Wednesday, January 25
Tempe, Ariz.
8:00 PM
University of Washington
at
Arizona State
Huskies Hit the Road to Face Arizona State, Wednesday
January 23, 2017 | Men's Basketball
UW (9-10, 2-5) at Arizona State (9-11, 2-5)
UW hits the road to take on Arizona State on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. PT at Wells Fargo 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. UW leads the all-time series 43-37 and have won five-straight in Tempe along with 10 of the last overall 11 meetings.
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 298-184 (.618) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 391-272 (.589) 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
โข Freshman Markelle Fultz recorded his fifth career 30-point game vs. Utah ... those five tie for the fifth 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 14 of UW's 19 games.
โข Fultz is averaging 33.7 points over the last three outings, which is the most by a Husky in a three-game stretch under Romar.
โข Fultz has been named to the midseason watchlists for both the Oscar Robertson Trophy (Player of the Year) and the Wayman Tisdale Award (Freshman of the Year) by the USBWA
โข Fultz's career-high 37 points came without a 3-point FG, making him the only guard in the NCAA this season to score 37 or more points without knocking one in from long distance ... additionally he's just the fifth D1 guard since the 2010-11 season to post at least 37 points in a single game without scoring a 3-pointer
โข Both Markelle Fultz and David Crisp are on 10+scoring game streaks as Fultz has posted 14-straight while Crisp is working on 11-straight
โข UW, who led the NCAA in blocks last season, is the only team in the country with three games of 13 or more blocks, also marking the first time under Lorenzo Romar for a team to post at least 13 blocks in 3 or more games ... the Dawgs are currently second in the nation averaging 6.7 per game
โข Against Colorado, UW won its first game when trailing with five minutes left, first decided by less than five points and first when being outrebounded
โข Fultz has led the team in points and assists in 12 games this season and has led in points, rebounds and assists in six of UW's 19 games
โข Washington currently leads the Pac-12 averaging 13.0 offensive rebounds per game
โข Senior captain Dime suffered a broken pinky on his right hand against OSU (Jan.7)ย and will miss 4-5 weeks
โข UW is 8-0 when leading with five minutes remaining in the game
โข Fultz has proven he can step up in the second half this season and the numbers show that ... he is averaging 13.4 points compared to 9.5 over the first 20 minutes while also shooting at a 54.2 percent from the field and 45.2 percent from three compared to 43.5 and 38.1 percent during the first half ... his assist numbers also jump as he goes from 2.6 to 3.4.
โข Additionally during the second half this season, Fultz has been accountable for 49.6 percent of UW's scoring between points and assists and that number jumps to 56.7 in Pac-12 Conference play action as he has been accountable for 156 of UW's 275 second-half (or overtime) points in league action.
โข Fultz currently has 115 assists on the season which are sixth on UW's freshmen list ... the freshman record is 151 set by Dejounte Murray in 2015-16 ... his 445 points are also sixth on the freshman list
โข Fultz has recorded 14 20+ scoring efforts in 19 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 14 in his first 21 games of the 2009-10 season
โข Fultz is the leading freshman scorer in the NCAA at 23.4 points per game which ranks seventh overall
โข Defensively, Washington is averaging 40.7 deflections per game while also posting 6.4 steals per game ...ย that number has been upped over the last eight games to 48.8 ... additionally, UW has the top two players in the Pac-12 in steals per game as Matisse Thybulle leads with 2.0 and Markelle Fultz is second at 1.8.
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UW hits the road to take on Arizona State on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. PT at Wells Fargo 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. UW leads the all-time series 43-37 and have won five-straight in Tempe along with 10 of the last overall 11 meetings.
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 298-184 (.618) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 391-272 (.589) 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
โข Freshman Markelle Fultz recorded his fifth career 30-point game vs. Utah ... those five tie for the fifth 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 14 of UW's 19 games.
โข Fultz is averaging 33.7 points over the last three outings, which is the most by a Husky in a three-game stretch under Romar.
โข Fultz has been named to the midseason watchlists for both the Oscar Robertson Trophy (Player of the Year) and the Wayman Tisdale Award (Freshman of the Year) by the USBWA
โข Fultz's career-high 37 points came without a 3-point FG, making him the only guard in the NCAA this season to score 37 or more points without knocking one in from long distance ... additionally he's just the fifth D1 guard since the 2010-11 season to post at least 37 points in a single game without scoring a 3-pointer
โข Both Markelle Fultz and David Crisp are on 10+scoring game streaks as Fultz has posted 14-straight while Crisp is working on 11-straight
โข UW, who led the NCAA in blocks last season, is the only team in the country with three games of 13 or more blocks, also marking the first time under Lorenzo Romar for a team to post at least 13 blocks in 3 or more games ... the Dawgs are currently second in the nation averaging 6.7 per game
โข Against Colorado, UW won its first game when trailing with five minutes left, first decided by less than five points and first when being outrebounded
โข Fultz has led the team in points and assists in 12 games this season and has led in points, rebounds and assists in six of UW's 19 games
โข Washington currently leads the Pac-12 averaging 13.0 offensive rebounds per game
โข Senior captain Dime suffered a broken pinky on his right hand against OSU (Jan.7)ย and will miss 4-5 weeks
โข UW is 8-0 when leading with five minutes remaining in the game
โข Fultz has proven he can step up in the second half this season and the numbers show that ... he is averaging 13.4 points compared to 9.5 over the first 20 minutes while also shooting at a 54.2 percent from the field and 45.2 percent from three compared to 43.5 and 38.1 percent during the first half ... his assist numbers also jump as he goes from 2.6 to 3.4.
โข Additionally during the second half this season, Fultz has been accountable for 49.6 percent of UW's scoring between points and assists and that number jumps to 56.7 in Pac-12 Conference play action as he has been accountable for 156 of UW's 275 second-half (or overtime) points in league action.
โข Fultz currently has 115 assists on the season which are sixth on UW's freshmen list ... the freshman record is 151 set by Dejounte Murray in 2015-16 ... his 445 points are also sixth on the freshman list
โข Fultz has recorded 14 20+ scoring efforts in 19 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 14 in his first 21 games of the 2009-10 season
โข Fultz is the leading freshman scorer in the NCAA at 23.4 points per game which ranks seventh overall
โข Defensively, Washington is averaging 40.7 deflections per game while also posting 6.4 steals per game ...ย that number has been upped over the last eight games to 48.8 ... additionally, UW has the top two players in the Pac-12 in steals per game as Matisse Thybulle leads with 2.0 and Markelle Fultz is second at 1.8.
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