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Huskies Conclude Mountain Swing at Utah, Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
February 10, 2017 | Men's Basketball
UW (9-15, 2-10) vs. Utah (16-8, 7-5)
UW continues its Pac-12 Mountain swing as it visits Utah at the Huntsman Center Saturday at 1:30 p.m. PT. The game will be nationally televised by Fox Sports 1 with Aaron Goldsmith and Casey Jacobsen on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton call the action. Utah leads the all-time series 12-9 and won the last meeting between the two squads 94-72 in Seattle (Jan. 21, 2017).
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 298-189 (.612) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 391-277 (.585) 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
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle's 47 steals are five shy of cracking the UW single-season top 10 list and his six against No. 11 UCLA tie for the eighth-most in UW single-game history ... he leads the Pac-12 with 2.0 steals per game which also ranks tied for 40th nationally• Thybulle has started in 58-straight games, the longest streak since by a Husky since Nigel Williams-Goss started 62-straight in his first two seasons (2013-14, 14-15)
• Sophomore Noah Dickerson has recorded four-straight double-digit outings, averaging 12.8 ppg and 7.5 rpg in that span ... Dickerson averaged 8.4 ppg and 7.0 rpg during the first eight Pac-12 games
• Freshman Markelle Fultz missed his first career game Thursday at Colorado due to a sore left knee, his status is day-to-day.
• Fultz has had 10 games of at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists this season which is the most by a Husky player under Romar ... additionally it is the most 20-5-5 games by a player averaging over 20 points in the NCAA this season.
• Freshman Markelle Fultz is the only player in the NCAA averaging 20 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds as of Feb. 10 ... he is also the only guard in the last 25 years to average 20-5-5 while shooting 40.0 percent from the 3-point line (via Sports Reference).
• Fultz's 23.2 ppg average is not only leading the Pac-12 but is on pace to be the highest scoring average by a league player in 20 years (Ed Gray, Cal, 1996-97 - 24.8) ... additionally, his conference scoring average of 24.5 leads the league by five points - the Pac-12 single-season conference scoring record is 27.8 (Reggie Miller, UCLA, 1986).
• Fultz is the only Pac-12 player to be in the top five in the league in points, assists and steals while also being in the top 10 in assist to turnover ratio
• Fultz has been named to the midseason watchlists for the Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard of the Year), Oscar Robertson Trophy (Player of the Year) and the Wayman Tisdale Award (Freshman of the Year) ... he is also on the Wooden Award late season list and the Naismith Trophy Top 30 list
• Thybulle is one of three Pac-12 players that can boast more steals than turnovers, as Thybulle has a team-best 47 steals and 41 TOs ... he joins De'Anthony Melton of USC who has 47 steals over 42 TOs and Jonah Matthews (USC) who is at 29 steals and 17 turnovers.
• UW, which led the NCAA in blocks last year, is the only team in the country with three games of 13+blocks, also marking the first time under Romar for a team to post at least 13 blocks in 3 or more games ... the Dawgs are currently sixth in the nation averaging 6.0 per game
• Fultz has led the team in points and assists in 15 games this season and has led in points, rebounds and assists in eight of UW's 24 games
• Additionally during the second half (and overtime) this season that he has seen action in, Fultz has been accountable for 51.1 percent of UW's scoring between points and assists and that number jumps to 57.9 in Pac-12 Conference play action as he has been accountable for 245 of UW's 423 second half (or overtime) points in league action.
• Fultz currently has 138 assists on the season which are third on UW's freshmen list ... the freshman record is 151 set by Dejounte Murray in 2015-16 ... his 534 points are fourth on the freshman list
• Fultz is the leading freshman scorer in the NCAA at 23.2 points per game which ranks fourth overall
UW continues its Pac-12 Mountain swing as it visits Utah at the Huntsman Center Saturday at 1:30 p.m. PT. The game will be nationally televised by Fox Sports 1 with Aaron Goldsmith and Casey Jacobsen on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton call the action. Utah leads the all-time series 12-9 and won the last meeting between the two squads 94-72 in Seattle (Jan. 21, 2017).
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 298-189 (.612) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 391-277 (.585) 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
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle's 47 steals are five shy of cracking the UW single-season top 10 list and his six against No. 11 UCLA tie for the eighth-most in UW single-game history ... he leads the Pac-12 with 2.0 steals per game which also ranks tied for 40th nationally• Thybulle has started in 58-straight games, the longest streak since by a Husky since Nigel Williams-Goss started 62-straight in his first two seasons (2013-14, 14-15)
• Sophomore Noah Dickerson has recorded four-straight double-digit outings, averaging 12.8 ppg and 7.5 rpg in that span ... Dickerson averaged 8.4 ppg and 7.0 rpg during the first eight Pac-12 games
• Freshman Markelle Fultz missed his first career game Thursday at Colorado due to a sore left knee, his status is day-to-day.
• Fultz has had 10 games of at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists this season which is the most by a Husky player under Romar ... additionally it is the most 20-5-5 games by a player averaging over 20 points in the NCAA this season.
• Freshman Markelle Fultz is the only player in the NCAA averaging 20 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds as of Feb. 10 ... he is also the only guard in the last 25 years to average 20-5-5 while shooting 40.0 percent from the 3-point line (via Sports Reference).
• Fultz's 23.2 ppg average is not only leading the Pac-12 but is on pace to be the highest scoring average by a league player in 20 years (Ed Gray, Cal, 1996-97 - 24.8) ... additionally, his conference scoring average of 24.5 leads the league by five points - the Pac-12 single-season conference scoring record is 27.8 (Reggie Miller, UCLA, 1986).
• Fultz is the only Pac-12 player to be in the top five in the league in points, assists and steals while also being in the top 10 in assist to turnover ratio
• Fultz has been named to the midseason watchlists for the Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard of the Year), Oscar Robertson Trophy (Player of the Year) and the Wayman Tisdale Award (Freshman of the Year) ... he is also on the Wooden Award late season list and the Naismith Trophy Top 30 list
• Thybulle is one of three Pac-12 players that can boast more steals than turnovers, as Thybulle has a team-best 47 steals and 41 TOs ... he joins De'Anthony Melton of USC who has 47 steals over 42 TOs and Jonah Matthews (USC) who is at 29 steals and 17 turnovers.
• UW, which led the NCAA in blocks last year, is the only team in the country with three games of 13+blocks, also marking the first time under Romar for a team to post at least 13 blocks in 3 or more games ... the Dawgs are currently sixth in the nation averaging 6.0 per game
• Fultz has led the team in points and assists in 15 games this season and has led in points, rebounds and assists in eight of UW's 24 games
• Additionally during the second half (and overtime) this season that he has seen action in, Fultz has been accountable for 51.1 percent of UW's scoring between points and assists and that number jumps to 57.9 in Pac-12 Conference play action as he has been accountable for 245 of UW's 423 second half (or overtime) points in league action.
• Fultz currently has 138 assists on the season which are third on UW's freshmen list ... the freshman record is 151 set by Dejounte Murray in 2015-16 ... his 534 points are fourth on the freshman list
• Fultz is the leading freshman scorer in the NCAA at 23.2 points per game which ranks fourth overall
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