UW Hosts Final Home Game Saturday at 5 p.m. vs. No. 5 Arizona

Saturday, February 18

Seattle, Wash.

5:00 PM

University of Washington

Arizona

UW Hosts Final Home Game Saturday at 5 p.m. vs. No. 5 Arizona

February 17, 2017 | Men's Basketball

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UW (9-17, 2-12) vs. #5 Arizona (24-3, 13-1)
UW hosts its final home game of the regular season on Saturday, Feb. 18, as it welcomes No. 5 Arizona at 5 p.m.The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 with Dave Pasch and Bill Walton on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton call the action. Arizona leads the all-time series 51-28. The Wildcats won the first meeting this season 66-77 on Jan. 29 in Tucson. When hosting a top-five team at Hec Ed, UW is 11-30 and have a 3-7 record when playing the No. 5 team at home.

The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 298-191 (.610) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 391-279 (.583) 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 Carlos Johnson and sophomore Matisse Thybulle each posted a double-double against Arizona State making it the first time since Nov. 25, 2016 that two Husky guards have had a double-double in the same game (Dejounte Murray, Andrew Andrews)
• Johnson recorded career-highs off the bench in points (19) and rebounds (12) against ASU
• Washington scored its most points (81) against Arizona State since scoring 85 in a win over Colorado (Jan. 18).
• Freshman Markelle Fultz is six points away from tying the UW freshman scoring record as he sits at 553 ... the record is held by Tony Wroten (559, 2011-12)
• Five players reached double figures against Arizona State led by Carlos Johnson and Markelle Fultz who both knocked in 19 ... its the third time this season five players have scored 10 or more points in a single game
• 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 54 steals are tied for eighth 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 28th nationally
• Thybulle has started in 60-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 six-straight double-digit outings, averaging 13.3 ppg and 6.7 rpg in that span ... Dickerson averaged 8.4 ppg and 7.0 rpg during the first eight Pac-12 games
• 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.
• Fultz is the 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 23.0 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 24.1 leads the league by almost five points - the Pac-12 single-season conference scoring record is 27.8 (Reggie Miller, UCLA, 1986) ... he is also the leading freshman scorer in the NCAA at 23.0 ppg, which ranks 8th overall
• 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 54 steals and 48 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.
• Fultz has led the team in points and assists in 16 games this season and has led in points, rebounds and assists in eight of UW's 25 games
• Fultz currently has 142 assists on the season which are second on UW's freshmen list ... the freshman record is 151 set by Dejounte Murray in 2015-16