Saturday, January 20
Boulder, CO
3:00 PM
University of Washington
at
Colorado
Photo by: Red Box Pictures
UW Wraps Up Mountain Swing at Colorado on Saturday at 3 p.m.
January 19, 2018 | Men's Basketball
UW (13-6, 3-3) at Colorado (12-7, 4-3)
UW wraps up its mountain road trip on Saturday as it faces Colorado on Jan. 20 at 3 p.m. PT. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with J.B. Long and Mike Montgomery 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. Washington leads the series 12-11 and last won at Colorado on Jan. 22, 2015 (52-50).
The Coach
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in 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
• The Huskies have recorded 10 or more steals nine times this season in its 19 games ... the last season where UW had at least 10 steals nine times was the 2009-10 campaign
•Junior Matisse Thybulle became the first Husky in program history to rank in the career top 10 in both categories ... Thybulle has 163 career steals (5th) and 84 career blocks (T9th).
• Thybulle is also nearing the UW single-season steals record as he currently has 59 which is tied for seventh with Jason Hamilton (1995-96) ... the junior also holds the third-best single-season mark as he recorded 65 a year ago in 31 games.
• In UW's three road wins (Kansas, USC, WSU), it has five players in double-digit scoring, are shooting 55.9 percent from the field while holding opponents to 44.8 while that number drops when you look at the opponent's 3-point FG percentage in those games (22.4 percent)
• Junior Noah Dickerson is getting close to becoming the 36th player in UW history to reach the 1,000 career scoring mark as he currently has 914 points ... his average of 14.5 ppg has him on pace to reach that mark this season
• UW is also having another impact on the defensive end as it has posted games of 10 or more blocks three times and five or more blocks nine times
• In 19 games, freshman Jaylen Nowell has recorded seven 20+ scoring efforts while leading the team in scoring nine times ... he has scored at least 10 points in 12-straight games and in 18 of his 19 career games
• In its 13 wins, UW is shooting 51.0 percent from the field with three of its starters shooting over 50 percent (Timmins, 65.9; Dickerson, 62.3; Nowell, 53.1) in those wins
• Sophomore Sam Timmins has passed his point total from last season as he now has 100 career points ... he had 98 in 30 games a year ago
• Timmins has also upped his FT attempts, making it to the charity stripe 48 times in 19 games shooting a 54.2 percent clip ... last season he was just 6-of-16 for 37.5 percent in 30 games
• Thybulle is creating scoring on the direct next possession of 61.0 percent of his 59 steals this year ... over the last two years he is creating scoring on 55.6 percent of the next possession and for his career he is at 55.8 percent (91 of 163 steals)
• Washington has shot over 50 percent from the field in seven of its 19 games ... in the last four seasons, it's taken UW at least 30 games to get to seven outings with 50 percent or better shooting from the field
• Washington has overcome 10 point deficits three times this season in wins over Belmont, USC and Washington State .. additionally, UW has trailed by at least five in six of its 13 wins
• Over his first four games before suffering an injury, freshman Michael Carter III averaged just 0.3 points, 5.8 minutes and 0.3 rebounds ... since returning and seeing action in four games, he has averaged 4.3 points, 13.0 minutes and 1.0 rebounds in that span
• Junior Matisse Thybulle is the only active player in NCAA Division 1 to have over 160 steals and 80 blocks in their career ... his 163 steals rank tied for 17th amongst the NCAA active career leaders in that category
• Washington has had fewer turnovers than its opponents in 13 of its 19 games and are 9-4 in those outings
• UW is shooting 78.7 percent from the FT line in final five minutes of its 19 games and that goes to 78.3 percent in the final two minutes ... UW has not been that efficient from the FT line during those two spans since the 2009-10 season (78.2 final five; 81.4 final two)
UW wraps up its mountain road trip on Saturday as it faces Colorado on Jan. 20 at 3 p.m. PT. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with J.B. Long and Mike Montgomery 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. Washington leads the series 12-11 and last won at Colorado on Jan. 22, 2015 (52-50).
The Coach
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in 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
• The Huskies have recorded 10 or more steals nine times this season in its 19 games ... the last season where UW had at least 10 steals nine times was the 2009-10 campaign
•Junior Matisse Thybulle became the first Husky in program history to rank in the career top 10 in both categories ... Thybulle has 163 career steals (5th) and 84 career blocks (T9th).
• Thybulle is also nearing the UW single-season steals record as he currently has 59 which is tied for seventh with Jason Hamilton (1995-96) ... the junior also holds the third-best single-season mark as he recorded 65 a year ago in 31 games.
• In UW's three road wins (Kansas, USC, WSU), it has five players in double-digit scoring, are shooting 55.9 percent from the field while holding opponents to 44.8 while that number drops when you look at the opponent's 3-point FG percentage in those games (22.4 percent)
• Junior Noah Dickerson is getting close to becoming the 36th player in UW history to reach the 1,000 career scoring mark as he currently has 914 points ... his average of 14.5 ppg has him on pace to reach that mark this season
• UW is also having another impact on the defensive end as it has posted games of 10 or more blocks three times and five or more blocks nine times
• In 19 games, freshman Jaylen Nowell has recorded seven 20+ scoring efforts while leading the team in scoring nine times ... he has scored at least 10 points in 12-straight games and in 18 of his 19 career games
• In its 13 wins, UW is shooting 51.0 percent from the field with three of its starters shooting over 50 percent (Timmins, 65.9; Dickerson, 62.3; Nowell, 53.1) in those wins
• Sophomore Sam Timmins has passed his point total from last season as he now has 100 career points ... he had 98 in 30 games a year ago
• Timmins has also upped his FT attempts, making it to the charity stripe 48 times in 19 games shooting a 54.2 percent clip ... last season he was just 6-of-16 for 37.5 percent in 30 games
• Thybulle is creating scoring on the direct next possession of 61.0 percent of his 59 steals this year ... over the last two years he is creating scoring on 55.6 percent of the next possession and for his career he is at 55.8 percent (91 of 163 steals)
• Washington has shot over 50 percent from the field in seven of its 19 games ... in the last four seasons, it's taken UW at least 30 games to get to seven outings with 50 percent or better shooting from the field
• Washington has overcome 10 point deficits three times this season in wins over Belmont, USC and Washington State .. additionally, UW has trailed by at least five in six of its 13 wins
• Over his first four games before suffering an injury, freshman Michael Carter III averaged just 0.3 points, 5.8 minutes and 0.3 rebounds ... since returning and seeing action in four games, he has averaged 4.3 points, 13.0 minutes and 1.0 rebounds in that span
• Junior Matisse Thybulle is the only active player in NCAA Division 1 to have over 160 steals and 80 blocks in their career ... his 163 steals rank tied for 17th amongst the NCAA active career leaders in that category
• Washington has had fewer turnovers than its opponents in 13 of its 19 games and are 9-4 in those outings
• UW is shooting 78.7 percent from the FT line in final five minutes of its 19 games and that goes to 78.3 percent in the final two minutes ... UW has not been that efficient from the FT line during those two spans since the 2009-10 season (78.2 final five; 81.4 final two)
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