Notes: Civil War Round 2

Oregon and Oregon State will meet in the 352nd Civil War Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Gill Coliseum (Pac-12 Network). The most-contested series in the NCAA dates to 1903.

THE STARTING 5
• 1 – Last week's win against Cal moved Dana Altman into the NCAA's top 30 in all-time Division I coaching victories. He currently has 635 career wins at the Division I level, which is one ahead of Hugh Durham and Norm Sloan. The next coach Altman will pass on that list is John Wooden, who had 664 wins at Indiana State and UCLA.
• 2 – Last week, Payton Pritchard rebounded from his recent shooting slump by netting back-to-back 20-point games for the first time in his career. Feb. 6 against Cal, he added a career-best 10 rebounds to go along with 20 points for his second career double-double. Feb. 10 versus Stanford, Pritchard again scored 20 points. He currently leads Oregon in total points (291), rebounds (96) assists (102), steals (39) and minutes (848).
• 3 – Kenny Wooten matched his career high in blocks with 7 last Sunday versus Stanford as the Ducks allowed a season-low in points (46) to the Cardinal. Stanford's 27.3 percentage from the field was Oregon's second-best defensive effort of the year.
• 4 – The Jan. 31 win at Utah was Oregon's 100th victory over the last four seasons. It is the fifth time in a row that Oregon has won 100 games over a four-season span, all of which have come during the Dana Altman era. Those are also the only five times in program history that Oregon has won 100 games over a four-season time span.
• 5 – Oregon is 14-2 when shooting a better percentage from the field than opponents, but only 1-7 when the opposition shoots a better percentage.

SECOND HALF SURGE
Under coach Dana Altman, Oregon has a 53-21 record (.716) during the second half of Pac-12 play. That breaks down to 4-5 in 2011, 7-2 in 2012, 5-4 in 2013, 7-2 in 2014, 8-1 in 2015, 7-2 in 2016, 8-1 in 2017, 5-4 in 2018 and 2-0 in 2019. Only Arizona (54) has won more over the last nine seasons. The last four years, Oregon is 25-3 after Valentine's Day in Pac-12 Conference games (credit to Pac-12 Network's JB Long for that note).

Second Half of Pac-12 Play, 2011-19 (through Feb. 7)
Arizona                   54-20   .730
Oregon                   53-21   .716
UCLA                       49-25   .662
Utah                         38-27*   .585
Colorado                  35-30*   .538
California                 37-37   .500
Stanford                   34-40   .459
Arizona State         32-42   .432
Washington           30-44   .405
USC                       29-45   .392
Oregon State           28-46   .378
Washington State   21-53   .284
*joined Pac-12 in 2011-12

STEAL AWAY
Oregon has three of the Pac-12's top 14 players in steals. Ehab Amin and Payton Pritchard are tied for third at 1.6 per game and Will Richardson is 14th at 1.3 per game. As a team, the Ducks are second in the Pac-12 at 7.7 steals per game.

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 but one league game so far this season. In conference games, King is the top freshman scorer (15.6 points per game, 10th overall). 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 Jan. 17 at Arizona when he had 10 points and nine rebounds. He led Oregon with 19 points Jan. 24 against Washington before matching his career high with 22 points Jan. 27 versus Washington State. 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.

NEW BACKCOURT DUO
Will Richardson moved back into the starting lineup Jan. 27 against Washington State. The freshman and Payton Pritchard combined for 14 assists and no turnovers against the Cougars. In the nine games this year those two have started together in the back court, they have combined for 74 assists and 32 turnovers, for an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.3-to-1, an average that would be rank third in the Pac-12.

PRITCHARD REACHES 1,000 CAREER POINTS, 400 CAREER ASSISTS
Jan. 17 at Arizona, Payton Pritchard became the 37th 1,000-point scorer in program history. Last week, he passed Garrett Sim (1,078/2008-12), Mike Clark (1,082/1977-81), Nick Jones (1,087/1964-67) and Charlie Franklin (1,090/1955-58) to climb to 29th. Pritchard enters the Oregon State game with 1,102 points. Terik Brown (1,152/1995-99) is 28th. With a season-best eight assists Jan. 27 against Washington State, Pritchard became 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 417 career assists. Luke Jackson (2000-04) is sixth with 424 assists. Pritchard is also climbing the UO career steals list. Jan. 27 against Washington State, he jumped into eighth, passing Aaron Brooks (127/2003-07) and now has 135. Anthony Taylor (147/1984-88) is seventh. Against Cal, Pritchard passed Jackson (174/2000-04) for ninth in three-pointers. He now has 179. Sim is eighth (185/2008-12).

PRITCHARD AMONG NCAA FREE THROW LEADERS
Payton Pritchard leads the Pac-12 and ranks 10th nationally in free throw percentage at 90.0 percent. Pritchard has made 63-of-70 attempts from the line this season.

WOOTEN MOVES INTO TOP THREE IN UO CAREER BLOCKS
Kenny Wooten swatted 11 shots last week against California (4) and Stanford (7). He matched his career high with seven against the Cardinal. With three blocks Jan. 31 at Utah, Wooten passed Blair Rasmussen (116/1981-85) for third on the UO career blocks list and now shows 133. On the season, Wooten has 42 blocks, which is tied for eighth in single-season history. Wooten matched a career high with 20 points Jan. 27 against Washington State. Prior to breaking his jaw at Baylor, which caused him to miss the next four games, Wooten set a career-high 20 points Dec. 8 versus Nebraska-Omaha. Wooten's 92 blocks as a freshman ranked third on both the UO single-season list, and the Pac-12 freshman list.

RICHARDSON RISES
Freshman Will Richardson set a season high with 19 points Jan. 31 at Utah. He also blocked a career-best three shots. He dished out a season-high nine assists Feb. 6 versus California. Earlier this year, Richardson exhibited a solid offensive run in four consecutive non-conference games. He had seven points against Syracuse, 10 against Green Bay, 13 versus Texas Southern and 16 at Houston. More recently, he had 11 points and a season-high six assists Jan. 10 versus UCLA. On the year, Richardson is dishing out 2.6 assists per game.

YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS
Of Oregon's 12-player roster, 75 percent (9) are either freshmen or sophomores. Duck freshmen have logged 1,773 minutes so far this season (73.9 minutes per game). The three veteran outliers are junior Payton Pritchard, senior Paul White and senior grad transfer Ehab Amin.

ALTMAN ENTERS NCAA CAREER TOP 30
With Oregon's win against California on Feb. 6, Dana Altman entered the NCAA's top 30 in all-time Division I coaching victories. He currently 29th with 635 career wins at the Division I level after passing Hugh Durham (Florida State, Georgia, Jacksonville) and Norm Sloan (Presbyterian, The Citadel, Florida, N.C. State), who both have 634. The next coach Altman will pass is John Wooden, who had 664 career wins for Indiana State and UCLA.