Oregon Communications sent out game notes for the Cal game.
No. 13 Oregon takes aim at the Pac-12 regular season title when the Ducks host the Bay Area schools this week. First up is California Thursday at 8 p.m. (ESPN2).
• 1 – With a pair of wins this weekend, Oregon will become the first school in conference history to win championships in football, women’s basketball and men’s basketball in the same academic year. In fact nationally, Oregon would join Ohio State (2005-06, 2006-07, 2009-10) as just the second Power Five school to ever achieve that accomplishment.
• 2 – Cousy Award finalist Payton Pritchard is trying to join Gary Payton (Oregon State, 1989-90), Damon Stoudamire (Arizona, 1994-95) and Jason Terry (Arizona, 1998-99) as the only players in Pac-12 history to lead the conference in both scoring and assists. All three were consensus first team All-Americans and Payton and Terry were National Players of the Year.
• 3 – Payton Pritchard is the only player in the nation averaging at least 20 points, four rebounds and five assists per game.
• 4 – Payton Pritchard has scored 20 or more points against nine different Pac-12 foes this season.
• 5 – Feb. 16 against Utah, Dana Altman passed John Wooden for 26th on the NCAA Division I coaching wins list. Altman now has 667 Division I wins. Gary Williams is 25th with 668 wins.
• BENCH – Oregon’s current 20-game home winning streak is tied for the fourth-longest in program history.
• BENCH – Payton Pritchard now holds three school records - assists (645), wins (103) and starts (138). He is also on pace to become Oregon’s career leader in steals (needs four more) and games played (needs three more).
SHARP-SHOOTING
Oregon leads the league and ranks 10th nationally in three-point field goal percentage (.384). The Ducks have three of the top six three-point shooters in the league in Will Richardson (first, .474), Anthony Mathis (second, .429) and Payton Pritchard (sixth, .400). Oregon also leads the Pac-12 in three-pointers made per game (8.5) with Pritchard pacing the individuals (2.8 per game).
PRITCHARD EARNS SECOND PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Senior Payton Pritchard was named one of five finalists for the 2020 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday. He is the first Cousy Award finalist in program history. Joining Pritchard on the list of finalists are Devon Dotson of Kansas, Malachi Flynn of San Diego State, Markus Howard of Marquette and Tre Jones of Duke.
PRITCHARD BULLET POINTS
* Currently on the lists for the Wooden Award (final 20), Naismith Trophy (final 30), Oscar Robertson Trophy (final 12) and the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award (5 finalists).
* Is one the only player in the nation averaging at least 20 points, four rebounds and five assists per game.
* Is one of just five players nationally - and the only one from a Power Six league - who is leading his conference in both scoring (20.2 points per game) and assists (5.5 per game).
* If he maintains his scoring and assists leads, Pritchard would join Gary Payton (Oregon State, 1989-90), Damon Stoudamire (Arizona, 1994-95) and Jason Terry (Arizona, 1998-99) as the only players in Conference history to accomplish that feat. All three were consensus First Team All-Americans and Payton and Terry were National Players of the Year.
* Has been named the national player of the week by three different organizations this season (Naismith Trophy, Oscar Robertson Trophy, NCAA.com) and Pac-12 player of the week twice.
* Is the only player in Pac-12 history with 1,800 career points, 600 career assists and 500 career rebounds.
* Already the school’s record holder in assists (645), wins (103) and games started (138), he is also on pace to become the school’s career leader in steals and games played and could become just the second 2,000-point scorer in program history.
* Leads the nation with 138 consecutive starts.
