Final Civil War At Mac Set For 5:30 p.m. Saturday
02/05/10 | Women's Basketball
THIS WEEK
Oregon (13-8, 4-5) begins the second half of Pac-10 play at Mac Court on Saturday night, hosting Oregon State at 5:30 p.m. in the final Civil War showdown to ever be played at The Pit.
TV/RADIO BROADCASTS/MEDIA
Joe Giansante and Jennie Leander will call Saturday's game from McArthur Court. The Oregon Sports Network is broadcasting the game on Comcast SportsNet Northwest.
Over the radio airwaves, Terry Jonz will provide the play-by-play on THE SCORE 95.3 in the Eugene/Springfield area.
A video/audio simulcast of Saturday's game will also be available on the O-Zone. 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. 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.
HAITI RELIEF EFFORT
In an effort to help raise funds for Haiti earthquake relief, “4 Haiti T-Shirts” will be on sale at Mac Court before and during the game. The UO women's basketball team will also be wearing the 4 Haiti T-Shirts during their pregame warm-up.
The 4 Haiti T-Shirts are currently on sale at the Campus, Moshofsky, and Court Café stores. The idea for the project came from UO student Greg Mills, and another Oregon student designed the T-Shirt. The shirt retails for $16, and $13.75 of that goes directly to Partners in Health, a Boston, Mass., non-profit.
Oregon would like to send a special thank you to Ted Norman, owner of Identity by Sew-On, who is providing the T-Shirt and printing for below cost. Norman has been a longtime partner with Duck Store, and he wanted to do his part for this special project.
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 85.3 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 Day on Saturday vs. Oregon State. Fans can purchase one adult general admission ticket, and receive one free general admission ticket for a child.
CHEER WITH THE DUCKS
And last but certainly not least, on tap for Saturday is: Cheer with the Ducks. The clinic is designed to give boys and girls from ages 5-12 a fun and exciting experience cheering with the University of Oregon cheerleaders. The clinic is highlighted by a performance at halftime of the women's basketball game vs. Oregon State.
The clinic runs from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., and the performance is during halftime of the game. Clinic registrants get free admission to the game along with a free T-shirt.
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).
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 fifth edition of this year's coaches' show will air at 8 p.m., Monday, Feb. 8, 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.
OREGON STATE SERIES
Oregon State enters the second half of Pac-10 play at ninth in the conference standings with a league record of 1-8. The Beavers (9-11) have now lost nine in a row, including a non-league contest at Cal State Bakersfield, 57-54, on Tuesday. OSU's style of play is opposite of the Ducks, scoring just 58.6 points per game - last in the Pac-10 - while the Ducks average a NCAA Division I best 85.3 points per game.
In the two programs' last meeting on Jan. 9 in Corvallis, Oregon's uptempo offense proved to be too much for the Beavers to handle as UO prevailed 86-71.
Oregon shot 53.8 percent from the field and had four players in double figures led by Taylor Lilley's 23 points, five assists and four steals.
The Pac-10's other three-point juggernaut, Oregon State junior Talisa Rhea, scored a game-high 30 points while shooting a near-perfect 7-of-8 from three-point range.
Oregon State Series History
ORE Record: 57-26
ORE at Home: 30-7
ORE on the Road: 24-16
ORE on a Neutral Court: 3-3
Streak: 1
Most ORE Points: 86, 2x, last (86-71, Jan. 9, 2010)
Fewest ORE Points Allowed: 31 (Jan. 13, 1976)
Widest ORE Victory: 25, 2x, last Feb. 7, 1986
Longest ORE Winning Streak:
11, 2x, last March 8, 1996-March 10, 2001
Last ORE Win: 86-71, Jan. 9, 2010
Last ORE Home Win: 60-49, March 1, 2008
Last ORE Road Win: 86-71, Jan. 9, 2010
PRESEASON POLL
Oregon was selected to finish eighth in 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 2/1)
• Oregon (13-8, 4-5) snapped a five-game losing streak by picking up an 85-77 win at USC last Saturday. The Ducks are currently tied for sixth in the Pac-10 standings with Washington. A top-six finish for Oregon would be UO's best mark in standings since a sixth-place finish in 2006-07. It would also guarantee the Ducks a first-round bye at the Pac-10 Tournament.
• The Ducks are leading the nation in scoring averaging 85.3 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. 18 0.98
• Oregon is averaging 85.3 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 (17.2 ppg; 6th Pac-10), Micaela Cocks (15.2 ppg; 8th Pac-10), Amanda Johnson (13.6 ppg; 14th Pac-10), Nicole Canepa (10.4 ppg; 22nd Pac-10) and Nia Jackson (10.3 ppg; 23rd Pac-10).
• Taylor Lilley's 3.7 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 USC, Taylor Lilley broke an Oregon single-game record draining nine three-pointers. The previous record of eight three-pointers in a single game was shared by Lilley, who tied it against Washington on New Year's Day, Chelsea Wagner vs. Arizona on Feb. 9, 2006, and Jessica Schutt vs. Hawai'i on Nov. 26, 1993.
- Lilley's nine baskets from long distance also tied for the most three-pointers scored by a player in a Pac-10 game. Stanford's Lindsey Yamasaki is the only other player to accomplish the feat, draining nine vs. Washington on Feb. 24, 2001.
- 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 223 career three-pointers have set a new program all-time 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 what was then 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 577 career three-point attempts are also a new UO record, passing Brandi Davis' mark of 535.
SCORING CHANGE
Leading the nation in scoring averaging 85.3 points per game takes production from across the board, and that's why the Ducks have five players currently averaging double figures.
Fourteen times this season a player in the Pac-10 has reached at least 30 points in a game, and four 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 is one of only three players in the Pac-10, (Alexis Gray-Lawson, Cal; Davellyn White, ARIZ) to reach 30 points on two occasions.
Last Saturday in front of family and friends, and playing her last regular season game at USC, Lilley scored a career-high 36 points and knocked not only a career-best but new Oregon single-game record nine three-pointers. Earlier in the season, Lilley scored what was then 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.
LILLEY FOR THREE
Every weekend, senior guard Taylor Lilley continues her assault on the Pac-10 record books. Last Saturday at USC, Lilley helped UO to its first win at the Galen Center since its opening during her freshman season. It was also the Ducks first win over the Trojans in Los Angeles since Feb. 27, 2003.
Lilley scored a career-high 36 points, which also ties for fourth all-time in Oregon single-game history. She broke an Oregon single-game record and also set a new career high knocking down nine three-pointers. The mark also ties for the most three-pointers in a Pac-10 game, a record Lilley shares with Stanford's Lindsey Yamasaki, who drained nine three-pointers vs. Washington on Feb. 24, 2001.
Lilley's 223 career three-pointers have already set a new all-time record at the UO, while that number also ranks fifth all-time in the Pac-10.
Averaging 3.7 three-pointers per game, Lilley also has her sights set on the Oregon and Pac-10 single season records. With 77 three-pointers on the season, she is just five shy of breaking Jamie Craighead's record of 81 set in 2001. Arizona's Lisa Griffith holds the Pac-10 record, knocking down 92 buckets from long distance in 1997.
Currently, Lilley's 1,176 career points rank fifth among active Pac-10 players and 15th 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 hit a significant milestone in her 14-point effort at UCLA, eclipsing the 1,000-point total for her career. Cocks is now the 22nd player in UO women's basketball history to reach 1,000 points, and currently her 1,031 career points rank 21st in that group.
Cocks is averaging a career-high 15.2 points per game, and her 150 career three-pointers rank fifth all-time for Oregon and fifth among active players in the Pac-10.
The New Zealand native also needs to play in just four 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 on Jan. 23. 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 eight games, Jackson is averaging 13.5 points, 2.8 assists and 2.6 steals per game, shooting 54.4 percent from the floor and making 3.9 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 13.6 points and a team-leading 9.1 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 15 double-figure scoring games and four games with 20 points or more. She has led UO in scoring six times and led the squad in rebounding on 13 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 10.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. The San Francisco native has reached double-figures in 11 games this season.
Holliday is averaging 6.5 points and 6.1 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.
