TUCSON, Ariz. - No. 24/21 Arizona welcomes the Oregon State Beavers to the McKale Center on Thursday for a key Pac-12 matchup. The Beavers won the meeting earlier this season in Corvallis, but are coming off a 22-point loss to No. 16 Colorado. The Wildcats enter Thursday's game riding a two-game winning streak after sweeping games at Cal and Stanford last week.

GAME INFORMATION
Oregon State at #24/21 Arizona
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020
6:00 p.m. (MST) at McKale Center
TV: Pac-12 Networks (Ted Robinson & Richard Jefferson)
Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Ryan Hansen)

OFF THE TOP
After extending their consecutive win streak over Stanford to 20 games on Saturday, Arizona returns home to host the Oregon schools this week. The Wildcats dropped both games in Oregon earlier this season.

With wins at Cal and Stanford last week, Arizona completed their second conference road sweep of the season while the rest of the conference has one (ASU in the Bay this past weekend).

Arizona ranks EIGHTH in the latest NET ranking (best in Pac-12) and a strength of schedule that ranks FIFTH. 

UA leads the Pac-12 in scoring overall (78.0) and is third in conference games (71.8).

The 1.35-to-1 assist/turnover ratio is 14th in the country.

Zeke Nnaji is the reigning Pac-12 Freshman of the Week, picking up the honor for the fourth time this season to tie for the most in the conference. He leads the conference in rebounding in Pac-12 play (9.9) and is tied for fifth in scoring (16.6). His 12 double-doubles lead the Pac-12 and are tied for second nationally among all freshmen and tied for second in UA history for a freshman (Ayton - 24). In 12 conference games, he has registered eight double-doubles, including a 21 point, 11 rebound effort at Stanford.  

Nico Mannion's 133 assists are the fifth-most by a freshman at Arizona and his 5.3 average put him second in the Pac-12. For the season, Mannion is 15th in the conference in scoring (13.9) and third in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.05). In Pac-12 play he is averaging 3.2 rebounds per game after collecting just 1.9 rebounds per game in non-conference play. He is shooting 82.7 percent from the free throw line this year (5th in Pac-12).

After scoring in double figures once in a six-game span in January, freshman Josh Green has tallied double digit scoring efforts in three of the last four games, including a 15-point effort at Stanford. He leads the team with 38 steals, which is tied for eighth in school history by a freshman. In conference play, Green is averaging 10.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists.

As a starter the last nine games, graduate transfer Stone Gettings has averaged 8.9p, 4.4r and is shooting 58.9 percent from the floor. He logged his first double-double of the season with 19p, 12r at Washington State.

Fifth year senior Dylan Smith broke out of an 0-of-18 3FG slump in a big way in the Bay, going 4-of-5 from long range at Cal and then adding 11 points and six rebounds (tied season high) at Stanford. 

Redshirt sophomore Jemarl Baker Jr. recently played 153 straight minutes without a turnover and has a 4.4 assist-to-turnover ratio this season. He's also shooting 38.1 percent from the 3-point line this year.