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PORTLAND, OR - MARCH 31: Oregon Ducks guard Sabrina Ionescu (20) cuts the net after the NCAA Division I Women's Championship Elite Eight round basketball game between the Oregon Ducks and Mississippi State Bulldogs on March 31, 2019 at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
PORTLAND, OR - MARCH 31: Oregon Ducks guard Sabrina Ionescu (20) cuts the net after the NCAA Division I Women's Championship Elite Eight round basketball game between the Oregon Ducks and Mississippi State Bulldogs on March 31, 2019 at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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BRIDGEPORT, CT – MARCH 25:Maryland Terrapins guard Destiny Slocum (5) heads to the hoop around Oregon Ducks guard Sabrina Ionescu (20) in the first half of the NCAA women’s basketball Sweet 16 game at Webster Bank Arena March 25, 2017 in Bridgeport, CT. The Maryland Terrapins lost to the Oregon Ducks 77-63.(Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
BRIDGEPORT, CT – MARCH 25:Maryland Terrapins guard Destiny Slocum (5) heads to the hoop around Oregon Ducks guard Sabrina Ionescu (20) in the first half of the NCAA women’s basketball Sweet 16 game at Webster Bank Arena March 25, 2017 in Bridgeport, CT. The Maryland Terrapins lost to the Oregon Ducks 77-63.(Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Oregon at Oregon State

Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET

Airing on ESPN2

The women’s hardwood version of the Civil War has been a hot ticket in both Corvallis and Eugene for a while now. This season figures to be no different.

The two teams split the series last season with each defending their home courts. When the national spotlight went on, though, it was Oregon that advanced to its first Final Four while Oregon State bowed out in Sweet Sixteen.

Like the Ducks, the Beavers return most of their firepower from last year. Their top four scorers–Destiny Slocum, Mikayla Pivec, Kat Tudor and Aleah Goodman–are all back. Their major loss was Joanna Grymek.

Oregon State also added some vital pieces in a top 20 recruiting class. Most importantly, they added size.

Kennedy Brown, Taylor Jones and Jelena Mitrovic all give the Beavers interior depth that they lacked last season. Redshirt freshman Andrea Aquino, a top 25 recruit from last season, joins that group.

Will the Beavers’ newcomers allow them to overtake the Ducks’ supremacy in the state of Oregon?

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