Friday, November 25
Las Vegas, Nev.
5:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Western Kentucky
Dawgs Head to Vegas for Global Sports Classic
November 23, 2016 | Men's Basketball
Washington (3-1) vs. Western Kentucky (3-1)
Following four-straight home games in Seattle, the Huskies hit the road for four-straight contests starting this weekend at the Global Sports Classic in Las Vegas. UW will face Western Kentucky on Friday, Nov. 25 at 5 p.m. at the Thomas and Mack Center, home of UNLV men's basketball. The Dawgs will then face either TCU or UNLV on Saturday at 5 or 7:30 p.m. Both games will be streamed on CampusInsiders.com with Tony Cordasco and Jevon Banks on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Steve Sandmeyer and Jason Hamilton call the action. This will be the first meeting between W. Kentucky and Washington in program history.
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 292-175 (.625) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 385-263 (.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 25.5 ppg, 6.5 apg and 5.3 rpg (through NCAA's Nov. 23 stats)
• Fultz has accounted for 43.7 percent of UW's scoring as he is averaging 25.5 ppg and 6.5 apg ... he had a hand in 45 of UW's 90 pts vs Yale, 49 vs. Cal State Fullerton, 36 vs. NAU and 36 vs. LBSU.
• Washington scored over 90 points in four-straight games for the first time since the 2005-06 season when they knocked in 99 vs . American (Nov. 19, 2005), 90 vs. Idaho (Nov. 22, 2005), 112 vs. Loyola Marymount (Nov. 25, 2005) and 99 vs. Gonzaga (Dec. 4, 2005) ... Washington is second in the Pac-12 in scoring, averaging 95.0 ppg which also ranks T12th nationally
• Washington 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%).
• Sophomores David Crisp and Noah Dickerson each recorded career-highs in scoring against Long Beach State as Crisp knocked in a team-high 26 points and Dickerson added 23 on 8-of-11 shooting fromm the field.
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle has upped his scoring average by over eight points from a year ago as he is now putting up 14.8 per game compared to 6.2 last season .. he is also shooting 55.6 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from 3-point range up from 39.7 percent and 36.6 percent a year ago, respectively.
• 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
Following four-straight home games in Seattle, the Huskies hit the road for four-straight contests starting this weekend at the Global Sports Classic in Las Vegas. UW will face Western Kentucky on Friday, Nov. 25 at 5 p.m. at the Thomas and Mack Center, home of UNLV men's basketball. The Dawgs will then face either TCU or UNLV on Saturday at 5 or 7:30 p.m. Both games will be streamed on CampusInsiders.com with Tony Cordasco and Jevon Banks on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Steve Sandmeyer and Jason Hamilton call the action. This will be the first meeting between W. Kentucky and Washington in program history.
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 292-175 (.625) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 385-263 (.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 25.5 ppg, 6.5 apg and 5.3 rpg (through NCAA's Nov. 23 stats)
• Fultz has accounted for 43.7 percent of UW's scoring as he is averaging 25.5 ppg and 6.5 apg ... he had a hand in 45 of UW's 90 pts vs Yale, 49 vs. Cal State Fullerton, 36 vs. NAU and 36 vs. LBSU.
• Washington scored over 90 points in four-straight games for the first time since the 2005-06 season when they knocked in 99 vs . American (Nov. 19, 2005), 90 vs. Idaho (Nov. 22, 2005), 112 vs. Loyola Marymount (Nov. 25, 2005) and 99 vs. Gonzaga (Dec. 4, 2005) ... Washington is second in the Pac-12 in scoring, averaging 95.0 ppg which also ranks T12th nationally
• Washington 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%).
• Sophomores David Crisp and Noah Dickerson each recorded career-highs in scoring against Long Beach State as Crisp knocked in a team-high 26 points and Dickerson added 23 on 8-of-11 shooting fromm the field.
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle has upped his scoring average by over eight points from a year ago as he is now putting up 14.8 per game compared to 6.2 last season .. he is also shooting 55.6 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from 3-point range up from 39.7 percent and 36.6 percent a year ago, respectively.
• 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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