Wednesday, December 12
Eugene, OR
7:00 PM
University of Oregon
vs
San Diego
Photo by: Samuel Marshall
Strong San Diego Squad Up Next for Ducks
12/10/18 | Men's Basketball
The Ducks face a challenging contest against 8-2 San Diego of the West Coast Conference on Wednesday (7 p.m., Pac-12 Network). Earlier this year, the Toreros beat Colorado 70-64 and lost at Washington 66-63.
In conjunction with Toys For Tots there will be Marines at each entrance of Matthew Knight Arena on Wednesday night taking donations, while inside the arena a "Teddy Bear Toss" will take place at halftime with all Teddy Bears being donated to Toys For Tots. Be sure to bring your Teddy Bears and toss them onto the court at halftime.
THE STARTING 5
• 1 – Oregon continues to lead the Pac-12 and rank second nationally in field goal percentage defense at 35.5 percent. Only two opponents, Omaha and Texas Southern, have shot better than 40 percent against the Ducks this season.
• 2 – Bol Bol, the only player ranked among the Pac-12's top 6 in scoring, rebounds, blocks and 3FG percentage, has scored in double figures in each of his first eight games as a Duck, and has recorded a double-double in four of those games. Nov. 26 against Texas Southern, Bol scored 32 points with 11 rebounds. The 32 points were the most by an Oregon freshman since Tajuan Porter dropped in 33 against UNLV in a 2007 NCAA Sweet 16 game.
• 3 – Kenny Wooten had six dunks on his way to a career-high 20 points in Saturday's game versus Nebraska-Omaha.
• 4 – Freshman Will Richardson recently set a season high in scoring in four straight games. He had seven points against Syracuse, 10 against Green Bay, 13 versus Texas Southern and 16 at Houston.
• 5 – During the November signing period, the Ducks signed four players to NLIs. The class of Chris Duarte (Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic), Isaac Johnson (American Fork, Utah), Chandler Lawson (Memphis, Tenn.) and C.J. Walker (Sanford, Fla.) is currently ranked ninth nationally by Rivals.com. It is the Ducks' fourth straight top-12 recruiting class.
• BOARDS – Oregon's +23 rebound margin versus Omaha on Saturday was its largest since being +26 against Alabama State on Nov. 17, 2016. Bol Bol had 10 boards, while Abu Kigab (7) and Victor Bailey Jr. (6) both had career highs.
KING LOUIE DEBUT
Freshman Louis King made his Oregon debut Saturday against Omaha and made efficient use of his minutes. He scord 11 points on four-of-six shooting from the field (three-of-four 3FG) in 16 minutes.
UNICORN STATUS
Freshman Bol Bol is currently the only player in the Pac-12 ranked in the league's top six in scoring (21.1 ppg), three-point field goal percentage (.500), rebounds (9.6 rpg) and blocked shots (2.5 bpg).
DOUBOL-DOUBOL
Bol Bol has reached double figures in all eight games this season and had recorded a double-double in four of those games. He made a splash with a double-double (12-12) in his Oregon debut against Portland State, and then followed that with another double-double (23-12) versus Eastern Washington. Bol is the first UO freshman to open his career with back-to-back double-doubles. He was then named to the 2K Classic all-tournament team. He scored 14 points with seven rebounds against Iowa and then scored 26 points versus No. 15 Syracuse. He also had eight blocks for the tournament. Bol's third double-double of the season came against Texas Southern (32-11). He scored 23 points at Houston, and followed that with double-double No. 4 against Omaha (18-10).
RICHARDSON RISES
Freshman Will Richardson recently set a season high in scoring in four consecutive games. He had seven points against Syracuse, 10 against Green Bay, 13 versus Texas Southern and 16 at Houston. On the year, he's shooting 56 percent from the field, 77 percent at the free throw line and also dishing out 2.4 assists per game.
PRITCHARD MOVING UP CAREER ASSIST LIST; EYES 1,000 CAREER POINTS
Payton Pritchard entered his junior year on pace to break Kenya Wilkins' UO career assists record of 614 and he's also increased his scoring to approach 1,000 career points. Pritchard moved past former NBA all-star Terrell Brandon (315/1989-91) for eighth against Eastern Washington and now shows 351 career assists. Fred Jones is seventh with 367 assists from 1998-02. He also has 913 career points coming into the San Diego game. He has five or more assists in five-of-eight games this year.
CLOSE CALLS
Oregon's three losses on the season have all come by less than 10 points. Last year, the Ducks lost eight games in 2017-18 by single digits. The last time the Ducks fielded a team as young as the current squad was 2005-06. That sophomore-laden squad dropped an excruciating 13 games by single digits, but did make a run to the 2006 Pac-10 Tournament semifinals. That same group of players won the Pac-12 Tournament and advanced to the Elite 8 the following year.
In conjunction with Toys For Tots there will be Marines at each entrance of Matthew Knight Arena on Wednesday night taking donations, while inside the arena a "Teddy Bear Toss" will take place at halftime with all Teddy Bears being donated to Toys For Tots. Be sure to bring your Teddy Bears and toss them onto the court at halftime.
THE STARTING 5
• 1 – Oregon continues to lead the Pac-12 and rank second nationally in field goal percentage defense at 35.5 percent. Only two opponents, Omaha and Texas Southern, have shot better than 40 percent against the Ducks this season.
• 2 – Bol Bol, the only player ranked among the Pac-12's top 6 in scoring, rebounds, blocks and 3FG percentage, has scored in double figures in each of his first eight games as a Duck, and has recorded a double-double in four of those games. Nov. 26 against Texas Southern, Bol scored 32 points with 11 rebounds. The 32 points were the most by an Oregon freshman since Tajuan Porter dropped in 33 against UNLV in a 2007 NCAA Sweet 16 game.
• 3 – Kenny Wooten had six dunks on his way to a career-high 20 points in Saturday's game versus Nebraska-Omaha.
• 4 – Freshman Will Richardson recently set a season high in scoring in four straight games. He had seven points against Syracuse, 10 against Green Bay, 13 versus Texas Southern and 16 at Houston.
• 5 – During the November signing period, the Ducks signed four players to NLIs. The class of Chris Duarte (Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic), Isaac Johnson (American Fork, Utah), Chandler Lawson (Memphis, Tenn.) and C.J. Walker (Sanford, Fla.) is currently ranked ninth nationally by Rivals.com. It is the Ducks' fourth straight top-12 recruiting class.
• BOARDS – Oregon's +23 rebound margin versus Omaha on Saturday was its largest since being +26 against Alabama State on Nov. 17, 2016. Bol Bol had 10 boards, while Abu Kigab (7) and Victor Bailey Jr. (6) both had career highs.
KING LOUIE DEBUT
Freshman Louis King made his Oregon debut Saturday against Omaha and made efficient use of his minutes. He scord 11 points on four-of-six shooting from the field (three-of-four 3FG) in 16 minutes.
UNICORN STATUS
Freshman Bol Bol is currently the only player in the Pac-12 ranked in the league's top six in scoring (21.1 ppg), three-point field goal percentage (.500), rebounds (9.6 rpg) and blocked shots (2.5 bpg).
DOUBOL-DOUBOL
Bol Bol has reached double figures in all eight games this season and had recorded a double-double in four of those games. He made a splash with a double-double (12-12) in his Oregon debut against Portland State, and then followed that with another double-double (23-12) versus Eastern Washington. Bol is the first UO freshman to open his career with back-to-back double-doubles. He was then named to the 2K Classic all-tournament team. He scored 14 points with seven rebounds against Iowa and then scored 26 points versus No. 15 Syracuse. He also had eight blocks for the tournament. Bol's third double-double of the season came against Texas Southern (32-11). He scored 23 points at Houston, and followed that with double-double No. 4 against Omaha (18-10).
RICHARDSON RISES
Freshman Will Richardson recently set a season high in scoring in four consecutive games. He had seven points against Syracuse, 10 against Green Bay, 13 versus Texas Southern and 16 at Houston. On the year, he's shooting 56 percent from the field, 77 percent at the free throw line and also dishing out 2.4 assists per game.
PRITCHARD MOVING UP CAREER ASSIST LIST; EYES 1,000 CAREER POINTS
Payton Pritchard entered his junior year on pace to break Kenya Wilkins' UO career assists record of 614 and he's also increased his scoring to approach 1,000 career points. Pritchard moved past former NBA all-star Terrell Brandon (315/1989-91) for eighth against Eastern Washington and now shows 351 career assists. Fred Jones is seventh with 367 assists from 1998-02. He also has 913 career points coming into the San Diego game. He has five or more assists in five-of-eight games this year.
CLOSE CALLS
Oregon's three losses on the season have all come by less than 10 points. Last year, the Ducks lost eight games in 2017-18 by single digits. The last time the Ducks fielded a team as young as the current squad was 2005-06. That sophomore-laden squad dropped an excruciating 13 games by single digits, but did make a run to the 2006 Pac-10 Tournament semifinals. That same group of players won the Pac-12 Tournament and advanced to the Elite 8 the following year.
