Ionescu leads blowout over cold-shooting Bears

EUGENE, Ore. — Sabrina Ionescu had 28 points and 11 assists to lead No. 6 Oregon over No. 25 Cal 91-54 on Friday night.

Ruthy Hebard added 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Ducks (21-3, 10-1 Pac-12), who have won 13 of 14 games. Ionescu’s double-double was her 11th of the season.

It was Oregon’s largest margin of victory in a conference game this season.

Jaelyn Brown led the Golden Bears (15-7, 6-5) with 14 points and Alaysia Styles added 12. Kristine Anigwe, Cal’s leading scorer at 17.5 points per game, had just six to go with eight rebounds.

After a sluggish first quarter, Oregon pulled away with a 10-0 run in the second to lead 46-29 at the break. Ionescu had 15 points in the first half.

The Ducks dominated inside with a 40-28 rebound margin and 20-10 edge in secondchance points.

Ionescu was 9-for-13 from the field, including 4-for-7 from three-point range. Oregon finished 34-for-66 overall for 51.5 percent. The Bears shot 38.2 percent.

Oregon improved the nation’s best home record to 14-0 after being bumped off the No. 4 line to fifth for the top seed in the Spokane Region by Notre Dame in Thursday’s latest reveal by the NCAA selection committee.

Cal, which is trying to reach the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in Lindsay Gottlieb’s seventh season as coach, is 0-7 against top-25 teams and 0-2 against the top 10. The Bears face their eighth ranked team Sunday at Oregon State.