Friday, December 21
Seattle, WA
6:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Sacramento State
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Dawgs Host Sacramento State, Friday at 6 p.m.
December 19, 2018 | Men's Basketball
Washington (7-4) vs. Sacramento State (6-2)
UW is back in Seattle for two games as it first hosts Sacramento State on Friday, Dec. 21 at 6 p.m. The game will be televised by Pac-12 Networks with Greg Heister and Eldridge Recasner 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 and Hornets are facing off for the third time in program history with UW owning a 2-0 record including an 83-74 victory in their last meeting in Seattle on Nov. 19, 2006.
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 averaging four double-digit scorers over its last two games in Nowell (14.0), Crisp (11.5), Thybulle (11.0) and Dickerson (10.0)
• Thybulle has reached double-figure scoring in three of his last four outings and has made 11 from long distance in those outings ... he had only made five 3-pointers in the first seven games of the season
• Based on opponents' win percentage through Dec. 18 games, UW has faced the second-most difficult schedule so far this season as its foes have a cumulative .732 (93-34) win percentage, trailing only No. 1 Kansas (.779)
• Sophomore Naz Carter nearly had his first career double-double against No. 13 Virginia Tech as he posted 11 points and a career-best nine rebounds
• UW has 995 wins inside Alaska Airlines Arena which is the most by a Division I school in its current arena
• Thybulle became the 41st member of the UW 1,000 career point club after he scored 16 against No. 13 Virginia Tech, giving him 1,009... he joins Dickerson (1,336) and Crisp (1,172) as current players to have scored 1K ... additionally he makes Washington one of four schools nationally to boast three current players on its roster to have 1,000 career points (Hartford, Lipscomb and Nevada - all of Nevada's players with 1K are transfers)
• Nowell, Green and Carter's rebounding numbers have been up over the last two outings as Nowell is averaging 7, up from 4.6 on the season, Green is at 6, up from 3.5 on the year and Carter is at 5, up from 3.1 overall
• Nowell became the first Husky underclassman to earn multiple Pac-12 Player of the Week Awards as he picked up his second of the season on Dec. 10 after averaging 22.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists against No. 1 Gonzaga and Seattle U
• Dickerson is four rebounds away from entering UW's top 10 career rebounding chart as he has 788 ... 10th is James Edwards (1974-77, 792) ... Dickerson would be the first UW player to enter the top 10 since Jon Brockman set the UW record in 2006-09 with 1,283
• Senior Matisse Thybulle is averaging 2.1 blocks over the first 11 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 127 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
• Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.1 blocks and 2.8 steals per game ... his 2.8 steals per game also rank fifth nationally
• Joining Thybulle in the block party is sophomore Hameir Wright who already has 18 this year in 11 outings ... as a freshman Wright knocked away 36 blocks in 33 games
• Nowell is shooting 54.4 percent from the field this season up from 45.1 a year ago ... out of the 20 candidates for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year award, Nowell's shooting percentage is the best by just over four percent
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 21 of his 45 career games (46.6 percent) ... Nowell is 74-of-136 (54.4%) this season and for his career is at 47.3% (277-of-586)
• Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has only scored below 14 points in two games this season ... he's averaging 18.0 ppg over the first 11 games after leading the team with 16.0 ppg a year ago
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 236, has now recorded at least one steal in 57-straight games
UW is back in Seattle for two games as it first hosts Sacramento State on Friday, Dec. 21 at 6 p.m. The game will be televised by Pac-12 Networks with Greg Heister and Eldridge Recasner 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 and Hornets are facing off for the third time in program history with UW owning a 2-0 record including an 83-74 victory in their last meeting in Seattle on Nov. 19, 2006.
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 averaging four double-digit scorers over its last two games in Nowell (14.0), Crisp (11.5), Thybulle (11.0) and Dickerson (10.0)
• Thybulle has reached double-figure scoring in three of his last four outings and has made 11 from long distance in those outings ... he had only made five 3-pointers in the first seven games of the season
• Based on opponents' win percentage through Dec. 18 games, UW has faced the second-most difficult schedule so far this season as its foes have a cumulative .732 (93-34) win percentage, trailing only No. 1 Kansas (.779)
• Sophomore Naz Carter nearly had his first career double-double against No. 13 Virginia Tech as he posted 11 points and a career-best nine rebounds
• UW has 995 wins inside Alaska Airlines Arena which is the most by a Division I school in its current arena
• Thybulle became the 41st member of the UW 1,000 career point club after he scored 16 against No. 13 Virginia Tech, giving him 1,009... he joins Dickerson (1,336) and Crisp (1,172) as current players to have scored 1K ... additionally he makes Washington one of four schools nationally to boast three current players on its roster to have 1,000 career points (Hartford, Lipscomb and Nevada - all of Nevada's players with 1K are transfers)
• Nowell, Green and Carter's rebounding numbers have been up over the last two outings as Nowell is averaging 7, up from 4.6 on the season, Green is at 6, up from 3.5 on the year and Carter is at 5, up from 3.1 overall
• Nowell became the first Husky underclassman to earn multiple Pac-12 Player of the Week Awards as he picked up his second of the season on Dec. 10 after averaging 22.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists against No. 1 Gonzaga and Seattle U
• Dickerson is four rebounds away from entering UW's top 10 career rebounding chart as he has 788 ... 10th is James Edwards (1974-77, 792) ... Dickerson would be the first UW player to enter the top 10 since Jon Brockman set the UW record in 2006-09 with 1,283
• Senior Matisse Thybulle is averaging 2.1 blocks over the first 11 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 127 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
• Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.1 blocks and 2.8 steals per game ... his 2.8 steals per game also rank fifth nationally
• Joining Thybulle in the block party is sophomore Hameir Wright who already has 18 this year in 11 outings ... as a freshman Wright knocked away 36 blocks in 33 games
• Nowell is shooting 54.4 percent from the field this season up from 45.1 a year ago ... out of the 20 candidates for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year award, Nowell's shooting percentage is the best by just over four percent
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 21 of his 45 career games (46.6 percent) ... Nowell is 74-of-136 (54.4%) this season and for his career is at 47.3% (277-of-586)
• Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has only scored below 14 points in two games this season ... he's averaging 18.0 ppg over the first 11 games after leading the team with 16.0 ppg a year ago
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 236, has now recorded at least one steal in 57-straight games
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