Sweet Sixteen Showdown on Tap for Friday

A pair of 2019 NCAA Sweet Sixteen teams square off Friday night at 6 p.m. (Pac-12 Networks) when the Ducks host Houston at Matthew Knight Arena.

THE STARTING FIVE
• 1 – The Ducks are in the midst of a unique stretch of four non-conference games against teams that were picked first or second in their respective preseason polls. That run began with Memphis (tie-1st, American Athletic) and includes UT Arlington (2nd, Sun Belt), Houston (tie-1st, American Athletic) and Seton Hall (1st, Big East).
• 2 – Dana Altman became the winningest coach in school history with the Ducks' season-opening victory over Fresno State. That was his 236th win at Oregon, one more than Ernie Kent won as the Ducks' head coach. Altman is now the winningest coach at two Division I institutions - Oregon and Creighton (327 wins in 16 seasons).
• 3 – The Ducks have leaned on their veterans in opening the year 4-0. Oregon's top three scorers - Payton Pritchard (20.3 ppg), Anthony Mathis (14.3 ppg) and Shakur Juiston (10.8 ppg) - are all seniors with junior Chris Duarte (9.3 ppg) fourth.
• 4 – Payton Pritchard is now one of just two players in program history with 1,000 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds, joining UO Hall of Famer Ron Lee. He also passed Luke Ridnour for third on the UO career assists list against Boise State.
• 5 – Dana Altman is one of six active head coaches in NCAA Division I who have posted a winning record for the last 22 consecutive seasons. The other five, Mike Krzyzewski, Tom Izzo, Roy Williams, Bill Self and Jim Boeheim, are in the Hall of Fame.
• BENCH – Oregon's 2019 recruiting class was ranked fourth nationally, after being third in 2018.

FOR THE DEFENSE
Oregon held UT Arlington to its worst shooting performance in school history. The Mavericks made 15-of-64 field goal attempts (23.4 percent). After letting UTA take a 14-11 lead with 14:00 to go in the first, the Mavericks scored just 33 points the in final 34 minutes of the game. That was the best defensive effort for the Ducks since holding Eastern Washington to 23.1 percent from the field last season (Nov. 9, 2018). Under Dana Altman, Oregon is 165-20 when holding opponents under 70 points, including a 130-12 mark the last six seasons.

PRITCHARD IN PAC-12 TOP FIVE IN SCORING, ASSISTS
Following his 24-point effort in Sunday's win against UT Arlington, Payton Pritchard is the only player ranked in the Pac-12's top five in scoring (20.3 ppg) and assists (5.8 apg).

MATHIS PACES PAC-12 IN THREES AND 3-FG PCT.
Senior transfer Anthony Mathis currently leads the Pac-12 in three-pointers per game (3.8) and three-point field goal percentage (.682). He had a breakout game Nov. 9 against Boise State when he scored a career-high 30 points - including a Matthew Knight Arena record nine three-pointers. Mathis is also second in the league in overall field goal percentage (.625).

DUCKS KNOCK OFF TOP-13 NON-CONFERENCE FOE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 23 YEARS
The Ducks' 82-74 win over No. 13 Memphis on Nov. 12 marked the first time in 23 years that Oregon defeated a non-conference opponent ranked 13th or higher during the regular season. The last time that happened was Dec. 7, 1996, when the Ducks defeated No. 13 Fresno State 87-75 at McArthur Court. In fact, there is only one other occasion when Oregon defeated a non-conference team ranked higher than 13th during the regular season. The Ducks defeated No. 10 Providence 86-73 in Eugene on Jan. 4, 1975.

ALTMAN ALONE ATOP OREGON'S WINS LIST
Dana Altman became the school's all-time winningest coach when Oregon defeated Fresno State in the 2019-20 season opener. He passed Ernie Kent, who won 235 games in 13 seasons (1998-2010) with the Ducks.

WOODEN UP NEXT FOR ALTMAN
Dana Altman is currently 29th in all-time NCAA Division I coaching wins with 649. No. 28 on that list is John Wooden, who had 664 career wins for Indiana State and UCLA.

ALTMAN NOW WINS LEADER AT TWO DIVISION I SCHOOLS
Dana Altman is now the winningest coach at two Division I institutions - Oregon (239) and Creighton (327 wins in 16 seasons). He's one of just eight coaches who is the current career wins leader at two different NCAA Division I institutions. The others include Jim Calhoun (Connecticut, Northeastern), Cliff Ellis (Clemson, Coastal Carolina), Lou Henson (Illinois, New Mexico State), Ron Hunter (Georgia State, IUPUI), Danny Kaspar (Stephen F. Austin, Texas State), Gregg Marshall (Wichita State, Winthrop) and Willis Wilson (Rice, Texas A&M Corpus Christi).

DUCKS SIGN ALTMAN THROUGH 2025-26
In March of 2019, University of Oregon Director of Athletics Rob Mullens announced a contract extension with head coach Dana Altman that will keep him in Eugene through the 2025-26 season.

MKA RECORDS FALL
Two Matthew Knight Arena records fell during the Ducks' Nov. 9 win over Boise State. As a team, Oregon shot 70.0 percent from the field (42-of-60), to shatter the previous mark of .653 set in 2013 against Western Carolina. The Ducks nearly broke the overall school record for field goal percentage, falling just short of the .710 mark that the team recorded versus Arizona in 1983. Anthony Mathis made nine three pointers to break the MKA mark of eight by Travis Hammonds of Long Beach State and Jordan Hayward of Central Arkansas. That was one shy of Tajuan Porter's school record of 10, set versus Portland State in 2006.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE
Shakur Juiston nearly had back-to-back double-doubles earlier this month. He had season highs in points (17) and rebounds (10) Nov. 12 against Memphis for his first double-double of the season (19th career). That came after he posted a career-high nine assists with 16 points Nov. 9 against Boise State.

PRITCHARD WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF UO CAREER RECORDS
Senior Payton Pritchard has a chance to break a number of school career records, including steals, assists, wins and games played. He currently has 169 steals and 510 assists. Kenya Wilkins (1993-97) currently holds the records in both categories (213 steals, 614 assists) and both are well within Pritchard's reach. Pritchard is just the ninth member of Oregon's 80-win club (players who have played in at least 80 victories as a Duck) and currently sits at 85 (fifth). The career leader in wins is Johnathan Loyd, who won 97 games as a Duck between 2010-14. Prichard has also played 117 games in three seasons at Oregon. Loyd is the Ducks' all-time leader in games played with 144.

PRITCHARD PASSES RIDNOUR, REACHES 500 CAREER ASSISTS
With seven assists Nov. 9 against Boise State, Payton Pritchard passed UO Hall of Famer Luke Ridnour (500/2000-03) for third on the UO career charts and now has 510. Ron Lee (572/1972-76) is second.

PRITCHARD CLIMBS SCORING LIST
Payton Pritchard is the 37th 1,000-point scorer in program history. Last Tuesday against Fresno State, he passed Jim Barnett (1,325/1963-66) for 18th place. Pritchard currently shows 1,384 points. Next up are Joseph Young (1,388/2013-15) and Luke Ridnour (1,399/2000-03).

PRITCHARD LEADS NCAA IN CONSECUTIVE STARTS
Senior guard Payton Pritchard has started 113 consecutive games, a streak that leads the NCAA. Pritchard came off the bench his first four games as a freshman before moving into the starting lineup for the last 113 in a row.