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2020-21 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 Washington Huskies UW (3-15, 2-11 P12) vs UCLA (13-5, 9-3 P12) Upcoming Games 2020-21 Record: 3-15 overall, 2-11 Pac-12 Washington continues its home-stand against the Los Angeles • Sat., Feb. 13 schools taking on UCLA this Saturday, Feb. 13 at 4:30 p.m. The Date Opponent (TV/UW Rank) Time/Score UCLA 4:30 p.m. game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Rich Waltz and (Alaska Airlines Arena) Nov. 29 ^vs. #2 Baylor (FloHoops) L, 52-86 Eldridge Recasner on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KJR TV: Pac-12 Networks Dec. 1 ^vs. UC Riverside (FloHoops) L, 42-57 950AM to hear Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on the official (Rich Waltz & Eldridge Recasner) Dec. 3 *at Utah (Pac-12 Networks) L, 62-76 Husky Radio Broadcast. The Bruins won the first meeting between Radio: KJR 950AM Dec. 9 Seattle U (Pac-12 Networks) W, 73-41 the two teams this season in Los Angeles, taking a close 81-76 (Tony Castricone & Jason Hamilton) victory on Jan. 16. All-Time vs. UCLA: UCLA, 102-43 Dec. 12 *Oregon (Pac-12 Networks) L, 71-74 Last Meeting: L, 76-81 (A), 1/16/21 Dec. 16 Montana (Pac-12 Networks) L, 58-66 The Coach (66-54 at UW/4th Year) • Mon., Feb. 15 Dec. 20 ^vs. Colorado (Pac-12 Networks) L, 69-92 Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his fourth year at Washington, and at WSU 5 p.m. Dec. 31 *Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) L, 53-80 fourth as a head coach after becoming the 19th head coach in UW (Beasley Coliseum) Jan. 2 *Arizona State (FS1) Postponed history. During his 22 years as an assistant at Syracuse, Hopkins was TV: Pac-12 Networks a part of teams that reached the NCAA Tournament 16 times includ- Radio: KJR 950AM Jan. 7 *at Stanford (FS1) L, 75-91 ing the 2003 National Championship, four Final Fours, five Elite Eights (Tony Castricone & Jason Hamilton) Jan. 9 *at California (Pac-12 Networks) L, 78-84 and 10 Sweet 16s along with four NIT berths. Syracuse never dipped All-Time vs. WSU: UCLA, 102-43 Jan. 14 *at USC (Pac-12 Networks) L, 68-95 below a 55.0 percent record while Hopkins was on staff. Hopkins is a Last Meeting: L, 62-77 (H), 1/31/21 Jan. 16 *at UCLA (Pac-12 Networks) L, 76-81 two-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year, winning the honor in each of his Jan. 20 *Colorado (ESPN2) W, 84-80 first two seasons with the Huskies as he led UW to back-to-back 20 win seasons with postseason appearances each year. (2018 NIT, 2019 NCAA Second Round). Jan. 24 *Utah (ESPNU) W, 83-79 Jan. 31 *Washington State (Pac-12 Networks) L, 62-77 Quick Hitters Feb. 4 *at Oregon State (Pac-12 Networks) L, 71-91 • Washington held USC to just 69 points, the fewest points by an opponent since holding Montana to 66 on Feb. 6 *at Oregon (CBS) L, 74-86 Dec. 16 • USC was kept to just 1-of-7 from the 3-point range making them the second team Washington has held to Feb. 11 *USC (Pac-12 Networks) L, 54-69 just one made from long distance (Colorado went 1-of-18 on Jan. 20) Feb. 13 *UCLA (Pac-12 Networks) 4:30 p.m. • Jamal Bey has found his consistency and efficiency in the second half of the season ... over the last 10 Feb. 15 *at Washington State (Pac-12 Networks) 5 p.m. games, he’s averaging 13.7 points while shooting 52.9 percent from the field, 52.8 percent from the 3-point line Feb. 18 *Stanford (FS1) 8 p.m. and 73.7 percent from FT ... he is also pulling down 4.0 rebounds per game • UW has had four players score at least 26 points in a game this season in Bey (28), Tsohonis (27), Stevenson Feb. 20 *California (ESPNU) 7 p.m. (27) and Green (26) Feb. 25 *at Arizona State (FS1) 4 p.m. • Redshirt sophomore Nate Roberts is currently 11th in the league in rebounding, averaging 6.2 per game Feb. 27 *at Arizona (CBS) 11 a.m. overall and is 10th in Pac-12 games pulling down 6.2 per night. March 11-14 $Pac-12 Championship • Bey currently leads the league in 3-point FG percentage at 52.3 percent and is second in Pac-12 games in shooting 52.8 percent (19-of-36) ... 36 of his 44 3-point attempts on the season have come during league action Home Games in Bold; ^ - game played at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas; • Senior Quade Green recorded his seventh 20-point game of the season at Oregon with 23 points ... it was * Pacific-12 Conference Game; $ Pac-12 Championship, T-Mobile Center, Las also his third 20-point night in the last four outings ... he has 10 20-point games in his 32-game UW career Vegas, Nev.; All times listed Pacific & subject to change; TV in parenthesis. • Every Husky that saw action against USC pulled down at least one rebound, making it just the third game this season that all players in the box score recorded at least one (Colorado and Utah at home being the other two games) • Washington was nearly perfect from the charity stripe at Oregon State, with a 20-of-22 mark (90.9 percent) ... UW previously went 100 percent from the FT line this season when facing Oregon in Seattle, going 10-of-10 on Dec. 12, 2020. • All seven of junior transfer Erik Stevenson’s double-digit scoring nights this season have come in the last nine games ... Prior to the California game, Stevenson had only made four from long distance, he has since made 21 • In Washington’s two wins over Utah and Colorado, the Huskies shot 50 percent from the field (57-114) and 49 percent from 3-point range (24-49) ... the Dawgs also scored 80 or more points in back-to-back games for just the fifth time under head coach Mike Hopkins and the first time since a pair of games in December of 2019 (Dec. 17 v. Seattle/Dec. 22 vs. Ball St.) • Green has 137 career assists at UW in just 33 games ... averaging 4.2 a game while being a Husky • Wright currently has 126 career blocks which is sixth all-time at UW ... he is now 11 behind fifth place (137, Malik Dime) and 60 behind the UW record of 186 (Matisse Thybulle and Christian Welp) • Under Coach Hopkins, the Huskies’ 2-3 zone defense has helped the Dawgs record the top two FG% defense 2020-21 UW Player Notes marks in the last 44 years (dating back to the 76-77 season) holding teams to 38.1% (2019-20) and 41.6% No. Name Notes (2018-19) 0 Marcus Tsohonis (G, 6-3, So.) Switched to No. 0 this season from No. 15 ... pulled redshirt last season and went on to start nine of the last 10 gms ... 2018 Portland Interscholastic League Player of the Year 1 Nate Roberts (F, 6-10, RSo.) First starts of his career have come this year .... Played at Brewster Academy in N.H. ... has a 7-6 wingspan...averaging 22.6 minutes up from 7.4 a year ago 4 Nate Pryor (G, 6-4, Jr.) Transfer from North Idaho College ... Averaged 16.8 pts/4.1 asts during 2019-20 .. First Team NEC All-Eastern Region ... from West Seattle HS where he averaged 18.6p/4.2r/4.7a as a senior 5 Jamal Bey (G, 6-6, Jr.) Averaged 24.3 minutes a game last season up from 6.2 as a FR ... 2018 Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year ... played at Bishop Gorman in Vegas and led Gaels to 7th-straight title 10 Erik Stevenson (G, 6-3, Jr.) Transfer from Wichita State, eligible immediately ... was WSU’s 2nd-leading scorer at 11.1 ppg, led the team with 47 steals ... from Lacey, Wash., holds Timberline’s scoring record (1,861) 13 Hameir Wright (F, 6-9, Sr.) Member of Hop’s first UW recruiting class ... Played in 114 career games ... Had career-best 56 asts, 26 stls and 5.6 pts/gm last season ... 2017 NY Gatorade Player of the Year 21 RaeQuan Battle (G, 6-5, So.) Member of the Tulalip (two-LAY-lip) Reservation ... one of six players from WA ... scored 1,667 points career at Marysville-Pilchuck HS, program-best 22 Cole Bajema (G, 6-7, So.) Transfer from Michigan, eligible immediately ... from Lynden-Christian HS in WA ... sister Kara was All-American Volleyball player for UW (2016-20) .. WA AP Class 1A Player of the Year 30 Travis Rice (G, 6-2, R-Sr.) Transfer from Northern Arizona ... son of assistant coach Dave Rice ... played at Bishop Gorman in Vegas for his uncle Grant Rice ... won 3 state championships with Gaels 33 J’Raan Brooks (F, 6-9, Jr.) Transfer from USC, sat out 2019-20 season ... played HS at Garfield in Seattle ... averaged 15 points and 11 rebounds in 2018 to help Garfield win 3A Washington State Title 34 Reagan Lundeen (F, 6-6, Jr.) Preferred walk-on from Mater Dei in Santa Ana ..