Saturday, January 12
Boulder, CO
7:00 PM
University of Washington
at
Colorado
Dawgs Ready to Face Colorado in Boulder on Saturday
January 11, 2019 | Men's Basketball
Washington (11-4, 2-0) at Colorado (10-5, 1-2)
The Huskies continue their mountain road swing as they face Colorado in Boulder on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. PT. The game will be nationally televised by ESPNU with Eric Rothman and Adrian Branch on the call. Additionally, fans can listen to Tony Castricone on the official Husky Radio Broadcast on 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM. This will be the 26th meeting between the two programs with UW owning a 14-11 record. Washington last won at Colorado a year ago with a 72-62 victory on Feb. 17, 2018.
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
• The Huskies got their first win at Utah since 2012 on Thursday with their 69-53 victory ... it was also the largest margin of victory over the Utes by UW since a 17-point win on Jan. 26, 1968 (93-76) in Seattle and it tied the largest road margin of victory over Utah since a 16-point win on Dec. 1, 1951 (60-44)
• Sophomore Jaylen Nowell is one of three players on the initial Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award watch list to be shooting over 50 percent (50.8), averaging over five rebounds (5.3) and 3 assists (3.4) and scoring at least 16 points a night (16.5), joining Hofstra's Justin Wright-Foreman, Indiana's Romeo Langford and Texas Tech's Jarrett Culver
• Washington has had six different players lead the team in scoring through 15 games in David Crisp (1), Noah Dickerson (5), Jaylen Nowell (6), Dominic Green (1), Naz Carter (2) and Matisse Thybulle (2)
• Crisp has had a solid start in Pac-12 play, averaging 20 points, on 50 percent shooting from the field (12-of-24), 72.7 percent from 3 (8-of-11) and dishing out 2.5 assists with 2.0 steals.
• UW has assisted on 45 of its 88 made baskets over the last three outings (51.1 percent) dishing out 12, 17 and 16 in those contests
• Against Colorado, Thybulle is averaging 14.0 points for his career, 18.3 over the last three outings and 15.0 when playing in Boulder ... he set his career high for scoring against the Buffs a year ago with 26 in Seattle
• Sophomore Nowell has really seen an uptick in not just his scoring production (16.5 ppg) but in his assists as well as he currently leads the team with 51 (3.4 per game) which is up from an average of 2.7 a year ago
• Washington is holding its first 15 opponents to just 65.6 points per game, 11 teams have been held under 70 points and UW has won 10 of those games when teams are under 70 points scoring
• With his 12 rebounds against Cal State Fullerton, senior Noah Dickerson became the ninth member of UW's 1,000 career points/800 career rebounds club and first since Jon Brockman, UW's all-time leading rebounder, did so during his career ... Dickerson now has 1,381 points and 808 rebounds
• Thybulle is 24-of-26 from the FT line this season, shooting at a 92.3 percent clip, up from 71.4 percent as a junior, 84.1 percent as a sophomore and 71.4 percent as a freshman.
• Thybulle has reached double-figure scoring in six of his last eight outings and has made 17 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 246, is 75 away from first place all time in Pac-12 history (321, Gary Payton, 120 games, 1986-90) and is currently tied for fourth all-time with Stevin Smith (ASU), who achieved 246 in 115 career games from 1990-94
• Against Utah, Crisp became the first player in UW history to record 1,000 career points (1,231), 300 assists (303), 200 made 3-point FGs (207) and 100 steals (105).
• Six of sophomore Naz Carter's career 14 10+scoring efforts have come in the last 14 games
• Thybulle is averaging 2.3 blocks over the first 15 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 137 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
• Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.3 blocks and 2.7 steals per game ... his 2.7 steals per game also rank tied for fifth nationally and lead the Pac-12
The Huskies continue their mountain road swing as they face Colorado in Boulder on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. PT. The game will be nationally televised by ESPNU with Eric Rothman and Adrian Branch on the call. Additionally, fans can listen to Tony Castricone on the official Husky Radio Broadcast on 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM. This will be the 26th meeting between the two programs with UW owning a 14-11 record. Washington last won at Colorado a year ago with a 72-62 victory on Feb. 17, 2018.
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
• The Huskies got their first win at Utah since 2012 on Thursday with their 69-53 victory ... it was also the largest margin of victory over the Utes by UW since a 17-point win on Jan. 26, 1968 (93-76) in Seattle and it tied the largest road margin of victory over Utah since a 16-point win on Dec. 1, 1951 (60-44)
• Sophomore Jaylen Nowell is one of three players on the initial Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award watch list to be shooting over 50 percent (50.8), averaging over five rebounds (5.3) and 3 assists (3.4) and scoring at least 16 points a night (16.5), joining Hofstra's Justin Wright-Foreman, Indiana's Romeo Langford and Texas Tech's Jarrett Culver
• Washington has had six different players lead the team in scoring through 15 games in David Crisp (1), Noah Dickerson (5), Jaylen Nowell (6), Dominic Green (1), Naz Carter (2) and Matisse Thybulle (2)
• Crisp has had a solid start in Pac-12 play, averaging 20 points, on 50 percent shooting from the field (12-of-24), 72.7 percent from 3 (8-of-11) and dishing out 2.5 assists with 2.0 steals.
• UW has assisted on 45 of its 88 made baskets over the last three outings (51.1 percent) dishing out 12, 17 and 16 in those contests
• Against Colorado, Thybulle is averaging 14.0 points for his career, 18.3 over the last three outings and 15.0 when playing in Boulder ... he set his career high for scoring against the Buffs a year ago with 26 in Seattle
• Sophomore Nowell has really seen an uptick in not just his scoring production (16.5 ppg) but in his assists as well as he currently leads the team with 51 (3.4 per game) which is up from an average of 2.7 a year ago
• Washington is holding its first 15 opponents to just 65.6 points per game, 11 teams have been held under 70 points and UW has won 10 of those games when teams are under 70 points scoring
• With his 12 rebounds against Cal State Fullerton, senior Noah Dickerson became the ninth member of UW's 1,000 career points/800 career rebounds club and first since Jon Brockman, UW's all-time leading rebounder, did so during his career ... Dickerson now has 1,381 points and 808 rebounds
• Thybulle is 24-of-26 from the FT line this season, shooting at a 92.3 percent clip, up from 71.4 percent as a junior, 84.1 percent as a sophomore and 71.4 percent as a freshman.
• Thybulle has reached double-figure scoring in six of his last eight outings and has made 17 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 246, is 75 away from first place all time in Pac-12 history (321, Gary Payton, 120 games, 1986-90) and is currently tied for fourth all-time with Stevin Smith (ASU), who achieved 246 in 115 career games from 1990-94
• Against Utah, Crisp became the first player in UW history to record 1,000 career points (1,231), 300 assists (303), 200 made 3-point FGs (207) and 100 steals (105).
• Six of sophomore Naz Carter's career 14 10+scoring efforts have come in the last 14 games
• Thybulle is averaging 2.3 blocks over the first 15 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 137 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
• Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.3 blocks and 2.7 steals per game ... his 2.7 steals per game also rank tied for fifth nationally and lead the Pac-12
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