Though the Oregon Ducks men's basketball team sits towards the bottom of the Big Ten Conference nearing the end of the season, coach Dana Altman believes a win against the USC Trojans might become a motivator moving forward.

The Oregon women's basketball team, fresh off an 80-76 win over Nebraska in Eugene, will head east again to take on Indiana Feb. 22.

Oregon women's basketball erased an early deficit but couldn't finish the job in a Feb. 22 road test against Indiana.

Like Oregon, Minnesota has struggled to score during conference play with an average of 68.5 points against Big Ten opponents. Only two teams are scoring less, including the Ducks, who are averaging 66.4 points per game in conference play, though they've averaged 73.6 in the three games since Bittle returned from a five-game injury absence.

Indiana has failed to earn a single win versus the top half of the Big Ten this season, something that won’t change; its final three games all come against bottom-half teams. Oregon currently sits 11th in the Big Ten, holding a 7-8 conference record and 19-9 overall record.

IU women's basketball, sitting at 4-12 in conference, now has a clear path to the Big Ten Tournament if it can win its final two games of the season.

What did we learn from the Trojans falling in brutal fashion to Oregon on Saturday?

The third quarter has become a thorn in the side of Indiana women’s basketball this season. The Hoosiers have only outscored Big Ten opponents in the third quarter three times — a 78-73 loss to Nebraska on Jan. 8, an 80-69 defeat to rival Purdue on Jan. 25 and a 77-74 victory over Wisconsin on Feb. 4.

Congratulations to West Salem’s Tamara Kosso-Quaye for being voted The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Oregon High School Girls Basketball Player of the Week. The sophomore scored 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting with nine rebounds,