2011-12 Men’s Basketball University of Washington Athletic Communications • Box 354070 • Graves Hall • Seattle, WA 98195 • (206) 543-2230 • (206) 543-5000 fax SID Contact: Brian Tom ([email protected]) www.GoHuskies.com Weekly Release Feb. 3, 2012 Washington Huskies Washington (15-7, 8-2) Vs. USC (6-17, 1-9) 2011-12 Record: 15-7 overall, 8-2 Pac-12 Dawgs alone in fi rst place atop the Pac-12 Conference standings after winning fourth straight on Thursday. Time / UW Looks To Stop USC Win Streak In Seattle Date Opponent (TV/UW Rank) Result Score This Game... N. 4 Seattle Pacifi c [exh.] W 77-60 The Huskies are alone in fi rst-place atop the Pac-12 standings for the • Saturday, Feb. 4 N. 12 Georgia State $ W 91-74 fi rst time this season after they beat UCLA on Thursday and Califor- USC at UW 8:00 p.m. PT N. 13 Florida Atlantic $ W 77-71 nia lost at home to Arizona. The Huskies are 8-2 in conference action Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) N. 14 Portland $ (ROOT Sports) W 93-63 for the fi rst time since starting Pac-10 play 10-2 during the 2005 TV: FSN (Joel Meyers and Ernie Kent) N. 20 at Saint Louis (CBS Sports Net) L 64-77 season. UW has won four-straight games, seven of eight, and 10 of Radio: KJR 950 AM and 102.9 FM N. 25 Houston Baptist W 88-65 12. UW welcomes in the USC Trojans on Saturday, who has won the All-Time Series Record: USC, 68-66 D. 2 at Nevada (ESPNU) L 76-73 (ot) last two games in the Emerald City. The Huskies will be attempting Last Time: USC 62-60, 3/5/11 D. 6 vs.#11 Marquette & (ESPN) L 79-77 to earn their fi fth home sweep of the L.A. schools during the Romar Streak: USC won 1 D. 10 vs. #7 Duke ^ (CBS) L 86-80 era. FSN televise the 8:00 p.m. contest to a national audience with D. 16 UC Santa Barbara (ROOT Sports) W 87-80 Joel Meyers and Ernie Kent calling the action from Alaska Air- Upcoming... D. 18 South Dakota St. (ROOT Sports) L 92-73 lines Arena. Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton will provide home • Thursday, Feb. 9 D. 22 Cal State Northridge W 74-51 radio coverage on KJR 950 AM & 102.9 FM and the Washington UW at Oregon 8:00 p.m. PT D. 29 Oregon State* (ROOT Sports) W 95-80 IMG College Sports Network throughout the Pacifi c Northwest. UW Matthew Knight Arena (12,369) D. 31 Oregon* (ESPN2) W 76-60 Director of Writing Gregg Bell will also host an exclusive LIVE chat TV: FSN (Kevin Calabro and Marques J. 5 at Colorado* (ROOT Sports) L 87-69 on GoHuskies.com. Johnson, Rebecca Haarlow - sidelines) J. 7 at Utah* (FSN) W 57-53 Washington-USC History Radio: KJR 950 AM and 102.9 FM J. 10 Seattle U. (ROOT Sports) W 91-83 All-Time Series Record: UW, 186-104 J. 15 Washington St.* (FSN) W 75-65 The Huskies are 37-30 at home against USC and overall, USC holds a 67-65 advantage in the series which fi rst began in 1925. UW has Last Time: UW 76-60, 12/31/11 J. 19 California* (ROOT Sports) L 69-66 Streak: UW won 2 J. 21 Stanford* (ROOT Sports) W 76-63 lost two-straight in Seattle and three of the last four games played J. 26 at Arizona St.* (ROOT Sports) W 60-54 in Hec Ed. Lorenzo Romar is only 5-4 at home vs. USC, his worst J. 28 at Arizona* (ESPN) W 69-67 home record vs. any Pac-12 opponent. He is 11-7 overall vs. USC. Washington last beat USC at home in 2009. F. 2 UCLA* (ESPN) W 71-69 Kevin O’Neill is 4-2 all-time against the Huskies, going 1-1 while head coach at Arizona in 2008 and going 3-1 F. 4 USC* (FSN) 8:00 p.m. in his two seasons at USC. F. 9 at Oregon* (FSN) 8:00 p.m. Scouting USC F. 12 at Oregon St.* (FSN) 2:30 p.m. USC is last in the conference, currently 1-9 in Pac-12 action and 6-17 overall. USC has one road win this season, F. 16 Arizona State* (FSN) 8:00 p.m. beating UC Riverside 56-35 in November ...The Trojans have lost 10 of its last 11 games and 13 of its last 15 F. 18 Arizona* (FSN) 12:00 p.m. games. They snapped a 9-games losing streak last Saturday by beating Utah ... USC lost 60-53 on Thursday at F. 25 at Washington St.* (ROOT Sports) 5:00 p.m. Washington State. Greg Allen came off the bench and scored a team-high 17 points and hit 5-of-11 three-point M. 1 at USC* TBA buckets. Garrett Jackson added 15 points and Byron Wesley scored 12 ... Sophomore guard Maurice Jones M. 3 at UCLA* TBA leads the Trojans with 14.2 points per game and 3.4 assists per game .. Head coach Kevin O’Neill is in his third M. 7-10 Pac-12 Tournament TBA year with the Trojans. Last year O’Neill led the Trojans in the fi rst play-in game of the NCAA tournament, and Home Games in Bold; * Pacifi c-12 Conference Game; $World Vision then lost in the second round to Final Four participant VCU ... The Trojans suffered their fi fth season-ending Classic; Madison Square Garden, &Jimmy V Classic.; ^CARQUEST injury last week when big man Dewayne Dedmon went down, leaving the team with six healthy scholarship Auto Parts Classic. All times listed Pacifi c; TV in parenthesis. players. 2011-12 Washington Player Notes (Projected Starters In Bold) No. Name PPG RPG APG* Notes 0 Abdul Gaddy (G, 6-3, Jr.) 8.3 2.5 4.6 102 assists this yr ... 3rd Pac-12 in asst/TO ratio, 3rd in assists, 7th in minutes (33.5) ... 10+ points 7 times this year 5 Aziz N’Diaye (C, 7-0, Jr.) 8.3 8.2 1.3* 2nd in Pac-12 rebs (8.2), 5th in blks (1.3 bpg), 12th FG% (53.8) ... 10+ rebs 6x this year, 10+ pts 9x ... 3 double-dbls 14 Tony Wroten G, 6-5, Fr.) 16.9 4.6 3.3 10+ pts in 20 of 22 gms, 20+ 8x ... 2nd in P-12 in ppg, 2nd stls (1.9), 8th apg ... 372 pts 5th most by UW frosh 30 Desmond Simmons (F, 6-7, RS-Fr.) 5.2 5.5 1.0 3 gms with 10+ pts ... 16th in Pac-12 in rpg ... 5+ rebs in 14 of 22 games ... UW 6-1, in his 7 straight starts 31 Terrence Ross (G, 6-6, So.) 15.4 6.5 1.7 1 of 2 Pac-12 players in both top-10 scoring (5th) & rebs (7th) ... leads UW 10+ pts in 21 of 22 gms ... Naismith candidate 4 Hikeem Stewart (G, 6-2, Fr.) 0.6 0.4 0.4 0 turnovers in 68 mins ... twin, Kadeem plays at E. Ariz Coll ... older twin bros, Lodrick (USC) & Rodrick (USC/Kansas) 10 Martin Breunig (F, 6-8, Fr.) 1.4 1.1 0.2* Shooting 71.4% at the FT line ... 5th German player at UW .... from same town (Leverkusen) as Detlef Schrempf 12 Andrew Andrews (G, 6-2, Fr.) Redshirting Will redshirt ... hit a pair of FT’s in 5 mins vs. SPU ... avg 24 pts, 5 assts & was 2011 Oregon 5A State Player of Year 15 Scott Suggs (G, 6-6, Sr.) Redshirting Announced he would redshirt on Dec. 9 ... right foot surgery on Oct. 14 ... ranked 3rd in 2011 in Pac10 in 3-pt FG pct (45.0%) 20 Alex Wegner (F, 6-7, Fr.) 1.5 0.5 0.0 Hit 3-pointers vs. Ga St. & vs. Port ... avg. 22.9 ppg, 11.7 rpg, 1.8 spg and 2.4 bpg as a senior at Vashon Island 23 C.J. Wilcox (G, 6-5, So.) 14.4 3.3 1.4 Missed 3 gms w/stress fracture left femur ... 108 career 3-pt FGs ... 1st Pac-12 in FT% (.902), 3rd 3-pt FGs per game (2.4) 33 Jernard Jarreau (F, 6-10, Fr.) Redshirting Will Redshirt ... team-high 3 blocks vs. SPU ... fi rst player from New Orleans since Eldridge Recasner 35 Austin Seferian-Jenkins (F, 6-6, Fr.) 1.5 3.8 0.3 7 rebs in UW debut ... joined team on Jan. 9 ... freshman All-Amer. TE for the UW football ... avg 17 ppg & 9 rpg as a HS SR 40 Shawn Kemp, Jr. (F, 6-9, Fr.) 1.3 0.8 0.8* career-hi equaling 4 pts vs. UCLA in 11 mins ... 4th on team with 13 blocks ... 5th Husky that is the son of an ex-Sonic 42 Brendan Sherrer (F, 6-8, Sr.) 0.8 1.0 0.0 Career-best 3 rebs. vs. Houston Baptist ... has played in 27 career games, all wins by at least 17 pts ... 2009 walkon 44 Darnell Gant (F, 6-8, Sr.) 7.7 4.7 0.8 On pace to tie UW record with 136 games ... 7 games with 10+ points, incl. 17 vs. Stanford ... 1 dbl-dbl ... 70 career starts * = blocks per game average 2011-12 Husky Basketball Quick Facts a 2011-12 UW Men’s Basketball – Husky Notes Location .