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. 17, 2012 Washington Huskies Washington (18-8, 11-3) Vs. Arizona (19-8, 11-3) 2011-12 Record: 18-8 overall, 11-3 Pac-12 Washington to honor seniors Darnell Gant, Brendan Sherrer and Tyreese Breshers prior to game vs. Arizona. Time / What’s Next In UW-Arizona Series? Date Opponent (TV/UW Rank) Result Score This Game... N. 4 Seattle Pacifi c [exh.] W 77-60 The UW-UA series has taken a dramatic twist in recent history mak- • Saturday, Feb. 18 N. 12 Georgia State $ W 91-74 ing it one of the more compelling Pac-12 rivalries. The last three UW vs. Arizona 12:00 p.m. PT N. 13 Florida Atlantic $ W 77-71 games have been decided by a combined fi ve points and come down Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) N. 14 Portland $ (ROOT Sports) W 93-63 to last-second shots and plays. Adding to the intrigue on Saturday TV: FSN/ROOT Sports N. 20 at Saint Louis (CBS Sports Net) L 64-77 will be that it is senior day for the Huskies and fi rst-place, plus a pos- (Kevin Calabro and Marques Johnson) N. 25 Houston Baptist W 88-65 sible NCAA bid is on the line for both teams. The streaking Dawgs Radio: KJR 950 AM and 102.9 FM D. 2 at Nevada (ESPNU) L 76-73 (ot) have won seven of eight, 10 of 12, and 13 of 16. Saturday’s game All-Time Series Record: AZ, 44-27 D. 6 vs.#11 Marquette & (ESPN) L 79-77 will be broadcast by FSN (ROOT Sports regionally) with Kevin Ca- Last Time: UW 69-67, 1/28/12 D. 10 vs. #7 Duke ^ (CBS) L 86-80 labro and Marques Johnson calling the action from Alaska Air- Streak: UW won 2 D. 16 UC Santa Barbara (ROOT Sports) W 87-80 lines Arena. Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton will provide home D. 18 South Dakota St. (ROOT Sports) L 92-73 radio coverage on KJR 950 AM & 102.9 FM and the Washington Upcoming... D. 22 Cal State Northridge W 74-51 IMG College Sports Network throughout the Pacifi c Northwest. UW • Saturday, Feb. 25 D. 29 Oregon State* (ROOT Sports) W 95-80 Director of Writing Gregg Bell will host an exclusive LIVE chat on UW at Washington State 5:00 p.m. PT D. 31 Oregon* (ESPN2) W 76-60 GoHuskies.com. Friel Court (11,671) J. 5 at Colorado* (ROOT Sports) L 87-69 Senior Salute TV: ROOT Sports (Tom Glasgow, Lenny J. 7 at Utah* (FSN) W 57-53 The Huskies will honor three senior team managers plus three senior Wilkens and Jen Mueller - sidelines) J. 10 Seattle U. (ROOT Sports) W 91-83 players before the Huskies and Arizona tip on Saturday. The three Radio: KJR 950 AM and 102.9 FM J. 15 Washington St.* (FSN) W 75-65 managers to be recognized are: Kegan Bone (Snohomish, Wash.), All-Time Series Record: UW, 173-100 J. 19 California* (ROOT Sports) L 69-66 Jordan En’Wezoh (Kennewick, Wash.) and Yong Kim (Bellevue, Last Time: UW 75-65, 1/15/12 J. 21 Stanford* (ROOT Sports) W 76-63 Wash). The players making their fi nal home appearance are Tyreese Streak: UW won 1 J. 26 at Arizona St.* (ROOT Sports) W 60-54 Breshers (Los Angeles/Price HS), Darnell Gant (Los Angeles) and J. 28 at Arizona* (ESPN) W 69-67 Brendan Sherrer (Monroe, Wash.). Breshers played in 34 games, starting 11, as a freshman in 2010 before F. 2 UCLA* (ESPN) W 71-69 F. 4 USC* (FSN) W 69-41 being forced to retire from playing. He averaged 3 points & 2.6 rebounds and blocked 26 shots -- 5th most in F. 9 at Oregon* (FSN) L 82-57 UW freshman history -- in his one season. Gant is one of 3 team captains and is having a career-best season. F. 12 at Oregon St.* (FSN) W 75-72 He has a chance to be the fi rst Husky to play in four NCAA Tournaments and end his career with most game F. 16 Arizona State* (FSN) W 77-69 games played in team history. Sherrer is a fan favorite that was a member of the Dawg Pack before earning a F. 18 Arizona* (FSN) 12:00 p.m. roster spot during open tryouts in Oct. 2009. He has appeared in 28 games, all wins by no less than 17 points. F. 25 at Washington St.* (ROOT Sports) 5:00 p.m. Washington-Arizona History M. 1 at USC* TBA Arizona has dominated the all-time series against UW, holding a 44-27 advantage over the Huskies, but Wash- M. 3 at UCLA* (CBS) 11:00 a.m. ington has won four of the last fi ve games. The Huskies are 17-16 all-time in Seattle vs. the ‘Cats and have been M. 7-10 Pac-12 Tournament TBA winners at home in four-straight. Since Lorenzo Romar has been at UW the Huskies have been able to hold their Home Games in Bold; * Pacifi c-12 Conference Game; $World Vision own, managing to go 12-10 against the Wildcats. The last three games have been particularly memorable with Classic; Madison Square Garden, &Jimmy V Classic.; ^CARQUEST the difference being a combined fi ve points and the Huskies winning 2 of those games. The Huskies earned Auto Parts Classic. All times listed Pacifi c; TV in parenthesis. their fi rst win in Tucson since 2006 the last time the two teams met on Jan. 28. The Huskies are going for their 2011-12 Washington Player Notes (Projected Starters In Bold) No. Name PPG RPG APG* Notes 0 Abdul Gaddy (G, 6-3, Jr.) 7.7 2.6 4.7 121 assts ranks as 15th most in UW season history ... 3rd in Pac-12 in assts, 4th asst/TO ratio, 6th in minutes (33.6) 5 Aziz N’Diaye (C, 7-0, Jr.) 8.3 7.5 1.1* 3rd in Pac-12 rebs, 3rd in off. rebs (2.8), 10th in blks (1.1 bpg), 11th FG% (53.8) ... 10+ rebs 6x this yr., 10+ pts 10x ... 3 double-dbls 14 Tony Wroten G, 6-5, Fr.) 16.3 4.7 3.5 10+ pts in 24 of 26 gms, 20+ 8x ... 4th in P-12 in ppg, 2nd stls (2.19), 8th apg ... 424 pts 3rd most by UW frosh 30 Desmond Simmons (F, 6-7, RS-Fr.) 5.0 5.7 0.9 3.5 pts & 4.8 rebs in 11 starts (6.0 ppg & 6.3 rpg off bench) ... 15th in Pac-12 in rpg ... 5+ rebs in 17 of 26 gms 31 Terrence Ross (G, 6-6, So.) 15.2 6.9 1.5 1 of 3 in Pac-12 both top-10 scoring (6th) & rebs (5th) ... also among leaders in blks & 3-pters ... 10+ pts in 24 of 26 gms 4 Hikeem Stewart (G, 6-2, Fr.) 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 turnovers in 78 mins ... twin, Kadeem plays at E. Ariz Coll ... older twin bros, Lodrick (USC) & Rodrick (USC/Kansas) 10 Martin Breunig (F, 6-8, Fr.) 1.5 1.2 0.2* 4 pts, reb & block vs. USC ... 5th German player at UW .... from same town (Leverkusen) as Detlef Schrempf 12 Andrew Andrews (G, 6-2, Fr.) Redshirting Redshirtting ... 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.) 1.0 0.3 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.) 13.8 3.3 1.3 Has stress fracture in left femur ... 114 career 3-pt FGs ... 2nd Pac-12 in FT% (.883), 3rd 3-pt FGs per game (2.2), 7th in ppg 33 Jernard Jarreau (F, 6-10, Fr.) Redshirting Redshirtting ... team-high 3 blocks vs. SPU ... fi rst player from New Orleans since Eldridge Recasner 35 Austin Seferian-Jenkins (F, 6-6, Fr.) 1.4 2.6 0.1 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.) 2.0 0.8 0.7* Avg 5.0 ppg over last 5 games, including career hi 6 vs. USC ... 4th on team w/14 blocks ... 5th Husky that is the son of an ex-Sonic 42 Brendan Sherrer (F, 6-8, Sr.) 0.5 0.8 0.2 Career-best 3 rebs. vs. Houston Baptist ... has played in 28 career games, all wins by at least 17 pts ... 2009 walkon 44 Darnell Gant (F, 6-8, Sr.) 7.4 4.6 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 .