Tuesday, November 27
Seattle, WA
6:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Eastern Washington
Dawgs Return to Alaska Airlines Arena to Host Eastern Washington
November 25, 2018 | Men's Basketball
Washington (4-2) vs Eastern Washington (1-3)
UW returns to Alaska Airlines Arena to face Eastern Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 6 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with J.B. Long and Don MacLean on the call. Additionally, fans can listen to Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on the Official Husky Radio Broadcast on 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM. The Huskies have faced Eastern Washington 15 times in program history and own a 14-1 record in those meetings. The two programs last met a year ago with UW taking a 79-69 victory in Seattle (Nov. 12, 2017).
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
• Over the three Vancouver Showcase games, senior Noah Dickerson nearly averaged a 20/10 double double as he averaged 21.0 points and 9.7 rebounds while shooting 51.4 percent from the field ... additionally sophomore Jaylen Nowell averaged 22.7 points on 61.5 percent shooting
• Dickerson posted back-to-back 20 point outings against Texas A&M (24) and Minnesota (28) ... it is the third time in the senior's career that he has had back-to-back 20 point games
• 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
• Senior David Crisp moved to 1,120 career points passing assistant coach Will Conroy for 31st all time at UW, Conroy posted 1,113 points his career (2001-05)
• Senior Matisse Thybulle is averaging 2.6 blocks over the first six games ... that's up from 1.4 as a junior, 0.7 as a sophomore and 0.9 as a freshman ... his career total of 119 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
• Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.6 blocks and 2.3 steals per game
• Joining Thybulle in the block party is sophomore Hameir Wright who already has 14 this year in six outings ... as a freshman Wright knocked away 36 blocks in 33 games
• Following his 32 points against Santa Clara, Nowell became the fastest player in UW history to reach 600 career points ... he now has 664 points in just 39 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 19.8 ppg over the first six 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 8.3 points in 19.5 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 (119), 200 assists (208), 200 steals (219) and 300 rebounds (322), via SportsReference
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 219, has now recorded at least one steal in 52-straight games
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 18 of his 40 career games (45.0 percent) ... Nowell is 44-of-74 (59.5%) this season and for his career is at 47.1% (247-of-524)
• 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 1,274 career points which ranks 26th while Crisp has 1,120 career points which ranks 31st.
• Three Huskies are in the 100 games club now as seniors Thybulle and Crisp are at 105 career games while Dickerson is at 104 ... additionally Thybulle has started in all 104 career games while Dominic Green is just two games away at 98
• Dickerson is 243 rebounds away from becoming only the 15th member of the Pac-12's 1,000 career rebounds club. Dickerson, who has 757 boards in his career, grabbed 284 boards as a junior in 2017-18.
UW returns to Alaska Airlines Arena to face Eastern Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 6 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with J.B. Long and Don MacLean on the call. Additionally, fans can listen to Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on the Official Husky Radio Broadcast on 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM. The Huskies have faced Eastern Washington 15 times in program history and own a 14-1 record in those meetings. The two programs last met a year ago with UW taking a 79-69 victory in Seattle (Nov. 12, 2017).
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
• Over the three Vancouver Showcase games, senior Noah Dickerson nearly averaged a 20/10 double double as he averaged 21.0 points and 9.7 rebounds while shooting 51.4 percent from the field ... additionally sophomore Jaylen Nowell averaged 22.7 points on 61.5 percent shooting
• Dickerson posted back-to-back 20 point outings against Texas A&M (24) and Minnesota (28) ... it is the third time in the senior's career that he has had back-to-back 20 point games
• 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
• Senior David Crisp moved to 1,120 career points passing assistant coach Will Conroy for 31st all time at UW, Conroy posted 1,113 points his career (2001-05)
• Senior Matisse Thybulle is averaging 2.6 blocks over the first six games ... that's up from 1.4 as a junior, 0.7 as a sophomore and 0.9 as a freshman ... his career total of 119 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
• Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.6 blocks and 2.3 steals per game
• Joining Thybulle in the block party is sophomore Hameir Wright who already has 14 this year in six outings ... as a freshman Wright knocked away 36 blocks in 33 games
• Following his 32 points against Santa Clara, Nowell became the fastest player in UW history to reach 600 career points ... he now has 664 points in just 39 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 19.8 ppg over the first six 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 8.3 points in 19.5 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 (119), 200 assists (208), 200 steals (219) and 300 rebounds (322), via SportsReference
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 219, has now recorded at least one steal in 52-straight games
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 18 of his 40 career games (45.0 percent) ... Nowell is 44-of-74 (59.5%) this season and for his career is at 47.1% (247-of-524)
• 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 1,274 career points which ranks 26th while Crisp has 1,120 career points which ranks 31st.
• Three Huskies are in the 100 games club now as seniors Thybulle and Crisp are at 105 career games while Dickerson is at 104 ... additionally Thybulle has started in all 104 career games while Dominic Green is just two games away at 98
• Dickerson is 243 rebounds away from becoming only the 15th member of the Pac-12's 1,000 career rebounds club. Dickerson, who has 757 boards in his career, grabbed 284 boards as a junior in 2017-18.
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