Huskies Host San Diego on Monday at 8 p.m.

Washington (1-1) vs. San Diego (2-0)
UW returns to the friendly confines of Alaska Airlines Arena, where it has 991 wins, on Monday, November 11, to take on San Diego at 8 p.m. The game will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks with Guy Haberman and Mike Montgomery on the call. Fans can also tune into 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM to listen to the official Husky Radio Broadcast from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. The teams have split the two previous meetings with UW taking the most recent, 98-94, on Dec. 1, 2001 in San Diego.

The Coach
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his second year at Washington, and second as a head coach after 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. In his first year at UW, Hopkins earned the 2018 Pac-12 Coach of the Year Award while leading the Huskies to a 21-13 record ending in the second round of the NIT.

Quick Hitters
• Washington is holding opponents to 36.2 percent shooting from the field and 28.6 percent from 3-point range in the second half while shooting 58.7 percent from FG range and 50 percent from long distance in the same half ...the Huskies are also holding opponents to an average of just 29.5 points in the second 20 minutes of the first two games compared to 42.0 in the first half.
• With his five assists at No. 11 Auburn, Matisse Thybulle moved to 204 career assists making him the first player in Pac-12 history since 1992-93 with the career stat line of at least 100 blocks (111), 200 assists (204), 200 steals (208) and 300 rebounds (312), via SportsReference
• Matisse Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 208, has now recorded at least one steal in 48-straight games
• Thybulle's six blocks against WKU tied his career high and were the most by a Husky since he had six in the season opener against Yale on Nov. 13, 2016
• Sophomore Jaylen Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 15 of his 35 career games (42.8 percent) including his most recent outing at Auburn where he went 7-of-9 from the field for 16 points counting a perfect 2-of-2 from 3-point range ... Nowell is 14-of-24 (58.3%) this season and for his career is at 45.1% (217-of-474)
• Washington currently has two 1,000 point scorers on the team with the potential to add a third as Matisse Thybulle is 69 points away. Only two rosters in UW history have had three 1,000 point scorers at the same time, 2008-09 (NCAA Round of 32) and 1998-99 (NCAA Round of 64). Noah Dickerson currently has 1,183 career points which ranks 27th while David Crisp has 1,080 career points which ranks 33rd.
• Three Huskies are in the 100 games club now as seniors Matisse Thybulle and Davis Crisp are at 101 career games while senior Noah Dickerson played in his 100th game at Auburn ... additionally Thybulle has started in all 101 career games
• UW has representatives on three of the Naismith Starting Five National Award Watch Lists in sophomore Jaylen Nowell (Jerry West Shooting Guard Award), senior Matisse Thybulle (Julius Erving Small Forward Award) and senior Noah Dickerson (Karl Malone Power Forward Award). UW is one of 11 schools nationally to have representatives on three of the 11 awards joining Kentucky, Duke, Tennessee, Virginia, Kansas, Nevada, Auburn, Oregon and Gonzaga.
• With 280 more this year, Noah Dickerson can become only the 15th member of the Pac-12's 1,000 career rebounds club. Dickerson, who has 720 boards in his career, grabbed 284 boards as a junior in 2017-18.
• With another 100-steal season, Matisse Thybulle could become only the second member of the Pac-12's 300 career steals club. Thybulle, who has 208 career thefts following 101 as a junior in 2017-18, would join OSU's Gary Payton (321) as the lone members.
• UW's senior class of Dominic Green, David Crisp, Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle have combined to play in 396 career games including 257 career starts which is the most by any four seniors at a Power 5 school
• With his 106 assists a year ago, junior David Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to record 100 assists in a single season … he is 50 away from entering UW's career top 10 list as he has 267 total assists

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David Crisp

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Jaylen Nowell

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