TUCSON, Ariz. - No. 24 Arizona welcomes No. 14 Oregon to the McKale Center on Saturday night, as both teams are vying to stay in the race for the regular season Pac-12 Championship. The Wildcats are coming off a 26-point win over Oregon State while the Ducks suffered a 77-72 loss at Arizona State.

GAME INFORMATION
Oregon at Arizona
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020
7:00 p.m. (MST) at McKale Center
TV: ESPN (Dave Pasch and Bill Walton
Radio: Arizona IMG Radio Network (Brian Jeffries & Ryan Hansen)

OFF THE TOP
Arizona is coming off of a 26-point win at home against Oregon State on Thursday while Oregon dropped a close 77-72 decision at Arizona State.

With a one-point overtime loss at Oregon earlier this year, the Wildcats have lost four straight to the Ducks.

A win tonight would give head coach Sean Miller a 20-win season for the 13th time in 16 years as a head coach.

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

UA leads the Pac-12 in scoring overall (78.4) and in conference games (73.1).

The 1.37-to-1 assist/turnover ratio is 11th in the country, while UA leads the Pac-12 in turnover margin

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 (9.7) and is tied for sixth in scoring (16.4). 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 13 conference games, he has registered eight double-doubles, including a 21 point, 11 rebound effort at Stanford.  

Nico Mannion's 139 assists are the fifth-most by a freshman at Arizona and the most by a freshman in the country this season. His 5.4 a/gm put him in second in the Pac-12. For the season, Mannion is 15th in the conference in scoring (13.7) and second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.11). 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 81.7 percent from the free throw line this year (6th 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 four of the last five games, including a 18p, 6a, 4s game vs. Oregon State on Thursday. He leads the team with 42 steals, which is tied for sixth in school history by a freshman. In the last two games, Green is 10-of-17 FG, 3-of-6 3FG and 10-of-10 at the free throw line.

As a starter the last 10 games, graduate transfer Stone Gettings has averaged 8.9p, 4.5r and is shooting 55.6 percent from the floor and 47.1 percent from the 3-point line. He logged his first double-double of the season with 19p, 12r at Washington State.

Arizona is one of 8 teams in the country to have a top 25 rated offense and defense according to KenPom, joining Kansas, Baylor, San Diego State, Duke, Michigan State, Ohio State and Michigan .