Thursday, February 1
Seattle, WA
8:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Arizona State
Photo by: Red Box Pictures
Dawgs Continue Homestand Hosting No. 25 Arizona State Thursday
January 31, 2018 | Men's Basketball
UW (15-6, 5-3) vs. No. 25 ASU (16-5, 4-5)
UW continues its three-game homestand at Alaska Airlines Arena, this time taking on two-straight ranked opponents starting with No. 25 Arizona State on Thursday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. The game will be televised on Pac-12 Networks with Guy Haberman and Eldridge Recasner 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. This is the only meeting between the two squads this season as UW does not travel to Arizona.
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
• Washington posted its largest win margin of Pac-12 conference play this season defeating WSU by 18 points
• The last time UW played ranked teams back-to-back at home was the 2006-07 season where it defeated No. 23 USC (85-70) and No. 2 UCLA (61-51) on March 1 and March 3, respectively
• Washington shot over 50 percent from the field against the Cougs (53.6), marking the eighth time this year this team has shot 50 percent or better from the field
• Junior Matisse Thybulle recorded back-to-back 18-point outings against Colorado and WSU to mark the first time in his career with two-straight games with at least 18 points ... he also averaged 58.3 percent shooting, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists with just one turnover in those two games
• Freshman Jaylen Nowell set a career-high with nine rebounds against WSU
• Since Pac-12 play has started, UW has held all eight of its opponents to a lower 3-point FG percentage than they had entering the game and on average are holding opponents to 3.4 less 3's per game compared to their season average
• The Dawgs assisted on 66.7 percent of their baskets against WSU, dishing out 20 or more for the third time this season ... all three of those time coming in the last 10 games
Washington recorded a season-high 50 rebounds at Colorado, its most since 54 at Gonzaga a year ago (Dec. 7, 2016) ... additionally UW had two players with 10 or more rebounds in Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle for the first time this season
• The Huskies have recorded 10 or more steals nine times this season in its 20 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 168 career steals (5th) and 86 career blocks (9th).
• Thybulle is also nearing the UW single-season steals record as he currently has 64 which is fourth ... the junior also holds the third-best single-season mark as he recorded 65 a year ago in 31 games ... the single season record is 67 (Bryant Boston, 1994-95, 27 games).
• 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 937 points ... his average of 14.2 ppg has him on pace to reach that mark this season
• In 21 games, freshman Jaylen Nowell has recorded seven 20+ scoring efforts while leading the team in scoring 10 times ... he has scored at least 10 points in 14-straight games and in 20 of his 21 career games
• Nowell is now ninth all time amongst UW freshmen in scoring as he has 351 career points passing Quincy Pondexter (2006-07, 342 points) ... eighth place is Mark Sanford (1994-95, 378 points)
• In its 15 wins, UW is shooting 50.5 percent from the field with three of its starters shooting over 50 percent (Timmins, 63.3; Dickerson, 58.6; Nowell, 53.6) in those wins
• 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 seven of its 15 wins
• UW is shooting 77.1 percent from the FT line in final five minutes of its 21 games and that goes to 78.8 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 continues its three-game homestand at Alaska Airlines Arena, this time taking on two-straight ranked opponents starting with No. 25 Arizona State on Thursday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. The game will be televised on Pac-12 Networks with Guy Haberman and Eldridge Recasner 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. This is the only meeting between the two squads this season as UW does not travel to Arizona.
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
• Washington posted its largest win margin of Pac-12 conference play this season defeating WSU by 18 points
• The last time UW played ranked teams back-to-back at home was the 2006-07 season where it defeated No. 23 USC (85-70) and No. 2 UCLA (61-51) on March 1 and March 3, respectively
• Washington shot over 50 percent from the field against the Cougs (53.6), marking the eighth time this year this team has shot 50 percent or better from the field
• Junior Matisse Thybulle recorded back-to-back 18-point outings against Colorado and WSU to mark the first time in his career with two-straight games with at least 18 points ... he also averaged 58.3 percent shooting, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists with just one turnover in those two games
• Freshman Jaylen Nowell set a career-high with nine rebounds against WSU
• Since Pac-12 play has started, UW has held all eight of its opponents to a lower 3-point FG percentage than they had entering the game and on average are holding opponents to 3.4 less 3's per game compared to their season average
• The Dawgs assisted on 66.7 percent of their baskets against WSU, dishing out 20 or more for the third time this season ... all three of those time coming in the last 10 games
Washington recorded a season-high 50 rebounds at Colorado, its most since 54 at Gonzaga a year ago (Dec. 7, 2016) ... additionally UW had two players with 10 or more rebounds in Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle for the first time this season
• The Huskies have recorded 10 or more steals nine times this season in its 20 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 168 career steals (5th) and 86 career blocks (9th).
• Thybulle is also nearing the UW single-season steals record as he currently has 64 which is fourth ... the junior also holds the third-best single-season mark as he recorded 65 a year ago in 31 games ... the single season record is 67 (Bryant Boston, 1994-95, 27 games).
• 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 937 points ... his average of 14.2 ppg has him on pace to reach that mark this season
• In 21 games, freshman Jaylen Nowell has recorded seven 20+ scoring efforts while leading the team in scoring 10 times ... he has scored at least 10 points in 14-straight games and in 20 of his 21 career games
• Nowell is now ninth all time amongst UW freshmen in scoring as he has 351 career points passing Quincy Pondexter (2006-07, 342 points) ... eighth place is Mark Sanford (1994-95, 378 points)
• In its 15 wins, UW is shooting 50.5 percent from the field with three of its starters shooting over 50 percent (Timmins, 63.3; Dickerson, 58.6; Nowell, 53.6) in those wins
• 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 seven of its 15 wins
• UW is shooting 77.1 percent from the FT line in final five minutes of its 21 games and that goes to 78.8 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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