Oregon Set to Jam Against Colorado

The Ducks are on a three game winning streak heading into the Papé Jam Saturday.

Cicely Oaks and her fellow seniors look for their fourth all-time win at the Pape' Jam. Photo: goducks.com

EUGENE - The Ducks (5-1) participate in the ninth annual Papé Jam Saturday at Portland’s Rose Garden Arena and take on Colorado (5-3).

The game, which is the second half of a doubleheader with the men’s team, tips off at 3:00 PM and will be televised on the Oregon Sports Network (OSN).

QUICK QUACK:

Oregon returns six players from last year’s squad, which went 14-15, 5-13 in the Pac-10. Of UO’s 11 players, six are seniors, including F Eleanor Haring, a former Pac-10 All-Freshman team honoree.

CLIPPED WINGS:

FR G Taylor Lilley has a fractured bone in her left hand and is out 4 to 6 weeks as of Nov. 30th.

WE’RE JAMMIN’:

The Papé Jam may need to be renamed Oregon’s Annual Holiday Blowout as the Ducks have an average margin of victory of 23 points in going 8-0 all-time at the event.

The Ducks’ most lopsided victory came last season, when they dismantled Prairie View A&M, 102-36.

Of UO’s eight wins, only two have been by single digits, including a 80-77 triumph against BYU in 2002.

DOUBLE THE FUN:

SR F/C Jessie Shetters, who had not recorded a double-double in her first 78 college games, has two in her past five contests.

The latest was a 10 point, 10 rebound effort in UO’s 79-53 win against St. Mary’s (CA) Nov. 30th. The post from Portland also had three blocks against the Gaels in just 15 minutes of action due to foul trouble.

CIC STEPS UP:

Missing their top shooter - FR G Taylor Lilley - until at least early January, the Ducks turned to SR G Cicely Oaks to help fill the void against St. Mary’s (CA), and the veteran responded.

Oaks was 5-of-8 from the field, 1-of-2 from three-point range and finished with 12 points, three rebounds and three assists in her return to the starting lineup.

UO is 3-0 this season when Oaks starts.

ALL TOURNEY:

SR F/C Carolyn Ganes was the Ducks’ representative on the Oregon Thanksgiving Tournament All-Tournament team after averaging 13.5 points and 4.0 rebounds as the Ducks went 1-1 to take third place.

Pittsburgh won the tourney with wins over Utah and Boise State.

2007 RECRUITS:

Oregon inked one of its most impressive recruiting classes in recent years, signing four prep players to National Letters of Intent during November’s early period.

6-5 post Nicole Canepa (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatius Prep), 5-7 guard Nia Jackson (Seattle, Wash./Chief Sealth), 6-2 post Ellie Manou (New South Wales, Australia/Australian Institute of Sport) and 5-11 wing Tatianna Thomas (Newhall, Calif./Hart) will be incoming freshmen in the fall of 2007.

UO’s class was ranked 31st nationally by recruiting outlet Blue Star Basketball

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