Ducks Face Test Sunday

EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon women's basketball closes the first week of the regular season with its toughest test to date, as the Ducks welcome No. 12 Baylor to Matthew Knight Arena on Sunday for a 7 p.m. tip.

Oregon begins the season 2-0 for the 10^th straight year after defeating Nevada 76-58 on Wednesday, getting a game-high 21 points from guard Deja Kelly. Four Ducks finished in double figures, with Amina Muhammad adding 13 points, Peyton Scott finishing with 12 and Alexis Whitfield scoring 10.

The Ducks and Bears will meet for the second straight year after then-No. 13 Baylor earned a 71-51 win in Waco last December. Oregon is 0-5 all-time against the Bears, including a meeting in the 2019 Final Four in Tampa, Fla.

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

GAME #3
Oregon (2-0) vs. No. 12 Baylor (1-0)
Sunday, Nov. 10 | 7 p.m. PT | Matthew Knight Arena (Eugene, Ore.)
TV: Big Ten Network
Stream: Big Ten App | Fox Sports App
Play-by-play: Ann Schatz | Analyst: Elise Woodward
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (KUGN 98.1 FM/590 AM) | Sirius XM 388
Play-by-play: Chris Clayton | Analyst: Bev Smith
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AT A GLANCE
Oregon faces its toughest test of the young season Sunday night, welcoming No. 12 Baylor to Matthew Knight Arena for a 7 p.m. PT tip.

The game will be the Ducks third of the opening week, as they are in the midst of a season-opening six-game homestand. UO is off to a 2-0 start for the 10th straight season after a 76-58 win over Nevada on Wednesday.

Oregon and Baylor will meet for the second straight season, after the Bears won 71-51 in Waco a season ago. BU has won all five previous matchups in the series, including at the 2019 Final Four in Tampa, Fla.

LAST TIME OUT
Oregon kept its momentum going with its second win in three days to begin the season with a 76-58 win over Nevada on Wednesday night at Matthew Knight Arena.

Deja Kelly led four Ducks in double figures with her 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting. Amina Muhammad added 13 points, Peyton Scott finished with 12 and Alexis Whitfield scored 10 to help the Ducks improve to 2-0 for the 10th straight season.

Despite being outscored in both the first and fourth quarters, Oregon flexed its muscles in the middle two frames, combining to outscore the Wolf Pack 52-26 in the 20-minute span.

UO shot 75.0 percent from the floor and scored 24 points in the third quarter while holding Nevada to 23.1 percent shooting in the second quarter.

SCOUTING BAYLOR
Baylor heads to Eugene ranked No. 12 in the Associated Press top-25 poll. The Bears opened their season with an 85-33 win over Incarnate Word Thursday night, getting a game-high 23 points from Darianna Littlepage-Buggs to lead three players in double figures.

BU returns four starters from last year's team that reached the Sweet Sixteen in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, highlighted by Sarah Andrews (11.4 PPG) and Littlepage-Buggs (10.5 PPG). Andrews was third in the Big 12 last season with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.03, while finishing eighth in the conference with 3.9 assists per game.

As a team, Baylor led the Big 12 and was eighth nationally in 3-point defense, allowing opponents to shoot just 26.3 percent from range. The Bears ranked third in the conference in bench points per game (23.7), rebounding margin (plus-7.3) and rebounds per game (40.3).

Head coach Nicki Collen has won at least 20 games in each of her first three seasons in Waco, and her squad was picked third in the Big 12 preseason coaches' poll.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Oregon and Baylor will meet for the second straight season after the then-13th-ranked Bears earned a 71-51 win in Waco last season. Sunday's matchup will be the sixth all-time meeting between the teams, with Baylor having won all five previous matchups with two being in the NCAA Tournament. Baylor, who is ranked No. 12, has been ranked inside the nation's top 12 in each matchup, including being ranked No. 1 when the teams met at the 2019 Final Four in Tampa, Fla.

In last season's matchup, Oregon was led by 15 points and 12 rebounds from Phillipina Kyei. Kyei went 7-for-11 from the floor to lead three Ducks in double-digit scoring. Baylor owned a 42-22 edge in points in the paint, due largely to a 44-28 rebounding advantage. Darianna Littlepage-Buggs finished with a game-high 18 points for BU.

OREGON vs. RANKED TEAMS
No. 12 Baylor will mark the first game ranked team Oregon will face this season after playing 13 ranked foes a season ago. Last season's schedule featured a stretch of seven straight ranked teams, while nine of the last 12 games to close the year came against teams inside the nation's top 20. Head coach Kelly Graves has guided the Ducks to 45 ranked wins over his first 10 seasons in Eugene. Oregon went 0-13 last season against top-25 opponents and has lost the last 14 overall, dating back to its last ranked win over then-No. 14 Arizona on Feb. 23, 2023 (73-59).

OFF AND RUNNING
Oregon's new-look roster was on full display in its season-opening 93-63 win over California Baptist on Monday. The 93 points and 13 made 3-pointers were higher than any single-game total last season, while the 23 assists and five turnovers matched the single-game bests from 2023-24. With a 76-58 win over Nevada on Wednesday night, the Ducks improved to 2-0 for the 10th consecutive season.

» Three newcomers have cracked UO's starting lineup, 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-doubles 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. It marked her 33rd career 20-point performance.
» The Ducks improved to 11-0 in season openers under head coach Kelly Graves.

SHOOT YOUR SHOT LIKE 2K
Oregon guards Deja Kelly and Peyton Scott are each approaching 2,000 career points. Kelly, a graduate transfer from North Carolina, amassed 1,858 career points over four seasons (121 games). After four seasons at Miami (Ohio), Scott tallied 1,873 points in 112 career games. Scott is now in her sixth collegiate season after receiving a medical hardship waiver due to her season-ending knee injury suffered in the 2023-24 season opener.

» Scott entered the season No. 7 among active players in career points, while Kelly is next at eighth.
» The duo are the only set of teammates in the top 10 in scoring among active players, and the pair sit as the top two players in the Big Ten in career points.
» Scott scored a team-high 16 points in UO's opener with California Baptist in just 22 minutes on 10 shots.
» Kelly led all players with 21 points against Nevada on 9-of-13 shooting.
» Both Kelly and Scott each now have 97 career games with 10 or more points and lead the Ducks with 15.5 and 14.0 points per game, respectively.