Oregon Women’s Basketball: Ducks Move Up To 2nd in AP Poll
The Oregon Women’s Basketball team is ranked 2nd in this week’s Associated Press poll. Oregon State has also made a big jump.
While both Oregon and Oregon State have one game remaining before the start of Pac-12 Conference play, both could be on a collision course before the end of January. The Ducks are ranked 2nd and Oregon State is ranked 3rd this week in the latest Associated Press poll.
The Oregon Ducks have one loss, against Louisville from a few weeks ago while the Beavers enter this week undefeated and 11-0 on the season. Several other Pac-12 teams are also ranked this week including Stanford(5), UCLA(10), and Arizona(18). Oregon defeated Kansas State over the weekend at Matthew Knight Arena and Sabrina Ionescu took the spotlight.
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Ionescu scored the 21st triple-double of her career finishing the game with 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists. Erin Boley also showed she has returned from a rough outing with 18 points off 4 for 5 shooting from three-point range. The Ducks topped K State 89-51. For Ionescu, it was her second straight triple-double.
For the Oregon State Beavers, they are off to the best start in program history at 11-0 after topping BYU 65-34. The Beavers shot 43 percent from the floor and 33 percent from three-point range in the victory. OSU is beating opponents by an average of 20 points during their 11 game winning streak. They face CSU Bakersfield on Sunday.
Oregon and Oregon State will meet twice this season on the weekend of January 24th. The Beavers will visit Eugene and Matthew Knight Arena first before the Ducks travel to Corvallis on the 26th.
Oregon hosts Corban in an exhibition game on Saturday at Matthew Knight Arena. Tipoff is set for 2 pm Pacific time