2017-18 Men’s Basketball University of Washington Athletic Communications • Box 354070 • Graves Hall • Seattle, WA 98195 • (206) 543-2230 • www.GoHuskies.com SID Contact: Ashley Walker ([email protected]), 206-240-3899 (cell) • Men’s Basketball Twitter: @UW_MBB Washington Huskies Game Notes Jan. 10, 2018 Washington Huskies UW (12-4, 2-1) vs. California (7-9, 1-2) 2017-18 Record: 12-4 overall, 2-1 Pac-12 UW returns to the friendly confines of Alaska Airlines Arena as Upcoming Games Date Opponent (TV/UW Rank) Time/Score it hosts California on Thursday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. The game will • Thursday, Jan. 11 Nov. 2 Saint Martin’s (EXH) W, 91-87 be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Guy Haberman and El- UW vs. California 8 p.m. dridge Recasner on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO Alaska Airlines Arena Nov. 10 Belmont (Pac-12 Net WA) W, 86-82 1000AM and 97.7 FM to hear the official UW radio broadcast from Nov. 12 Eastern Washington (Pac-12 Net) W, 79-69 Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. Cal has won six straight but TV: Pac-12 Networks Nov. 16 ^vs. Providence (ESPN2) L, 70-77 the last four games in Seattle have been decided by an average of Radio: KOMO 1000AM & FM 97.7 Nov. 17 ^vs. Virginia Tech (ESPN2) L, 79-103 5.3 points. Three of those have been decided by 3 or less points. (Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton) All-Time vs. Cal: Cal, 78-84 Nov. 24 Seattle U (Pac-12 Net) W, 89-84 The Coach Nov. 26 UC Davis (Pac-12 Net) W, 77-70 Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his first year at Washington, and Last Meeting: L, 59-69 (A), 1/12/17 Nov. 28 Kennesaw State (Pac-12 Net) W, 85-71 first as a head coach becoming the 19th head coach in UW history. After spending 22 years as an assistant at Syracuse, Hopkins over- Dec. 3 Omaha (Pac-12 Net) W, 86-73 • Saturday, Jan. 13 saw teams that reached the NCAA Tournament 16 times including UW vs. Stanford 5 p.m. Dec. 6 vs. No. 2 Kansas (ESPN2) W, 74-65 the 2003 National Championship, four Final Fours, five Elite Eights Dec. 10 No. 12 Gonzaga (Pac-12 Net) L, 70-97 and 10 Sweet 16s along with four NIT berths. Syracuse never Alaska Airlines Arena Dec. 17 Loyola Marymount (Pac-12 Net) W, 80-78 dipped below a 55.0 percent record while Hopkins was on staff. TV: Pac-12 Networks Radio: KOMO 1000AM & FM 97.7 Dec. 19 Bethune-Cookman (Pac-12 Net) W, 106-55 Quick Hitters (Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton) Dec. 22 Montana (Pac-12 Net) W, 66-63 • In Pac-12 play, the Huskies are getting 63 percent of their scor- All-Time vs. Stanford: STAN, 71-75 Dec. 29 *at USC (Pac-12 Net) W, 88-81 ing from inside the paint, compared to 43 percent during non-con- ference action ... Washington has scored at least 50 points in the Last Meeting: L, 69-76, 1/14/17 (A) Dec. 31 *at UCLA (Pac-12 Net) L, 53-74 paint in three of its last six games Jan. 6 *at Washington State (Pac-12 Net) W, 70-65 • Washington has overcome 10 point deficits three times this sea- Jan. 11 *California (Pac-12 Net) 8 p.m. son in wins over Belmont, USC and Washington State .. addition- ally, UW has trailed by at least five in six of its 12 wins Jan. 13 *Stanford (Pac-12 Net) 5 p.m. • UW shot 73.9 percent from the field (17-of-23) in the second half of its win at WSU to mark the third time in Jan. 18 *at Utah (Pac-12 Net) 7 p.m. five games UW has shot over 70 percent from the second half Jan. 20 *at Colorado (Pac-12 Net) 3 p.m. • Washington had five players score in double figures for the third time in the last five games Jan. 28 *Washington State (ESPNU) 5 p.m. • After WSU hit four 3’s in the first five minutes on Saturday, the Huskies held the Cougs to just three more from long distance as WSU finished 7-of-27 after entering the game leading the nation at 12.1 made from 3 per game Feb. 1 *Arizona State (Pac-12 Net) 8 p.m. • Junior Matisse Thybulle is the only active player in NCAA Division 1 to have over 150 steals and 75 blocks Feb. 3 *Arizona (Pac-12 Net) 7:30 p.m. in their career ... his 156 steals rank tied for 18th amongst the NCAA active career leaders in that category ... Feb. 8 *at Oregon (FS1) 7 p.m. additionally he is the only player in Husky history to have 150+ career steals (156) and 75+ career blocks (79) • Washington has had fewer turnovers than its opponents in 11 of its 16 games and are 9-2 in those outings Feb. 10 *at Oregon State (ESPNU) 7 p.m. • Junior Noah Dickerson is one of two Pac-12 players averaging at least 15.1 points and 7.7 rebounds while Feb. 15 *Utah (Pac-12 Net) 6 p.m. also shooting at least 60 percent from the field (60.4FG%), joining Arizona’s Deandre Ayton (20.4 ppg/11.6 Feb. 17 *Colorado (Pac-12 Net) 5 p.m. rpg/62.5FG%) • UW shot 67.3 percent from the field (37-of-55) against USC ... it’s highest shooting percentage since at least Feb. 22 *at Stanford (Pac-12 Net) 6 p.m. 2002-03 .. it’s the second time UW has shot over 62 percent from the field this season (62.7 percent vs. BCU) Feb. 24 *at California (Pac-12 Net) 1:30 p.m. and was the second time in a three-game span March 1 *Oregon State (ESPN2) 8 p.m. • Starting with the Kansas game, sophomore Sam Timmins has been 22-of-32 from the field, shooting at a March 3 *Oregon (Pac-12 Net) TBA 68.8 percent clip with 10 blocks. Fourteen of his 22 made FGs (63.6 percent) in that span have come from dunks. March 7-10 &Pac-12 Tournament • UW is the only team in the NCAA to record 16 steals and 15 blocks in the same game this season after doing so against BCU .. since the 2011-12 season only one other school has recorded those numbers in a single game Home Games in Bold; * Pacific-12 Conference Game; ^ 2K Sports Classic ... Syracuse (12/28/2011 - 17 steals, 15 blocks - v. Seton Hall) Benefitting Wounded Warrior Project.; & Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Center, • UW’s 10 wins in non-conference play tied for the second most since 2005-06 ... UW had 11 wins in 2014-15, Las Vegas, Nev.; All times listed Pacific & subject to change; TV in parenthesis. 10 in 2006-07 and 10 in 2005-06 • Freshman Jaylen Nowell has scored seven of his 14 total career threes over the last six games • Since moving into the point guard position, junior David Crisp has dished out 55 assists which is up from his 44 over the first 16 games a year ago and 29 over the first 16 games as a freshman ... he is also leading the team in minutes at 35.3 per game *- captain • Junior Matisse Thybulle is creating scoring on the direct next possession of 65.4 percent (34 of 52) of his 52 steals this year ... over the last two years he is creating scoring on 57.2 percent (67 of 117) of the next pos- session and for his career he is at 57.1 percent (89 of 156 steals) • UW is shooting 79.3 percent from the FT line in final five minutes of its 16 games and that goes up to 81.6 2017-18 UW Player Notes percent in the final two minutes ... UW has not been that efficient from the FT line during those two spans since No. Name Notes at least 2002-03 (stats not kept as well before that) 0 Bitumba Baruti (G, 6-6, So.) Lengthy, athletic guard .. came to the states after going to a camp where he was one of two out of 400 from the Congo to earn a prep-school scholarship 1 David Crisp (G, 6-0, Jr.) Is the leading returning scorer from last year averaging 13.8 points in 31 games ... helped lead Brewster Academy to the 2015 National Prep Championship 2 Dan Kingma (G, 5-10, Sr.) Walk-on turned scholarship player before the 2015-16 season ... twin sister Kelli played for the UW women’s basketball team before medically retiring 4 Matisse Thybulle (G, 6-5, Jr.) Is the only player to return that started every game last season ... has started 81-straight games, every game of his career 5 Jaylen Nowell (G, 6-4.5, Fr.) One of eight players from the state of Washington ... is an active member of the USA Basketball organization ... earned all-state honors at Garfield 11 Nahziah Carter (F, 6-6, Fr.) One of two players from New York to come to UW ... was teammates with Hameir Wright during the summer of 2016 ... averaged 19.1 ppg as a senior at Bishop Kearney 12 Jason Crandall (G, 6-0, So.) Started as a manager, moved to a practice player and became a full time team member under Coach Hopkins. 13 Hameir Wright (F, 6-9, Fr.) One of two players from New York to come to UW ..