
Huskies To Host Ducks Saturday
January 17, 2020 | Men's Basketball
UW (12-6, 2-3) vs. Oregon (14-4, 3-2)
UW will welcome Oregon Saturday, Jan. 18 for a 12:45 p.m. tip-off inside Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be televised on CBS with Ian Eagle and Bill Raftery on the call. Fans can also tune into the official Husky Radio Broadcast with Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on KOMO 1000AM and 97.7 FM. A national radio broadcast will also be available on Westwood One Sports with Bill Roth & PJ Carlesimo on the call. Washington is 190-117 all time against Oregon.
The Coach (60-27 at UW/3rd Year)
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his third year at Washington, and third as a head coach after becoming the 19th head coach in UW history. During his 22 years as an assistant at Syracuse, Hopkins was a part of 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. Hopkins is the reigning back-to-back Pac-12 Coach of the Year, winning the honor in each of his two seasons with the Huskies and has led UW to back-to-back 20 win seasons with postseason appearances each year. (2018 NIT, 2019 NCAA Second Round).
Quick Hitters
• Head Coach Mike Hopkins picked up win No. 60 as head coach with Thursday's win over Oregon State... he was the second-fastest to 50 wins in UW history
• UW is 40-7 at home under head coach Mike Hopkins ... the last time UW recorded just seven home losses during three years was 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 ... Washington also has 1,014 wins inside AAA, which is the most inside any team's current arena in the nation
• Freshman RaeQuan Battle scored a career-high 11 points to spark UW's offense in Thursday's win, doing so on 4-of-6 shooting, including a trio of first-half 3-pointers in his first-career start.
• UW's 32-point victory over USC was its biggest conference win since a 15-point win at California on Feb,. 10, 2011 (109-77 at home).
• The Huskies tallied 26 takeaways against USC swatting 12 blocks (which is 10th nationally for a single game) and 14 steals .. it's the most combined takeaways for a Husky team since Dec. 19, 2017 when UW recorded 16 steals and 15 blocks against Bethune Cookman
• Isaiah Stewart's streak of consecutive games scoring 12 or more points came to an end at Stanford as he posted four points and five rebounds ... had was the first Husky to open their season with 15-straight games of 12 points or more since C.J. Wilcox did so in 2013-14 (18-straight games) ...Markelle Fultz also had a streak of 18 games during his freshman year where he did not score fewer than 12 points
• The last Husky to post at least five 20pt/10reb double-doubles in the same season was Matthew Bryan-Amaning in 2010-11 (six) ... Isaiah Stewart has four already this season in just 17 games ... Noah Dickerson had four as a senior
• Stewart is one of two players nationally and the only freshman who have recorded at least two 25p/13r double-doubles (Tyere Marshall, Rider, SR)
• Stewart picked up his fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor on Jan. 6 as he averaged 21.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in two games for the Huskies
• UW has seven players listed at 6-9 or taller on its roster, the most in the Pac-12
• UW graduated four seniors last season (D. Crisp, N. Dickerson, D. Green, M. Thybulle) and lost sophomore Jaylen Nowell as an early NBA Draft entry ... those five accounted for 80.2 percent of UW's scoring during the 2018-19 season
• Coach Mike Hopkins is the reigning back-to-back Pac-12 Coach of the Year becoming the first league coach to earn the honor in his first two seasons on the job ... he is also the second coach in UW history to record 20 or more wins in their first two seasons, joining Tippy Dye (1951-52, 52-53).
• UW was picked to finish third overall in the Pac-12 by media covering the league ... additionally, freshman Isaiah Stewart was picked to finish on the Pac-12 First Team while junior Nahziah Carter, sophomore transfer Quade Green and freshman Jaden McDaniels were selected as honorable mention Preseason All-Pac-12
UW will welcome Oregon Saturday, Jan. 18 for a 12:45 p.m. tip-off inside Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be televised on CBS with Ian Eagle and Bill Raftery on the call. Fans can also tune into the official Husky Radio Broadcast with Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on KOMO 1000AM and 97.7 FM. A national radio broadcast will also be available on Westwood One Sports with Bill Roth & PJ Carlesimo on the call. Washington is 190-117 all time against Oregon.
The Coach (60-27 at UW/3rd Year)
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his third year at Washington, and third as a head coach after becoming the 19th head coach in UW history. During his 22 years as an assistant at Syracuse, Hopkins was a part of 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. Hopkins is the reigning back-to-back Pac-12 Coach of the Year, winning the honor in each of his two seasons with the Huskies and has led UW to back-to-back 20 win seasons with postseason appearances each year. (2018 NIT, 2019 NCAA Second Round).
Quick Hitters
• Head Coach Mike Hopkins picked up win No. 60 as head coach with Thursday's win over Oregon State... he was the second-fastest to 50 wins in UW history
• UW is 40-7 at home under head coach Mike Hopkins ... the last time UW recorded just seven home losses during three years was 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 ... Washington also has 1,014 wins inside AAA, which is the most inside any team's current arena in the nation
• Freshman RaeQuan Battle scored a career-high 11 points to spark UW's offense in Thursday's win, doing so on 4-of-6 shooting, including a trio of first-half 3-pointers in his first-career start.
• UW's 32-point victory over USC was its biggest conference win since a 15-point win at California on Feb,. 10, 2011 (109-77 at home).
• The Huskies tallied 26 takeaways against USC swatting 12 blocks (which is 10th nationally for a single game) and 14 steals .. it's the most combined takeaways for a Husky team since Dec. 19, 2017 when UW recorded 16 steals and 15 blocks against Bethune Cookman
• Isaiah Stewart's streak of consecutive games scoring 12 or more points came to an end at Stanford as he posted four points and five rebounds ... had was the first Husky to open their season with 15-straight games of 12 points or more since C.J. Wilcox did so in 2013-14 (18-straight games) ...Markelle Fultz also had a streak of 18 games during his freshman year where he did not score fewer than 12 points
• The last Husky to post at least five 20pt/10reb double-doubles in the same season was Matthew Bryan-Amaning in 2010-11 (six) ... Isaiah Stewart has four already this season in just 17 games ... Noah Dickerson had four as a senior
• Stewart is one of two players nationally and the only freshman who have recorded at least two 25p/13r double-doubles (Tyere Marshall, Rider, SR)
• Stewart picked up his fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor on Jan. 6 as he averaged 21.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in two games for the Huskies
• UW has seven players listed at 6-9 or taller on its roster, the most in the Pac-12
• UW graduated four seniors last season (D. Crisp, N. Dickerson, D. Green, M. Thybulle) and lost sophomore Jaylen Nowell as an early NBA Draft entry ... those five accounted for 80.2 percent of UW's scoring during the 2018-19 season
• Coach Mike Hopkins is the reigning back-to-back Pac-12 Coach of the Year becoming the first league coach to earn the honor in his first two seasons on the job ... he is also the second coach in UW history to record 20 or more wins in their first two seasons, joining Tippy Dye (1951-52, 52-53).
• UW was picked to finish third overall in the Pac-12 by media covering the league ... additionally, freshman Isaiah Stewart was picked to finish on the Pac-12 First Team while junior Nahziah Carter, sophomore transfer Quade Green and freshman Jaden McDaniels were selected as honorable mention Preseason All-Pac-12
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