Ducks to Host Saint Mary's this Saturday at 1 p.m.

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EUGENE, Ore. -- The University of Oregon men's basketball team (4-3) will host Saint Mary's (6-1) this Saturday in a non-conference match-up at McArthur Court in Eugene. Tip-time is slated for 1:05 p.m. (PST).

Oregon holds a 7-3 advantage in the all-time series with Saint Mary's. The Gaels have won the last two meetings, the most recent coming last season with a 78-73 victory in Eugene.

Saint Mary's has won its last four games, with the Gaels' only loss this season coming in a home game against Vanderbilt (72-70). Oregon is coming off a road loss to Missouri as a part of the Big 12 / Pac-10 Hardwood Series.

OREGON - SAINT MARY'S LIVE COVERAGE
• TV: None
• Radio: Oregon Sports Network; 590-AM, KUGN in Eugene/Springfield; Jerry Allen, play-by-play; Coverage begins at 12:35 p.m. (PST)
• Internet: Live streaming audio/video (O-Zone) and statistics at goducks.com. Follow UO men's basketball on twitter @duckbasketball for in-game updates and the latest news on the squad.

SEASON TICKETS, SINGLE-GAME TICKETS AND MINI-PLANS AVAILABLE
Season-tickets, mini-plans and single-game tickets are still available and can be purchased online by following the links from the goducks.com “tickets” drop-down menu. In-person sales are available at the Casanova Center Ticket Office and via phone at 541-346-4461 (toll free: 1-800-WEB-FOOT).

Reserved tickets are expected to be available for all games, with Pac-10 games having the most limited availability. Obstructed view tickets will not be available until the reserved tickets sell out for that game. Tickets Prices: Non-Conference, $21; Conference, $36; Conference Premium, $40.

NEWCOMER LEADS UO IN ASSISTS, STEALS, MINUTES
Sophomore guard Malcolm Armstead, a transfer from Chipola College, is leading the team in assist to turnover ratio, assists, steals and minutes played. Armstead's numbers rank in the top six amongst Pac-10 performers in three of the four categories.

He has a 2.4 assist/turnover ratio (fourth in Pac-10), is averaging 4.1 assists per game (sixth in Pac-10), 2.6 steals per game (second in Pac-10) and 26.7 minutes per game (not ranked). Despite being UO's primary ball-handler, Armstead has only committed 12 turnovers (1.7 topg) this season which is second most on the team.

Armstead's game highs this season
• Assists: 8, vs. Montana State
• Steals: 4, twice - vs. UC Davis, Montana
• Minutes: 37, vs. Montana
• Assist/Turnover ratio: 3.5, vs. Montana St. (7 a, 2 to)

PORTER BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD, PAC-10 RECORDS IN REACH
In the first half of Oregon's 95-64 home win over UC Davis Saturday, Nov. 14, Tajuan Porter set a new school record for career 3-pointers. He passed Orlando Williams (1991-95) who held the previous mark with 282 made 3-pointers in 112 games. Porter has made 293-of-754 attempts (.389) in 104 games played (complete list on page 6).

Porter needs 50 more 3-pointers to break the Pac-10 Conference record held by Arizona's Salim Stoudamire who made 342 career 3-pointers from 2002-05. Porter is also on pace to eclipse the Pac-10's 3-point field goals attempted record held by Arizona State's Stevin Smith who took 891 career threes from 1991-94.

PORTER NEARING TOP 10 IN CAREER SCORING
Tajuan Porter needs four points to move into the top 10 in career scoring at Oregon. Porter has scored 1,508 points in 104 career games (14.5 ppg). Aaron Brooks currently ranks 10th in scoring with 1,511 career points. Ron Lee (1972-76) is Oregon's all-time leading scorer, recording 2,085 points in 112 career games. Lee, UO's only 2,000-point scorer, averaged 18.6 points per game over his four-year career with the Ducks. If Porter continues to score at his 14.5 ppg career average, he will be on pace to move into fourth place in school history (behind Ron Lee, Luke Jackson and Anthony Taylor).

Last season Porter became the 29th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point mark. Porter, who has started 94 career contests, reached the milestone in the Ducks 84-77 road win over UC Irvine. He is the 10th player to reach the milestone under head coach Ernie Kent, and the fifth player in three seasons (Aaron Brooks, Malik Hairston, Bryce Taylor, Maarty Leunen) to eclipse the figure under Kent's direction.

LAST TIME OUT: MISSOURI 106, OREGON 69
Oregon lost 106-69 to Missouri last Saturday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. The Ducks dropped to 4-3 overall with the loss, while the Tigers improved to 5-2 on the year.

Missouri shot an impressive 57.8 percent (37-of-64) from the field in the win. The Tigers hit 14-of-29 from behind the 3-point arc for 48.3 percent. They also hit 18-of-25 free throws for 72 percent. The Ducks were limited to 30.6 percent shooting from the field (22-of-72), while making just 22 percent of their 3-point attempts (4-of-18).

Three UO players scored in double figures, led by sophomore guard Malcolm Armstead who tallied a team-high 12 points. Junior guard LeKendric Longmire and freshman forward Jamil Wilson both had 11 points. Longmire had a team-high nine rebounds, seven offensive boards.

LOOKING AHEAD AT THE SCHEDULE
Oregon will play the next four games at home following this Saturday's contest with Saint Mary's. Next week the Ducks host Mississippi Valley State on Wednesday, Dec. 16 and Oakland on Saturday, Dec. 19. The Oregon-Oakland contest will be televised by OSN on Comcast SportsNet Northwest.

UO will then host Idaho State on Tuesday, Dec. 22 before taking a short holiday break. The Ducks will close out the non-conference schedule Monday, Dec. 28 with a home game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Oregon opens Pac-10 Conference play the weekend of Dec. 31-Jan. 2 with road games against Washington State and Washington. Both of those contests will be televised by OSN on Comcast SportsNet Northwest.

WILLIAMS TAKES ON SCORING ROLE FOR DUCKS
Sophomore guard Teondre Williams is leading the Ducks in scoring this season, averaging a team-best 13.9 points per contest. The two-guard from Atlanta, Ga., has scored in double figures in six of the seven games this season. Williams matched a career-best with 19 points in UO's home win over Montana State on Nov. 28, making 7-of-13 from the field (3-of-4 on 3-pointers) while adding four rebounds and a block in playing a team-high 29 minutes.

In Oregon's season-opening win over Winston-Salem State, Williams came off the bench to score a career-best 19 points in just 16 minutes of playing time. He followed that up with back-to-back 11-point efforts against UC Davis and Colorado State, closing out the three-game BTI Tip-Off Tournament as one of two Ducks to earn all-tournament team honors.

Williams scored 13 points and grabbed a career-high six rebounds in playing a career-high 30 minutes in UO's road loss to Portland. He had a team-high 16 points to go with five boards in the home loss to Montana.

He was limited to a season-low eight points in the loss at Missouri.

OREGON REBOUNDING ADVANTAGE
Oregon has a 4-1 record this season when out-rebounding opponents (0-2 when out-rebounded). The only time the Ducks have out-rebounded their opponent and lost came in last week's game at Missouri, where UO held a 43-35 rebounding advantage. The Ducks have a 109-58 edge in offensive rebounds through seven games, with that leading to the UO's 114-57 advantage in second-chance points this season. In the four wins, UO is averaging 18.0 second-chance points per game. In the three losses, the Ducks are averaging 14.0 second-chance points.

DUCKS' BOUNCE-BACK HISTORY
Oregon has produced a winning record following four of the program's 20-loss seasons: 15-10 in 1922-23 (7-24 in 1921-22), 13-11 in 1957-58 (4-21 in 1956-57), 16-10 in 1972-73 (6-20 in 1971-72) and 15-14 in 1989-90 (8-21 in 1988-89). It didn't happen in 1992-93 (10-20 after going 6-21 in 1991-92) and 1993-94 (10-17 after going 10-20 in 1992-93).

Additionally, the only three Ernie Kent teams to finish without a winning record also bounced back. A record of 13-14 in 1997-98 turned into 19-13 and a trip to the NIT Final Four in 1998-99. A mark of 14-14 in 2000-01 turned into 26-9, a Pac-10 championship and the NCAA Elite Eight in 2001-02. The Ducks' 15-18 record in 2005-06 turned into 29-8, a Pac-10 Tournament championship and another NCAA Elite Eight appearance in 2006-07 (GW, 2009).

MATTHEW KNIGHT ARENA COMING SOON (VISIT MACTOMATT.NET)
Matthew Knight Arena construction is underway with its completion now just over a year away. UO will inhabit the 12,500 seat facility beginning with Pac-10 play of 2010-11.

MactoMatt.net (formerly godunks.net) is a website specific to the arena, including information, seat viewers and gifting opportunities. The customary 24-hour webcam, downloadable media and blogs by UO coaches and staff are also incorporated into the new website.

Highlights of the arena information section include video fly-throughs of the arena bowl, concourse level, club rooms and the facility's exterior. Fifteen different comparison features are also built-in, accenting the differences in restrooms, concourse width, seat size, parking, in addition to many of the other amenities for the new facility. Fans can track the arena's progress with an interactive timeline which details the past and future development.

MactoMatt.net's seat viewer section takes the fans into the arena for a virtual look from all four ticketing areas: terrace seating, loge seating, premier seating and student seating. A downloadable seating chart is also available in this section.