Oregon Ducks Head To Portland, Face Portland State

The Oregon Ducks Women’s Basketball team will look to rebound against Portland State on Saturday in Portland.

Kelly Graves has the Oregon Ducks off to an 8-2 start. They stated the week ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since 2003. Their recent road trip to Clemson and Ole Miss showed mixed results.

Oregon came away with a win over Clemson as Sabrina Ionesecu picked up her second triple-double of the year. The Ducks committed 17 turnovers against Ole Miss on Wednesday resulting in a loss. Key players Sabrina Ionescu and Maite Cazorla were defended well and had less than 8 points each in the defeat.

Oregon will look to turn it around against Portland State Saturday night. The Vikings have won two of their last three and like the Ducks are winners of four of their last five games. The 4-3 Vikings are led by Sidney Rielly averaging over 17 points per game. Ashley Bolston and Courtney West are also hitting double digits in scoring.

The Oregon Ducks have seen a big pickup in recruiting under Kelly Graves. Freshman Sabrina Ionescu is averaging over 13 points per game. Ruthy Hebard has shown inside presence and is also over 13 points per game on average. Lexi Bando leads the Oregon Ducks hitting 57 percent from beyond the arc.

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Oregon and Portland State meet at the Moda Center on Saturday at 5pm. The contest is considered a home game for the Oregon Ducks.