Their final record was 23-2 with losses to Oregon State in the AIAW Region 9 championship tournament and South Carolina.
The team led the league in points per game (84.6), boosted by the largest margin of victory in program history: a 121–40 win over the University of Hawaii.
This was the first college season that eventual-All-American and head coach Bev Smith played for the Ducks.
Sophomore Debbie Adams, also recruited to the University of Oregon for sprints and jumps on the track and field team, averaged 13.6 points per game.
An exhibition game between the Ducks and the National South Korean [1] team took place at McArthur Court on the University of Oregon campus on Wednesday, Feb 7, 1979.