Ducks Set For First Road Tilt

EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon women's basketball team hits the road for the first time this season, as the Ducks visit a familiar foe in Washington State on Wednesday at 4 p.m. PT at Beasley Coliseum.

Oregon enters the game 4-0 while WSU seeks its first win of the new season, having lost four straight games to open 2025-26.

The Ducks are 72-22 all-time against WSU, marking Oregon's most victories against a single opponent in program history. The former conference rivals have met every season since the 1975-76 season, with UO going 33-11 in Pullman.

GAME #5
Oregon (4-0) at Washington State (0-4)
Wednesday, Nov. 19 | 4 p.m. PT | Beasley Coliseum (Pullman, Wash.)
TV/Stream: ESPN+
Play-by-play: Ann Schatz | Analyst: Mary Murphy
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (KUGN 97.1 FM | ESPN Portland 910 AM)
Play-by-play: Chris Clayton
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A WIN WOULD…
» Mark the second straight season the Ducks begin a season 5-0.
» Be the sixth 5-0 start under head coach Kelly Graves in his 12th season.
» Be Oregon's second straight against Washington State and improve its all-time record vs. WSU to 73-22.
» Give Graves a 12-6 record against the Cougars in his Oregon tenure.
» Improve UO's road record against Washington State to 34-11.
» Snap a three-game losing streak in true road games, dating back to last season.
» Improve Graves' nonconference record to 136-38 while at Oregon.

SCOUTING WASHINGTON STATE
Washington State seeks its first win of the 2025-26 season following a 54-46 loss to Stanford at home on Nov. 14. The Cougars are 0-2 at home and 0-2 on the road to begin the new season.

Against the Cardinal, Malia Ruud scored a game-high 11 points while Elonora Villa also finished in double figures with 10. WSU shot 30 percent from the field and just 25 percent from the 3-point line. Defensively, the Cougars held Stanford to 2-for-18 shooting from range.

Villa is the team's leading scorer at 18.5 a game, leading WSU in scoring in three of her team's first four games. Villa is shooting at a 52.6 percent clip and 31.3 percent from downtown. Charlotte Abraham leads her side with 6.5 rebounds a game to go with 9.5 points.

Villa was one of 10 players voted to the 2025-26 West Coast Conference preseason team, with the Cougs being picked to finish in third in the WCC's preseason coaches poll.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Dating all the way back to 1974, Oregon leads the all-time series with Washington State, 72-22. The 72 wins mark the most against a single opponent in UO history. The Ducks snapped a three-game skid to the Cougars with an 85-70 win at Matthew Knight Arena, getting 22 points on 11-of-15 shooting from Amina Muhammad. The Ducks owned a 50-32 edge in points in the paint and the bench scored 25 points in the win.

Oregon is 33-11 against the Cougars in Pullman, but have dropped the last two road games in the series but had won the previous six road meetings, going back to head coach Kelly Graves' first season in 2014-15. Graves is 11-6 against WSU in his UO coaching career, going 6-2 on the road.

OFF AND RUNNING
The Oregon women's basketball team is off to a 4-0 start for fourth time over the last five seasons, and the eighth time under 12th-year head coach Kelly Graves after an 80-55 home victory over Army on Sunday. The Ducks have scored at least 80 points in all four games to start the season for the first time since the 2020-21 season, ranking 17th in the nation at 88.5 points per game.

In three of its four wins, five players have scored in double figures, including five in Sunday's win over the Black Knights: Mia Jacobs (17), Sofia Bell (14), Amina Muhamad (14), Katie Fiso (12) and Sarah Rambus (12). Nine different Ducks have finished a game with 10 or more points this season, with three coming off the bench (Avary Cain, Ehis Etute, Muhammad).

Oregon got the 2025-26 season started with an emphatic 100-59 victory over West Georgia on Nov. 3, and followed that up with a 90-47 win over Montana on Nov. 8. The 100-point scoring outburst marked the 66th time under Graves that the Ducks reached the 100-point mark, and the first time since the 2022-23 season opener against Northwestern (100-57).

» Oregon's offensive rating of 119.6 (points per 100 possessions) ranks fourth in the Big Ten while averaging 73.8 possessions per 40 minutes (ninth in Big Ten).
» UO's field goal percentage of 52.8 is No. 9 in the country, with its 63.8 shooting percentage on two-point shots ranking as the fifth-best in the nation.
» Oregon ranks 14th in the country with an effective field goal percentage of 58.1 percent, good for fourth in the Big Ten.
» The Ducks' bench accounted for 47 of 90 points against Montana on Nov. 8, while reserves are averaging 30.3 points per game this season.
» UO's 22.5 assists per game are fourth in the Big Ten and ninth nationally, posting an assisted shot rate of 63.8 percent (sixth in Big Ten).
» The Ducks are averaging 12.0 turnovers per game, the 28th-best rate in the nation and fifth-best in the Big Ten.
» UO's turnover rate of 14.2 percent is fifth-lowest in the Big Ten and No. 37 in the country.
» The 1.88 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks seventh nationally and third in the Big Ten.

STORM AND SWARM
Oregon's swarming defense, which was a chief reason for Oregon's success a season ago, is back and better this season. The Ducks forced 32 West Georgia turnovers behind 24 steals in the season opener, leading to 41 points off turnovers. Their 24 steals, their most since 2013, helped the Ducks pile up 32 fast-break points and 54 points in the paint. Oregon's defense has recorded 12-plus steals while forcing at least 23 turnovers in all four games this season. The four straight games with double-digit steals are one shy of matching the longest streak from a season ago, while the four consecutive games forcing 20-plus turnovers is its longest since eight straight such games during the 2010-11 season.

» Oregon is recording a steal on 19.6 percent of opponent possessions - the second-highest rate in the Big Ten and ninth-highest in the nation.
» Opposing teams are turning the ball over on 31.3 percent of its possessions, the third-highest rate in the conference and 16th-highest in the country.
» The four games with 20-plus forced turnovers are one shy of the national lead (5, Miami (Ohio)) and tied for the Big Ten lead.
» The Ducks have started hot in all four games this season, averaging 21.5 points and shooting 56.7 percent from the field in the first quarter of games while teams are scoring just 8.8 points on 28.6 percent shooting.

HERE WE GO, FISO
Sophomore point guard Katie Fiso has stepped into the lead guard this season, as she takes over the lead guard spot after the graduation of guards Deja Kelly and Peyton Scott. Fiso, who was the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Washington her senior season, got her first career start in the season opener against West Georgia and turned in her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 assists - without a turnover. She dropped a career-high 20 points while handing out 10 assists against Grand Canyon on Nov. 11 and again put up a points-assists double-double with 12 points and 10 helpers Sunday against Army.

» In two wins last week, she averaged 16.0 points and 10.0 assists while going 14-of-16 from the field (87.5 percent) and was named to the Big Ten's weekly honor roll on Monday.
» She leads the team and ranks fourth in the Big Ten with a 65.7 field goal percentage.
» Three double-doubles in four games (first double-doubles of her career) to tie for the Big Ten lead.
» Turned in the first 20-point, 10-assist double-double by a Duck since Sabrina Ionescu had 20 points and 12 assists against Stanford on March 8, 2020.
» First Duck with multiple points-assists double-doubles in a season since Ionescu during the 2019-20 campaign (17).
» One of just three Ducks since 2009 to have multiple points-assists double-doubles in a season (Maite Cazorla, Ionescu).
» 10 assists and three steals were both career highs against UWG, logging 23 minutes after averaging just 9.7 a game last season.
» She has led UO in assists in all four outings this season and is the Big Ten leader at 8.8 assists a night (fourth nationally).
» Her double-double against West Georgia was the first points-assists double-double by a Duck since the 2022-23 season when Te-Hina Paopao did so in the WNIT on March 3, 2023.
» First Duck with 10-plus assists without a turnover since Minyon Moore did so at USC on Feb. 16, 2020, and first Duck since Ionescu on Feb. 1, 2020 with a point-assists double-double without committing a turnover.
» Fiso is one of three players in the country averaging at least 5.0 assists, 25.0 minutes, shooting over 60.0 percent from the field with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.5 or better (Sarah Strong, UConn; Chazadi Wright, Iowa).

MAMA MIA
Senior F Mia Jacobs, a Fresno State transfer, has made an immediate impact for Oregon on the young season. She leads the team at 16.5 points per game while shooting 47.6 percent from the floor. Jacobs has finished as the team's leading scorer in three of four games, including a season-high 26 points in UO's 84-66 win over Grand Canyon on Nov. 11. It marked the highest scoring performance by a Duck since Te-Hina Paopao scored 28 points against Stanford on March 2, 2023. Additionally, she has connected on 21-of-22 free throw attempts on the season (95.5 percent).

» Her free throw percentage is third-highest in the Big Ten, while she ranks sixth nationally in free throw shooting among players with at least 20 made free throws (tops in the conference).
» She went 12-of-13 from the line against GCU, marking the most made free throws by a Duck since Sabrina Ionescu made 17 against Mississippi State on Dec. 18, 2018.
» Last season, Jacobs led the Mountain West with 19 double-doubles last season, which tied for No. 7 nationally, as she averaged 18.3 points and 10.0 rebounds while shooting 40.8 percent from the floor.
» Jacobs was named first-team all-Mountain West in 2024-25 while being named MW Player of the Week three times.
» Jacobs is also a passionate and talented photographer and can often be seen on the sidelines capturing the action at several different Oregon Athletics events.

WHATTYA SAY, RAMBO
According to head coach Kelly Graves, junior F Sarah Rambus put together one the team's best offseasons and is ready to make a big leap forward in 2025-26. Rambus displayed some of that potential in the team's lone exhibition game against Western Oregon, as she scored a game-high 28 points on 10-of-17 shooting while grabbing eight rebounds. In the season opener with West Georgia, she earned her third career start and turned in 13 points in just 14 minutes, going 6-for-10 from the field while grabbing four boards.

Rambus has started all four games this season, the first consecutive starts of her career, while surpassing 10 points three times after scoring 12 on 6-of-10 shooting against Army on Sunday. Rambus now has six career games scoring in double figures, with UO going unbeaten in those contests.

A.T., ARE YA WITH ME?
Senior G Astera Tuhina, who enters her first season in Eugene after three at Washington State, has made in impact off the bench through four games of her Oregon career. Tuhina scored a season-high 11 points off the bench in an 84-66 win over GCU on Nov. 11, accounting for 11 of the Ducks' 15 bench points, to go with three assists.

In UO's win against Montana on Nov. 8, she carded a career-high five steals while handing out four assists without a turnover. In her UO debut on Nov. 3, Tuhina logged six assists without committing a turnover. The Kosovo native has 15 assists on the season against only one turnover - as she leads the nation with a 15.00 assist-to-turnover ratio among players averaging at least 15.0 minutes per game.