SEATTLE (AP) - Freshman Dejounte Murray scored 22 points and Washington never trailed in a dominating 104-67 win over Penn on Saturday afternoon.
The Huskies (3-0) are undefeated through three games for the second straight season. It is the first loss of the year for Penn (3-1), which hasn't been 4-0 since the 1978-79 season.
Andrew Andrews scored 16 points, Marquese Chriss had 15 and David Crispadded 14 for Washington. Five players had at least five rebounds for the Huskies.
Darien Nelson-Henry scored 13 points, Matt Howard had 10 points and Darnell Foreman added nine for Penn.
The Huskies led 16-0 nearly four minutes into the contest before the Quakers scored a bucket.
The Quakers closed to within 26-14 midway through the first half, but the Huskies used a 20-8 run to pull away. Washington led 54-30 at intermission.
Game Notes 11.21.2015 – PENN
Team Notes
• Washington opened with a 16-0 run (3:56) – were 6-9 over that period.
• The Huskies scored 54 points in the first half. Last time the Huskies scored 50+ in the first half was vs. Arizona 2/2/13 (52 points)
• Washington is 29-3 when scoring 50+ in the first half (since 2002-03).
• Last time the Huskies had back-to-back 20-ponit wins was vs. Oregon St. (+24, 1/25/2014) and Washington St. (+23, 2/1/2014)
• Last time the Huskies won by a margin of 30+ points, vs. Grambling State (+48, 86-38, 12/17/2014)
• Back-to-back 100 point games, first time since 2010-11 season (102 vs. Long Beach State, 11/30/2010) and (108 vs. Texas Tech, 12/4/2010)
• 43rd 100-point game
• Snapped Penn's 3-0 start (their best start since the 1981-82 season)
Dejounte Murray
• Lead the Huskies in scoring with a season high 22 points (9-16) – (prev. 11 vs. MSM, 11/19/15)
Noah Dickerson
• Was 6-9 from the field, shot a career high 13 points (prev. 9, Texas 11/13/15)
• Career high 3 blocks (prev. 1 vs. Texas)
Marquese Chriss
• Through first three games, Chriss is averaging 18.7 ppg (56 total)
Greg Bowman
• Career high 8 points (first time scoring)
