Huskies Host Northern Arizona at 5 p.m. Sunday

Sunday, November 20

Seattle, Wash.

5:00 PM

University of Washington

Northern Arizona

November 19, 2016 | Men's Basketball

Tickets Game Notes

Washington (1-1) vs. Northern Arizona (1-3)
The Huskies continue their four-game homestand this Sunday, Nov. 20, as they host Northern Arizona at 5 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks with Rich Burk and Kevin O'Neill on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton call the action. The two squads have faced off once in program history which was 40 years ago as UW claimed a 78-61 victory on Dec. 8, 1976 in Seattle.

The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 290-175 (.624) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 383-263 (.593) in 20 seasons. Romar, the longest tenured coach in the Pac-12, has taken the Huskies to the NCAA tournament six times including three Sweet 16 appearances.

Quick Hitters
• Freshman Markelle Fultz is the only player nationally to average 30+ points, 6+ assists and 4+ rebounds this season.
• Washington shot over 55 percent for back-to-back games for the first time since the 2010-11 season
• Fultz is just the third player in the Lorenzo Romar era to post back-to-back 30+scoring games joining Andrew Andrews (30 at ASU, 1/16/16 and 33 v. Colorado, 1/20/16) and Brandon Roy (35 v. ASU, 12/29/05 and 35 v. Arizona, 12/31/05) and is the only freshman to do so.
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle has improved his FG percentage in his first two games this year as he leads UW with a team-best 73.3 percent from the field ... up from his season percentage as a freshman (39.7 percent)
• Freshman Markelle Fultz had the most points by a UW freshman in their debut against Yale as he tallied 30 points and added seven rebounds and six assists
• Washington's roster has no scholarship player that was on scholarship two years ago ... there are only two players that have been here longer than one season (Dan Kingma, Greg Bowman)
• Fultz's 30 points were the most by a freshman in their opening game nationally this season ... his 30 points also tie for the most by a Husky this early in a season - Isaiah Thomas also scored 30 on Nov. 13, 2009 as a sophomore.
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle set career-highs in the season opener against Yale as he tallied his first 20-point game on 6-of-7 shooting and added a career-best six blocks, two shy of the UW single-game record
• Washington shot a blistering 58.9 percent (33-of-56) from the field against Yale, its highest single-game FG percentage since shooting 61.2 percent (41-of-67) against Long Beach State on Nov. 30, 2010
• Captain Malik Dime returns for the Huskies after setting the single-season blocks record UW last season with 88 and helped UW lead the nation in blocks with 224 total (6.6 per game)
• Freshman Markelle Fultz has racked up the preseason honors being named to the Bob Cousy, Naismith Trophy and Wooden Award Watch Lists along with being named the preseason Freshman of the Year by USA Today and earning preseason All-American honors from Athlon and CBS Sports.
• Washington's official Class of 2017 announced on Nov. 9, 2017 is the No. 2 class in the nation according to ESPN, marking head coach Lorenzo Romar's highest ranked class in his 15 years on Montlake ... the class features No. 2 overall recruit Michael Porter, Jr., local standouts Daejon Davis (No. 43) and Jaylen Nowell (No. 56) along with Blake Harris and Mamoudou Diarra.
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle is the only returning player to start in all 34 games a year ago ... sophomore David Crisp and senior captain Malik Dime are the other two that saw action in every game last season
• Washington's four home games in November are its most since the 2013-14 season (Yale, CS-Fullerton, Northern Arizona, Long Beach State)
• Washington was picked sixth in the Pac-12 Preseason media poll
• The Huskies bench will look a little different as head coach Lorenzo Romar hired Michael Porter from Missouri as an assistant coach, he will fill the role previously held by Brad Jackson who is now the special assistant to the head coach ... additionally Raphael Chillious was elevated to Associate Head Coach