Saturday, March 7
Tucson, AZ
7:00 PM
University of Washington
at
Arizona
UW Wraps Up Regular Season at Arizona Saturday
March 06, 2020 | Men's Basketball
UW (14-16, 4-13) at Arizona (20-10, 10-7)
UW concludes the regular season on the road on Saturday as it will face Arizona at 7 p.m. on March 7. The game will be televised on ESPN with Dave Pasch 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. UW dropped the first game against the Wildcats in Seattle this year, 72-75, on Jan. 30. Washington won last year's matchup in Tucson, 67-60, on Feb. 7.
The Coach (62-38 at UW/3rd Year)
Coach Mike Hopkins is in his third year at UW, 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
• The Huskies' 90 points were a tied a season-high and were its most in Pac-12 play since 94 against Oregon State two seasons ago in overtime on Feb. 17, 2018
• Washington is currently sixth in the NCAA in field goal percentage defense at 38.2
• UW has assisted on 50 percent of its baskets in 19 of their 30 games, and had 19 assists on 30 baskets at ASU
• Over the last eight games, seven off the bench, McDaniels is averaging 13.6 points, 5.3 rebounds while shooting 41.2 percent from the field, 36.8 from 3 and 80.6 from the FT line
• Junior Nahziah Carter is now at 848 career points as he has the most points by anyone on the roster ... his game against Arizona State was the 100th of his career
• Washington's 15 steals against WSU were its most since 16 against Bethune Cookman, Dec. 19, 2017
• Off the bench in the last two games, sophomore Elijah Hardy has averaged 7 points, 3 assists in 18.5 minutes ... he scored a career-best 9 points at Arizona State while dishing out five assists and scored 5 points in 5 minutes against Washington State at home
• Isaiah Stewart now owns the UW freshman records for blocks (63) and rebounds (262) ... the rebound record he broke set by Mark Pope (234) was done almost 30 years ago (1991-92)
• Stewart is also tied for sixth in single season blocks overall for the Huskies with Christian Welp at 63 ... the single season record for blocks is 88 set by Malik Dime (2015-16)
• Stewart is just two points away from becoming the 40th player in UW history to reach 500 points in a single-season ... he currently has 498 points and would be the first UW freshman since Jaylen Nowell in 2017-18 to reach 500 points in a single season
• Stewart is tied for first in the Pac-12 with 13 double-doubles (with Zeke Nnjani, Ariz), and his five 20/10's are the second-most in the league behind Onyeka Okongwu (USC)
• In UW's four Pac-12 wins, it has outscored their opponents by an average of 20.5 points ... UW's two 30-point conference wins mark the first time since 2010-11 that UW has picked up two 30 point wins over P12 opponents
• After pulling his redshirt, freshman Marcus Tsohonis has averaged 9.3 points in the last eight games, seven starts, scoring a career-high 19 points against Arizona State, following with 13 at WSU, adding five at UCLA and 11 against both Stanford and California ... he is also averaging 2.0 assists in those outings
• UW has let just one opponent shoot higher than 50 percent or better from the field in 30 games (WSU) ... the Dawgs currently rank sixth nationally in FG percentage defense at 38.2 percent
• UW is averaging 6.2 blocks per game, which is second in the NCAA ... UW led the country in blocks a year ago
• UW is averaging 13.4 takeaways (blocks and steals) this season, which is the most combined average by any team in the Pac-12
• UW has seven players listed at 6-9 or taller on its roster, the most in the Pac-12
• Stewart picked up his fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor on Jan. 6
UW concludes the regular season on the road on Saturday as it will face Arizona at 7 p.m. on March 7. The game will be televised on ESPN with Dave Pasch 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. UW dropped the first game against the Wildcats in Seattle this year, 72-75, on Jan. 30. Washington won last year's matchup in Tucson, 67-60, on Feb. 7.
The Coach (62-38 at UW/3rd Year)
Coach Mike Hopkins is in his third year at UW, 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
• The Huskies' 90 points were a tied a season-high and were its most in Pac-12 play since 94 against Oregon State two seasons ago in overtime on Feb. 17, 2018
• Washington is currently sixth in the NCAA in field goal percentage defense at 38.2
• UW has assisted on 50 percent of its baskets in 19 of their 30 games, and had 19 assists on 30 baskets at ASU
• Over the last eight games, seven off the bench, McDaniels is averaging 13.6 points, 5.3 rebounds while shooting 41.2 percent from the field, 36.8 from 3 and 80.6 from the FT line
• Junior Nahziah Carter is now at 848 career points as he has the most points by anyone on the roster ... his game against Arizona State was the 100th of his career
• Washington's 15 steals against WSU were its most since 16 against Bethune Cookman, Dec. 19, 2017
• Off the bench in the last two games, sophomore Elijah Hardy has averaged 7 points, 3 assists in 18.5 minutes ... he scored a career-best 9 points at Arizona State while dishing out five assists and scored 5 points in 5 minutes against Washington State at home
• Isaiah Stewart now owns the UW freshman records for blocks (63) and rebounds (262) ... the rebound record he broke set by Mark Pope (234) was done almost 30 years ago (1991-92)
• Stewart is also tied for sixth in single season blocks overall for the Huskies with Christian Welp at 63 ... the single season record for blocks is 88 set by Malik Dime (2015-16)
• Stewart is just two points away from becoming the 40th player in UW history to reach 500 points in a single-season ... he currently has 498 points and would be the first UW freshman since Jaylen Nowell in 2017-18 to reach 500 points in a single season
• Stewart is tied for first in the Pac-12 with 13 double-doubles (with Zeke Nnjani, Ariz), and his five 20/10's are the second-most in the league behind Onyeka Okongwu (USC)
• In UW's four Pac-12 wins, it has outscored their opponents by an average of 20.5 points ... UW's two 30-point conference wins mark the first time since 2010-11 that UW has picked up two 30 point wins over P12 opponents
• After pulling his redshirt, freshman Marcus Tsohonis has averaged 9.3 points in the last eight games, seven starts, scoring a career-high 19 points against Arizona State, following with 13 at WSU, adding five at UCLA and 11 against both Stanford and California ... he is also averaging 2.0 assists in those outings
• UW has let just one opponent shoot higher than 50 percent or better from the field in 30 games (WSU) ... the Dawgs currently rank sixth nationally in FG percentage defense at 38.2 percent
• UW is averaging 6.2 blocks per game, which is second in the NCAA ... UW led the country in blocks a year ago
• UW is averaging 13.4 takeaways (blocks and steals) this season, which is the most combined average by any team in the Pac-12
• UW has seven players listed at 6-9 or taller on its roster, the most in the Pac-12
• Stewart picked up his fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor on Jan. 6
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