Before Sabrina Ionescu took her game to the WNBA, she left her mark on the NCAA record books. The 5-foot-11 guard -- who was the consensus national player of the year in 2020 and also was the Wade Trophy and Wooden Award winner in 2019 -- is the only player in NCAA history, male or female, to collect 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists in a career.
But the former Oregon All-American also holds the NCAA record for most career triple-doubles (26), which she set over four seasons with the Ducks before the 2019-20 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The previous record for career triple-doubles was 12 by Kyle Collinsworth (BYU, 2012-16). Ionescu, who amassed 2,562 points, 1,040 rebounds and 1,091 assists in college, also holds the NCAA single-season record for triple-doubles, with eight in both 2018-19 and 2019-20.
We tracked the journey, the stats and the broken records.
Triple-double tracker
Ionescu holds the NCAA record for men and women with 26 career triple-doubles.
Oregon is 26-0 in games in which Ionescu tallies a triple-double
12 occurred on a Sunday; 17 occurred in Eugene in home games
She scored at least 20 points in nine triple-doubles; scored 29 points twice
Most rebounds: 18; most assists: 14 (three times)
Triple-doubles by year: Senior (8), junior (8), sophomore (6), freshman (4)
She has tallied back-to-back triple-doubles four times in her career
Next-best NCAA mark: 12 triple-doubles, BYU's Kyle Collinsworth
Her first triple-double, on Nov. 27, 2016, in her seventh college game, was Oregon's first since 1988
Say it with us
Friends call her Sabs. But maybe that's just because her last name is often mispronounced. We're here to help: YO-ness-coo.
YO-NESS-COO. Say it with us. #GoDucks https://t.co/nQk7eFetZ9
— Oregon Women's Basketball (@OregonWBB) October 11, 2017
Sabrina's obsession
Nobody in college basketball has mastered the triple-double like Ionescu. Can she now lead the Ducks to an NCAA championship? Elizabeth Merrill
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