Tuesday, January 1
Seattle, WA
7:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Cal State Fullerton
Dawgs Close Non-Conference Play with Cal State Fullerton
December 30, 2018 | Men's Basketball
Washington (8-4) vs. Cal State Fullerton (4-9)
UW completes non-conference action this week as it hosts Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday, Jan. 1 at 7 p.m. The game will be televised by Pac-12 Networks with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton on the call. Additionally, fans can listen to Gary Hill and Jason Hamilton on the official Husky Radio Broadcast on 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM. The Huskies and Titans are facing off for the fifth time in program history with UW owning a 3-1 record including an 104-88 victory in their last meeting in Seattle on Nov. 17, 2016.
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 its first 12 opponents to just 65.7 points per game, nine teams have been held under 70 points and UW has won eight of those games when teams are under 70 points scoring
• Sac. State's 41 points were the fewest allowed since UW held Grambling State to 38 on Dec. 17, 2014
• The Huskies have 995 wins at Alaska Airlines Arena, the most by any Division I school at its current building ... additionally UW is 6-0 at home this season ... its best home record through six games since 2010-11
• Thybulle has reached double-figure scoring in four of his last five outings and has made 13 from long distance in those outings ... he had only made five 3-pointers in the first seven games of the season
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 243, has now recorded at least one steal in 58-straight games ... he is 78 away from first place all time in Pac-12 history (321, Gary Payton, 120 games, 1986-90) and is just three away for tying for fourth all-time
• Based on opponents' win percentage through Dec. 29 games, UW has faced the seventh-most difficult schedule so far this season as its foes have a cumulative .715 (108-43) win percentage
• Five of sophomore Naz Carter's career 12 10+scoring efforts have come in the last 11 games
• Sophomore Hameir Wright posted a career-best five blocks against Sacramento State
• Washington is one of three schools nationally to boast three 1,000 point scorers with Dickerson (1,348), Crisp (1,180) and Thybulle (1,021) as current players to have scored 1K, joining 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 6.3, up from 4.7 on the season, Green is at 4.7, up from 3.4 on the year and Carter is at 5.3, up from 3.3 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 three rebounds away from entering UW's top 10 career rebounding chart as he has 789 ... 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
• Thybulle is averaging 2.1 blocks over the first 12 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 129 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
• Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.1 blocks and 3.2 steals per game ... his 2.8 steals per game also rank tied for fourth nationally
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 21 of his 46 career games (45.6 percent) ... Nowell is 76-of-143 (53.1%) this season and for his career is at 47.0% (279-of-593)
• Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has only scored below 14 points in three games this season ... he's averaging 16.8 ppg over the first 12 games after leading the team with 16.0 ppg a year ago
• 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 21 away from entering UW's career top 10 list as he has 296 total assists
UW completes non-conference action this week as it hosts Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday, Jan. 1 at 7 p.m. The game will be televised by Pac-12 Networks with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton on the call. Additionally, fans can listen to Gary Hill and Jason Hamilton on the official Husky Radio Broadcast on 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM. The Huskies and Titans are facing off for the fifth time in program history with UW owning a 3-1 record including an 104-88 victory in their last meeting in Seattle on Nov. 17, 2016.
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 its first 12 opponents to just 65.7 points per game, nine teams have been held under 70 points and UW has won eight of those games when teams are under 70 points scoring
• Sac. State's 41 points were the fewest allowed since UW held Grambling State to 38 on Dec. 17, 2014
• The Huskies have 995 wins at Alaska Airlines Arena, the most by any Division I school at its current building ... additionally UW is 6-0 at home this season ... its best home record through six games since 2010-11
• Thybulle has reached double-figure scoring in four of his last five outings and has made 13 from long distance in those outings ... he had only made five 3-pointers in the first seven games of the season
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 243, has now recorded at least one steal in 58-straight games ... he is 78 away from first place all time in Pac-12 history (321, Gary Payton, 120 games, 1986-90) and is just three away for tying for fourth all-time
• Based on opponents' win percentage through Dec. 29 games, UW has faced the seventh-most difficult schedule so far this season as its foes have a cumulative .715 (108-43) win percentage
• Five of sophomore Naz Carter's career 12 10+scoring efforts have come in the last 11 games
• Sophomore Hameir Wright posted a career-best five blocks against Sacramento State
• Washington is one of three schools nationally to boast three 1,000 point scorers with Dickerson (1,348), Crisp (1,180) and Thybulle (1,021) as current players to have scored 1K, joining 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 6.3, up from 4.7 on the season, Green is at 4.7, up from 3.4 on the year and Carter is at 5.3, up from 3.3 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 three rebounds away from entering UW's top 10 career rebounding chart as he has 789 ... 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
• Thybulle is averaging 2.1 blocks over the first 12 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 129 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
• Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.1 blocks and 3.2 steals per game ... his 2.8 steals per game also rank tied for fourth nationally
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 21 of his 46 career games (45.6 percent) ... Nowell is 76-of-143 (53.1%) this season and for his career is at 47.0% (279-of-593)
• Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has only scored below 14 points in three games this season ... he's averaging 16.8 ppg over the first 12 games after leading the team with 16.0 ppg a year ago
• 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 21 away from entering UW's career top 10 list as he has 296 total assists
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