Purchase Tickets HereUW Wraps Up November Home SlateThe Huskies finish their two-game home slate for the month of November on Saturday, November 21 as they host Pennsylvania out of the Ivy League at Noon PT. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Kevin Calabro and Eldridge Recasner on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/FM 97.7 to hear Mike Gastineau and Jason Hamilton call the action. This is the third meeting between the two programs with Penn owning a 0-2 record.
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 14th year at Washington, has amassed a 272-159 (.631) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 365-247 (.596) in 19 seasons. Romar has taken the Huskies to the NCAA tournament six times including three Sweet 16 appearances.
Quick Hitters
• UW has seven players averaging over five rebounds per outing in two games, including three guards (Murray, Andrews, Crisp) ... additionally the Dawgs recorded 60 or more rebounds in back-to-back games for the first time under coach Romar (UW has never posted 50+ rebounds in two-straight games either)
• Two of the top four rebounding efforts under Romar have occurred this season
• The Dawgs currently rank fourth nationally in rebounding margin (+21) and sixth in FG percentage defense
• Freshman Marquese Chriss recorded his first career double-double with 29 points and 10 rebounds ... his 29 points are the most by a freshman since the 2013-14 season
• UW’s Andrews and Chriss are both averaging over 20 points a game while Chriss leads the team in FG percentage at 58.3 percent (14-of-24)
• Senior team captain Andrew Andrews is 29th all-time in scoring at Washington with 1,143 career points, passing current assistant Will Conroy (1,113)
• Malik Dime is the third player under Romar to post a double-double in his UW debut joining Jon Brockman and Aziz N’Diaye, who also hails from Dakar, Senegal
• Washington’s roster is the youngest in the Pac-12 and features the most players under the age of 20 (nine) and 19 (4)
• With 80 percent of the team listed as freshmen or sophomores, Washington ties with Wyoming for the fifth youngest roster of the 345 NCAA Division I squads.
• Andrews has posted five 20+ scoring efforts 10 times in his career and has done so five times over the last eight games dating back to last season ... additionally he has scored at least 14 points in 13-straight games
• Washington’s backcourt hails solely from the Pacific Northwest with Andrews, Murray, Crisp, Green, Dorsey and Thybulle all growing up in either Washington or Oregon (Andrews - Portland).
• Washington welcomes the No. 6 recruiting class in the nation (Scout.com) to the court this year which includes guard Dejounte Murray, forward Marquese Chriss, forward Noah Dickerson, forward Matisse Thybulle, forward Dominic Green, guard David Crisp, forward Malik Dime and forward Devenir Duruisseau. Washington is also the only school nationally with five Top 100 signees (Scout.com)
• The UW front court will have an entirely new look to it and will feature 6-9 freshman Marquese Chriss, ranked No. 49 in the class of 2015, freshman Noah Dickerson (6-8), ranked 52nd, along with junior college transfer Malik Dime (6-10) who helped Indian Hills CC advance to back-to-back NJCAA Championship game appearances
• Additionally, the backcourt will also look different as Andrews will move back to the point guard position for the first time since he arrived on campus in 2011 ... he’ll be joined by sophomores Donaven Dorsey and Dan Kingma along with the heralded freshman class in Murray, Thybulle, Green and Crisp.
• The Huskies spend the majority of November on the road, first as they open with a history contest against Texas in the first regular season collegiate or professional game to be played in China. The Dawgs follow that up with a date at the stacked Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas. UW only has two home November games.
• UW welcomed back one its standout performers as head coach Lorenzo Romar hired Will Conroy as an assistant coach this summer. Conroy spent the last seven years playing professionally and this is his first collegiate assistant coaching job.
UW vs. Mount St. Mary’s Notes
Team
-UW opened with a 17-0 run, keeping the Mount scoreless for 4:31 (Huskies were 6-for-10 from the field over that period)
-First time under Romar that Washington has had 60+ rebounds in back-to-back games (62 vs. Texas, 60 vs. MSM)... Additionally, the Dawgs have never had 50+ rebounds in back to back games under Romar
-Two of UW’s top four rebounding outputs have under Romar have happened in the last two games
-UW’s 100 points were the Mount has allowed this season (prev. 80 vs. Maryland, 11/13/2015)
-UW had 10 steals tonight, and 7 against Texas. Last time Huskies had at least 7 steals in back-to-back games was vs. UCONN (12/22/2013) and Mississippi Valley State (12/27/2013)
Individual
-Marquese Chriss posted his first double-double at UW and recorded the most points by a freshman since the 2013-14 season (N. Williams-Goss, 32 v. OSU, 1/25/14)
-David Crisp notched a career-best 13 points in just 15 minutes
-Dejounte Murray flirted with a triple-double for the second-straight game with 11 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
-Andrew Andrews recorded his second-straight 20+ scoring effort.
Making the Most of Minutes
This group of Dawgs takes advantage of their minutes on the court. Freshman Marquese Chriss is averaging 20.5 points in 23.5 minutes while Andrew Andrews is putting up 21.5 in 30.0 minutes. Take a closer look at how they made the most of their minutes vs. Mount St. Mary’s:
Marquese Chriss 29 pts, 10 reb in 29 min
Andrew Andrews 20 pts, 4 steals in 27 min
David Crisp 13 pts, 4 assists in 15 min
Rebounds By Committee
The Huskies aren’t leaving the rebounding responsibility solely to their bigs as seven players, including three guards are averaging over five boards per game. The Dawgs have posted 60+ rebounds in back-to-back games for the first time under coach Romar. Junior college transfer Malik Dime led the Huskies in game one with 14 boards and freshman Marquese Chriss took those honors against MSM with a game-high 10. Washington outrebounded MSM by 33, its biggest rebounding margin since 2010.
30+ Win +100 points
Washington’s 33-point win over Mount St. Mary’s was the largest margin of victory since a 54-point win over McNeese State on Nov. 13, 2010. Additionally, it was UW’s first 100-point game since Feb. 10, 2011 in a 109-77 win over California.
