Game Notes: Ducks Visit Bruins

Oregon and UCLA, which have gone to overtime in the last two meetings, square off Saturday at Pauley Pavilion (7 p.m., ESPN2).

THE STARTING 5
• 1 – Under coach Dana Altman, Oregon has a 53-23 record (.697) during the second half of Pac-12 play. Only Arizona, with 55, has won more games than Oregon in the back half of league play during that span.
• 2 –The Feb. 6 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.
• 3 – Oregon is 14-2 when shooting a better percentage from the field than opponents, but only 1-9 when the opposition shoots a better percentage.
• 4 – Louis King is the top freshman scorer in Pac-12 contests at 16.0 points per game. He has scored in double figures in all but one conference game.
• 5 – 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.
• BENCH – Freshman Miles Norris checked in with a solid performance off the bench last week at Oregon State. He scored seven points and set career highs in rebounds (5), blocks (3) and minutes (17). He followed that with four points in 14 minutes Thursday night at USC.

SECOND HALF SURGE
Under coach Dana Altman, Oregon has a 53-23 record (.697) 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 2-2 in 2019. Only Arizona (55) has won more over the last nine seasons. The last five years, Oregon is 25-5 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. 21)
Arizona                    55-22   .714
Oregon                    53-23   .697
UCLA                  51-26   .662
Utah                      39-29*   .574
Colorado              37-31*   .544
California              37-40   .481
Stanford                   36-41   .467
Arizona State           34-43   .442
Washington          32-44   .421
USC                      31-46   .402
Oregon State            29-47   .382
Washington State 22-54   .289
*joined Pac-12 in 2011-12

BAILEY JR ON THE REBOUND
After a rough stretch in January and early February that saw him held below double figures in six straight games, Victor Bailey Jr. has rebounded with double-figure scoring outputs in two of the last three games. Bailey Jr. had 11 points Feb. 10 against Stanford and then contributed 10 points Thursday night at USC.

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 (16.0 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 had his third 20-point game Feb. 16 at Oregon 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.

PRITCHARD NEARS JACKSON, TOP SIX IN CAREER ASSISTS
With four more assists, Payton Pritchard will pass Luke Jackson (424/2000-04) for sixth in UO career assists. Pritchard comes into the UCLA game with 421 career assists. Pritchard is just the sixth player in program history with 1,000 career points and 400 career assists.

PRITCHARD REACHES 1,000 CAREER POINTS, CLIMBS CAREER LISTS
Jan. 17 at Arizona, Payton Pritchard became the 37th 1,000-point scorer in program history. His back-to-back 20-point games versus California and Stanford (Feb. 6-10), helped him pass Charlie Franklin (1,090/1955-58) for 29th all-time at Oregon. Pritchard enters the UCLA game with 1,111 points. Terik Brown (1,152/1995-99) is 28th. In addition to the points and assists lists, 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 138. Anthony Taylor (147/1984-88) is seventh. Against Cal, Pritchard passed Luke Jackson (174/2000-04) for ninth in three-pointers. He now has 181. Garrett Sim is eighth (185/2008-12).

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 11 games this year those two have started together in the back court, they have combined for 84 assists and 39 turnovers, for an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.15-to-1, an average that would be rank third in the Pac-12.

STEAL AWAY
Oregon has three of the Pac-12's top 13 players in steals. Payton Pritchard is third at 1.6 per game, Ehab Amin is seventh at 1.5 per game and Will Richardson is 13th at 1.3 per game. As a team, the Ducks are second in the Pac-12 at 7.5 steals per game.

WOOTEN MOVES INTO TOP THREE IN UO CAREER BLOCKS
Kenny Wooten swatted 11 shots during the Feb. 6-10 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 134. On the season, Wooten has 43 blocks, which is eighth in UO 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.