Oregon Women’s Basketball: Ducks Return Home, Face Eastern Washington
The Oregon Women’s Basketball team will look to bounce back vs Eastern Washington on Tuesday night.
Following their first loss of the season in the Preseason WNIT vs Louisville, Oregon did not drop in the AP Poll this week staying 10th at 3-1 on the year. Sabrina Ionescu is leading the team in her Sophomore season. She already has two triple-doubles this season and could be poised for another against Eastern Washington.
The Eagles(1-2) have suffered back to back losses, most recently to BYU last week. Delaney Hodgins is pacing Eastern Washington averaging a double-double this season with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Defensively she also has 11 blocks and 14 steals and will be worth keeping an eye on Tuesday night.
Eastern Washington has not had a lot of luck against teams in the Pac-12, going just 8-51 All-Time. The Ducks also won last seasons meeting between the two teams at Matthew Knight Arena.
On paper, it is clear who the better team is. The 10th ranked Oregon Ducks are averaging 83 points per game and Ionescu is putting up 17 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists per game. Oregon will be happy to be home after a week-long road trip with the Preseason WNIT. After losing to Louisville they were named Runner-Up with Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard being honored on the All-Tournament team for their respective efforts in four games.
Following Eastern Washington, the Oregon Ducks will take part in the Phil Knight Invitational at Matthew Knight Arena on Saturday. Uconn will face Michigan State before Oregon meets Oklahoma.
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Tipoff for Eastern Washington and Oregon is set for 6 pm Pacific Time.