Dawgs Host Colorado, Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, January 18

Seattle, Wash.

8:00 PM

University of Washington

Colorado

January 17, 2017 | Men's Basketball

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UW (8-9, 1-4) vs. Colorado (10-8, 0-5)
UW returns to Seattle to host the mountain schools, first taking on Colorado on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be televised by ESPNU with Roy Philpott and Brad Daugherty on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton call the action. Washington leads the all-time series 11-10 while the Huskies are 8-2 when playing in Seattle.

The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 297-183 (.619) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 390-271 (.590) 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
• Freshman Markelle Fultz recorded his third career 30-point game at Stanford ... those three tie for the 12th most by a UW player in program history and he is the first freshman at UW to do so ... he has also recorded 20 or more points in 12 of UW's 17 games
• Both Markelle Fultz and David Crisp are on 10+scoring game streaks as Fultz has posted 12-straight while Crisp is working on nine-straight
• UW recorded a season-low seven turnovers at California and followed that with nine at Stanford ... UW has now recorded single-digit turnovers in three-straight for the first time since the 2013-14 season
• Washington currently leads the Pac-12 averaging 13.0 offensive rebounds per game
• Fultz reached 100 assists on the season to become the 28th player in UW history to reach the assists century mark in a season ...he also did it in just 16 games, which is the second-fastest at UW (all-time career assists leader Will Conroy got to 100 in 15 games in 2004-05 and Nigel Williams-Goss also got there in 15 during the 2014-15 season).
• UW is currently 15th in the NCAA in three-point FG percentage at 40.3 percent ... the Huskies lead the Pac-12 in the category and are on pace to set the UW single-season record
• Senior captain Dime suffered a broken pinky on his right hand against OSU (Jan.7) and will miss 4-5 weeks
• UW is 8-0 when leading with five minutes remaining in the game
• Fultz has proven he can step up in the second half this season and the numbers show that ... he is averaging 13.2 points compared to 9.0 over the first 20 minutes while also shooting at a 54.4 percent from the field and 43.2 percent from three compared to 41.9 and 39.5 percent during the first half ... his assist numbers also jump as he goes from 2.6 to 3.5.
• Fultz has had a hand in almost half of UW's scoring this season (45.6 percent) between his 22.2 ppg and 6.1 apg and that was the case against Stanford as he helped or scored 43 of UW's 69 points (62.3 percent)
• Fultz currently has 103 assists on the season which are tied for sixth on UW's freshmen list ... the freshman record is 151 set by Dejounte Murray in 2015-16 ... his 344 points are also ninth on the freshman list
• Fultz has recorded 12 20+ scoring efforts in 17 games becoming just the first player under Lorenzo Romar to record that many so quickly in a season ... Quincy Pondexter was close as he had nine in his first 12 games of the 2009-10 season
• The Huskies have shot over 50 percent from the field in seven of their 17 games this season ... UW shot over 50 in seven times last season (34 games), eight times in 2014-15 (31 games) and eight times in 2013-14 (32 games)
• Fultz is the leading freshman scorer in the NCAA at 22.2 points per game which ranks 12th overall
• Since moving into the starting lineup 13 games ago, Dickerson is nearly averaging a double-double with 10.5 points and 9.2 rebounds while shooting 46.0 percent from the field
• Defensively, Washington is averaging 38.4 deflections per game while also posting 6.4 steals per game ... that number has been upped over the last eight games to 41.8 ... additionally, UW has two of the top five players in the Pac-12 in steals per game as Matisse Thybulle leads with 2.1 and Markelle Fultz is fourth at 1.6.