Saturday, February 22
Seattle, WA
3:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
California
Huskies Host California Saturday at 3 p.m.
February 21, 2020 | Men's Basketball
UW (12-15, 2-12) vs. California (11-15, 5-8)
UW continues its three-game home stretch as it takes on California on Saturday at 3 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Aaron Goldsmith and Eldridge Recasner 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 dropped the first game against the Bears in California this year, 58-61 in overtime on Jan. 11 but own a 52-30 record when playing in Seattle.Β
The Coach (60-37 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
β’ Isaiah Stewart had a record setting night against Stanford as he now owns the UW freshman records for blocks (59) and rebounds (235) ... the rebound record he broke set by Mark Pope was done almost 30 years ago (1991-92)
β’ Freshmen Jaden McDaniels and Isaiah Stewart each recorded a double-double at USC making it the first game this season both have posted at least 10 points and 10 reboundsΒ
β’ Jamal Bey nearly missed a double-double with nine points and a career-best eight rebounds against Stanford
β’ Washington had four players pull down at least five rebounds against Stanford in Carter (9), Bey (8), Timmins (6) and Stewart (5)
β’ Junior Nahziah Carter is now at 795 career points as he has the most points by anyone on the roster
β’ Over the last five games off the bench, McDaniels is averaging 12.4 points, 4.6 rebounds while shooting 41.0 percent from the field, 41.0 from 3 and 83.0 from the FT line
β’ Isaiah Stewart was named one of the Top 10 Finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award and named to the Naismith Tropy Midseason Watch List along with the Wooden Award Midseason list
β’ After pulling his redshirt, freshman Marcus Tsohonis has averaged 9.6 points in five straight starts scoring a career-high 19 points against Arizona State, following with 13 at WSU and adding five at UCLA ... he is also averaging 2.4 assists in those outings
β’ UW has yet to let an opponent shoot higher than 50 percent from the field in 27 games ... the Dawgs currently rank 10th nationally in FG percentage defense at 38.1 percent
β’ UW is averaging 6.3 blocks per game, which ranks third in the NCAA ... UW led the country in blocks a year ago
β’ The Dawgs currently have 1,014 wins inside Alaska Airlines Arena. Washington's 1,014 wins are the most by any Division I team at its current home arena
β’ UW is averaging 13.3 takeaways (blocks and steals) this season, which is the most combined average by any team in the Pac-12.Β
β’ UW has seven players listed at 6-9 or taller on its roster, the most in the Pac-12
β’ 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
β’ 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
β’ Stewart is second the Pac-12 with 11 double-doubles and his five 20/10's are the second-most in the league behind Onyeka Okongwu (USC) ... Β his 11 double-doubles are the second most by a freshman in the NCAA
β’ UW has only shot below 40.0 percent from the field in a game in five 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
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UW continues its three-game home stretch as it takes on California on Saturday at 3 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Aaron Goldsmith and Eldridge Recasner 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 dropped the first game against the Bears in California this year, 58-61 in overtime on Jan. 11 but own a 52-30 record when playing in Seattle.Β
The Coach (60-37 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
β’ Isaiah Stewart had a record setting night against Stanford as he now owns the UW freshman records for blocks (59) and rebounds (235) ... the rebound record he broke set by Mark Pope was done almost 30 years ago (1991-92)
β’ Freshmen Jaden McDaniels and Isaiah Stewart each recorded a double-double at USC making it the first game this season both have posted at least 10 points and 10 reboundsΒ
β’ Jamal Bey nearly missed a double-double with nine points and a career-best eight rebounds against Stanford
β’ Washington had four players pull down at least five rebounds against Stanford in Carter (9), Bey (8), Timmins (6) and Stewart (5)
β’ Junior Nahziah Carter is now at 795 career points as he has the most points by anyone on the roster
β’ Over the last five games off the bench, McDaniels is averaging 12.4 points, 4.6 rebounds while shooting 41.0 percent from the field, 41.0 from 3 and 83.0 from the FT line
β’ Isaiah Stewart was named one of the Top 10 Finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award and named to the Naismith Tropy Midseason Watch List along with the Wooden Award Midseason list
β’ After pulling his redshirt, freshman Marcus Tsohonis has averaged 9.6 points in five straight starts scoring a career-high 19 points against Arizona State, following with 13 at WSU and adding five at UCLA ... he is also averaging 2.4 assists in those outings
β’ UW has yet to let an opponent shoot higher than 50 percent from the field in 27 games ... the Dawgs currently rank 10th nationally in FG percentage defense at 38.1 percent
β’ UW is averaging 6.3 blocks per game, which ranks third in the NCAA ... UW led the country in blocks a year ago
β’ The Dawgs currently have 1,014 wins inside Alaska Airlines Arena. Washington's 1,014 wins are the most by any Division I team at its current home arena
β’ UW is averaging 13.3 takeaways (blocks and steals) this season, which is the most combined average by any team in the Pac-12.Β
β’ UW has seven players listed at 6-9 or taller on its roster, the most in the Pac-12
β’ 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
β’ 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
β’ Stewart is second the Pac-12 with 11 double-doubles and his five 20/10's are the second-most in the league behind Onyeka Okongwu (USC) ... Β his 11 double-doubles are the second most by a freshman in the NCAA
β’ UW has only shot below 40.0 percent from the field in a game in five 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
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