Ducks End First Leg Of Pac-10 In L.A.
01/26/10 | Women's Basketball
THIS WEEK
Oregon (12-7, 3-4) closes the first leg of Pac-10 play in Los Angeles this weekend. The Ducks will try to end their four-game slide at UCLA on Thursday (7 p.m.) Oregon will then head to USC on Saturday for a 2:30 p.m. tip with the Trojans at the Galen Center.
RADIO BROADCASTS/MEDIA
Terry Jonz will provide the play-by-play for both games this weekend on THE SCORE 95.3 in the Eugene/Springfield area. The audio simulcast will also be available on the O-Zone.
Both www.uclabruins.com and www.usctrojans.com will offer live video for each contest.
A link to live stats will be available at www.GoDucks.com.
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 the final Civil War to ever be played at Mac Court, on Saturday, Feb. 6, and tickets 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.
The Ducks were victorious in the first leg of the Civil War at Gill Coliseum on Jan. 9, by the score of 86-71. The second game of the series is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and will be aired by the Oregon Sports Network on Comcast SportsNet Northwest.
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 85.6 points per game to lead all Division I women's basketball teams, and the Ducks have reached 100 points on three occasions this year.
MORE PROMOTIONS
Oregon will sponsor National Girls and Women in Sports on Saturday, Feb. 6 vs. Oregon State. Fans can purchase one adult general admission ticket, and receive one free general admission ticket for a child.
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 fourth edition of this year's coaches' show will air at 8 p.m., Monday, Feb. 1, 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
Lauri Landerholm will return to Mac Court for the second leg of the Civil War to serve as the game's honorary captain. Landerholm led the UO to two NCAA Tournament appearances with the Ducks, and during her senior season was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1987. She is one of only two players in Oregon women's basketball program history to be given the honor. Landerholm was a three-time all-NorPac selection, and still holds the UO program record with 607 assists.
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).
UCLA SERIES
UCLA is third in the Pac-10 standings with a record of 12-6 overall and a 5-2 mark in the conference play. The Bruins are averaging 66.1 points per game and have four players averaging double-figures led by Jasmine Dixon's 14.7 points per game.
Last year at Pauley Pavilion, Oregon walked away with a 73-56 victory. Taylor Lilley led all scorers with 21, and added a game-high tying five assists, while Micaela Cocks scored 17 on a 5-of-9 performance. Jasmin Holliday added a then career-high 14 points.
UCLA Series History
ORE Record: 24-26
ORE at Home: 16-8
ORE on the Road: 8-17
ORE on a Neutral Court: 0-1
Streak: -1
Most ORE Points: 106 (Feb. 4, 1999)
Fewest ORE Points Allowed: 43 (Jan. 27, 2001)
Widest ORE Victory: 27, 2x, last 106-79 (Feb. 4, 1999)
Longest ORE Win Streak: 6 (Feb. 13, 1993-Feb. 1, 1996)
Last ORE Win: 73-56 (Jan. 4, 2009)
Last ORE Home Win: 66-55 (Feb. 23, 2008)
Last ORE Road Win: 73-56 (Jan. 4, 2009)
USC SERIES
Currently the No. 2 team in the conference standings with a 12-6 overall record and a 6-1 mark in the Pac-10, the Trojans have won four in a row. Their only blemish in conference play was a 82-62 loss to No. 2 Stanford.
Oregon has lost 10 of its last 12 meetings with the Trojans, and has to pick up a win at the Galen Center which was opened for the 2006-07 season.
Ties between the two clubs start with both programs' first-year head coaches. Oregon's Paul Westhead was the head coach of the 1980 Los Angeles Lakers NBA championship squad which USC head coach Michael Cooper was a part of. The two also coached against one another during the 2007 WNBA season, with Cooper leading the Los Angeles Sparks and Westhead leading the Phoenix Mercury.
The pair went 1-1 against one another. Both head coaches also have a pair of WNBA championship trophies. Cooper won his in 2001 and 2002 with the Sparks, while Westhead earned his in 2006 and 2007 with the Mercury.
USC Series History
ORE Record: 16-35
ORE at Home: 11-14
ORE on the Road: 5-21
ORE on a Neutral Court: 0-1
Streak: -4
Most ORE Points: 81 (Jan. 29, 2005)
Fewest ORE Points Allowed: 46 (Jan. 26, 2008)
Widest ORE Victory: 24, 77-53 (Jan. 8, 1999)
Longest ORE Win Streak: 5 (Feb. 27, 1997-Feb. 6, 1999)
Last ORE Win: 73-63 (Feb. 3, 2007)
Last ORE Home Win: 73-63 (Feb. 3, 2007)
Last ORE Road Win: 75-50 (Feb. 27, 2003)
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 1/25)
• Oregon (12-7, 3-4) is currently on a four-game losing streak - its toughest stretch of the season.
• The Ducks are leading the nation in scoring averaging 85.6 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 8.7
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio No. 19 1.01
Assists Per Game No. 19 16.3
Field Goal Percentage No. 25 .448
• Oregon is averaging 85.6 points per game this season – close to a 30-point turnaround from last season's average of 56.6 points per game.
• UO has five players averaging double figures; Taylor Lilley (16.3 ppg; 6th Pac-10), Micaela Cocks (14.8 ppg; 8th Pac-10), Amanda Johnson (13.7 ppg; 12th Pac-10), Nicole Canepa (11.4 ppg; 19th Pac-10) and Nia Jackson (10.4 ppg; 25th Pac-10).
• Taylor Lilley's 3.5 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:
- On Jan. 16 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 scored at Arizona on Jan. 16, 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 (Jan. 16) 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 212 career three-pointers have set a new program record. Her total also ranks fifth 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 560 career three-point attempts are also a new UO record, passing Brandi Davis' mark of 535.
SCORING CHANGE
Twelve 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 on Jan. 16, 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 212 career three-pointers are a new UO all-time record and lead all active players in the Pac-10 as well as ranking fifth all-time in the Pac-10. Lilley has already dropped 66 three-pointers this season, a mark that sits sixth in UO single-season history. If Lilley were to keep pace with her 3.5 three-pointers per game – which currently ranks fifth in the nation – 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 1,124 career points rank fifth among active Pac-10 players and 17th 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 148 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 six more career games to break into the UO all-time top-10.
ACTION JACKSON
Oregon sophomore Nia Jackson pieced together arguably the greatest performance of her career vs. No. 2 Stanford last Saturday. The Seattle native scored a career-high 26 points and led the Ducks with four assists, while also making 15 trips to the free-throw line and frustrating the Cardinal defense into three 3-point play opportunities.
With defenses focusing on Cocks and Lilley, head coach Paul Westhead is urging Jackson to get to the basket. In Oregon's last six games, Jackson is averaging 14.7 points, 2.5 assists and 2.8 steals per game, shooting 56.1 percent from the floor and making 3.5 free throws per game.
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 13.7 points and a team-leading 9.3 rebounds per game. Johnson's last double-double came at Arizona on Jan. 16, scoring 17 points and a team-leading 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 11.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. The San Francisco native has reached double-figures in 11 games this season.
Holliday is averaging 6.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
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.
