Arizona State Visits Seattle at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday

Saturday, February 1

Seattle, WA

7:30 PM

University of Washington

Arizona State

January 31, 2020 | Men's Basketball

Game Notes (PDF)Gameday Central

UW (12-10, 2-7) vs. Arizona St. (12-8, 3-4)
UW continues its week against the Arizona schools in the friendly confines of Alaska Airlines Arena as it faces Arizona State on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on Pac-12 Networks with Aaron Goldsmith and Bill Walton 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. Washington has the all-time record against the Sun Devils at 44-40 and the Huskies have won two of the last three in Seattle with all three games going down to the wire, including one sent to OT.

The Coach (60-32 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
• Freshman RaeQuan Battle set a career-high with 14 points against Arizona in just 15 minutes of game action ... he also tied his career-high with four made from long distance
• Battle has hit eight from 3-point range in the last two games and is averaging 10 points over the last five outings
• UW has recorded 10 or more 3's in the last two games with 11 at No. 23 Colorado and then followed with 14 against Arizona ... the 14 are the most in a game since Dec. 19, 2017 (Bethune Cookman) when UW connected on 15 from 3
• UW is currently fourth in the country in blocks with 6.4 per game ... UW led the nation in blocks a year ago
• UW is averaging 13.5 takeaways (blocks and steals) this season, which is the most combined average by any team in the Pac-12.
• The Huskies have yet to allow an opponent to shoot 50 percent or better from the field, while the Huskies have six games of shooting better than 50 percent
• Freshman Isaiah Stewart recorded his eighth 20-point game of the season against No. 23 Colorado going 9-of-12 from the field and adding eight rebounds and four blocks
• Hameir Wright tied his career high in scoring with 12 points against Arizona and added six rebounds
• The freshmen guard combo of Marcus Tsohonis and RaeQuan Battle, who had each played an average of less than six minutes per game prior to Oregon State, then combined for 42 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and just five turnovers in a combined 102 minutes of action against the Oregon schools.... the two had played 56 combined minutes prior to the Oregon weekend
• Isaiah Stewart recorded his fifth 20/10 double-double of the season against No. 8 Oregon as he pulled down a career-best 19 rebounds and added 25 points ... the last player to have five 20/10 dub-dubs in a season was Matthew Bryan-Amaning who had six in 2010-11
• Stewart leads the Pac-12 with nine double-doubles and his five 20/10's are the second-most in the league behind Onyeka Okongwu (USC) ... additionally his nine double-doubles are the second most by a freshman in the NCAA
• Stewart is the only freshman in the country averaging 17 points and nine rebounds per game ... additionally he is the second leading freshman scorer in the NCAA averaging 17.8 points per game
• UW is 12th nationally in field goal percentage defense holding teams to 37.4 percent per outing which also leads the Pac-12
• With his 13 points at No. 23 Colorado, Nahziah Carter is now at 740 career points
• UW has seven players listed at 6-9 or taller on its roster, the most in the Pac-12
• UW has only shot below 40.0 percent from the field in a game in three games this season, up until the game at Stanford, it was the first time since the 2004-05 campaign that the Dawgs had shot over 40 percent in first 15 games
• Stewart was selected to the narrowed down Wooden Award Top 25 Midseason List
• Stewart picked up his fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor on Jan. 6