Sunday, December 10
Seattle, WA
5:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Gonzaga
Huskies Host No. 12 Gonzaga Sunday at 5 p.m.
December 09, 2017 | Men's Basketball
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UW (7-2) vs. No. 12 Gonzaga (7-2)
UW returns home to start a four-game homestand beginning with No. 12 Gonzaga on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. inside Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Guy Haberman, Don MacLean and Lewis Johnson on the call. Additionally fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM and 97.7 FM to hear the official UW radio broadcast from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. This will be the 46th meeting between the two squads and the first in Hec Ed since a 99-95 win on Dec. 4, 2005.
The Coach
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is starting his first year at Washington, and first as a head coach becoming the 19th head coach in UW history. After spending 22 years as an assistant at Syracuse, Hopkins oversaw teams that reached the NCAA Tournament 16 times including the 2003 National Championship, four Final Fours, five Elite Eights and 10 Sweet 16s along with four NIT berths. Syracuse never dipped below a 55.0 percent record while Hopkins was on staff.
Quick Hitters
• Washington is facing back-to-back top 15 teams for the 25th time since the 1967-68 season
• Washington's win over No. 2 Kansas was its first win away from Seattle over a top 2 team in program history
• UW's win over No. 2 Kansas was the biggest collegiate basketball upset of the season so far according to KenPom
• Junior Matisse Thybulle is creating scoring on the direct next possession of 66.7 percent of his 30 steals this year ... over the last two years he is creating scoring on 56.3 percent of the next possession and for his career he is at 55.2 percent (74 of 134 steals)
• Via Stats Inc., Thybulle is the only player this season to have season highs of 19 points, 5 steals, 5 blocks, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 5 made FGs from 3 ... only one player did this all of last season – William Lee of UAB .. and no other Pac-12 player has done it in Stats Inc. data (since 1996-97).
• Junior Noah Dickerson recorded his third double double of the season at Kansas with 14 rebounds and 13 points ... he now has nine for his career which have all come over his last 31 games
• Thybulle recorded 5 blocks and 3 steals against Omaha becoming the first player to have those numbers in a game since Matthew Bryan Amaning recorded 7 blocks and 4 steals on Feb. 19, 2011 at Arizona.
• The Huskies had four players pull down six boards for the second time this season and the second time in the last three games (UC Davis & Omaha).
• Over the last three games, freshman Hameir Wright has averaged 8.3 points and 5.3 rebounds while hitting all six career 3-pointers, compared to his first six games where he averaged 0.3 ppg and 1.0 rpg
• David Crisp's season-high 24 points against Omaha were his most since his career-high 31 at Utah (Feb. 11, 2017) ... he now is one of three players this season with a 20+ scoring effort joining Dickerson and Nowell and one of five current players with a 20+ scoring game in their career
• UW is shooting 80.0 percent from the FT line in final five minutes of its nine games and that goes up to 83.9 percent in the final two minutes ... UW has not been that efficient from the FT line during those two spans since at least 2002-03 (stats not kept as well before that)
• Additionally, Jaylen Nowell is shooting 92.3 percent during the final 2 minutes of each game (12-13) while David Crisp is 9-of-12 in that span (75.0)
• Junior Noah Dickerson is currently leading the team in FG percentage at 62.2 (46-74) ... as a sophomore Dickerson shot 54.7 percent (93-199) and as a freshman he shot 46.7 (146-267)
• UW has had 10 or more steals in four of its nine games ... last season Washington recorded just three total games of 10 or more steals in 31 outings ... the last season UW had five games with 10 or more steals was 2015-16 (5) and prior to that it was 2009-10 (9).
• Washington leads the league in steals at 8.8 per game, which also ranks tied for 24th nationally
• Junior Matisse Thybulle currently ranks fourth in the NCAA in steals, averaging 3.3 per game ... his 134 career steals tie for seventh in UW history (Bobby Jones, 134, 2003-06) ... the UW school record is 195 (Jamie Booker, 1994-97 over 109 games) ... he also leads the Pac-12 by 1.0 spg
UW (7-2) vs. No. 12 Gonzaga (7-2)
UW returns home to start a four-game homestand beginning with No. 12 Gonzaga on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. inside Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Guy Haberman, Don MacLean and Lewis Johnson on the call. Additionally fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM and 97.7 FM to hear the official UW radio broadcast from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. This will be the 46th meeting between the two squads and the first in Hec Ed since a 99-95 win on Dec. 4, 2005.
The Coach
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is starting his first year at Washington, and first as a head coach becoming the 19th head coach in UW history. After spending 22 years as an assistant at Syracuse, Hopkins oversaw teams that reached the NCAA Tournament 16 times including the 2003 National Championship, four Final Fours, five Elite Eights and 10 Sweet 16s along with four NIT berths. Syracuse never dipped below a 55.0 percent record while Hopkins was on staff.
Quick Hitters
• Washington is facing back-to-back top 15 teams for the 25th time since the 1967-68 season
• Washington's win over No. 2 Kansas was its first win away from Seattle over a top 2 team in program history
• UW's win over No. 2 Kansas was the biggest collegiate basketball upset of the season so far according to KenPom
• Junior Matisse Thybulle is creating scoring on the direct next possession of 66.7 percent of his 30 steals this year ... over the last two years he is creating scoring on 56.3 percent of the next possession and for his career he is at 55.2 percent (74 of 134 steals)
• Via Stats Inc., Thybulle is the only player this season to have season highs of 19 points, 5 steals, 5 blocks, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 5 made FGs from 3 ... only one player did this all of last season – William Lee of UAB .. and no other Pac-12 player has done it in Stats Inc. data (since 1996-97).
• Junior Noah Dickerson recorded his third double double of the season at Kansas with 14 rebounds and 13 points ... he now has nine for his career which have all come over his last 31 games
• Thybulle recorded 5 blocks and 3 steals against Omaha becoming the first player to have those numbers in a game since Matthew Bryan Amaning recorded 7 blocks and 4 steals on Feb. 19, 2011 at Arizona.
• The Huskies had four players pull down six boards for the second time this season and the second time in the last three games (UC Davis & Omaha).
• Over the last three games, freshman Hameir Wright has averaged 8.3 points and 5.3 rebounds while hitting all six career 3-pointers, compared to his first six games where he averaged 0.3 ppg and 1.0 rpg
• David Crisp's season-high 24 points against Omaha were his most since his career-high 31 at Utah (Feb. 11, 2017) ... he now is one of three players this season with a 20+ scoring effort joining Dickerson and Nowell and one of five current players with a 20+ scoring game in their career
• UW is shooting 80.0 percent from the FT line in final five minutes of its nine games and that goes up to 83.9 percent in the final two minutes ... UW has not been that efficient from the FT line during those two spans since at least 2002-03 (stats not kept as well before that)
• Additionally, Jaylen Nowell is shooting 92.3 percent during the final 2 minutes of each game (12-13) while David Crisp is 9-of-12 in that span (75.0)
• Junior Noah Dickerson is currently leading the team in FG percentage at 62.2 (46-74) ... as a sophomore Dickerson shot 54.7 percent (93-199) and as a freshman he shot 46.7 (146-267)
• UW has had 10 or more steals in four of its nine games ... last season Washington recorded just three total games of 10 or more steals in 31 outings ... the last season UW had five games with 10 or more steals was 2015-16 (5) and prior to that it was 2009-10 (9).
• Washington leads the league in steals at 8.8 per game, which also ranks tied for 24th nationally
• Junior Matisse Thybulle currently ranks fourth in the NCAA in steals, averaging 3.3 per game ... his 134 career steals tie for seventh in UW history (Bobby Jones, 134, 2003-06) ... the UW school record is 195 (Jamie Booker, 1994-97 over 109 games) ... he also leads the Pac-12 by 1.0 spg
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