Oregon Women's Basketball defeated UC Riverside 84-41 on Monday morning. It wasn't a hot offensive start for the Ducks, shooting a stale 6-21 from FG in the first quarter. There was strong defense out of the gates, however, as UC Riverside shot just 5-17 and committed 7 turnovers in the first quarter. Oregon's strong defense continued in the second quarter, holding the Highlanders to several long scoring droughts. Oregon went into the halftime break leading 38-22. In the second half, the Ducks started to break the game open behind a three-point barrage from freshman Jaz Shelley. Shelley made her first career start in place of Satou Sabally (rest), and made the most of it with a career-high 32 points on 10-14 3pt shooting. Her 10 threes is an Oregon single-game record. Alongside Shelley, Oregon's other top performer on Monday was Sabrina Ionescu (16 points, 18 rebounds, 12 assists). Ionescu's performance marks her 20th career triple-double. As a team, Oregon held UC Riverside to 25% (15-61) FG shooting. With the win, Oregon moves to 9-1 on the season, and 5-0 at home. Oregon's next matchup will be on Saturday, December 21st at noon as it plays host to Kansas State.

Game Story (by Sean MacPherson)

Postgame Audio

Head Coach Kelly Graves

Freshman Guard Jaz Shelley and Senior Guard Sabrina Ionescu