The Oregon Ducks women's basketball team is set to take on the No. 9 UCLA Bruins on February 17th at Matthew Knight Arena. The Ducks are currently 11-14 on the season and 8-5 on their home court. The team has struggled this season against conference teams with only a 2-11 record beating only Arizona and Arizona State. Nonetheless, the team has several star players including Philipina Kyei who has had 16 double-doubles this season proving to be both a major offensive and defensive standout. Chance Gray has been a major offensive standout averaging 14.1 points per game and .382 from the three-point line, the best lines of any of the starters.

Grace VanSlooten is averaging more points than anybody 15.3 per game with 34 minutes of playing time per game.

The UCLA Bruins are on fire with a 19-4 record on the season with all four of their losses coming within conference play putting them at number nine ranked nationwide. In their previous game against Oregon, they were unstoppable winning 75-49 at home against the Ducks. Charisma Osborne has led offensively with an average of 15.2 points scored and 32.6 minutes played per game. Following Closely behind is Lauren Betts with 15 points scored and 24.4 minutes played per game, In addition to this Betts is the defensive star with 2.2 blocks and 8.6 rebounds per game on average.

The ultimate factor going into this game is the depth of each team. UCLA has five players currently averaging 10 or more points per game meanwhile Oregon has three averaging above 10. Defensively we see a similar story with four players averaging five or more rebounds a game while Oregon has only two. Since UCLA can rotate players in and out on a far more consistent basis this gives them a huge advantage. Oregon cannot rely on Van Slooten and Kyei and expect to win here, others are going to have to play above average to give the Bruins a challenge.

UCLA is the favorite Going into this game at Matthew Knight, they have the better record and a deeper team as well as a 75-49 victory against Oregon earlier in the season. This does not mean however that this game is a complete shoo-in. Oregon played very well against No. 11 Oregon State on February 4th, only losing by four points. They have shown they can challenge ranked teams. However, if UCLA plays like they did the last time against Oregon they will be very hard to beat.

Final Score prediction UCLA 71, Oregon 59.