Notes: Ducks Host Arizona on Senior Night

Oregon hosts Arizona Saturday on Senior Night at Matthew Knight Arena (7 p.m., ESPN2).

THE STARTING 5
• 1 – Oregon will honor four seniors in postgame ceremonies, managers Nick Ruiz and Brian Jones, guard Ehab Amin and forward Paul White. Ruiz (Kansas City, Mo.) and Jones (Sacramento, Calif.) have both been with the team for the last three seasons. Amin (Alexandria, Egypt), is one of just four active players in the NCAA with 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds, 200 career assists and 200 career steals. White (Chicago), who graduated from Oregon last year, is averaging a career-best 10.5 ppg.
• 2 – The Ducks' win over Arizona State Thursday night was the 226th over the last nine seasons, which ties the school record for wins over a nine-year span - a mark set just last year. Under Dana Altman, Oregon is averaging 25.1 wins per season.
• 3 – Junior guard Payton Pritchard will be making his 100th consecutive start for the Ducks on Saturday. Pritchard came off the bench his first four games as a freshman before moving into the starting lineup for the last 99.
• 4 – During the Dana Altman era, Oregon has a 54-24 record (.692) during the second half of Pac-12 play. Only Arizona, with 57 wins, has won more games than Oregon in the back half of league play during that span.
• 5 – Freshman Francis Okoro returned to the starting lineup the last two games and posted a career-best 10 rebounds Thursday night against Arizona State. Okoro also scored seven points against ASU.
• BENCH – 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 636 career wins at the Division I level, which is now two 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.
• 5 – Oregon is 15-2 when shooting a better percentage from the field than opponents, but only 1-10 when the opposition shoots a better percentage.

SECOND HALF SURGE
Under coach Dana Altman, Oregon has a 54-24 record (.692) 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 3-3 in 2019. Only Arizona (57) has won more over the last nine seasons. The last five years, Oregon is 26-6 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. 28)
Arizona                    57-22   .721
Oregon                    54-24   .692
UCLA                       53-26   .671
Utah                      40-29*   .580
Colorado              37-32*   .536
California              38-41   .481
Stanford                   37-42   .468
Arizona State           35-44   .443
Washington              33-45   .423
USC                      31-48   .397
Oregon State          30-48   .385
Washington State   22-56   .282
*joined Pac-12 in 2011-12

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 (15.8 points per game, ninth 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. He led the Ducks again on Thursday with 19 points against Arizona 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.

WHITE FILLS IN ON FRONT LINE
With Bol Bol out for the season and Kenny Wooten missing four games due to injuries, Paul White stepped us his effort. He has scored in double figures in 11-of-the-last-16 games, including back-to-back-to-back season highs of 15 points versus Oregon State (Jan. 5), 16 points against UCLA (Jan. 10) and 19 points versus USC (Jan. 13). He scored a team-high 16 points in the Ducks' Jan. 17 59-54 win at Arizona and added 18 points Jan. 27 versus Washington State, as well as 18 points (four three-pointers) Feb. 23 at UCLA.

500th BOARD MEANS EXCLUSIVE CLUB FOR AMIN
Reaching the 500-rebound plateau Jan. 17 at Arizona, Ehab Amin is now one of only four active college players with 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds, 200 career assists and 200 career steals. The others are Josh Reaves of Penn State, Chris Clemons of Campbell and 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 seventh in the Pac-12 at 1.6 steals per game. Amin has shown a burst of offense at times as well. He scored 25 points Nov. 15 against Iowa, 23 points Dec,. 29 at Boise State and added 13 Jan. 31 at Utah.

YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS
Of Oregon's 12-player roster, 75 percent (9) are either freshmen or sophomores. Duck freshmen have logged 2,076 minutes so far this season (74.1 minutes per game). The three veteran outliers are junior Payton Pritchard, senior Paul White and senior grad transfer Ehab Amin.

PRITCHARD PASSES JACKSON, TOP SIX IN CAREER ASSISTS
With eight assists Feb. 23 at UCLA, Payton Pritchard passed Luke Jackson (424/2000-04) for sixth in UO career assists. Pritchard comes into the Arizona game with 433 career assists. Johnathan Loyd (458/2010-14) is fifth. 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 Arizona game with 1,147 points. Terik Brown (1,152/1995-99) is 28th, Roger Wiley (1,163/1944-49) is 27th and Joevan Catron (1,167/2006-11) is 26th. 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 141. Anthony Taylor (147/1984-88) is seventh. Thursday against Arizona Statel, Pritchard tied Garrett Sim (185/2008-12) for eighth in UO career three-pointers. Jamal Lawrence (194/1994-97) is seventh.