
Huskies Conclude Regular Season at USC on Saturday
March 03, 2017 | Men's Basketball
UW (9-20, 2-15) at USC (22-8, 9-8)
UW wraps up the regular season on the road facing USC in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 4 at 3:30 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with J.B. Long and Don Maclean on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton call the action. USC took home the first meeting this season edging Washington 82-74 in Seattle (Feb. 1).
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 298-194 (.606) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 391-282 (.581) 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 Noah Dickerson recorded his second-straight double double and his sixth of the season after tying his career-high with 23 points and adding 15 rebounds at No. 3 UCLA ... Dickerson registered 16 pts and 13 boards at WSU.
• It is the second time this season Dickerson has recorded back-to-back double doubles after having done so against Cal Poly and at Seattle U back in December
• Dickerson's 240 total rebounds this season are also third all-time by a UW sophomore and are seventh in the Pac-12 this season
• Dickerson is also averaging 17.7 ppg and 12.3 rpg while shooting 62.2 percent from the field over UW's last three outings while hitting double-figures in 10-straight outings.
• Freshman Carlos Johnson made his first career start at Washington State and has also posted two of his six double-digit scoring efforts this season over the last four outings
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle's 58 steals are the most by a sophomore in UW history and are seventh on the UW single-season top 10 list (one shy of tying Jason Hamilton's 59, 1995-96)... 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 30th nationally
• Thybulle has started in 63-straight games, which is the longest streak since by a Husky since C.J. Wilcox started 66-straight over his final 66 games (2013-14, 12-13)
• Thybulle has also reached double figures in three of the last four outings, averaing 12.8 during that span and going 8-of-8 from the FT line ... his rebounding is also up to 4.4 from 3.1 overall during the last four games
• Freshman Markelle Fultz has almost reached 600 points (579), 150 assists (148) and 150 rebounds (143) and should he get to 600-150-150, he'll be just the second player in UW history (since assists starting being kept in 1974-75) to do so (Andrew Andrews, 2015-17; 712p/195r/166a) ... Andrews took 31 games, while Fultz could reach it in under 30
• 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)
• Freshman Markelle Fultz set the UW freshman scoring record against Arizona as he now sits at 579 total points this season ... his 579 points are also the 11th most in a single-season in UW history, and he is just 21 points away from becoming just the eighth player in UW history to post 600 or more points in a season
• 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)
• 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 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 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
UW wraps up the regular season on the road facing USC in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 4 at 3:30 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with J.B. Long and Don Maclean on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton call the action. USC took home the first meeting this season edging Washington 82-74 in Seattle (Feb. 1).
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 298-194 (.606) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 391-282 (.581) 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 Noah Dickerson recorded his second-straight double double and his sixth of the season after tying his career-high with 23 points and adding 15 rebounds at No. 3 UCLA ... Dickerson registered 16 pts and 13 boards at WSU.
• It is the second time this season Dickerson has recorded back-to-back double doubles after having done so against Cal Poly and at Seattle U back in December
• Dickerson's 240 total rebounds this season are also third all-time by a UW sophomore and are seventh in the Pac-12 this season
• Dickerson is also averaging 17.7 ppg and 12.3 rpg while shooting 62.2 percent from the field over UW's last three outings while hitting double-figures in 10-straight outings.
• Freshman Carlos Johnson made his first career start at Washington State and has also posted two of his six double-digit scoring efforts this season over the last four outings
• Sophomore Matisse Thybulle's 58 steals are the most by a sophomore in UW history and are seventh on the UW single-season top 10 list (one shy of tying Jason Hamilton's 59, 1995-96)... 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 30th nationally
• Thybulle has started in 63-straight games, which is the longest streak since by a Husky since C.J. Wilcox started 66-straight over his final 66 games (2013-14, 12-13)
• Thybulle has also reached double figures in three of the last four outings, averaing 12.8 during that span and going 8-of-8 from the FT line ... his rebounding is also up to 4.4 from 3.1 overall during the last four games
• Freshman Markelle Fultz has almost reached 600 points (579), 150 assists (148) and 150 rebounds (143) and should he get to 600-150-150, he'll be just the second player in UW history (since assists starting being kept in 1974-75) to do so (Andrew Andrews, 2015-17; 712p/195r/166a) ... Andrews took 31 games, while Fultz could reach it in under 30
• 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)
• Freshman Markelle Fultz set the UW freshman scoring record against Arizona as he now sits at 579 total points this season ... his 579 points are also the 11th most in a single-season in UW history, and he is just 21 points away from becoming just the eighth player in UW history to post 600 or more points in a season
• 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)
• 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 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 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
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