Oregon Ducks Put Undefeated Home Streak On The Line vs California Golden Bears

The Oregon Ducks Women’s Basketball team hosts California on Friday night looking to further add to their March Momentum.

For Kelly Graves, Matthew Knight Arena is a good place to be. The Ducks are undefeated at home this season and will look to add two more wins this weekend with California and Stanford. Up first, the Golden Bears. The Ducks have been through some injury scares this season with Lexi Bando and Maite Cazorla both missing time. Bando was on the court without a boot on Wednesday for practice, which is a good sign she is closer to a return.

For Maite Cazorla, her hand injury caused her to miss a half against Colorado last weekend on the road, but she came back firing against Utah scoring a perfect 5 for 5 from three-point range. While she may not be 100 percent she is certainly acting like it.

Cal brings with it something of a rarity at Matthew Knight Arena this season. A Ranking. The Golden Bears are 25th in the nation. The Ducks have prided themselves on Defense this season and have held opponents to under 35 percent shooting from the floor. Cal is coming off a loss at Arizona State where they were held to just 28 percent from field goal range.

Oregon has all of their weapons available. Sabrina Ionescu continues her blistering triple-double pace adding a ninth in her career against Utah last weekend. Ruthy Hebard has been solid inside all year and Freshman Satou Sabally picked up her fourth Pac-12 Player of the Week honor of the season last weekend.

If there is one team hitting on all cylinders right now in the Pac-12, it is the Oregon Ducks.

The Golden Bears have three players averaging double figures this season and bring experience to Matthew Knight Arena. Cal beat the Ducks in Eugene last season. Kristine Anigwe is the Player to Watch hitting 67 percent from three-point range. She is averagint 17 points and 9 rebounds per game. Anigwe also has 26 blocks on the year to go with 23 steals.

Mikayla Cowling and Klanna Smith are not afraid to find teammates and lead a very Offensively Efficient Golden Bears team in assists. Every Starter for the Golden Bears has no less than 20 Assists respectively. Despite the efficiencly, the team is averaging just 62 points per game this season. Oregon is closer to 80 points.

Next: Oregon Men's Basketball: Ducks Travel To Cal

The California Golden Bears and Oregon Ducks tipoff Friday night at 8 pm Pacific Time from Matthew Knight Arena.