Dawgs Take 9-0 Pac-12 Record to Arizona Thursday

Thursday, February 7

Tucson, AZ

6:00 PM

University of Washington

Arizona

Photo by: Red Box Pictures

February 05, 2019 | Men's Basketball

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Huskies (18-4, 9-0) at Arizona (14-8, 5-4)
UW hits the road and looks to extend its 11-game winning streak and 9-0 start in Pac-12 play at Arizona on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. PT. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 with Dave Pasch and Bill Walton on the call. Additionally, fans can listen to Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on the official Husky Radio Broadcast on KOMO 1000 AM/97.7 FM. This is the 82nd meeting between the two programs. Washington last defeated Arizona 78-75 on Feb. 3, 2018 in Seattle. The Huskies last won in Arizona on Jan. 28, 2012 (69-67).

The Coach - Mike Hopkins
Mike Hopkins is in his second year at UW, and second as a head coach after becoming the 19th head coach in UW history. After spending 22 years as an assistant at Syracuse, he 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
• UW's 9-0 start in Pac-12 play is its best since the 1952-53 season when it started 14-0 ... additionally, UW was perfect in January for just the eighth time in the last 100 years (2018-19, 1952-53, 1935-36, 1933-34, 1928-29, 1923-24, 1922-23, 1921-22)
• In UW's 11-game winning streak, the Huskies have not allowed a team to score more than 70 points ... additionally opponents in that span are shooting 28.6 from 3 and being held to 61.0 points
• Washington's 11-game winning streak is the third longest active streak in Division I trailing Tennessee (16) and Gonzaga (12)
• Seven of UW's nine Pac-12 wins have been by 10 points or more, its most double-digit wins in league action since the 2010-11 season
• UW has forced double-digit turnovers in 13-straight games, including a season high 23 forced against UCLA, which was the most by an opponent since 23 against Jan. 6, 2018 at Washington State
• Thybulle recorded back-to-back career high tying games of seven steals against USC and UCLA, he's the only player in UW history to record back-to-back games of at least seven steals
• Nowell was selected as one of 10 finalists for the Naismith Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award
• Nowell is shooting 51.9 percent from the field in 22 games, its up from his 45.1 percentage a year ago ... he is also shooting 45.1 percent from 3, up from 35.1 a year ago
• Nowell is the first player since Isaiah Thomas (2010-11) to earn three Pac-12 Player of the Week Awards in the same season
• Crisp has scored in double figures in 10-straight and is shooting 50 percent from 3 during that span (29-58)
• Thybulle's 71 steals this season rank second at UW in single-season history ... Thybulle holds the UW single-season record already at 101 set a year ago ... his 3.23 steals per game also rank second nationally
• UW has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 5 of its 9 Pac-12 games including 4 of the last 7 and is shooting 49.6 percent from the field overall in those 9 outings, which is second in the Pac-12
• UW is holding its opponents to just 64.2 points per game, which leads the Pac-12 and is 28th nationally ... 18 teams have been held to 70 points or less and UW has won 17 of those games
• Dickerson recorded his seventh career 20 point/10 rebound game against USC with 21 and 14 ... the last player to have that many 20/10 games in their career was Matthew Bryan-Amaning who had eight (2007-11)
• The Huskies scoring margin in league action of +13.1 leads the conference by over eight points as Arizona State is second at a +5.5 margin
• In the last 20 seasons, Thybulle is one of just four players to average 2.0 blocks and 2.0 steals in a season, joining Shane Battier - Duke (1999-2000, 2000-01), Nerlens Noel - Kentucky (2012-13) and Zion Williamson - Duke (2018-19)
• Against UCLA, Thybulle's tied Chris Welp for the longest consecutive starting streak at UW at 121 games
• Nowell has seven 20-point scoring efforts this season, and four in the last nine games ... he now has 17 on his career ... Nowell is sixth in the league in scoring averaging 16.6 ppg
• Nowell has shot at least 50 percent from the field in 28 of his 56 career games (50.0 percent) ... in those 28 games, UW has a 23-5 record.
• UW has had six different players lead the team in scoring through 22 games in David Crisp (2), Noah Dickerson (6), Jaylen Nowell (10), Dominic Green (2), Naz Carter (3) and Matisse Thybulle (2).
• In Pac-12 play, UW has had five different leading rebounders and five different leaders in steals as well
• Nowell has seen an uptick in not just his scoring production (16.7 ppg) but in his assists as well as he currently leads the team with 71 (3.4 per game) which is up from an average of 2.7 a year ago
• Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.1 blocks and 3.0 steals per game