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Hebard Faces Pivotal Civil War Matchup

It's hard to imagine a 6-foot-4, returning all-Pac-12 selection being overshadowed in any way, but for a while earlier this winter, it happened to Ruthy Hebard.

Hebard's fellow sophomore sensation, Sabrina Ionescu, commanded attention through her play in December. On Dec. 17, Ionescu tied the NCAA record with her seventh career triple-double, and the record became hers alone with another triple-double on New Year's Eve, against Washington. After that weekend, Ionescu was named Pac-12 player of the week for the third time in a row, and the fourth time in five weeks.

Entering this weekend's Civil War series, beginning in Corvallis on Friday (8 p.