Dawgs Wrap Up Non-Conference Slate at Seattle Thursday

Thursday, December 22

Seattle, Wash.

7:00 PM

University of Washington

Seattle

December 21, 2016 | Men's Basketball

Game Notes (PDF)

Washington (6-5) vs. Seattle U (7-5)
Washington concludes non-conference play and wraps up three games in five days as it will head across town to take on Seattle U at Key Arena on Thursday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on the WAC Digital Network. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton call the action. UW leads the all-time series 27-4 and have won the last 11 meetings dating back to Dec. 15, 1978.

The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 295-179 (.621) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 388-267 (.592) in 21 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
• Over the last two wins, Washington has five players averaging double-figures (Fultz, Crisp, Dickerson, Green, Thybulle), three shooting over 50 percent from the field (Fultz, Crisp, Thybulle) and is shooting 52.2 percent from the field and 48.4 percent from 3 as a team overall
• UW is currently shooting 42.8 percent from 3-point range which is fifth nationally and is on pace to set the UW single-season record
• Freshman Markelle Fultz is the leading freshman scorer in the NCAA at 22.4 points per game which ranks 13th overall nationally
• Fultz posted his second 10+assist effort against W. Michigan to become the fourth player under Romar to record 10 or more assists in two or more games during a season joining all-time assists leader Will Conroy (2004-05, 5 games), NBA All-Star Isaiah Thomas (2010-11, 3 games) and Nigel Williams-Goss (2014-15, 2 games) ... Fultz is the only freshman out of the four to do so.
• Fultz is the only player in the nation averaging 22 ppg, 6.5 rpg and 6 apg as he is at 22.4p/6.6r/6.4a ... the only other player close is Patrick Cole of N.C. Central (20.8p/7.6r/6.2a)
• Over the last five halves, sophomore David Crisp has scored 57 points (21 in the second half against Nevada; 15 vs. W. Michigan; 21 vs. Cal Poly) while knocking down 10 threes in that span, shooting at a 62.5 percent clip (10-of-16) ... Crisp has hit at least 3 threes in seven games so far this season and is shooting 45.2 percent from long distance overall
• Since moving into the starting lineup seven games ago, sophomore Noah Dickerson has almost averaged a double-double with 10.0 points and 9.6 rebounds while shooting 44.2 percent from the field
• In the last four outings, Dickerson has been 22-of-24 from the FT line, getting to the stripe an average of six times in that span
• Dickerson has also upped his season rebounding average to 8.2 from 5.2 a year ago
• With his 121 career blocks, senior Malik Dime is in sole possession of fourth-place on UW's all-time blocks list, passing Aziz N'Diaye (2011-13) ... the school record is 189, held by Christian Welp (1984-87) ... Dime is 21 away from third (142-Todd MacCulloch, 1996-99)
• Sophomore Dominic Green has vastly improved his scoring average between his freshman and sophomore season, now putting up 9.5 per game compared to 2.7 a year ago ... he's surpassed his previous season points total against W. Michigan (2015-16-81 total points) as he is now at 105 points on the year
• Washington is currently tied for fourth in the NCAA in blocks averaging 7.1 per game ... Malik Dime is tied for 11th nationally with his 3.0 per outing ... the Huskies led the NCAA in blocks during the 2015-16 season.
• Defensively, Washington is averaging 37.3 deflections per game while also posting 6.4 steals per game ... that number has been upped over the last three games to 40.1 ... additionally, UW is the only team in the Pac-12 with two players in the top five in steals per game in the league as Matisse Thybulle is averaging 1.9 and Markelle Fultz is at 1.7
• UW'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) ..SO Matisse Thybulle is the only returning player to start in all 34 games a year ago ... SO David Crisp and SR captain Malik Dime are the other two that saw action in every game last season.

Crisp's Last 3 Outings
Over the last three games, sophomore David Crisp has been highly efficient averaging 19.0 points and shooting 59.4 percent from the field. He's also shooting 52.6 percent from 3-point range going 10-of-19 during that span.

Good From 3!
Washington's 83.3 percent shooting from 3-point range at TCU (10-of-12) set the UW single-game record surpassing the previous mark of 76.9 percent (10-of-13) set on Jan. 21, 1996 and is currently tied for the best single-game showing in the NCAA this season. Additionally, UW's season mark of 42.8 percent from long distance would set the UW all-time single-season record should it hold out. Here are the top five single-season marks in UW program history:
                42.8                        2016-17
                40.1                        1988-89
                39.2                        1987-88
                38.4                        2004-05
                37.1                        1990-91
                37.1                        2010-11

Scoring Depth
Despite losing their top three scorers from last year, the Huskies have had no problem filling the stat sheet as four Dawgs are averaging over 10 points over the first 11 outings. Freshman Markelle Fultz leads the group at 22.4 and is joined by sophomores David Crisp (14.2 ppg), Noah Dickerson (11.2 ppg) and Matisse Thybulle (10.7 ppg). Additionally, five players have recorded at least one 20-point game this season.

Scoring Up as a Whole
Not only did Washington score 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) but Washington is second in the Pac-12 in scoring, averaging 85.6 ppg which also ranked T-18th nationally. The Huskies also scored 86 points or more in five-straight games for the first time in the Lorenzo Romar era.