UO Prepped For Final Home Weekend

EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon women's basketball team is set for the final weekend of the regular season, beginning with the Ducks hosting California on Thursday at 7 p.m. PT at Matthew Knight Arena.

GAME #30
Oregon (11-18, 2-14) vs. California (16-12, 6-10)
Thursday, Feb. 29 | 7 p.m. PT | Matthew Knight Arena (Eugene, Ore.)
TV: Pac-12 Bay Area
Play-by-play: Elise Woodward| Analyst: Charli Turner Thorne
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (Eugene: KUGN 98.1 | Portland: KPAM 860 AM)
Play-by-play: Chris Clayton | Analyst: Bev Smith
Listen Online | Live Stats

AT A GLANCE
Oregon is set for its final home weekend of the regular season, as UO welcomes California to Matthew Knight Arena on Thursday. The Golden Bears will mark just the fourth unranked opponent over the Ducks' last 12 games, who seek to end an 11-game losing streak.

The Ducks eye a regular-season series split with the Bears after Cal earned a 66-57 win in Berkeley on Jan. 21, ending Oregon's eight-game winning streak in the series.

UO owns a 46-34 lead in the all-time series with a 26-12 home mark. The Ducks have won nine of the last 11 meetings overall and three straight in Eugene.

LAST TIME OUT
Oregon suffered its 11th straight loss Sunday at Washington State 71-61. It was the Ducks' second game against an unranked team since Jan, 21 at California - a stretch of seven straight games.

UO got a combined 53 points from Phillipina Kyei (23), Grace VanSlooten (16) and Kennedy Basham (14). Kyei's scoring output marked a career high and her second 20-point effort while Basham scored in double figures for the second straight game after a career-high 15 at Washington.

Phillipina Kyei added 15 rebounds for her 19th double-double of the season, as she sits along in seventh place in a single season in UO history.

Oregon trailed by five at halftime and cut its deficit to one early in the third quarter before the Cougars closed the quarter on a 16-4 run.

SCOUTING CALIFORNIA
California (16-12, 6-10) has won three of its last five games following a season-long four-game losing streak from Jan. 26-Feb. 4. Over the Golden Bears' last five games, they have picked up wins at Washington and Washington State to go with a home win over Arizona State.

The Bears are led by Ioanna Krimil's 14.0 points per game at a 43.5 percent clip while also pacing her team in 3-point shooting at 42.3 percent. Marta Suarez is the only other player for Cal to average double figures at 11.9 a game to go with a team-high 6.4 rebounds per contest.

Leilani McIntosh is second in the conference with her 5.2 assists per game, as she boasts a 2.1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

As a team, Cal is second in the Pac-12 with both 8.3 made 3-pointers per game and 25.5 3-point attempts a game. The Bears' 12.9 offensive rebounds a game ranks third, while they are fourth in bench points at 19.3 a game.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Oregon has won eight of the last nine meetings with California and leads the all-time series 46-34. At home, the Ducks are 26-12 against the Golden Bears with a 4-5 mark at Matthew Knight Arena. UO has won three straight at home against Cal, and four of the last five. Cal's 66-57 win in the season's first meeting on Jan. 21 snapped the Ducks' eight-game winning streak in the series. Overall, Oregon has won 10 of the last 13 matchups in the series.

In the season's first game between UO and California, the Ducks took a 48-47 lead into the fourth quarter. The Bears outscored the Ducks 19-9 in the fourth, limiting Oregon to 3-for-14 from the floor and forcing seven turnovers that they converted into 11 points. Phillipina Kyei led UO with 17 points and 14 rebounds while Chance Gray finished with 11 points and Grace VanSlooten added 10.

PHEED PHILLI
Junior center Phillipina Kyei, the tallest player in Oregon history, has turned in a double-double in 19 of Oregon's 29 games to lead the Pac-12 while her total is tied for fourth-most in the nation. Kyei has produced a double-double in 11 of the last 14 games, and has four separate streaks this season of at least three consecutive double-doubles and two four-game stretches (career high). Kyei grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds to go with 10 points at Washington on Friday for her second 20-rebound double-double and the 24th in UO history.

» Kyei upped her career total to 27 double-doubles Sunday at WSU with a career-high 23 points and 15 rebounds, as she is now alone in 11th-place in program history. She is just the 23rd player in UO history with at least 10 career double-doubles.
» Kyei leads the Pac-12 and is third in the country at 12.3 rebounds per game, while her 8.1 defensive rebounds per game ranks eighth and her 4.3 offensive boards a game is 10th nationally. Kyei's has recorded a career-high nine offensive boards three times this season.
» Kyei has 27 double-doubles in just 91 career games, the fewest games of any Duck with at least 20 double-doubles.
» Kyei is one of three players in the country averaging at least 13.0 points and 12.0 rebounds.

OLYMPI-DUCKS
The 12-team women's basketball field for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been set and multiple former Ducks will be on display at the next Summer Games. Nyara and Satou Sabally helped Germany qualify for its first-ever Olympic Games while Maite Cazola led Spain to a qualifying berth. Oregon legend Sabrina Ionescu was a member of Team USA's Olympic Qualifying Team, and looks poised to make the national roster as Team USA defends its Olympic gold medal from the Tokyo 2020 Games.