A pair of 5-0 teams square off Monday night at 5 p.m. at Matthew Knight Arena when No. 21 Oregon hosts Fresno State.

1 - New Kid on the Block. Chris Boucher set a school record with nine blocks last Wednesday versus Arkansas State. Boucher currently leads the nation at 4.2 blocks per game. He also helped Oregon set a team single-game record with 13 blocked shots. Both marks were also Matthew Knight Arena records.

2 - In exceptionally early RPI reports - which will fluctuate dramatically the first few weeks of the season - Oregon is currently No. 16 in both the ESPN and CBS Sports indexes. By means of comparison, Valparaiso, a team the Ducks defeated 73-67 on Nov. 22, is No. 1 in the ESPN RPI, while the Crusaders are No. 3 in the CBS rankings.

3 - Duck connections. Several members of the Fresno State contingent attending Monday's game are close to the Oregon athletic department. FSU athletic director Jim Bartko was a long-time senior associate athletic director for the Ducks, while current Bulldog staffers Franklin Alegria (senior associate AD), Lauren Thompson (assistant director of development) and Drew Abel (administration intern) all have Oregon roots. Abel was a student manager for the UO basketball team and graduated last year.

4 - The Ducks lead the Pac-12 and rank 40th nationally in scoring defense at 62.6 points per game. The Ducks are also sixth in blocked shots per game (6.8) and are committing just 15.8 fouls per game, 11th fewest in the nation.

5 - Oregon is off to a 5-0 start for the third time in the last four years. A win Monday would move the Ducks to 6-0 for just the second time in the last nine seasons.

BOUCHER SETS BLOCKS MARK

Senior Chris Boucher broke one of Oregon's longest standing records last Wednesday when he blocked nine shots versus Arkansas State. That was one better than the eight blocked by Blair Rasmussen Dec. 27, 1984, versus Davidson, and matched last season by Jordan Bell against Arizona State. Boucher helped Oregon break the school single-game record for blocked shots with 13, which was one better than the 12 against Portland State last year. Both marks were Matthew Knight Arena records.

BENJAMIN BOUNCES BACK

After being held scoreless against Valparaiso, senior Dwayne Benjamin bounced back in a big way with a career-high 25 points against Arkansas State. Oregon's sixth man also had six rebounds, two assists and two steals.

BROOKS STEPS UP

Sophomore Dillon Brooks had his best game of the season Nov. 22 versus Valparaiso. He recorded his third career double-double with 26 points - a personal best - and 13 rebounds. He scored 18 of his 26 points in the second half to lead the come-from-behind win.

CONSISTENT COOK

Not to be outdone by his younger teammates, senior Elgin Cook is the only Duck to reach double figures in all five games this season.

EARLY RETURNS

Newcomers Tyler Dorsey and Chris Boucher are already polling well in early returns. Boucher was one rebound and one block shy of a triple-double Wednesday against Arkansas State. He had 17 points, nine rebounds and a school-record nine blocks. Dorsey had his second 20-point game of the season last week against Valparaiso, chipping in 21 on 7-of-9 shooting. Boucher impressed Nov. 20 against Savannah State. He scored 11 of his 17 total points in the second half to lead the Ducks in scoring. He also added seven rebounds and two blocks in 23 minutes. That was after he scored 15 points with a team-best eight rebounds and two blocks in the win over No. 20 Baylor. Dorsey added 12 points, six rebounds and five assists in that game. Dorsey also scored 20 points - 18 in the first half - in the season opener against Jackson State on an efficient 5-of-6 shooting from the floor (4-of-5 on threes). Boucher filled the JSU stat sheet with 10 points, five rebounds and five blocked shots.