Tuesday, November 20
Vancouver, Canada
8:30 PM
University of Washington
vs
Vancouver Showcase- vs. Texas A&M
Huskies Face Texas A&M Tuesday at Vancouver Showcase
November 19, 2018 | Men's Basketball
Washington (3-1) vs. Texas A&M (1-3)
UW continues action at the Vancouver Showcase, next facing Texas A&M on Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 8:30 p.m. The game will be played at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia and will be televised on ESPN2. The game will also be broadcast on the official Husky Radio Broadcast with Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on the call. Fans can listen on 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM. The Huskies have faced Texas A&M six times in program history with A&M owning a 4-2 record in those meetings. The two programs last met in 2011 with UW falling 62-63 on the road (Dec. 11).
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
• Sophomore Jaylen Nowell was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after averaging 25.0 ppg, shooting 65.4 percent from the field, 54.5 percent from 3 and 76.9 percent from the FT line
• Nowell is coming off of a career-high tying 32 points in UW's win over Santa Clara
• Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has not scored below 16 points in a game this season ... he's averaging 20.8 ppg over the first four outings after leading the team with 16.0 ppg a year ago ... both him and Noah Dickerson have yet to score below 10 points this season
• Thanks to his 32 points against Santa Clara, Nowell now has 628 career points in just 38 games played making him the fastest player in UW history to reach 600 points ... Isaiah Thomas was next, as he reached 600 in 39 games
• Sophomore Naz Carter has been providing a spark off the bench for the Huskies as he is averaging 10 points in 19.5 minutes per game ... additionally, against Santa Clara, he added a career high seven rebounds
• Senior Noah Dickerson is averaging 14.3 ppg in 24.0 minutes over the first four games ... he's also shooting 82.6 from the FT line (19-23), up from 78.6 as a junior, 67.6 as a sophomore and 62.4 percent as a freshman
• Matisse Thybulle is the first player in Pac-12 history since 1992-93 with the career stat line of at least 100 blocks (114), 200 assists (206), 200 steals (214) and 300 rebounds (319), via SportsReference
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 214, has now recorded at least one steal in 50-straight games
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 17 of his 38 career games (44.7 percent) including his most recent outing vs. Santa Clara where he went 11-of-15 from the field for 32 points ... Nowell is 20-of-35 (57.1%) this season and for his career is at 46.8% (234-of-485)
• UW has two 1,000 point scorers on the team with the potential to add a third as Matisse Thybulle is 61 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). Dickerson currently has 1,222 career points which ranks 27th while Crisp has 1,105 career points which ranks 33rd.
• Three Huskies are in the 100 games club now as seniors Thybulle and Crisp are at 103 career games while Dickerson is at 102 ... additionally Thybulle has started in all 103 career games
• Dickerson is 267 rebounds away from becoming only the 15th member of the Pac-12's 1,000 career rebounds club. Dickerson, who has 733 boards in his career, grabbed 284 boards as a junior in 2017-18.
• With another 100-steal season, Thybulle could become only the second member of the Pac-12's 300 career steals club. Thybulle, who has 214 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 404 career games including 263 career starts which is the most by any four seniors at a Power 5 school
• With his 106 assists a year ago, Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to record 100 assists in a single season … he is 45 away from entering UW's career top 10 list as he has 272 total assists
UW continues action at the Vancouver Showcase, next facing Texas A&M on Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 8:30 p.m. The game will be played at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia and will be televised on ESPN2. The game will also be broadcast on the official Husky Radio Broadcast with Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on the call. Fans can listen on 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM. The Huskies have faced Texas A&M six times in program history with A&M owning a 4-2 record in those meetings. The two programs last met in 2011 with UW falling 62-63 on the road (Dec. 11).
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
• Sophomore Jaylen Nowell was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after averaging 25.0 ppg, shooting 65.4 percent from the field, 54.5 percent from 3 and 76.9 percent from the FT line
• Nowell is coming off of a career-high tying 32 points in UW's win over Santa Clara
• Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has not scored below 16 points in a game this season ... he's averaging 20.8 ppg over the first four outings after leading the team with 16.0 ppg a year ago ... both him and Noah Dickerson have yet to score below 10 points this season
• Thanks to his 32 points against Santa Clara, Nowell now has 628 career points in just 38 games played making him the fastest player in UW history to reach 600 points ... Isaiah Thomas was next, as he reached 600 in 39 games
• Sophomore Naz Carter has been providing a spark off the bench for the Huskies as he is averaging 10 points in 19.5 minutes per game ... additionally, against Santa Clara, he added a career high seven rebounds
• Senior Noah Dickerson is averaging 14.3 ppg in 24.0 minutes over the first four games ... he's also shooting 82.6 from the FT line (19-23), up from 78.6 as a junior, 67.6 as a sophomore and 62.4 percent as a freshman
• Matisse Thybulle is the first player in Pac-12 history since 1992-93 with the career stat line of at least 100 blocks (114), 200 assists (206), 200 steals (214) and 300 rebounds (319), via SportsReference
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 214, has now recorded at least one steal in 50-straight games
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 17 of his 38 career games (44.7 percent) including his most recent outing vs. Santa Clara where he went 11-of-15 from the field for 32 points ... Nowell is 20-of-35 (57.1%) this season and for his career is at 46.8% (234-of-485)
• UW has two 1,000 point scorers on the team with the potential to add a third as Matisse Thybulle is 61 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). Dickerson currently has 1,222 career points which ranks 27th while Crisp has 1,105 career points which ranks 33rd.
• Three Huskies are in the 100 games club now as seniors Thybulle and Crisp are at 103 career games while Dickerson is at 102 ... additionally Thybulle has started in all 103 career games
• Dickerson is 267 rebounds away from becoming only the 15th member of the Pac-12's 1,000 career rebounds club. Dickerson, who has 733 boards in his career, grabbed 284 boards as a junior in 2017-18.
• With another 100-steal season, Thybulle could become only the second member of the Pac-12's 300 career steals club. Thybulle, who has 214 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 404 career games including 263 career starts which is the most by any four seniors at a Power 5 school
• With his 106 assists a year ago, Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to record 100 assists in a single season … he is 45 away from entering UW's career top 10 list as he has 272 total assists
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