Oregon women’s basketball faces 3 chances to get back on track this weekend. What to know
Oregon (4-3) vs. Idaho (4-3)
Time/date: 6 p.m. Friday
Site: Matthew Knight Arena
TV: Oregon Live Stream. Radio: KUJZ-FM (95.3).
About the Ducks: Losers of its last two games against Portland and Baylor, Oregon desperately needs a get-right weekend. Three games at home could be just what the doctor ordered as the Ducks look to get back on track against Idaho, Portland State, and Southern in a four-day span. Most of Oregon’s struggles have been on the offensive end, as the team is shooting just over 40% from the field and under 30% from 3-point land. The Ducks also average more than 16 turnovers a contest. Grace VanSlooten leads the Ducks averaging 16 points a game, and Phillipina Kyei is averaging a double-double with 11.3 points and 10 rebounds per game.
About the Vandals: Idaho has been up and down in the early going of the season, with wins against Utah State, Hawaii, Cal State Fullerton and Walla Walla, and losses to Cal Poly, Utah Valley and Texas A&M at Commerce. Amalie Langer is the only Vandal to average double-digit scoring at 10.3 per game and is shooting nearly 40% from 3 and over 95% from the free throw line.
Oregon vs. Portland State (4-2)
Time/date: 2 p.m. Saturday
Site: Matthew Knight Arena
TV: Oregon Live Stream. Radio: KUJZ-FM (95.3)
About the Vikings: PSU has wins over UC Davis, Warner Pacific, Seattle University and Fresno State in its early season, with losses to New Mexico State and San Diego. Junior Esmeralda Morales is averaging 21.3 points per game, and Rhema Ogele averages 14 points and 6.3 boards to lead the Vikings, who shoot nearly 36% from deep as a team.
Oregon vs. Southern (0-6)*
Time/date: 7 p.m. Monday
Site: Matthew Knight Arena
TV: Pac-12 Networks. Radio: KUJZ-FM (95.3)
About the Jaguars: Though Southern doesn’t have a victory this season as of Thursday, it has almost exclusively played Power Five opponents on the road. The Jaguars have lost to No. 10 Baylor, No. 5 Texas, Purdue, Miami and Iowa State, and fell to Northwestern State by 11 on Sunday. The Jaguars struggle to shoot, with a 33.1% team percentage from the field and a 25.2% percentage from distance. Chloe Fleming and Taylor Williams lead the team in scoring, each averaging 8.2 points per game.
*Record as of Thursday. The Jaguars played Louisiana Christian Saturday.
Alec Dietz covers University of Oregon football, volleyball, women’s basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. You may reach him at adietz@registerguard.com and you can follow him on Twitter @AlecDietz.
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