Pritchard Breaks UO Career Assists Record in Win at Cal

BERKELEY – No. 11 Oregon couldn't have scripted Thursday night's 77-72 win against California in Haas Pavilion much better.

Payton Pritchard, who broke the school's career record for assists on a three-pointer by his lifelong friend and teammate Anthony Mathis, scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half as the Ducks remained in first place in the Pac-12 Conference at 18-4 overall and 7-2 in league play.

Pritchard also had eight assists as he became the Ducks' all-time leader in that category with 617, passing Kenya Wilkins who had 614 from 2016-20.

"That's something that I'm going to remember forever," said Pritchard. "But I couldn't have done it without a lot of great teammates hitting…