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. 16, 2018 Washington Huskies UW (13-5, 3-2) at Utah (10-7, 2-4) 2017-18 Record: 13-5 overall, 3-2 Pac-12 UW hits the road to head to the mountain schools this week, first Upcoming Games Date Opponent (TV/UW Rank) Time/Score facing Utah on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. PT. The game will be • Thursday, Jan. 18 Nov. 2 Saint Martin’s (EXH) W, 91-87 televised on the Pac-12 Networks with J.B. Long and Dan Belluo- UW at Utah 7 p.m. mini on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM Huntsman Center Nov. 10 Belmont (Pac-12 Net WA) W, 86-82 and 97.7 FM to hear the official UW radio broadcast from Tony Nov. 12 Eastern Washington (Pac-12 Net) W, 79-69 Castricone and Jason Hamilton. Utah has a 13-9 lead in the series TV: Pac-12 Networks Nov. 16 ^vs. Providence (ESPN2) L, 70-77 that started in 1951. UW’s last road win at Utah came on Jan. 7, Radio: KOMO 1000AM & FM 97.7 Nov. 17 ^vs. Virginia Tech (ESPN2) L, 79-103 2012 (57-53). (Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton) All-Time vs. Utah: UTAH, 13-9 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, 61-85, 2/11/17 (A) 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. 20 saw teams that reached the NCAA Tournament 16 times including UW at Colorado 3 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 Coors Events Center 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 • The Huskies have recorded 10 or more steals nine times this All-Time vs. Colorado: UW, 12-11 Dec. 29 *at USC (Pac-12 Net) W, 88-81 season in its 18 games ... the last season where UW had at least 10 steals nine times was the 2009-10 campaign Last Meeting: L, 66-81, 2/9/17 (A) Dec. 31 *at UCLA (Pac-12 Net) L, 53-74 • UW is also having another impact on the defensive end as it has Jan. 6 *at Washington State (Pac-12 Net) W, 70-65 posted games of 10 or more blocks three times and five or more Jan. 11 *California (Pac-12 Net) W, 66-56 blocks nine times • With his three blocks and two steals against Stanford, junior Matisse Thybulle became the first Husky in Jan. 13 *Stanford (Pac-12 Net) L, 64-73 program history to rank in the career top 10 in both categories ... Thybulle has 160 career steals (5th) and 84 Jan. 18 *at Utah (Pac-12 Net) 7 p.m. career blocks (T9th). Jan. 20 *at Colorado (Pac-12 Net) 3 p.m. • In UW’s three road wins (Kansas, USC, WSU), it has five players in double-digit scoring, are shooting 55.9 Jan. 28 *Washington State (ESPNU) 5 p.m. percent from the field while holding opponents to 44.8 while that number drops when you look at the oppo- nent’s 3-point FG percentage in those games (22.4 percent) Feb. 1 *Arizona State (Pac-12 Net) 8 p.m. • In 18 games, freshman Jaylen Nowell has recorded seven 20+ scoring efforts while leading the team in Feb. 3 *Arizona (Pac-12 Net) 7:30 p.m. scoring eight times ... he has scored at least 10 points in 11-straight games and in 17 of his 18 career games Feb. 8 *at Oregon (FS1) 7 p.m. • In its 13 wins, UW is shooting 51.0 percent from the field with three of its starters shooting over 50 percent (Timmins, 65.9; Dickerson, 62.3; Nowell, 53.1) in those wins Feb. 10 *at Oregon State (ESPNU) 7 p.m. • Sophomore Sam Timmins has matched his point total from last season (98), taking him just 18 games Feb. 15 *Utah (Pac-12 Net) 6 p.m. compared to 30 a year ago Feb. 17 *Colorado (Pac-12 Net) 5 p.m. • UW assisted on 14 of its 22 baskets against Cal, a 63.6 percent mark, which is its highest percentage this season Feb. 22 *at Stanford (Pac-12 Net) 6 p.m. • Washington has shot over 50 percent from the field in seven of its 18 games ... in the last four seasons, it’s Feb. 24 *at California (Pac-12 Net) 1:30 p.m. taken UW at least 30 games to get to seven outings with 50 percent or better shooting from the field March 1 *Oregon State (ESPN2) 8 p.m. • Washington has overcome 10 point deficits three times this season in wins over Belmont, USC and Washing- March 3 *Oregon (Pac-12 Net) TBA ton State .. additionally, UW has trailed by at least five in six of its 13 wins • Washington has had four players score in double figures in 10 of its 18 games March 7-10 &Pac-12 Tournament • 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 Home Games in Bold; * Pacific-12 Conference Game; ^ 2K Sports Classic • Junior Matisse Thybulle is the only active player in NCAA Division 1 to have over 160 steals and 80 blocks Benefitting Wounded Warrior Project.; & Pac-12 Tournament, T-Mobile Center, in their career ... his 160 steals rank tied for 18th amongst the NCAA active career leaders in that category Las Vegas, Nev.; All times listed Pacific & subject to change; TV in parenthesis. • Washington has had fewer turnovers than its opponents in 12 of its 18 games and are 9-3 in those outings • Starting with the Kansas game, sophomore Sam Timmins has been 22-of-35 from the field, shooting at a 62.8 percent clip with 12 blocks. Fourteen of his 22 made FGs (63.6 percent) in that span have come from dunks. • UW is the only team in the NCAA to record 16 steals and 15 blocks in the same game this season after doing *- captain so against BCU .. since the 2011-12 season only one other school has recorded those numbers in a single game ... Syracuse (12/28/2011 - 17 steals, 15 blocks - v. Seton Hall) • UW is shooting 78.4 percent from the FT line in final five minutes of its 18 games and that goes up to 77.6 percent in the final two minutes ... UW has not been that efficient from the FT line during those two spans since 2017-18 UW Player Notes the 2009-10 season (78.2 final five; 81.4 final two) No. Name Notes 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 83-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 ... was teammates with Nahziah Carter during the summer of 2016 ... NY Gatorade Player of the Year in 2017 14 Michael Carter III (G, 6-4.5, Fr.) Another player from Seattle ... spent two years at O’Dea as a point guard ..