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No. 9 Ducks Host No. 24 Arizona
01/06/20 | Men's Basketball
The home opener for Pac-12 play finds No. 9 Oregon hosting No. 24 Arizona Thursday at 6 p.m. PT (ESPN).
THE STARTING FIVE
• 1 – Oregon is one of two schools nationally (Baylor) with its men's basketball, women's basketball and football teams all currently ranked in the Associated Press top 10. Women's basketball is No. 2, football is No. 7 and men's basketball is No. 9.
• 2 – Entering the week, Oregon is one of just five teams nationally with at least four NET Quadrant 1 wins. Butler and San Diego State have five, while Oregon, Kansas and Michigan State have four.
• 3 – With another 18 rebounds and 24 assists, Payton Pritchard will become the first player in Pac-12 history with 1,500 career points, 500 career rebounds and 600 career assists (Utah's Andre Miller also reached those career totals prior to the Utes' joining the Pac-12).
• 4 – Payton Pritchard is one of only four players nationally - and the only Power 6 player - averaging at least 18.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game. Saturday at Utah, he passed UO Hall of Famer Ron Lee (572/1972-76) for second in UO career assists (576).
• 5 – On the season, the Ducks have shot 50 percent or better seven times, and are 12-1 when hitting at least 40 percent from the field.
• BENCH – Now the winningest coach in Oregon history, 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 all in the Hall of Fame.
PRITCHARD PRODUCING AT PROLIFIC LEVELS
Payton Pritchard is one of only four Division I players nationally, and the only one from a Power 6 school, averaging at least 18.0 points, 5.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game. The others are Colbey Ross of Pepperdine, Mason Faulkner of Western Carolina and Carlik Jones of Radford. Pritchard is also averaging 1.7 steals a game.
PRITCHARD ON THE BRINK OF A PAC-12 FIRST
With 18 more rebounds and 24 more assists, Payton Pritchard will become the first player in Pac-12 history with 1,500 career points, 500 career rebounds and 600 career assists. There are currently five players in Pac-12 history with 1,500 career points and 600 career assists - Gary Payton (Oregon State), Jordan McLaughlin (USC), Damon Stoudamire (Arizona), Tyus Edney (UCLA) and Jason Gardner (Arizona) - but none of those five reached 500 career rebounds. Utah's Andre Miller is in the 1,500/500/600 club, but he reached those totals prior to the Utes' joining the Pac-12.
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 190 steals and 576 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 third member of Oregon's 90-win club (players who have played in at least 90 victories as a Duck) and currently sits alone in second with 93. The career leader in wins is Johnathan Loyd, who won 97 games as a Duck between 2010-14. Prichard has also played 128 games at Oregon. Loyd is the Ducks' all-time leader in games played with 144.
PRITCHARD NOW SECOND IN BOTH UO CAREER ASSISTS AND STEALS
Payton Pritchard passed UO Hall of Famer Ron Lee (572/1972-76) for second in UO career assists Saturday at Colorado. He now has 571. Pritchard is also second in UO career steals with 190.
PRITCHARD TOPS NCAA IN MINUTES PLAYED
Payton Pritchard played in 1,349 minutes in 2018-19 to lead Division I in minutes played. He edged Virginia's Kyle Guy (1,344) by five minutes. He leads the Pac-12 this season (515 minutes).
PRITCHARD LEADS NCAA IN CONSECUTIVE STARTS
Senior guard Payton Pritchard has started 124 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 124 in a row.
PRITCHARD REACHES 1,500 POINTS
Payton Pritchard became the 14th 1,500-point scorer in program history Dec. 18 against Montana. Jan. 2 against Colorado, he passed E.J. Singler (1,546/2009-13) and Blair Rasmussen (1,554/1981-85) to climb to 11th in UO history and now shows 1,583 career points. The top 10 and former teammate Dillon Brooks (1,612/2014-17) await
PRITCHARD SECOND IN THE PAC-12 IN ASSISTS
Payton Pritchard is second in the Pac-12 in assists at 5.9 per game. He is the only player ranked in the Pac-12's top five in scoring and assists, averaging 18.7 points per game (fifth). By scoring 20 points with 11 assists Dec. 7 against Hawaii, Pritchard became the first Duck with a 20-point, 10-assist game since Johnathan Loyd in 2013-14.
SIXTH MAN
Sophomore Will Richardson has come off the bench to score in double figures in six of the last eight games, including 14 Saturday at Utah, after scoring a career-high 19 points at the Huntsman Center last year. He scored a season-high 18 points Dec. 21 against Texas Southern. Richardson leads the Pac-12 in three-point field goal percentage (.545). He tied the Matthew Knight Arena record with six steals Dec. 29 against Alabama State.
THE STARTING FIVE
• 1 – Oregon is one of two schools nationally (Baylor) with its men's basketball, women's basketball and football teams all currently ranked in the Associated Press top 10. Women's basketball is No. 2, football is No. 7 and men's basketball is No. 9.
• 2 – Entering the week, Oregon is one of just five teams nationally with at least four NET Quadrant 1 wins. Butler and San Diego State have five, while Oregon, Kansas and Michigan State have four.
• 3 – With another 18 rebounds and 24 assists, Payton Pritchard will become the first player in Pac-12 history with 1,500 career points, 500 career rebounds and 600 career assists (Utah's Andre Miller also reached those career totals prior to the Utes' joining the Pac-12).
• 4 – Payton Pritchard is one of only four players nationally - and the only Power 6 player - averaging at least 18.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game. Saturday at Utah, he passed UO Hall of Famer Ron Lee (572/1972-76) for second in UO career assists (576).
• 5 – On the season, the Ducks have shot 50 percent or better seven times, and are 12-1 when hitting at least 40 percent from the field.
• BENCH – Now the winningest coach in Oregon history, 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 all in the Hall of Fame.
PRITCHARD PRODUCING AT PROLIFIC LEVELS
Payton Pritchard is one of only four Division I players nationally, and the only one from a Power 6 school, averaging at least 18.0 points, 5.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game. The others are Colbey Ross of Pepperdine, Mason Faulkner of Western Carolina and Carlik Jones of Radford. Pritchard is also averaging 1.7 steals a game.
PRITCHARD ON THE BRINK OF A PAC-12 FIRST
With 18 more rebounds and 24 more assists, Payton Pritchard will become the first player in Pac-12 history with 1,500 career points, 500 career rebounds and 600 career assists. There are currently five players in Pac-12 history with 1,500 career points and 600 career assists - Gary Payton (Oregon State), Jordan McLaughlin (USC), Damon Stoudamire (Arizona), Tyus Edney (UCLA) and Jason Gardner (Arizona) - but none of those five reached 500 career rebounds. Utah's Andre Miller is in the 1,500/500/600 club, but he reached those totals prior to the Utes' joining the Pac-12.
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 190 steals and 576 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 third member of Oregon's 90-win club (players who have played in at least 90 victories as a Duck) and currently sits alone in second with 93. The career leader in wins is Johnathan Loyd, who won 97 games as a Duck between 2010-14. Prichard has also played 128 games at Oregon. Loyd is the Ducks' all-time leader in games played with 144.
PRITCHARD NOW SECOND IN BOTH UO CAREER ASSISTS AND STEALS
Payton Pritchard passed UO Hall of Famer Ron Lee (572/1972-76) for second in UO career assists Saturday at Colorado. He now has 571. Pritchard is also second in UO career steals with 190.
PRITCHARD TOPS NCAA IN MINUTES PLAYED
Payton Pritchard played in 1,349 minutes in 2018-19 to lead Division I in minutes played. He edged Virginia's Kyle Guy (1,344) by five minutes. He leads the Pac-12 this season (515 minutes).
PRITCHARD LEADS NCAA IN CONSECUTIVE STARTS
Senior guard Payton Pritchard has started 124 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 124 in a row.
PRITCHARD REACHES 1,500 POINTS
Payton Pritchard became the 14th 1,500-point scorer in program history Dec. 18 against Montana. Jan. 2 against Colorado, he passed E.J. Singler (1,546/2009-13) and Blair Rasmussen (1,554/1981-85) to climb to 11th in UO history and now shows 1,583 career points. The top 10 and former teammate Dillon Brooks (1,612/2014-17) await
PRITCHARD SECOND IN THE PAC-12 IN ASSISTS
Payton Pritchard is second in the Pac-12 in assists at 5.9 per game. He is the only player ranked in the Pac-12's top five in scoring and assists, averaging 18.7 points per game (fifth). By scoring 20 points with 11 assists Dec. 7 against Hawaii, Pritchard became the first Duck with a 20-point, 10-assist game since Johnathan Loyd in 2013-14.
SIXTH MAN
Sophomore Will Richardson has come off the bench to score in double figures in six of the last eight games, including 14 Saturday at Utah, after scoring a career-high 19 points at the Huntsman Center last year. He scored a season-high 18 points Dec. 21 against Texas Southern. Richardson leads the Pac-12 in three-point field goal percentage (.545). He tied the Matthew Knight Arena record with six steals Dec. 29 against Alabama State.
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