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EUGENE, Ore. — No. 18 Oregon will face its toughest test to date on Thanksgiving Day, as the Ducks will meet eighth-ranked North Carolina at 2 p.m. PT at the Chiles Center on the University of Portland campus as part of the Phil Knight Invitational.
Both the Ducks and Tar Heels are off to 4-0 starts this season, as Oregon picked up a 66-54 win over Southern Utah Monday night at Matthew Knight Arena. UNC, who enters the weekend with its highest ranking since the 2015 season, marks the first top-25 team UO will face this season.
On the other side of the bracket in the four-team women’s field of the PK85 event are No. 5 Iowa State and Michigan State. The winners of the two semifinal matchups will meet Sunday at 4:30 p.m. PT at the Moda Center while the third-place game will take place Sunday at 10 a.m. PT at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
GAME #5
No. 18 Oregon (4-0) vs. No. 8 North Carolina (4-0)
Thursday, Nov. 24 | 2 p.m. PT | Chiles Center (Portland, Ore.)
TV: ESPNU
Radio: Oregon Sports Network (KUGN 98.1 FM/590 AM)
Play-by-play: Terry Jonz
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A WIN WOULD…
» Be head coach Kelly Graves‘ 195th win at Oregon.
» Be Oregon’s fifth 5-0 start under Graves and fourth in the last five seasons.
» Be the Ducks’ second win over a Power 5 team this season (Northwestern).
» Be the Ducks’ 209th all-time win as a top-25 team.
» Be Oregon’s 25th win against a top-10 team in program history.
» Improve UO’s record to 38-26 as a ranked team when playing ranked teams.
» Mark Graves’ 44th victory over a ranked opponent while at Oregon.
» Give Oregon a 2-1 edge in the all-time series with North Carolina.
» Improve Oregon’s record to 42-8 in the month of November under Graves.
OREGON vs. RANKED TEAMS
Eighth-ranked North Carolina will mark the first top-25 opponent on Oregon’s schedule this season. Ninth-year head coach Kelly Graves owns 43 career wins against ranked teams while the Oregon head coach, the last coming on Jan. 17, 2022 with a 72-59 win over No. 9 UConn at Matthew Knight Arena. A season ago, the Ducks collected a pair of top-10 wins, including a 68-66 win over No. 7 Arizona. The Ducks have picked up 16 victories over teams in the nation’s top 10 in Graves’ tenure, with seven coming in the 2019-20 campaign.
NOVEMBER RAIN
Under head coach Kelly Graves, now in his ninth season, the Ducks are 41-8 in the month of November after…
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