POST-GAME NOTES
2019 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament Thursday, March 14 // Las Vegas // T-Mobile Arena Final Score: #1 Washington 78, #8 USC 75
• With today’s win, No. 1 Washington will play the winner of No. 4 Oregon State and No. 5 Colorado Friday at 6:00 p.m. in the semifinals. • Washington improves to 19-17 in the Pac-12 Tournament and 7-8 in the quarterfinals. USC falls to 18- 19 in the Pac-12 Tournament. • The No. 1 seed now has a 12-3 edge over the No. 8 seed in the tournament after Washington’s win. • Matisse Thybulle, who had five steals, is now first all-time on the Pac-12 single-season steals list with 115, passing Jason Kidd (110). • Matisse Thybulle (320) is one steal shy from tying Gary Payton for first all-time in Pac-12 career steals with 321. • Nick Rakocevic scored 17 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, his 15th double-double of the season (most among Pac-12 players). • Nick Rakocevic ends his career with 665 rebounds, good for 15th all-time in USC program history. • Nick Rakocevic’s 308 rebounds in 2018-19 place him ninth on USC’s single-season rebounding list. • When Dominic Green connects on at least two 3-point baskets (he hit three vs. USC), Washington is now 20-3 this season. Green’s third triple of the game gave UW a 77-71 lead with 37 seconds left. • Jaylen Nowell had a game-high 24 points against USC and now has 20 games of 20-or-more points this season. He has reached double figures in 59 of his 66 career games. • UW has forced at least 10 turnovers in 23-straight games. • Matisse Thybulle is 10 blocks away from the UW program record. He has 176 blocked shots and only trails Christian Welp’s 186. • Noah Dickerson has 944 career rebounds and is one shy from seventh place on Washington’s all-time career rebounding list. • Bennie Boatwright ends his career with 243 three-point field goals, 2nd all-time on USC’s career three- point list behind Elijah Stewart. • Bennie Boatwright finishes his career with 1,542 points, fifth all-time in program history. His 564 points in 2018-19 is 13th all-time at USC. • Bennie Boatwright’s 90 three-pointers this season places him fourth on USC’s single-season three- point list. • Jonah Matthews made 78 three-pointers this season, tied for seventh on the single-season three-point list with Elijah Stewart. • David Crisp scored 18 points in the quarterfinal matchup, his 22nd double-figure scoring game of the season. • David Crisp moved to ninth all-time on Washington’s career assist list with 345 after dishing out six against USC. • Kevin Porter Jr. scored a career-high 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting against UW. • UW had a season-high 13 three-pointers. • UW improves to 1-1 all-time against USC in the Pac-12 Tournament. No. 6 seed USC won a 2016 first-round meeting over No. 11 Washington, 78-73.