Utah @ #19 Oregon

Who will WIN this matchup?

Utah Utes (10-5)

@ #19 Oregon Ducks (11-5)

Current odds:

Utah Utes: (+200)

Oregon Ducks: (-240)

• The line for this game is Oregon by 5.5 points.

• For the third time this season, Gianna Kneepkens was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week. She averaged 17.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game. She shot 50.0 percent (11-of-22) from the floor and 66.7 percent (6-of-9) on three-pointers. This is the fifth time Utah has taken home this award this season.  

• Since Peyton McFarland was put into the starting lineup, she has been a force. She has averaged 10.5 points and 5.3 rebounds over the past four games. Against Arizona, she scored 12 points, eight in the first quarter. 

• Sharing is caring! Utah leads in the Pac-12 in assists (268). Utah also leads the Pac-12 in the assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3) and assists per game (17.9). The Utes have tallied an assist on 62 percent of their field goals. 

• Utah has hit eight or more threes in 73 games under the direction of Lynne Roberts, going 53-20 in those games. Utah has made ten or more threes in eight games this season. Utah averages 10.4 made three-pointers per game and has made 156 on the season. Both of those lead the Pac-12. 

• Utah looks for its first win over a ranked opponent on Wednesday afternoon in Eugene. The Utes have a win over a ranked school each year under the direction of Lynne Roberts.

• 3 – Oregon is one of three teams nationally that have beaten a top-10 team in back-to-back games (South Carolina, South Florida).

• 5 – Oregon has had a 20-point scorer in five straight games, while multiple players have put up 20 in the same game five times.

• 10 – The Ducks have had 10 different players lead the team in scoring in a game this season.

• 19.7 – Oregon is forcing an average of 19.7 turnovers over the last six games, coming away with at least 16 in each of those contests.

• 36.9 – Oregon leads the Pac-12 and is 17th in the nation shooting 36.9 percent from three-point range.

• Finally playing with a full roster, Oregon has put itself back in the national conversation with four straight wins, two of which came against top-10 teams. The Ducks knocked off No. 7 Arizona and No. 9 UConn in a span of three days at Matthew Knight Arena on Jan. 15 and 17, beating back-to-back top-10 teams while unranked for the first time since the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Those two big wins were also book-ended by road victories against California (88-53, Jan. 9) and Washington (68-61, Jan. 21). The Ducks have forced at least 16 turnovers in each of the four wins and have allowed no more than 66 points in any of those games while averaging 74.0 PPG over that stretch. The four-game winning streak is Oregon’s longest of the season.