Saturday, February 9
Tempe, AZ
7:00 PM
University of Washington
at
Arizona State
Photo by: Casey Sapio-USA TODAY Sports
Huskies Face Arizona State in Tempe Saturday at 7 p.m. PT
February 08, 2019 | Men's Basketball
UW stays in Arizona looks to extend its 12-game winning streak and 10-0 start in Pac-12 play at Arizona State on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. PT. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN 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 84th meeting between the two programs. Washington last defeated ASU 68-64 on Feb. 1, 2018 in Seattle. The Huskies last won in ASU on Jan. 16, 2016 (89-85).
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 10-0 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 12-game winning streak, the Huskies have not allowed a team to score more than 70 points ... additionally opponents in that span are shooting 28.0 from 3 and being held to 60.4 points
• UW's 12-straight wins is the 3rd longest active streak in Division I trailing Tennessee (16) and Gonzaga (13)
• Seven of UW's 10 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 14-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
• UW has now won five-straight Pac-12 road games since winning six over two season, 2/13/10 – 1/13/11, at Stanford, at WSU, at Oregon, at OSU, at USC, at UCLA
• In the last three outings, Thybulle is averaging 15.3 points, 6.3 steals, 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 blocks while shooting 53.8 percent from the field and 53.8 percent from 3-point range
• Thybulle, a candidate for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, has a career total of 435 takeaways (blocks and steals combined), which is the most by any of the previous Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year winners, which has been awarded 14 times in conference history
• Nowell was selected as one of 10 finalists for the Naismith Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award
• Nowell is shooting 52.2 percent from the field in 23 games, its up from his 45.1 percentage a year ago ... he is also shooting 44.4 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 11-straight and is shooting 48.4 percent from 3 during that span (32-66)
• Thybulle's 76 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 3.3 steals per game also lead the nation
• UW has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 6 of its 10 Pac-12 games including 5 of the last 8 and is shooting 49.7 percent from the field overall in those 10 outings, which is second in the Pac-12
• UW is holding its opponents to just 64.0 points per game, which leads the Pac-12 and is 22nd nationally ... 19 teams have been held to 70 points or less and UW has won 18 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)
• UW's scoring margin in league action of +12.5 leads the conference by over nine points as Utah is next at 3.2
• 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)
• Nowell has shot at least 50 percent from the field in 29 of his 57 career games (50.8 percent) ... in those 29 games, UW has a 24-5 record.
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 10-0 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 12-game winning streak, the Huskies have not allowed a team to score more than 70 points ... additionally opponents in that span are shooting 28.0 from 3 and being held to 60.4 points
• UW's 12-straight wins is the 3rd longest active streak in Division I trailing Tennessee (16) and Gonzaga (13)
• Seven of UW's 10 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 14-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
• UW has now won five-straight Pac-12 road games since winning six over two season, 2/13/10 – 1/13/11, at Stanford, at WSU, at Oregon, at OSU, at USC, at UCLA
• In the last three outings, Thybulle is averaging 15.3 points, 6.3 steals, 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 blocks while shooting 53.8 percent from the field and 53.8 percent from 3-point range
• Thybulle, a candidate for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, has a career total of 435 takeaways (blocks and steals combined), which is the most by any of the previous Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year winners, which has been awarded 14 times in conference history
• Nowell was selected as one of 10 finalists for the Naismith Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award
• Nowell is shooting 52.2 percent from the field in 23 games, its up from his 45.1 percentage a year ago ... he is also shooting 44.4 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 11-straight and is shooting 48.4 percent from 3 during that span (32-66)
• Thybulle's 76 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 3.3 steals per game also lead the nation
• UW has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 6 of its 10 Pac-12 games including 5 of the last 8 and is shooting 49.7 percent from the field overall in those 10 outings, which is second in the Pac-12
• UW is holding its opponents to just 64.0 points per game, which leads the Pac-12 and is 22nd nationally ... 19 teams have been held to 70 points or less and UW has won 18 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)
• UW's scoring margin in league action of +12.5 leads the conference by over nine points as Utah is next at 3.2
• 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)
• Nowell has shot at least 50 percent from the field in 29 of his 57 career games (50.8 percent) ... in those 29 games, UW has a 24-5 record.
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