7:33 pm
December 18

Oregon @ Kansas State

Who will WIN this matchup?

Oregon Ducks (6-3)

@ Kansas State Wildcats (9-2)

 

Current odds:

Oregon Ducks: (+110)

Kansas State Wildcats: (-130)

 

• The line for this game is Kansas State by 1.5 points

• The Ducks are coming off of a dominant 109-38 win over McNeese the last time out. The 71-point victory was the largest margin of victory by Oregon against a Division I opponent under head coach Kelly Graves and the first 70-point win since Nov. 6, 2018 at Alaska-Fairbanks. Six different Ducks scored in double figures, led by Sydney Parrish and Kylee Watson who each scored 21 points. Oregon shot 60.5 percent from the field while holding McNeese to 21.3 percent shooting – the lowest mark allowed by the Ducks since Nov. 10, 2007 against San Jose State (19 percent). The Ducks recorded 33 assists on 46 made field goals while coming away with 18 steals and forcing 26 turnovers.

• Oregon (6-3) enters Saturday’s game with a three-game win streak following a 109-38 win over McNeese State on Monday.

• On the sideline, Oregon is led by eighth-year head coach Kelly Graves. The 1988 graduate of New Mexico owns a record of 176-66 (.727) during his time in Eugene.

• On the floor, the Ducks are led by Sydney Parrish and Ahlise Hurst.

• Parrish, a sophomore from Fishers, Indiana, is the team’s top scorer in nine games played with 13.3 points. Against McNeese State, Parrish tallied a double-double with 21 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and three steals.

• Hurst, a senior guard from Bendigo, Australia, is second on the team in scoring with 12.4 points and leads the team in steals with 13. Against McNeese State, Hurst notched 18 points, six assists and two steals.

• Oregon is slated to return a pair of injured players to its lineup for Saturday, redshirt junior Nyara Sabally and junior Endyia Rogers. Sabally has played in two games this season and is averaging 22.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists. Rogers has not played this season.

• With its 9-2 record through 11 games, K-State is off to its best start to a season since the 2016-17 season when the Wildcats started 10-1.

• K-State’s nine non-conference wins are the most in a season since the 2018-19 season (10).

• The Wildcats have equaled their entire win total from the 2020-21 season (9-18).

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