EUGENE, Ore. - The first Pac-12 road trip for No. 24 Arizona will send the Wildcats to the state of Oregon for a pair of games this week, starting with Thursday's matchup at No. 9 Oregon. Arizona will be looking to end a three-game skid against the Ducks.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. (MST) on ESPN with Dave Pasch and Bill Walton on the call.
GAME INFORMATION
#24 Arizona at #9 Oregon
Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020
7:00 p.m. (MST) at Matthew Knight Arena
TV: ESPN (Dave Pasch and Bill Walton)
Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Reggie Geary)
OFF THE TOP
- Arizona enters tonight's game looking to end a three-game overall losing streak to the Ducks and a three-game losing streak in Eugene. The last UA win at Oregon was Jan. 8, 2015, a 80-62 triumph. Overall, head coach
Sean Miller is 3-5 in games played at Oregon.
- The last regular season meeting between the two schools when they were both ranked was in 2017.
- Arizona's 49.1 FG% is 10th-best in the country - Oregon is 11th (49.0%) - while holding opponents to just 36.9 percent this season, the 13th-best in the country. Arizona is the only team in the country to rank in the top 15 in FG% and FG% defense.
- UA is scoring 83.1 points per game this season, the 8th-most in the country this season. The Wildcats are also outscoring teams by an average of 19.1 points per game, the second-best margin in the country.
- The Wildcats average 17.1 assists per game rank 16th nationally and the 1.44-to-1 assist/turnover ratio is 9th in the country.
- Arizona has forced opponents into 219 turnovers this season, the most ever by a
Sean Miller coached team through the first 14 games of a season.Â
- Freshman
Nico Mannion is second in the Pac-12 and 17th nationally with 88 assists this season. His 6.3 assists per game average ranks 16th in the country and he is the only freshman in the country with three games of 10+ assists this season.
- A two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week,
Zeke Nnaji is shooting 69.1 percent from the floor this year (5th nationally). He is connecting at an 80.3 percent clip at the free throw line, the best of anyone in the country listed at 6-foot 11-inches or taller and 8th overall in the Pac-12. He has posted double-doubles in each of the last three games - five for the season - after a 17p, 11r effort vs. Arizona State.
- Freshman
Josh Green is averaging 13.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists over the last four games. He leads the team with 24 steals and has eight games with 2+ steals this season. He ranks 10th in the Pac-12 in steals/game (1.7). He recorded 12p, 7r, 2a, 2s, 3blk against ASU on Saturday.
- Senior
Chase Jeter has scored in double figures in six of the last eight games and is averaging 11.6 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 63.6 percent in that span.Â