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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 (2-11, 1-7 P12) vs. Utah (6-6, 3-5 P12) Upcoming Games 2020-21 Record: 2-11 overall, 1-7 Pac-12 Washington continues its weekend against the mountain schools • Sun., January 24 taking on Utah on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 1 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Date Opponent (TV/UW Rank) Time/Score Utah 1 p.m. Arena. The game will be televised by ESPNU with Roxy Bernstein (Alaska Airlines Arena) Nov. 29 ^vs. #2 Baylor (FloHoops) L, 52-86 and Corey Williams on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KJR TV: ESPNU Dec. 1 ^vs. UC Riverside (FloHoops) L, 42-57 950AM to hear Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on the official (Roxy Bernstein & Corey Williams) Dec. 3 *at Utah (Pac-12 Networks) L, 62-76 Husky Radio Broadcast. The two teams have already faced off once Radio: KJR 950AM Dec. 9 Seattle U (Pac-12 Networks) W, 73-41 this season in an early December meeting in Salt Lake City with the (Tony Castricone & Jason Hamilton) Utes taking the victory 76-62 on Dec. 3. Utah holds the series lead All-Time vs. Utah: Utah, 17-11 Dec. 12 *Oregon (Pac-12 Networks) L, 71-74 Last Meeting: L, 62-76 (A), 12/3/20 Dec. 16 Montana (Pac-12 Networks) L, 58-66 17-11 with Washington winning the last meeting in Seattle, 62-45, on Feb. 20, 2019. • Sun., January 31 Dec. 20 ^vs. Colorado (Pac-12 Networks) L, 69-92 Washington State 5 p.m. Dec. 31 *Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) L, 53-80 The Coach (65-50 at UW/4th Year) (Alaska Airlines Arena) Jan. 2 *Arizona State (FS1) Postponed Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his fourth year at Washington, and TV: Pac-12 Networks Radio: KJR 950AM Jan. 7 *at Stanford (FS1) L, 75-91 fourth as a head coach after becoming the 19th head coach in UW history. During his 22 years as an assistant at Syracuse, Hopkins was (Tony Castricone & Jason Hamilton) Jan. 9 *at California (Pac-12 Networks) L, 78-84 a part of teams that reached the NCAA Tournament 16 times includ- All-Time vs. WSU: UW, 185-106 Jan. 14 *at USC (Pac-12 Networks) L, 68-95 ing the 2003 National Championship, four Final Fours, five Elite Eights Last Meeting: L, 74-78 (H), 2/28/20 Jan. 16 *at UCLA (Pac-12 Networks) L, 76-81 and 10 Sweet 16s along with four NIT berths. Syracuse never dipped Jan. 20 *Colorado (ESPN2) W, 84-80 below a 55.0 percent record while Hopkins was on staff. Hopkins is a two-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year, winning the honor in each of his first two seasons with the Huskies as Jan. 24 *Utah (ESPNU) 1 p.m. he led UW to back-to-back 20 win seasons with postseason appearances each year. (2018 NIT, 2019 NCAA Jan. 31 *Washington State (Pac-12 Networks) 5 p.m. Second Round). Feb. 4 *at Oregon State (Pac-12 Networks) TBA Feb. 6 *at Oregon (CBS) 1 p.m. Quick Hitters • Marcus Tsohonis had a career-night in efficient fashion as he scored a career-best 27 points in 27 minutes on Feb. 11 *USC (Pac-12 Networks) TBA 9-of-13 shooting from the field including 4-of-6 from three and was perfect from the FT line (5-of-5) Feb. 13 *UCLA (Pac-12 Networks) TBA • Washington had four players score in double figures for the second-straight game and three players or more Feb. 18 *Stanford (FS1) TBA for the fifth-straight game Feb. 20 *California (ESPN/2/U) TBA • UW’s 84 points scored against Colorado were its most this season and its most since it had 90 at Arizona Feb. 25 *at Arizona State (FS1) TBA State last season on March 3. • UW hit a season-high 12 from 3-point range against Utah and over the last two games have combined for Feb. 27 *at Arizona (CBS) TBA 22 from long distance ... the last time UW hit at least 12 from 3 was against Arizona on Jan. 30, 2020 when 14 March 6 *at Washington State (Pac-12 Networks) TBA were made ... prior to the California game, UW had not hit more than eight threes in a game March 11-14 $Pac-12 Championship • Junior transfer Erik Stevenson has upped his scoring output over the last four games, leading the team in that span averaging 17.7 points per game, shooting 44.2 percent from the field and 51.6 percent from 3. Prior Home Games in Bold; ^ - game played at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas; to the California game, Stevenson had only made four from long distance, he has since made 16 over the last * Pacific-12 Conference Game; $ Pac-12 Championship, T-Mobile Center, Las three games Vegas, Nev.; All times listed Pacific & subject to change; TV in parenthesis. • From 3-point range, UW has been shooting 44.9 percent over the last four outings compared to its season percentage of 30.9 • Redshirt sophomore Nate Roberts is currently sixth in the Pac-12 in rebounding pulling down 7.0 per game • UW has three players now that have recorded 20-point efforts in Green, Stevenson and Tsohonis, with Green and Tsohonis putting up multiple 20-point nights • UW has had at least three players in double figures in each of the last four games ... in the previous eight games, UW only had three games with at least three double-figure scorers • Quade Green has recorded four 20-point scoring efforts this season with his most recent coming against UCLA as he posted 25 points ... the last player with four 20-point games in the first 10 outings of the season was Jaylen Nowell in 2017-18 • With his five assists against Colorado, Quade Green now has 124 career assists at UW in just 28 games ... averaging 4.4 a game while being a Husky • Wright currently has 120 career blocks which is sixth all-time at UW ... he is now 18 behind fifth place (137, Malik Dime) and 67 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 marks in the last 44 years (dating back to the 76-77 season) holding teams to 38.1% (2019-20) and 41.6% 2020-21 UW Player Notes (2018-19) No. Name Notes 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.) Started in his first two career games this year .... Played at Brewster Academy in N.H. ... has a 7-6 wingspan...averaging 22.3 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 109 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 ... the same high school Coach Mike Hopkins attended ... traveled with the team as a fresman and sophomore 52 Riley Sorn (C, 7-4, RSo.) Redshirted the 2018-19 season ... named the WIBCA 4A Player of the Year as a senior ... set the Washington Class 4A State Tournament record with 30 blocks 55 Quade Green (G, 6-0, Sr.) Transfer from Kentucky, joined UW in Jan.