Dawgs Conclude Homestand as Oregon State Visits Saturday at 12 p.m.

Saturday, January 7

Seattle, Wash.

12:00 PM

University of Washington

Oregon State

Dawgs Conclude Homestand as Oregon State Visits Saturday at 12 p.m.

January 05, 2017 | Men's Basketball

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UW (7-7, 0-2) vs. Oregon State (4-12, 0-3)
UW concludes its three-game homestand to open Pac-12 play as it welcomes Oregon State to Alaska Airlines Arena on Saturday, Jan. 7 at Noon. The game will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks with Guy Haberman and Mike Montgomery 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 158-140 and have won 12-straight at Alaska Airlines Arena dating back to the 2003-04 season.

The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 296-181 (.621) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 389-269 (.591) 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 has had a hand in almost half of UW's scoring this season (45.7 percent) between his 22.3 ppg and 6.8apg and that was the case against WSU as he helped or scored 52 of UW's 74 points (70.3 percent)
• Washington is currently eighth in the NCAA in three-point FG percentage at 41.4 percent per outing ... the Huskies lead the Pac-12 in the category and are on pace to set the UW single-season record ... Markelle Fultz has knocked down at least one in every game this season
• Markelle Fultz currently has 91 assists on the season which is tied for eighth on UW's freshmen list (Isaiah Thomas had 91 in 2008-09) ... the UW freshman record is 151 set by Dejounte Murray in 2015-16
• Fultz has recorded 10 20+ scoring efforts in 14 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 six of their 14 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)
• For the second-straight year, the Huskies boast the Pac-12 leading scorer on both the men's and women's side as Fultz leads at 22.3 ppg and senior All-American Kelsey Plum, who is the Pac-12's all-time leading scorer at 2,854 points is currently averaging 30.0 per outing this season
• Fultz is the second leading freshman scorer in the NCAA at 22.3 points per game which ranks 13th overall, Kentucky's Malik Monk leads all freshmen at 22.6 points per game.
• Sophomore Noah Dickerson pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds at Seattle U which was the most by a Husky since Jon Brockman had 17 against Washington State on Jan. 5, 2008.
• Since moving into the starting lineup 10 games ago, Dickerson is nearly averaging a double-double with 11.8 points and 9.4 rebounds while shooting 47.5 percent from the field ... he's had four double-doubles in that span including two over the last four outings
• In the last seven outings, Dickerson has been 39-48 from the FT line, getting to the stripe an average of 6.9 times in that span ...Dickerson has also upped his season rebounding average to 8.4 from 5.2 a year ago
• Over the last 11 halves, sophomore David Crisp has scored 98 points, while knocking down 20 three's in that span, shooting at a 52.6 percent clip (20-of-38) ... Crisp has hit at least 3 threes in nine games and is shooting 45.2 percent from long distance overall, which ranks 24th in the nation
• With his 126 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 16 away from third (142-Todd MacCulloch, 1996-99)
• Defensively, Washington is averaging 38.1 deflections per game while also posting 6.2 steals per game ... that number has been upped over the last six games to 40.8 ... additionally, UW has two of the top three players in the Pac-12 in steals per game as Matisse Thybulle leads with 2.0 and Markelle Fultz is third at 1.6.