT
The University of Oregon Athletic Department announced its plan to celebrate the final Pac-10 Conference women's basketball season played at McArthur Court. Each Pac-10 game this season will have a pre-game ceremony featuring at least one honorary captain. In addition, the first 1,000 fans through the doors will receive a 3x7 commemorative ticket highlighting the accomplishments of the honorary captain(s) for that contest.
Missy Croshaw, who held the career all-time three-point record for 16 years before Taylor Lilley surpassed it, will be the honorary captain for the Oregon-California game on Thursday. Debbie Sporcich will be the honorary captain for Oregon's Fox Sports Net televised game with Stanford on Saturday.
MAC COURT MEMORIES
The Oregon Athletics Department wants fans to submit their favorite Mac Court memories online and at all home basketball games. Duck fans can write-in their favorite memory of McArthur Court and/or send pictures in to athletics@uoregon.edu (all submissions become the property of the athletic department and will not be returned).
CALIFORNIA SERIES
California (8-8, 2-3) enters the week eighth in the Pac-10 Conference standings. The Golden Bears started league play 0-3, but bounced back sweeping Washington and Washington State last week in Berkeley. Cal has started a lineup that includes four freshmen in each of its last four games. The Golden Bears' six-member freshman class received a combined 10 All-American nods as high school senior last year.
Senior guard Alexis Gray-Lawson is scoring 15.9 points per game, while freshman DeNesha Stallworth is averaging 14.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.
California Series History
ORE Record: 35-21
ORE at Home: 22-5
ORE on the Road: 13-13
ORE on a Neutral Court: 0-3
Streak: -6
Most ORE Points: 97 (Feb. 10, 1984)
Fewest ORE Points Allowed: 36 (March 3, 1994)
Widest ORE Victory: 39 (75-36, March 3, 1994)
Longest ORE Winning Streak: 15 (Feb. 2, 1994-Jan. 11, 2001)
Last ORE Win: 62-42 (Feb. 15, 2007)
Last ORE Home Win: 62-42 (Feb. 15, 2007)
Last ORE Road Win: 58-51 (Feb. 26, 2005)
STANFORD SERIES
Currently the No. 2 ranked team in the nation, Stanford sits atop the Pac-10 standings with a perfect league record. The Cardinal (15-1, 5-0) have suffered only one loss this season, 80-68, at No. 1 Connecticut on Dec. 23.
Stanford has three players averaging double-figures led by sophomore forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike's 19.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Stanford is averaging 21.6 points per game better than its opponents.
Stanford Series History
ORE Record: 8-39
ORE at Home: 7-17
ORE on the Road: 1-22
ORE on a Neutral Court: 0-0
Streak: -9
Most ORE Points: 97 (Feb. 13, 1981)
Fewest ORE Points Allowed: 47 (Jan. 26, 1996)
Widest ORE Victory: 35 (97-62, Feb. 13, 1981)
Longest ORE Win Streak: 3 (Feb. 13, 1981-March 5, 1987)
Last ORE Win: 62-58 (Dec. 29, 2004)
Last ORE Home Win: 62-58 (Dec. 29, 2004)
Last ORE Road Win: 63-54 (March 3, 1987)
PRESEASON POLL
Oregon was selected to finish eighth in the both the Pac-10 Preseason Coaches' Poll and the Pac-10 Preseason Media Poll.
The results are not a surprise citing UO's finish to the 2008-09 season which included dropping its final six games of the season and losing 10 of the final 11 tilts of the year.
OREGON'S CURRENT STATUS (RANKINGS AS OF 1/18)
• Oregon (12-5, 3-2) is currently off to its best start since the 2004-05 squad - the last Oregon team to make an NCAA Tournament appearance.
• The Ducks are leading the nation in scoring averaging 87.4 points per game. If Oregon were to maintain that average, it would be the highest scoring year in program history. The record is 84.6 points per game set during the 1978-79 season.
• Also, if the Ducks were to end the season as the national scoring leader, it would be the fourth time head coach Paul Westhead has led a collegiate squad that topped the country in scoring. During his tenure at Loyola Marymount, the Lions led the nation in scoring for three consecutive seasons; 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90.
Other top-25 national marks for Oregon include:
Category Rank Number
Three-Point FG Per Game No. 5 8.8
Field Goal Percentage No. 19 .454
Assists Per Game No. 20 16.6
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio No. 21 1.0
• Oregon is averaging 87.4 points per game this season - a 30-plus point turnaround from last season's average of 56.6 points per game.
• UO has three players in the top-10 of Pac-10 scoring leaders; Taylor Lilley (16.4 ppg; 6th), Micaela Cocks (14.8 ppg; 8th) and Amanda Johnson (14.6 ppg; 9th).
• Taylor Lilley's 3.4 three-pointers per game lead the Pac-10 and rank fifth in the nation.
RECORDS FALLING
A multitude of records have fallen this year, here is a quick recap:
- Last Saturday at Arizona, the Ducks and Wildcats obliterated the previous record for the highest scoring game in women's Pac-10 history. With Oregon on the losing end of a 119-112 decision, the 231 combined points bested the previous combo of 221 set by California (115) and USC (106) on March 10, 1989.
- Oregon's 112 points were also the most scored by a losing team in Pac-10 history.
- Nicole Canepa's career-high doubling 38 points were the most an Oregon player has ever scored against a Pac-10 opponent. The mark also ties with Bev Smith and Debbie Adams for the UO single-game record.
- Oregon's 119 points allowed at Arizona were the most the Ducks have ever surrendered. The previous record was 107 at Stanford on Feb. 25, 1989.
- Earlier this season Oregon set a new single-game record for single-game three-point attempts with 31 in an 102-70 win over Long Beach State on Dec. 6.
- Taylor Lilley's 204 career three-pointers have set a new program record. Her total also ranks 10th in the Pac-10 all-time standings. Lilley broke the record on Jan. 1 in an 82-71 win over Washington, knocking down a career-high eight treys and tying a single-game and Mac Court record. Missy Croshaw held the previous career record of 189 for 16 years. Lilley's 545 career three-point attempts are also a new UO record, passing Brandi Davis' mark of 535.
LINEUP CHANGE
Oregon head coach Paul Westhead was forced to deviate from his starting lineup of Nia Jackson, Taylor Lilley, Micaela Cocks, Amanda Johnson and Victoria Kenyon last Saturday at Arizona with Kenyon unavailable.
Kenyon, a key ingredient to Westhead's full-court press is expected to reenter the starting lineup vs. California on Thursday.
SCORING CHANGE
Nine times this season a player in the Pac-10 has reached at least 30 points in a game, and three of those occasions belong to student-athletes from Oregon.
Nicole Canepa scored a UO single-game record-tying 38 points at Arizona last Saturday, while Taylor Lilley scored a career-high 33 points vs. Washington on Jan. 1. Sophomore forward Amanda Johnson scored a career-best 32 points in a 95-68 win over Portland on Dec. 2 Johnson is one of three players in the Pac-10; Ify Ibekwe (10) and Nnemkadi Ogwumike (7) to have at least seven double-doubles this season.
LILLEY FOR THREE
One of two fourth-year seniors on the squad, Taylor Lilley continues her assault on the Oregon and Pac-10 record books. The Newhall, Calif., native's 204 career three-pointers are a new UO all-time record and lead all active players in the Pac-10 as well as rank 10th all-time in the conference.
If Lilley were to keep pace with her 3.4 three-pointers per game for the remainder of the season, she would be on pace to break the Oregon single-season record for three-pointers (81) as well as the Pac-10 single-season record (92).
Currently, Lilley's 1,092 career points rank fifth among active Pac-10 players and 18th all-time in UO history.
ALL IN THE BACKCOURT
Lilley isn't the only senior guard on the brink of breaking records. Senior guard Micaela Cocks is averaging a career-high 14.8 points per game. Her 147 career three-pointers rank fifth all-time and fifth among active players in the Pac-10.
The New Zealand native also needs to play in just eight more career games to break into the UO all-time top-10.
FASTBREAK LEADER
Oregon certainly has benefited from the return of a healthy Nia Jackson this season. The Ducks starting point guard is returning from an ACL injury in her left knee that forced her to miss all of last season. The Seattle native is averaging 9.5 points, 3.8 assists (4th Pac-10) and 2.6 steals (2nd Pac-10) per game, and has reached double figures in three of her last four games.
TEAM LEADER
While just a sophomore, forward Amanda Johnson already has eight career double-doubles - seven from this season - to her credit. The Santa Rosa, Calif., native is averaging 14.6 points and a team-leading 9.9 rebounds per game. Johnson's last double-double came at Arizona on Saturday scoring 17 points and a 13 rebounds.
This season, Johnson has put together a stellar campaign with 14 double-figure scoring games and five games with 20 points or more. She has led UO in scoring five times and led the squad in rebounding on 12 occasions.
MISSING LINK
Junior forward Victoria Kenyon has been praised by head coach Paul Westhead for her defensive efforts on Oregon's full-court press. That success has led to added confidence on the offensive end. Kenyon has set career highs in points, rebounds, steals and three-pointers made this year.
THE BENCH
While not a part of the starting lineup, sophomore Jasmin Holliday and junior Nicole Canepa are the first two players head coach Paul Westhead looks to off the bench.
Canepa is averaging career highs with 12.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. The San Francisco native has reached double-figures in 11 games this season.
Holliday is averaging 7.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game shooting 49.0 percent from the floor.
WORLD VISION INVITATIONAL
The Oregon women's basketball program would like to thank all fans that donated to “Operation Safety Net” during the World Vision Invitational.
World Vision raised $1,083 during the tournament enough to provide a net of protection for 180 children and one adult. One net covers two people.
