Oregon Ducks Close Out Non-Conference Slate with Morgan State

Oregon wraps up the non-conference portion of the schedule by hosting Morgan State of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference on Sunday, Dec. 29 at noon.

#12/#10 Oregon Ducks (11-0, 0-0 PAC-12) vs.
Morgan State (3-7, 1-0 MEAC)

Date Sunday, December 29, 2013

 Tip Time 12:02 p.m PT
 Site Eugene, Oregon

Stadium Matthew Knight Arena

Stadium Capacity 12,364

Television Pac-12 Networks

Rich Cellini, play-by-play, Ernie Kent, analyst

Radio Oregon IMG Sports Network 95.3 FM KUJZ in Eugene/Springfield

Terry Jonz, play-by-play

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Live Audio GoDucks.com

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 EUGENE, Oregon  --  Oregon wraps up the non-conference portion of the schedule by hosting Morgan State of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference on Sunday, Dec. 29 at noon. Winners of three of their last four games, the Bears were 17-15 last season and return four starters from the squad that advanced to the MEAC Tournament final. Morgan State is coached by former Cal head coach Todd Bozeman. Morgan State plays at Cal State Northridge Friday night.

 

THE STARTING FIVE
1- Oregon is 11-0 for just the fifth time in school history. With a win Sunday, the Ducks would be 12-0 for the fifth time ever. The current start is the school’s best since 2006-07. That Aaron Brooks-led Duck squad, which won the Pac-10 tournament and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight, went 13-0 to open the year.

 

2 - A third of the way into the 2013-14 season, Oregon leads the nation in scoring and continues to be one of the best shooting teams nationally. The Ducks average 90.3 points per game to lead the nation. Oregon is also among the national leaders in field goal percentage (.511/7th), 3-point field goal percentage (.424/11th), free throw percentage (.756/18th) and assists (16.2 per game/24th).

3 - Oregon tied a school record by reaching the century mark for the fourth time this season Dec. 21 against Brigham Young. It is just the third time in 109 seasons of basketball that the Ducks have scored 100 points four times in the same season. Oregon has never had more than four 100-point games in the same year. The Ducks last had four 100-point games in the same year in 2001-02. Oregon first accomplished that feat in 1995-96.

4 - Stealing away. The Ducks have recorded double-digit steals in three of the last four games. That’s after recording 10-plus steals only once in the first seven games.

5 - Johnathan Loyd continues to climb Oregon’s career assist chart. Last week against BYU, he passed Fred Jones (367/1998-02) for sixth. Loyd, who ranks eighth nationally at 6.8 assists per game, comes into the Morgan State contest with 372 career dimes.

SHARED SCORING
The Ducks have reached 80 points in nine of 11 games this season. Oregon has also gone over 90 points six times and 100 four times. Oregon has put up those big scoring totals through a collaborative effort. Oregon has had at least four players score in double figures in each of the last eight games. The Ducks have also had five double figure scorers five times, and six twice.

DOUBLE FIGURES CONTINUE FOR YOUNG
Joseph Young has scored in double figures in all 11 games this season. Dating back to last season while at Houston, Young has scored in double figures in 13 straight games, and 36 of his last 37 outings. The junior recently reached the 1,000 point milestone of his NCAA career. Young scored 916 points in two seasons at Houston, and has added another 218 this year for 1,134 career points. He joins Jason Calliste, who surpassed 1,000 career points in three seasons at Detroit, in the 1,000-point club.

 

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