Wednesday, November 21
Vancouver, Canada
3:30 PM
University of Washington
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Vancouver Showcase - vs. Minnesota
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Huskies Play for Vancouver Showcase Title Wednesday at 3:30
November 21, 2018 | Men's Basketball
Washington (4-1) vs. Minnesota (4-0)
UW wraps up the Vancouver Showcase on Wednesday, Nov. 21 as it takes on Minnesota at 3:30 p.m. at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Both teams are undefeated in their first two games of the inaugural tournament. The game will be televised by the Big Ten Network and 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 Minnesota 16 times in program history and own a 9-7 record in those meetings. The two programs last met in 2012 in the NIT semifinals with UW falling 67-68 in overtime (March 27).
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
• Senior Noah Dickerson posted his sixth career 20/10 double-double against Texas A&M leading the team with 24 points and 17 rebounds ... his 11 offensive rebounds were a career high and most by a Husky since Jon Brockman had 12 on Jan. 8, 2009 against Stanford
• As a whole, UW had 23 offensive rebounds, its most since it posted 29 at Gonzaga on Dec. 7, 2016
• Against A&M, sophomore Hameir Wright tied his career highs in rebounds (8), blocks (4) and steals (2) while playing in a career-high 36 minutes
• In the two Vancouver Showcase games, Dickerson is averaging a double double with 17.5 points and 11.0 rebounds while sophomore Jaylen Nowell is averaging 23.0 points on 62.5 percent shooting
• Sophomore Jaylen Nowell was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week on Nov. 19, 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
• Following his 32 points against Santa Clara, Nowell became the fastest player in UW history to reach 600 career points ... he now has 642 points in just 38 games played ... NBA All-Star Isaiah Thomas was next, as he reached 600 in 39 games
• Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has not scored below 14 points in a game this season ... he's averaging 19.4 ppg over the first five 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
• Sophomore Naz Carter has been providing a spark off the bench for the Huskies as he is averaging 9.6 points in 19.2 minutes per game
• Matisse Thybulle is the first player in Pac-12 history since 1992-93 with the career stat line of at least 100 blocks (116), 200 assists (207), 200 steals (218) and 300 rebounds (319), via SportsReference
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 218, has now recorded at least one steal in 51-straight games
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 17 of his 39 career games (43.5 percent) ... Nowell is 35-of-59 (59.3%) this season and for his career is at 46.8% (238-of-509)
• UW has two 1,000 point scorers on the team with the potential to add a third as Matisse Thybulle is 54 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 1,246 career points which ranks 26th while Crisp has 1,112 career points which ranks 33rd.
• Three Huskies are in the 100 games club now as seniors Thybulle and Crisp are at 104 career games while Dickerson is at 103 ... additionally Thybulle has started in all 104 career games while Dominic Green is just three games away at 97
• Dickerson is 250 rebounds away from becoming only the 15th member of the Pac-12's 1,000 career rebounds club. Dickerson, who has 750 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 218 career thefts following 101 as a junior in 2017-18, would join OSU's Gary Payton (321) as the lone members.
UW wraps up the Vancouver Showcase on Wednesday, Nov. 21 as it takes on Minnesota at 3:30 p.m. at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Both teams are undefeated in their first two games of the inaugural tournament. The game will be televised by the Big Ten Network and 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 Minnesota 16 times in program history and own a 9-7 record in those meetings. The two programs last met in 2012 in the NIT semifinals with UW falling 67-68 in overtime (March 27).
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
• Senior Noah Dickerson posted his sixth career 20/10 double-double against Texas A&M leading the team with 24 points and 17 rebounds ... his 11 offensive rebounds were a career high and most by a Husky since Jon Brockman had 12 on Jan. 8, 2009 against Stanford
• As a whole, UW had 23 offensive rebounds, its most since it posted 29 at Gonzaga on Dec. 7, 2016
• Against A&M, sophomore Hameir Wright tied his career highs in rebounds (8), blocks (4) and steals (2) while playing in a career-high 36 minutes
• In the two Vancouver Showcase games, Dickerson is averaging a double double with 17.5 points and 11.0 rebounds while sophomore Jaylen Nowell is averaging 23.0 points on 62.5 percent shooting
• Sophomore Jaylen Nowell was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week on Nov. 19, 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
• Following his 32 points against Santa Clara, Nowell became the fastest player in UW history to reach 600 career points ... he now has 642 points in just 38 games played ... NBA All-Star Isaiah Thomas was next, as he reached 600 in 39 games
• Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has not scored below 14 points in a game this season ... he's averaging 19.4 ppg over the first five 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
• Sophomore Naz Carter has been providing a spark off the bench for the Huskies as he is averaging 9.6 points in 19.2 minutes per game
• Matisse Thybulle is the first player in Pac-12 history since 1992-93 with the career stat line of at least 100 blocks (116), 200 assists (207), 200 steals (218) and 300 rebounds (319), via SportsReference
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 218, has now recorded at least one steal in 51-straight games
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 17 of his 39 career games (43.5 percent) ... Nowell is 35-of-59 (59.3%) this season and for his career is at 46.8% (238-of-509)
• UW has two 1,000 point scorers on the team with the potential to add a third as Matisse Thybulle is 54 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 1,246 career points which ranks 26th while Crisp has 1,112 career points which ranks 33rd.
• Three Huskies are in the 100 games club now as seniors Thybulle and Crisp are at 104 career games while Dickerson is at 103 ... additionally Thybulle has started in all 104 career games while Dominic Green is just three games away at 97
• Dickerson is 250 rebounds away from becoming only the 15th member of the Pac-12's 1,000 career rebounds club. Dickerson, who has 750 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 218 career thefts following 101 as a junior in 2017-18, would join OSU's Gary Payton (321) as the lone members.
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