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Round Two, Cougars Host No. 5 Oregon Friday

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WSU takes on its second-straight top-10 team in the Ducks.

WASHINGTON STATE (7-11, 2-5)
vs #5/5 Oregon (17-1, 6-0) | Fri., Jan. 25 | 7 p.m.
  Live Stats | WSUCougars.com
  Watch | Pac-12 Networks (Greg Heister & Layshia Clarendon)
  Listen | WSU IMG Radio Network

OPENING FIVE
> The Cougars welcome #5 Oregon to Beasley Thursday for the second of three-straight top-10 matchups. The two teams met on Jan. 6 in Eugene with the Ducks taking a 98-58 win.
> WSU dropped a 77-63 decision to #6 Stanford Sunday capping a pair of losses in the Bay Area last weekend.
> Borislava Hristova, a Cheryl Miller Watch List nominee, enters the week scoring 21.3 ppg, 3rd in the Pac-12 and 13th in the nation. She has gone for double-figures in all 18 games this season, the 6th longest streak in program history.
> Chanelle Molina enters the game with 99 assists on the year. She needs 24 to reach the program's single season top-10.
> WSU's offense enters the week shooting 44.3%, second-best FG% in WSU history, while the 71.5 ppg is 8th best in WSU history.

GAME INFORMATION - VS OREGON
The Cougars continue their three-game run against the nation's top-10 with #5 Oregon coming to Beasley Coliseum Thursday. The contest marks the second matchup between the two teams who met in Eugene Jan. 6. The nation's most potent offense, Oregon took the first contest 98-58 led by a career day out of Ruthy Hebard who finished with 34 points while Sabrina Ionescu went for 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists. The Ducks have won the last three matchups including the last two in Pullman. Oregon has won 10-straight with their lone loss of the season coming at Michigan State Dec. 9.

LAST TIME OUT
A slow start proved to be too much for Washington State to overcome on the road against No. 6/7 Stanford as the Cardinal remained perfect in Pac-12 play with an 85-64 win over the Cougars Sunday afternoon at Maples Pavilion. After scoring the first basket of the game, the Cougs could not get anything to drop as the Cardinal used a pair of double-digit runs in the opening 10 minutes of play to sprint out to a big lead they would never relinquish. Chanelle Molina led the way with 18 points while Alanna Smith posted 34 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Cardinal.

MOLINA TAKING HER GAME TO ANOTHER LEVEL
The first five-star recruit in WSU history, junior Chanelle Molina has continued to progress as one of the best all-around point guards in the Pac-12 in now her third season. Having refound the magic she showed as a freshman pre-knee injury, Molina enters the week ranked in the Pac-12; 11th in scoring (15.8), 6th in assists (5.5), 6th in steals (1.9) all while grabbing a career-best rebounds (5.9).
Molina has scored in double-figures in 15 of 18 games (9 straight) including three 20 point efforts all while shooting just under 50% (46.9) from the floor and under 40% behind the arc (38.8). She dished out a career-best 11 assists against Boise State, the first double-digit assist effort for a Coug since Jessica Perry's 10 vs. Gonzaga, Nov. 29, 2001.
She recorded her first-career double-double at #11 Oregon State with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
She has 99 assists on the year - She needs 24 assists to reach the WSU single season top-10.
8. 129 Charnez Brown, 1988-89
9. 124 Susie Jarosch, 1994-95
10. 123 Jenni Ruff, 1994-95

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