#9/10 OREGON (22-4, 11-2) vs WASHINGTON ST. (10-15, 3-10)
1 p.m. | Sunday | Feb. 11, 2018
Pullman, Wash. | Beasley Coliseum (11,671)
MATCHUP NOTES
The Cougs continue at home with a matchup with the Pac-12's top team, #9/10 Oregon Sunday at Beasley Coliseum. WSU started the Pac-12 season in Eugene against the Ducks as Oregon took the 89-56 victory over the Cougs. However, WSU was without
Borislava Hristova for the game as the Cougs' leading scorer sat out the weekend with an ankle injury. The matchup will feature the top two scorers in the Pac-12 as Sabrina Ionescu leads the conference at just under 20 ppg while Hristova sits right behind the Duck sophomore at 18.7 ppg. All-time the Ducks lead the series at 65-19 and are 29-9 in Pullman.
LAST TIME OUT
With the game on the line and down one with :17 seconds to play,
Borislava Hristova got the step on her defender, crashing to the rim for what looked like the game-winning layup and the foul against the No. 16/16 ranked Oregon State Beavers at Beasley Coliseum Friday night. However, the magic ending for Washington State (10-15, 3-10 Pac-12) was not to be as the Beavers (18-6, 9-4 Pac-12) Katie McWilliams saved the night for OSU with a tip-in of a Marie Gulich pass with :02 to play in regulation, sending the contest into overtime. McWilliams would play the hero in the extra period when she hit a pair of free throws with :01.1 to play after a controversial call sent the Beaver junior to the line. The Cougs had stormed back from six points down with just one minute to play in the overtime period, tying the game with a free throw with :02 to play by
Maria Kostourkova. WSU was able to get back into the game late in overtime thanks to a pair of clutch three-pointers by Hristova and
Pinelopi Pavlopoulou, the last of which came with just :12 seconds to play. Hristova would end the game with 21 points scoring 12 in the fourth quarter and overtime after the Beavers had taken control of the game.
ABOUT THE DUCKS
The top offense in the Pac-12, the high-powered Ducks enter the game in a three-way tie at the top of the standings at 11-2 in Pac-12 play while sporting the best overall record at 22-4. Ranked #9/10 in the polls, the Ducks are the second-highest ranked team in the conference slotting just behind #8/7 UCLA after falling to Stanford last week in Eugene. The Ducks got back on track with a 76-63 win over Washington Friday night in Seattle led by a 30 point, 14 rebound performance out of Ruthy Hebard. Overall, the Ducks are led by Sabrina Ionescu, the conference's leading scorer at 19.5 points per game while Hebard sits just behind her at 17.3 ppg and 8.5 rpg. The Ducks average 83 ppg, 12th best in the country.
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