Dawgs Host Arizona State, Thursday at 8 p.m.

Thursday, February 16

Seattle, Wash.

8:00 PM

University of Washington

Arizona State

February 14, 2017 | Men's Basketball

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UW (9-16, 2-11) vs. Arizona St. (12-14, 5-8)
UW returns to Alaska Airlines Arena for its final two home games of the season first taking on Arizona State at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16. The game will be nationally televised by Fox Sports 1 with Rich Waltz 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. UW leads the all-time series 43-38 with a 23-15 advantage when playing in Seattle.

The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 298-190 (.611) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 391-278 (.584) 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 David Crisp scored a career-high 31 points at Utah, making him the second player this year to post 30 or more points in a game ... he is also one of 10 players under Romar to post 30 points while shooting at least 60 percent from the field (Fultz, Andrew Andrews, Dejounte Murray, CJ Wilcox, Justin Dentmon, Jon Brockman, Ryan Appleby, Nate Robinson, Brandon Roy, Will Conroy)
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle's 52 steals are tied for 10th on 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 2.1 steals per game which also ranks tied for 26th nationally
• Thybulle has started in 59-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 five-straight double-digit outings, averaging 13.8 ppg and 6.8 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 games this past weekend at Colorado and Utah … 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 52 steals and 45 TOs ... he joins De'Anthony Melton of USC who has 49 steals over 46 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
• 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