EUGENE, Ore. —Sophomore Payton Pritchard and freshmen Troy Brown Jr. and Kenny Wooten earned Pac-12 honors as the league’s annual awards were announced Monday. The trio has helped lead Oregon to its eighth-straight 20-win season as the Ducks are one of just 13 programs nationally with a streak of that length.
Pritchard was named to the all-Pac-12 second team, Wooten was a member of the all-defensive team and Brown Jr. earned all-freshman honorable mention laurels.
Pritchard, from West Linn, Ore., is averaging 14.6 points per game and 4.8 assists per game. The only returning starter from the 2017 NCAA Final Four team, Pritchard has led the Ducks in scoring 12 times this season and in assists 20 times. He also ranks among the Pac-12’s top 15 in eight different statistical categories: scoring, three-point field goal percentage, three-pointers per game, free throw percentage, assists, steals, assist-to-turnover ratio and minutes played.
Wooten, from Manteca, Calif., leads the Pac-12 in blocks with 84, averaging 2.7 per game to rank in the top 15 nationally. Wooten’s 84 blocks rank third in Pac-12 freshman season blocked shots. He trails only Jelani McCoy of UCLA (102, 1996) and Oregon’s Jordan Bell (94, 2015). On the UO single season list, his 84 blocks rank fourth, while that total also ranks sixth on the UO career blocks list.
Brown Jr., from Las Vegas, is averaging 11.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He is the Ducks’ leading rebounder and ranks among the Pac-12 leaders in that category. Earlier this season, Brown Jr. posted three straight double-doubles, and just missed a triple-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists Dec. 13 versus Portland State.
The sixth-seeded Ducks open Pac-12 Tournament play Wednesday versus No. 11 Washington State at 8:30 p.m. in Las Vegas (Pac-12 Networks).
Pritchard was named to the all-Pac-12 second team, Wooten was a member of the all-defensive team and Brown Jr. earned all-freshman honorable mention laurels.
Pritchard, from West Linn, Ore., is averaging 14.6 points per game and 4.8 assists per game. The only returning starter from the 2017 NCAA Final Four team, Pritchard has led the Ducks in scoring 12 times this season and in assists 20 times. He also ranks among the Pac-12’s top 15 in eight different statistical categories: scoring, three-point field goal percentage, three-pointers per game, free throw percentage, assists, steals, assist-to-turnover ratio and minutes played.
Wooten, from Manteca, Calif., leads the Pac-12 in blocks with 84, averaging 2.7 per game to rank in the top 15 nationally. Wooten’s 84 blocks rank third in Pac-12 freshman season blocked shots. He trails only Jelani McCoy of UCLA (102, 1996) and Oregon’s Jordan Bell (94, 2015). On the UO single season list, his 84 blocks rank fourth, while that total also ranks sixth on the UO career blocks list.
Brown Jr., from Las Vegas, is averaging 11.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He is the Ducks’ leading rebounder and ranks among the Pac-12 leaders in that category. Earlier this season, Brown Jr. posted three straight double-doubles, and just missed a triple-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists Dec. 13 versus Portland State.
The sixth-seeded Ducks open Pac-12 Tournament play Wednesday versus No. 11 Washington State at 8:30 p.m. in Las Vegas (Pac-12 Networks).
