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Oregon Basketball: 2019-20 keys to beat Gonzaga in Battle 4 Atlantis

By Matthew Travis

PORTLAND, OREGON - NOVEMBER 12: Head coach Dana Altman of the Oregon Ducks reacts to a play during the first half of the game against the Memphis Grizzlies at Moda Center on November 12, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
PORTLAND, OREGON - NOVEMBER 12: Head coach Dana Altman of the Oregon Ducks reacts to a play during the first half of the game against the Memphis Grizzlies at Moda Center on November 12, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) /
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PORTLAND, OREGON – NOVEMBER 12: Payton Pritchard #3 of the Oregon Ducks brings the ball up the court during the second half of the game at Moda Center on November 12, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. Oregon won the game 82-74. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
PORTLAND, OREGON – NOVEMBER 12: Payton Pritchard #3 of the Oregon Ducks brings the ball up the court during the second half of the game at Moda Center on November 12, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. Oregon won the game 82-74. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) /

Oregon Basketball will head into Thursday’s Battle 4 Atlantis matchup with Gonzaga following the biggest win of their season thus far over Seton Hall, but can they keep it up?

Oregon Basketball got a huge win on Wednesday night when they beat the Seton Hall Pirates 71-69, giving the Ducks their second ranked win of the season so far. This win, while huge, means the Ducks will now have to face Gonzaga in the second round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Gonzaga has looked great this season winning their games by an average score differential of over 30. However, the Zags don’t have something that the Ducks do, a guy named Payton Pritchard.

Pritchard has been lights out for Oregon this season, leading the Ducks in points, assists and steals with an average of 19.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

Nothing was any different on Wednesday night as he went for 16 points, six assists and a steal against Seton Hall in Oregon’s first game of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Pritchard is a large reason why the Ducks have had such success so far this season and he will be very important if Seton Hall wants to take down the Zags.

Pritchard, however, isn’t Oregon’s only player capable of taking over a game, Anthony Mathis has produced in a huge way for the Ducks so far this year putting up an average of 15 points per game.

Nonetheless, Oregon has looked like a team capable of beating just about anyone so far this season with wins over a Memphis team with James Wiseman and now over a Seton Hall team with Myles Powell who appears to be the front-runner for Player of the Year.

But with all that being said, what are the three keys for Oregon in order to take down Gonzaga and get their second top-15 win in as many days?

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