Thursday, March 1
Seattle, WA
8:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Oregon State
Photo by: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports
Huskies Host Oregon State on Thursday at 8 p.m.
February 27, 2018 | Men's Basketball
UW (19-10, 9-7) vs. Oregon St. (14-14, 6-10)
UW concludes the regular season at home as it hosts the Oregon schools first facing Oregon State on Thursday, March 1 at 8 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN2 with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM and 97.7 FM to hear the official UW radio broadcast from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. Oregon State won the first meeting this season in Corvallis taking a 97-94 double overtime victory while Washington owns the series record 159-141 with a 106-40 advantage in Seattle.
The Coach
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his first year at Washington, and first as a head coach 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.
Quick Hitters
• Freshman Jaylen Nowell recorded his ninth 20+ scoring night with 23 at California ... he is the second leading freshman scorer in the Pac-12 at 16.3 per game which also ranks ninth overall
• The Huskies are allowing the second-fewest points in Pac-12 play, only giving the opposing team 69.9 points ... USC leads with allowing opponents 69.2 in league action
• Junior Matisse Thybulle is now 10th on the the Pac-12 single season top 10 list for steals as he now has 87 on the year .. he's the only UW player in the league's top 10 and is 23 off the top spot held by Jason Kidd of Cal (110 - 1993)
• UW's 19 wins in the regular season are its most since 2011-12 when UW won 21 games prior to postseason
• Junior Noah Dickerson became the 39th player in UW history to reach the 1,000 career scoring mark after scoring a career-high tying 28 points at OSU .. he currently has 1,072 points which ranks 32nd all-time.
• Junior David Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to reach 1,000 career points after scoring six at California to give him 1,003 career points ... he joins Dickerson in reaching the 1K mark this season
• The last time UW had two players reach 1,000 points in the same season was the 2008-09 season when both Quincy Pondexter and Justin Dentmon crossed the 1K mark that year
• Junior Dickerson in Pac-12 play has upped his FT percentage from last year by over 20 percent ... he is currently shooting 80.5 (66-82) in league action compared to 59.8 percent (49-82) a year ago in 18 Pac-12 games
• Out of his 191 career steals, which rank second all-time at UW, Matisse Thybulle is creating scoring on 54.5 percent of the direct next possessions ... this year alone, that number jumps to 56.3 (49 of 87)
• Junior Matisse Thybulle owns the UW single-season steals record as he now has 87 with two games still remaining in Pac-12 play ... the previous record was held by Bryan Boston (67-1994-95, 27 games) ... his 87 steals are tied for second nationally and one off the national lead held by Jevon Carter of West Virginia (88) and Joseph Chartouny of Fordham (88) ... he also ranks 12th amongst active Division I players with 191 career steals ... Thybulle is just four steals away from tying the UW career record of 195 held by Jamie Booker (1994-97, 109 games)
• Junior Dominic Green has seen his season numbers during Pac-12 play from 3-point range increase immensely over his career as he started at 29.5 pct (13-44) as a FR, 17.3 pct (9-52) as a SO and is now shooting 44.4 (24-54) from long distance as a JR
• Junior David Crisp has only played less than 30 minutes four times this season in 29 games and in all four of those games he has played 26 minutes
• Junior Noah Dickerson recorded his third 20-point/10-rebound double-double of the season against OSU with 28 points and 12 rebounds ... he now has five 20/10 double-doubles on his career
• Since Pac-12 play has started, UW has held all but three of its opponents to a lower 3-point FG percentage than they had entering the game and on average are holding opponents to 3.2 less 3's per game compared to their season average
• Thybulle became the first Husky in program history to rank in the career top 10 in both categories ... Thybulle has 191 career steals (2nd) and 96 career blocks (8th).
• Washington has overcome 10 point deficits three times this season in wins over Belmont, USC and Washington State .. additionally, UW has trailed by at least five in seven of its 19 wins
UW concludes the regular season at home as it hosts the Oregon schools first facing Oregon State on Thursday, March 1 at 8 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN2 with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM and 97.7 FM to hear the official UW radio broadcast from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. Oregon State won the first meeting this season in Corvallis taking a 97-94 double overtime victory while Washington owns the series record 159-141 with a 106-40 advantage in Seattle.
The Coach
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his first year at Washington, and first as a head coach 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.
Quick Hitters
• Freshman Jaylen Nowell recorded his ninth 20+ scoring night with 23 at California ... he is the second leading freshman scorer in the Pac-12 at 16.3 per game which also ranks ninth overall
• The Huskies are allowing the second-fewest points in Pac-12 play, only giving the opposing team 69.9 points ... USC leads with allowing opponents 69.2 in league action
• Junior Matisse Thybulle is now 10th on the the Pac-12 single season top 10 list for steals as he now has 87 on the year .. he's the only UW player in the league's top 10 and is 23 off the top spot held by Jason Kidd of Cal (110 - 1993)
• UW's 19 wins in the regular season are its most since 2011-12 when UW won 21 games prior to postseason
• Junior Noah Dickerson became the 39th player in UW history to reach the 1,000 career scoring mark after scoring a career-high tying 28 points at OSU .. he currently has 1,072 points which ranks 32nd all-time.
• Junior David Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to reach 1,000 career points after scoring six at California to give him 1,003 career points ... he joins Dickerson in reaching the 1K mark this season
• The last time UW had two players reach 1,000 points in the same season was the 2008-09 season when both Quincy Pondexter and Justin Dentmon crossed the 1K mark that year
• Junior Dickerson in Pac-12 play has upped his FT percentage from last year by over 20 percent ... he is currently shooting 80.5 (66-82) in league action compared to 59.8 percent (49-82) a year ago in 18 Pac-12 games
• Out of his 191 career steals, which rank second all-time at UW, Matisse Thybulle is creating scoring on 54.5 percent of the direct next possessions ... this year alone, that number jumps to 56.3 (49 of 87)
• Junior Matisse Thybulle owns the UW single-season steals record as he now has 87 with two games still remaining in Pac-12 play ... the previous record was held by Bryan Boston (67-1994-95, 27 games) ... his 87 steals are tied for second nationally and one off the national lead held by Jevon Carter of West Virginia (88) and Joseph Chartouny of Fordham (88) ... he also ranks 12th amongst active Division I players with 191 career steals ... Thybulle is just four steals away from tying the UW career record of 195 held by Jamie Booker (1994-97, 109 games)
• Junior Dominic Green has seen his season numbers during Pac-12 play from 3-point range increase immensely over his career as he started at 29.5 pct (13-44) as a FR, 17.3 pct (9-52) as a SO and is now shooting 44.4 (24-54) from long distance as a JR
• Junior David Crisp has only played less than 30 minutes four times this season in 29 games and in all four of those games he has played 26 minutes
• Junior Noah Dickerson recorded his third 20-point/10-rebound double-double of the season against OSU with 28 points and 12 rebounds ... he now has five 20/10 double-doubles on his career
• Since Pac-12 play has started, UW has held all but three of its opponents to a lower 3-point FG percentage than they had entering the game and on average are holding opponents to 3.2 less 3's per game compared to their season average
• Thybulle became the first Husky in program history to rank in the career top 10 in both categories ... Thybulle has 191 career steals (2nd) and 96 career blocks (8th).
• Washington has overcome 10 point deficits three times this season in wins over Belmont, USC and Washington State .. additionally, UW has trailed by at least five in seven of its 19 wins
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