Tuesday, November 22
Seattle, Wash.
8:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Long Beach State
Huskies Host Long Beach State Tuesday at 8 p.m.
November 21, 2016 | Men's Basketball
Washington (2-1) vs. Long Beach State (1-4)
The Huskies wrap up their four-game homestand this Tuesday, Nov. 22, as they host Long Beach State at 8 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks with J.B. Long and Steve Lavin 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 five times in program history including three times in last four seasons with all three of those games being decided by 10 points or less. Washington owns a 5-0 series lead.
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 291-175 (.624) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 384-263 (.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 averaging 27.0 ppg, 6.7 apg and 5.3 rpg while playing just 33.0 minutes per game
• Fultz has accounted for 45.4 percent of UW's scoring as he is averaging 27.0 ppg and 6.7 apg ... he had a hand in 45 of UW's 90 pts vs Yale, 49 vs. Cal State Fullerton and 36 vs. NAU.
• Washington scored over 90 points in three-straight games for the first time since the 2010-11 season when they knocked in 107 vs LBSU (Nov. 30, 2010), 108 vs. Texas Tech (Dec. 4, 2010) and 94 vs. Portland (Dec. 6, 2010).
• Washington has shot over 50 percent for three-straight games for the first time since Feb. 22-March 6, 2014 when the Dawgs were at Oregon State (2/22/14 -57.4%) and hosted WSU (2/28/14 - 51.0%) and UCLA (3/6/14 - 55.4%).
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle has upped his scoring average by over 10 points from a year ago as he is now putting up 16.7 per game compared to 6.2 last season .. he is also shooting 65.4 percent from the field and 54.5 percent from 3-point range up from 39.7 percent and 36.6 percent a year ago, respectively.
• Freshman Markelle Fultz is the only player nationally to average 27+ points, 6+ assists and 5+ rebounds this 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.
• 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 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
The Huskies wrap up their four-game homestand this Tuesday, Nov. 22, as they host Long Beach State at 8 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks with J.B. Long and Steve Lavin 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 five times in program history including three times in last four seasons with all three of those games being decided by 10 points or less. Washington owns a 5-0 series lead.
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 291-175 (.624) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 384-263 (.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 averaging 27.0 ppg, 6.7 apg and 5.3 rpg while playing just 33.0 minutes per game
• Fultz has accounted for 45.4 percent of UW's scoring as he is averaging 27.0 ppg and 6.7 apg ... he had a hand in 45 of UW's 90 pts vs Yale, 49 vs. Cal State Fullerton and 36 vs. NAU.
• Washington scored over 90 points in three-straight games for the first time since the 2010-11 season when they knocked in 107 vs LBSU (Nov. 30, 2010), 108 vs. Texas Tech (Dec. 4, 2010) and 94 vs. Portland (Dec. 6, 2010).
• Washington has shot over 50 percent for three-straight games for the first time since Feb. 22-March 6, 2014 when the Dawgs were at Oregon State (2/22/14 -57.4%) and hosted WSU (2/28/14 - 51.0%) and UCLA (3/6/14 - 55.4%).
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle has upped his scoring average by over 10 points from a year ago as he is now putting up 16.7 per game compared to 6.2 last season .. he is also shooting 65.4 percent from the field and 54.5 percent from 3-point range up from 39.7 percent and 36.6 percent a year ago, respectively.
• Freshman Markelle Fultz is the only player nationally to average 27+ points, 6+ assists and 5+ rebounds this 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.
• 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 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
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