Wednesday, January 4
Seattle, Wash.
6:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Oregon
Dawgs Host No. 15 Oregon, Wednesday Night at 6 p.m.
January 02, 2017 | Men's Basketball
UW (7-6, 0-1) vs. #15 Oregon (13-2, 2-0)
Washington continues its three-game homestand to open Pac-12 play as it welcomes the No. 15 Oregon Ducks to Alaska Airlines Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 6 p.m. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 with Dave Pasch and Bill Walton on the call and will have a national radio broadcast on Westwood One with Spero Dedes and P.J. Carlesimo on site. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton call the action. UW leads the all-time series 189-112 and have won five of the last seven when playing in Seattle. Additionally, six of the last seven meetings between the two squads have been decided by 10 points or less.
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 296-180 (.622) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 389-268 (.592) in 21 seasons. Romar, the longest tenured coach in the Pac-12, has taken the Huskies to the NCAA tournament six times including three Sweet 16 appearances.
Quick Hitters
• Freshman Markelle Fultz has had a hand in almost half of UW's scoring this season (45.4 percent) between his 22.3 ppg and 6.8apg and that was the case against WSU as he helped or scored 52 of UW's 74 points (70.3 percent)
• Washington is currently third in the NCAA in three-point FG percentage at 42.4 percent per outing ... the Huskies lead the Pac-12 in the category and are on pace to set the UW single-season record ... Markelle Fultz and Matisse Thybulle have each knocked down at least one 3 in every game this season
• Washington has assisted on 64.5 percent of its baskets over the last two games
• Markelle Fultz has recorded nine 20+ scoring efforts in 13 games becoming just the second player and first freshman under Lorenzo Romar to record that many so quickly in a season ... Quincy Pondexter had nine in his first 12 games of the 2009-10 season
• The Huskies have shot over 50 percent from the field in six of their 13 games this season ... UW shot over 50 in seven times last season (34 games), eight times in 2014-15 (31 games) and eight times in 2013-14 (32 games)
• For the second-straight year, the Huskies boast the Pac-12 leading scorer on both the men's and women's side as Fultz leads at 22.3 ppg and senior All-American Kelsey Plum, who is the Pac-12's all-time leading scorer at 2,854 points, is currently averaging 30.0 per outing this season
• Freshman Markelle Fultz is the second leading freshman scorer in the NCAA at 22.3 points per game which ranks tied for 14th overall, Kentucky's Malik Monk leads all freshmen at 22.4 points per game.
• Sophomore Noah Dickerson pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds at Seattle U which was the most by a Husky since Jon Brockman had 17 against Washington State on Jan. 5, 2008.
• Since moving into the starting lineup nine games ago, Dickerson is averaging a double-double with 12.2 points and 10.0 rebounds while shooting 46.7 percent from the field ... he's had four double-doubles in that span including two over the last three outings
• In the last six outings, Dickerson has been 35-of-40 from the FT line, getting to the stripe an average of 6.7 times in that span
• Dickerson has also upped his season rebounding average to 8.7 from 5.2 a year ago
• Over the last nine halves, sophomore David Crisp has scored 84 points, while knocking down 18 three's in that span, shooting at a 56.2 percent clip (18-of-32) ... Crisp has hit at least 3 threes in nine games and is shooting 46.2 percent from long distance overall, which ranks tied for 17th in the nation and tops in the Pac-12
• With his 124 career blocks, senior Malik Dime is in sole possession of fourth-place on UW's all-time blocks list, passing Aziz N'Diaye (2011-13) ... the school record is 189, held by Christian Welp (1984-87) ... Dime is 18 away from third (142-Todd MacCulloch, 1996-99)
• Defensively, Washington is averaging 37.5 deflections per game while also posting 6.4 steals per game ... that number has been upped over the last four games to 40.0 ... additionally, UW has two of the top three players in the Pac-12 in steals per game as Matisse Thybulle leads with 2.0 and Markelle Fultz is third at 1.6.
Washington continues its three-game homestand to open Pac-12 play as it welcomes the No. 15 Oregon Ducks to Alaska Airlines Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 6 p.m. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 with Dave Pasch and Bill Walton on the call and will have a national radio broadcast on Westwood One with Spero Dedes and P.J. Carlesimo on site. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/97.7FM to hear Bob Rondeau and Jason Hamilton call the action. UW leads the all-time series 189-112 and have won five of the last seven when playing in Seattle. Additionally, six of the last seven meetings between the two squads have been decided by 10 points or less.
The Coach
Head Coach Lorenzo Romar, in his 15th year at Washington, has amassed a 296-180 (.622) during his time in Seattle and an overall mark of 389-268 (.592) in 21 seasons. Romar, the longest tenured coach in the Pac-12, has taken the Huskies to the NCAA tournament six times including three Sweet 16 appearances.
Quick Hitters
• Freshman Markelle Fultz has had a hand in almost half of UW's scoring this season (45.4 percent) between his 22.3 ppg and 6.8apg and that was the case against WSU as he helped or scored 52 of UW's 74 points (70.3 percent)
• Washington is currently third in the NCAA in three-point FG percentage at 42.4 percent per outing ... the Huskies lead the Pac-12 in the category and are on pace to set the UW single-season record ... Markelle Fultz and Matisse Thybulle have each knocked down at least one 3 in every game this season
• Washington has assisted on 64.5 percent of its baskets over the last two games
• Markelle Fultz has recorded nine 20+ scoring efforts in 13 games becoming just the second player and first freshman under Lorenzo Romar to record that many so quickly in a season ... Quincy Pondexter had nine in his first 12 games of the 2009-10 season
• The Huskies have shot over 50 percent from the field in six of their 13 games this season ... UW shot over 50 in seven times last season (34 games), eight times in 2014-15 (31 games) and eight times in 2013-14 (32 games)
• For the second-straight year, the Huskies boast the Pac-12 leading scorer on both the men's and women's side as Fultz leads at 22.3 ppg and senior All-American Kelsey Plum, who is the Pac-12's all-time leading scorer at 2,854 points, is currently averaging 30.0 per outing this season
• Freshman Markelle Fultz is the second leading freshman scorer in the NCAA at 22.3 points per game which ranks tied for 14th overall, Kentucky's Malik Monk leads all freshmen at 22.4 points per game.
• Sophomore Noah Dickerson pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds at Seattle U which was the most by a Husky since Jon Brockman had 17 against Washington State on Jan. 5, 2008.
• Since moving into the starting lineup nine games ago, Dickerson is averaging a double-double with 12.2 points and 10.0 rebounds while shooting 46.7 percent from the field ... he's had four double-doubles in that span including two over the last three outings
• In the last six outings, Dickerson has been 35-of-40 from the FT line, getting to the stripe an average of 6.7 times in that span
• Dickerson has also upped his season rebounding average to 8.7 from 5.2 a year ago
• Over the last nine halves, sophomore David Crisp has scored 84 points, while knocking down 18 three's in that span, shooting at a 56.2 percent clip (18-of-32) ... Crisp has hit at least 3 threes in nine games and is shooting 46.2 percent from long distance overall, which ranks tied for 17th in the nation and tops in the Pac-12
• With his 124 career blocks, senior Malik Dime is in sole possession of fourth-place on UW's all-time blocks list, passing Aziz N'Diaye (2011-13) ... the school record is 189, held by Christian Welp (1984-87) ... Dime is 18 away from third (142-Todd MacCulloch, 1996-99)
• Defensively, Washington is averaging 37.5 deflections per game while also posting 6.4 steals per game ... that number has been upped over the last four games to 40.0 ... additionally, UW has two of the top three players in the Pac-12 in steals per game as Matisse Thybulle leads with 2.0 and Markelle Fultz is third at 1.6.
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