Ducks Host Grand Canyon Monday

EUGENE, Ore. — The 25^th-ranked Oregon women's basketball team continues its season-opening homestand on Monday, as the Ducks welcome Grand Canyon to Matthew Knight Arena on Monday at 6 p.m. PT.

Oregon improved to 4-0 for the seventh time under head coach Kelly Graves with a 66-35 win over North Texas last Tuesday. The Ducks defense limited UNT to nine points on 2-of-19 shooting in the first half. Nani Falatea and Elisa Mevius paced UO with 11 points apiece off the bench, helping the Ducks to 42 total bench points.

The Ducks and Lopes will meet for the second straight year and the second time ever on Monday. Oregon earned a 64-56 win at GCU a season ago behind a 13-point, 16-rebound double-double from Phillipina Kyei.

Season and single-game tickets are now on sale and available at GoDucks.com/WBBtix.

GAME #5
No. 25 Oregon (4-0) vs. Grand Canyon (2-1)
Monday, Nov. 18 | 6 p.m. PT | Matthew Knight Arena (Eugene, Ore.)
TV/Stream: B1G+
Play-by-play: Saul Galvan | Analyst: Jonah Bruneau| Sideline: Mario Nordi
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (KUGN 98.1 FM/590 AM)
Play-by-play: Chris Clayton | Analyst: Bev Smith
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AT A GLANCE
No. 25 Oregon continues its season-opening homestand Monday, as the Ducks host Grand Canyon at 6 p.m. at Matthew Knight Arena.

The Ducks look to move to 5-0 to begin a season for the fifth time under 11th-year head coach Kelly Graves, and the first time since 2020-21, after defeating North Texas 66-35 last Tuesday.

Oregon and Grand Canyon will meet for the second straight season, and second time ever, on Monday. The Ducks earned a 64-56 win over GCU in Phoenix behind a 13-point, 16-rebound double-double from Phillipina Kyei.

LAST TIME OUT
Less than 48 hours after Oregon's upset of then-No. 12 Baylor, the Ducks improved to 4-0 with a stingy defensive effort against North Texas, winning 66-35 at Matthew Knight Arena last Tuesday.

The Ducks allowed UNT to just nine first-half points, their fewest allowed in any half in program history. The Mean Green went 2-for-19 from the floor in the first half and had just four made field goals through three quarters.

Nani Falatea and Elisa Mevius, both coming off the bench, tied for the team lead with 11 points apiece. Mevius added a team-best seven rebounds to go with two assists and two steals, while Falatea went 3-for-4 from behind the arc.

Oregon's bench combined to outscore the Mean Green 42-12, while the Ducks owned a 44-30 rebounding edge.

SCOUTING GRAND CANYON
Grand Canyon (2-1) comes to Eugene off a 70-59 win over Arizona State on Thursday night, getting a game-high 22 points from Alyssa Durazo-Frescas. She became the third different player to lead the Lopes in scoring through their first three games.

Durazo-Frescas (14.0 PPG) and Tiarra Brown (11.3 PPG) lead GCU in scoring, with Trinity San Antonio averaging a team-best 5.3 rebounds a night. Laura Erikstrup and Nneka Obiazor are tied for second at 5.0 boards per game.

GCU leads the WAC in 3-point shooting at 36.1 percent and 3-point defense, allowing teams to shoot just 12.8 percent from the behind the arc.

Grand Canyon was tabbed as the preseason favorite in the WAC, just ahead of California Baptist. San Antonio was named WAC preseason player of the year, with Brown joining her on the preseason all-conference team.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Oregon and Grand Canyon will meet for the second straight year after the Ducks claimed a 64-56 in Phoenix last November in the first-ever matchup between the teams. In the game, Phillipina Kyei turned in a 13-point, 16, rebound double-double and Sofia Bell drained three 3-pointers on her way to nine points and three assists. UO limited GCU to 30.8 percent from the floor, including a 20.0 percent clip in the fourth quarter (1-for-12 3PT).

CHECKING IN
Following its upset win over then-12th-ranked Baylor on Nov. 10, Oregon finds itself at No. 25 in the latest Associated Press poll. It marked the Ducks' first time in the top 25 since the week of Jan. 16, 2023 when they were 23rd. It is the 97th week under head coach Kelly Graves that UO has been in the AP top 25, and 177th week in program history. With its win over North Texas on Tuesday, Oregon is 218-66 (.768) all time and 64-6 (.914) at Matthew Knight Arena.

OFF AND RUNNING
Oregon's new-look roster has shown its depth and talent just four games into the 2024-25 season, jumping out to a 4-0 start. The Ducks kickstarted their season with a 93-63 win over California Baptist on Nov. 4, with the 93 points and 13 made 3-pointers being higher than any single-game total last season, while the 23 assists and five turnovers matched the single-game bests from 2023-24. With wins over Nevada, then-No. 12 Baylor and North Texas, the Ducks begin a season 4-0 for the seventh time under head coach Kelly Graves.

» Three newcomers have cracked UO's starting lineup in each of the first four games, in addition to guard Peyton Scott, who missed nearly all of last season due to injury, with four of the five being transfers.
» Twelve Ducks got into the scoring column against CBU, with four reaching double figures, and eight players tallied at least seven points.
» Eight newcomers combined for 52 points in the season-opening win, led by 14 points from Elisa Mevius.
» Scott, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in last year's season opener, paced the Ducks with 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting (2-for-5 3PT) against the Lancers and added 12 points against Nevada.
» Senior guard Deja Kelly flirted with a triple-double with 10 points, eight assists and seven rebounds. The eight assists equaled her career high, which she has now done five times in her career.
» Kelly scored a game-high 21 points against Nevada, going 9-for-13 from the floor, and did not attempt a shot in the first quarter.
» Kelly followed that up with a 20-point, nine-rebound, five-assist performance against Baylor, where she hit the game-tying layup with less than 90 seconds left and set up Mevius for the game-winning lay-in with just 22 seconds left.
» It marked her 34th career 20-point outing, as she is the first Duck with back-to-back 20-point games since Te-Hina Paopao in 2023 (March 2 and 17).
» A newcomer has led or tied for the team lead in scoring in three of the Ducks' four games this season, while a different newcomer has been the team leader in rebounds in each contest.