The Oregon women’s basketball team will play instate rival Oregon State the next two games.
This Saturday, the Ducks will host the Beavers in the team’s third Pac-12 game of the season. Both Oregon (9-4, 0-2 Pac-12) and Oregon State (8-6, 0-2) are looking to pick up their first Pac-12 wins of the season after trips to the Bay Area last weekend.
Oregon enters the 91st Civil War leading the overall series against the Beavers 59-31 (32-9 in Eugene).
The Ducks enter Saturday’s game leading the nation with 101.7 points per game and make 11.0 three-pointers per game (second in the country). Baylor is second in the nation at 95.4 points per game. @@http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-women/d1@@
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Sophomore Jillian Alleyne enters Saturday’s game leading the NCAA in rebounds per game (14.0) while freshman Chrishae Rowe is ninth in scoring (23.5 ppg).
Oregon State is currently on a five-game winning streak in the Civil War, the Beavers’ longest winning streak in the series. The Beavers won both meetings last season, which were also back-to-back contests. The Ducks and Beavers also played back-to-back in 2006-07, with both teams winning on the road, and 2005-06, with both teams winning at home.
Oregon is 3-7 against Oregon State in head coach Paul Westhead’s tenure in Eugene. The Ducks have done well when they score 61 points or more, a perfect 3-0 mark. However, they are  0-7 when scoring 60 points or fewer.
The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network and tip-off is at 5:06 p.m.
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