Sunday, December 9
Seattle, WA
6:00 PM
University of Washington
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Seattle
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Dawgs Welcome Seattle U to Alaska Airlines Arena Sunday at 6 p.m.
December 07, 2018 | Men's Basketball
Washington (6-3) vs. Seattle U (9-2)
UW returns to Alaska Airlines Arena on Sunday, Dec. 9 to take on cross-town foe Seattle U at 6 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Aaron Goldsmith and Don MacLean on the call.Β 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 Redhawks are facing off for the 34th time in program history with UW owning a 29-4 record in those match-ups. Washington has won 13-straight over SU dating back to Nov. 27, 1978.
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
β’ Washington currently has 994 wins in Alaska Airlines Arena ... it is the most wins by any Division I team at its current home arena ... UW started playing at AAA on Dec. 27, 1927
β’ At No. 1 Gonzaga, sophomore Jaylen Nowell recorded his third 20+ scoring effort of the season and 13th of his career with 26 points on 10-of-18 shooting from the field
β’ Nowell has upped his assists average this season to 3.4 from 2.7 a year ago ... additionally, he is averaging six assists over the last three outings
β’ Over UW's last three games, the Huskies have four averaging double figures in Nowell (17.0), Dickerson (14.0), Thybulle (13.0) and Green (11.3)
β’ The Huskies are one of 12 teams nationally to have two 1,000 point scorers on its current roster and is one of four to potentially have three this season as Matisse Thybulle is 13 points away from joining Noah Dickerson (1,316) and David Crisp (1,149)
β’ Senior Matisse Thybulle is averaging 2.2 blocks over the first nine 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 124 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
β’ Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.2 blocks and 2.7 steals per game ... his 2.7 steals per game also rank eighth nationally
β’ Joining Thybulle in the block party is sophomore Hameir Wright who already has 18 this year in nine outings ... as a freshman Wright knocked away 36 blocks in 33 games
β’ The Huskies as a team are also ranked fourth in the NCAA in total blocks (59) and blocks per game (6.6) while Thybulle is ranked 34th nationally (2.2) and Wright is ranked 54th (2.0)
β’ 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
β’ Nowell is shooting 57.3 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 five percent
β’ Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 20 of his 43 career games (46.5 percent) ... Nowell is 63-of-110 (57.3%) this season and for his career is at 47.5% (266-of-560)
β’ Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has only scored below 14 points in one game this season ... he's averaging 18.9 ppg over the first nine games after leading the team with 16.0 ppg a year ago
β’ Thybulle is the first player in Pac-12 history since 1992-93 with the career stat line of at least 100 blocks (124), 200 assists (216), 200 steals (229) and 300 rebounds (330), via SportsReference
β’ Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 229, has now recorded at least one steal in 55-straight games
β’ Additionally, Thybulle has posted five career games with 6 or more assists, which is the most by a player in UW history, Tony Wroten had three in his career which is second to Thybulle
β’ With his 106 assists a year ago, Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to record 100 assists in a single season β¦ he is 30 away from entering UW's career top 10 list as he has 287 total assists
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UW returns to Alaska Airlines Arena on Sunday, Dec. 9 to take on cross-town foe Seattle U at 6 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Aaron Goldsmith and Don MacLean on the call.Β 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 Redhawks are facing off for the 34th time in program history with UW owning a 29-4 record in those match-ups. Washington has won 13-straight over SU dating back to Nov. 27, 1978.
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
β’ Washington currently has 994 wins in Alaska Airlines Arena ... it is the most wins by any Division I team at its current home arena ... UW started playing at AAA on Dec. 27, 1927
β’ At No. 1 Gonzaga, sophomore Jaylen Nowell recorded his third 20+ scoring effort of the season and 13th of his career with 26 points on 10-of-18 shooting from the field
β’ Nowell has upped his assists average this season to 3.4 from 2.7 a year ago ... additionally, he is averaging six assists over the last three outings
β’ Over UW's last three games, the Huskies have four averaging double figures in Nowell (17.0), Dickerson (14.0), Thybulle (13.0) and Green (11.3)
β’ The Huskies are one of 12 teams nationally to have two 1,000 point scorers on its current roster and is one of four to potentially have three this season as Matisse Thybulle is 13 points away from joining Noah Dickerson (1,316) and David Crisp (1,149)
β’ Senior Matisse Thybulle is averaging 2.2 blocks over the first nine 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 124 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
β’ Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.2 blocks and 2.7 steals per game ... his 2.7 steals per game also rank eighth nationally
β’ Joining Thybulle in the block party is sophomore Hameir Wright who already has 18 this year in nine outings ... as a freshman Wright knocked away 36 blocks in 33 games
β’ The Huskies as a team are also ranked fourth in the NCAA in total blocks (59) and blocks per game (6.6) while Thybulle is ranked 34th nationally (2.2) and Wright is ranked 54th (2.0)
β’ 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
β’ Nowell is shooting 57.3 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 five percent
β’ Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 20 of his 43 career games (46.5 percent) ... Nowell is 63-of-110 (57.3%) this season and for his career is at 47.5% (266-of-560)
β’ Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has only scored below 14 points in one game this season ... he's averaging 18.9 ppg over the first nine games after leading the team with 16.0 ppg a year ago
β’ Thybulle is the first player in Pac-12 history since 1992-93 with the career stat line of at least 100 blocks (124), 200 assists (216), 200 steals (229) and 300 rebounds (330), via SportsReference
β’ Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 229, has now recorded at least one steal in 55-straight games
β’ Additionally, Thybulle has posted five career games with 6 or more assists, which is the most by a player in UW history, Tony Wroten had three in his career which is second to Thybulle
β’ With his 106 assists a year ago, Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to record 100 assists in a single season β¦ he is 30 away from entering UW's career top 10 list as he has 287 total assists
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