Ducks Wrap Weekend with WSU

Oregon and Washington State wrap up the weekend's Pac-12 slate Sunday at 5 p.m. at Matthew Knight Arena (ESPNU).

THE STARTING 5
• 1 – Payton Pritchard needs just three more assists to become the sixth member of Oregon's 1,000 point, 400 assists club. He'll join Ron Lee, Aaron Brooks, Luke Ridnour, Luke Jackson and Kenya Wilkins.
• 2 – Freshmen Miles Norris and Francis Okoro have made the most of increased minutes in the past few weeks. After scoring six points last week at Arizona State, Norris scored a season best 10 points Thursday against Washington. Okoro made all four field goal attempts on Thursday and finished with eight points an six rebounds.
• 3 – Ehab Amin is one of two active Division I players with 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds, 200 career assists and 200 career steals (John Konchar, Purdue-Fort Wayne). The 2016-17 NCAA steals leader has 17 steals in the last six games and averages 1.8 swipes per game to rank second in the Pac-12.
• 4 – Freshman Louis King is the Pac-12's No. 6 scorer (17.2 ppg) and No. 7 rebounder (7.3 rpg) in conference games. He's scored in double figures in all six Pac-12 games, and opened Pac-12 play with back-to-back double-doubles against OSU and UCLA. King led Oregon with 19 points against Washington Thursday night.
• 5 – With Bol Bol and Kenny Wooten on the shelf with injuries, Paul White stepped in to fill the void. He reached double figures in points in six straight games before being limited to five points Thursday against Washington.
• BENCH – Payton Pritchard leads the Pac-12 and is seventh nationally in free throw percentage (.915).

CLOSE CALLS
Six of Oregon's eight losses on the season have come by less than 10 points. Last year, the Ducks lost eight games by single digits. Those numbers harken back to the 2005-06 season when that sophomore-laden squad dropped an excruciating 13 games by single digits. That team did make a run to the 2006 Pac-10 Tournament semifinals and the following year, the same group of players won the Pac-10 Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Elite 8.

CONSISTENT COACHING STAFF
Success on the court often goes hand-in-hand with continuity off the court. During the nine-year Dana Altman era, Oregon has seen just one change on its coaching staff. That came following the 2013-14 season, when assistant coach Brian Fish accepted the head coaching job at Montana State, and was replaced by current assistant Michael Mennenga. Oregon's two other assistants, Kevin McKenna and Tony Stubblefield, have been with Altman at Oregon since day one. The Ducks' continuity extends even beyond the assistant coaches with director of operations Josh Jamieson in his 15th year and athletic trainer Clay Jamieson in his 21st season in Eugene.

500th BOARD MEANS EXCLUSIVE CLUB FOR AMIN
Reaching the 500-rebound plateau last Thursday at Arizona, Ehab Amin is now one of only two active college players with 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds, 200 career assists and 200 career steals. The other is Purdue-Fort Wayne's John Konchar. Amin, who led the NCAA in steals as a junior at Texas A&M Corpus Christi in 2016-17, is second in the Pac-12 at 1.8 steals per game. Amin has shown a burst of offense at times as well. He scored 25 points Nov. 15 against Iowa and had 23 points. Dec. 29 at Boise State.

PRITCHARD REACHES 1,000 CAREER POINTS, NEARS 400 CAREER ASSISTS
Jan. 17 at Arizona, Payton Pritchard became the 37th 1,000-point scorer in program history. Thursday versus Washington he passed Glen Moore (1,033/1959-63) for 34th on the UO career list. Pritchard enters the Washington State game with 1,035 points. Former teammate Tyler Dorsey (2015-17) is 33rd with 1,055 points. Pritchard is also just three assists shy of 400 career assists. With three more assists, he will become just the sixth player in program history with 1,000 career points and 400 career assists. Pritchard moved past former NBA Slam Dunk champion Fred Jones (367/1998-02) for seventh on the UO career assists list Dec. 29 at Boise State and now shows 397 career assists. Luke Jackson (2000-04) is sixth with 424 assists.

PRITCHARD AMONG NCAA FREE THROW LEADERS
Payton Pritchard leads the Pac-12 and ranks seventh nationally in free throw percentage at 91.5 percent. Pritchard has made 54-of-59 attempts from the line this season.

KING LOUIE BREAKS OUT
Freshman Louis King opened Pac-12 play with back-to-back double-doubles and has scored in double figures in all six league contests. He had 17 points and 10 rebounds Jan. 5 against Oregon State, and followed that with 22 points and 10 rebounds Jan. 10 versus UCLA. Jan. 13 against USC, King had 19 points and a season-best six assists. He just missed his third double-double of the season Feb. 17 at Arizona when he had 10 points and nine rebounds. He led Oregon with 19 points Thursday against Washington. In conference games, King is the Pac-12's No. 6 scorer (17.2 points per game) and No. 7 rebounder (7.3 rebounds per game). King made his Oregon debut Dec. 8 against Omaha and made efficient use of his minutes. He scored 11 points on four-of-six shooting from the field (three-of-four 3FG) in 16 minutes. He missed the first seven games of the season recovering from a knee injury he suffered in high school.

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Players Mentioned

Ehab Amin

Bol Bol

Louis King

Miles Norris

Francis Okoro

Payton Pritchard

Paul White

Kenny Wooten

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