Husky Hoops To Open Season At House Internet hosting UAPB

SEATTLE – The 2025-26 males’s basketball season is about to start Monday evening because the Washington Huskies play host to the Arkansas – Pine Bluff Golden Lions at Alaska Airlines Arena.

Tipoff from Hec Ed is about for 8:00 p.m. PT, with the sport set to stream dwell on B1G+ and in your radio dial on Sports Radio KJR. Links to dwell stats can be found at HuskyStats.com.

OPENING TIPS
» Washington begins its second season within the Big Ten and second season underneath Danny Sprinkle
» The Huskies return two gamers from final season’s roster in Zoom Diallo and Franck Kepnang
» UW introduced within the No. 3 ranked switch class within the nation per On3.com
» Among the group have been two top-30 transfers in Wesley Yates III and Desmond Claude, USC’s top-two main scorers a season in the past
» UW additionally added additional Big Ten expertise via the switch portal in Lathan Sommerville from Rutgers and Bryson Tucker from Indiana
» UW is certainly one of three faculties within the nation with a number of gamers that earned their convention’s Player of the Year Award in Jacob Ognacevic and Quimari Peterson
» UW has gained 24 of its final 30 season openers
» UW has by no means confronted a group from Arkansas

ABOUT UABP
» UAPB is in its fifth season underneath Solomon Bozeman, one of many youngest coaches in NCAA Division I basketball at 37 years previous
» During his tenure, Bozeman has led the Golden Lions to a 36-88 general report together with 22-50 in SWAC play
» UAPB completed the 2024-25 season at 6-25, ending eleventh within the SWAC with a 3-15 league report
» The Golden Lions have been picked to complete eleventh within the SWAC Preseason Coaches Poll receiving one first-place vote
» UAPB returns three letterwinners from final season’s group, together with main returning scorer senior ahead Kyle Brown, who averaged 6.9 factors per recreation on 46.2 p.c taking pictures from the ground
» Among UAPB’s 11 newcomers is senior guard Quion Williams, who led Abilene Christian in scoring a season in the past at 13.7 PPG

SERIES HISTORY – UAPB
» Monday’s recreation won’t solely be the first-ever assembly between UW and UAPB but in addition Washington’s first-ever recreation in opposition to a group from the state of Arkansas
» The Huskies are 7-0 all-time in opposition to SWAC competitors, most not too long ago defeating Grambling State 86-38 at house in 2014

GRAND OPENING
» Washington is 94-31 all-time in season-openers
» The Huskies have gained 24 of the final 30 openers, together with 16 of the final 20 and 7 of the final 10
» Monday’s recreation will mark the fifth-straight season the Huskies have began the season at Alaska Airlines Arena
» In final season’s season-opening recreation, Washington outlasted UC Davis, 79-73
» Five completely different Huskies reached double determine scoring
» Great Osobor stuffed the stat sheet to steer UW, posting 15 factors, 17 rebounds, six steals, three assists and two blocks
» Zoom Diallo made his school debut with 12 factors on 4-of-8 taking pictures whereas main Washington with 4 assists
» Franck Kepnang posted 10 factors and swatted a team-high three pictures

BAND’S BACK TOGETHER
» 2025-26 sees the return of a pair of former Huskies in cousins Wesley Yates III and Quincy Pondexter
» A top-40 recruit out of highschool, Yates signed with UW forward of the 2023-24 season, sitting out the marketing campaign because of damage
» Yates, who performed final season at USC, was one of many Big Ten’s prime scorers throughout convention play with averages of 17.0 factors, 3.1 rebounds and a pair of.1 assists
» Pondexter, a three-year assistant at UW, spent the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach for Yates and the Trojans, returning to his alma mater this summer time
» An eight-year NBA veteran, Pondexter was an All-Pac-10 and Honorable Mention All-American for the Dawgs, rating fifth all-time in scoring
» Pondexter led Washington to the 2009 Pac-10 Regular Season Championship and the 2010 Pac-10 Tournament Title, the latter of which he captured with fellow UW staffer Abdul Gaddy

NEW LOOK DAWGS

» Washington returns simply two gamers from the 2024-25 roster in Zoom Diallo and Franck Kepnang

» Diallo appeared in all 31 video games, together with 22 begins and ranked second amongst all Huskies in factors (11.2) and assists (3.1) per recreation throughout Big Ten play

» Kepnang missed a string of 17 video games because of damage, beginning the ultimate eight contests of the season

PORTAL HOPPING

» UW revamped its roster with one of the heralded switch courses within the nation, rating because the No. 3 class by On3.com

» Three of UW’s transfers are ranked within the top-100 within the class, together with two contained in the top-30 in Wesley Yates III (twenty fourth, 247Sports) and Desmond Claude (twenty ninth, On3.com)

» Claude and Yates have been the 2 main scorers at Big Ten foe USC a season in the past

» Quimari Peterson was ranked at No. 73 within the class by 247Sports

» Washington’s switch class was ranked No. 8 within the nation by HoopsHQ, whereas ESPN rated UW because the No. 5 group that added probably the most expertise within the switch portal

 

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

» The Dawgs additionally bolstered its squad with a nationally heralded freshman recruiting class

» UW’s class was ranked because the Fifteenth-best within the nation by 247Sports, the highest class within the Big Ten

» UW’s class was additionally ranked No. 21 by On3 and No. 25 by ESPN

» Per 247Sports, Washington added 4 four-star true freshmen

» Hannes Steinbach was rated as UW’s top-signee with a ranking of 97, however was not included in 247Sports’ nationwide participant rankings

» JJ Mandaquit was ranked because the No. 74 participant within the class, the No. 10 PG

» Jasir Rencher was ranked because the No. 90 participant within the class, the No. 24 SF

» Courtland Muldrew was ranked because the No. 103 participant within the class, the No. 18 SG

» Mady Traore was rated as a three-star, the No. 5 ranked JUCO participant within the nation

CREAM OF THE CROP

» Washington is certainly one of three groups within the nation that includes a number of gamers that have been named their convention’s participant of the yr, becoming a member of Big Ten rival Iowa and Kansas State

» Quimari Peterson reeled in Southern Conference Player of the Year Laurels, main the convention in factors, factors per recreation, area objectives, steals, steals per recreation and three-point area aim share

» The 6-1 guard was named a Finalist for the 2025 Lou Henson Award

» Peterson reached double-figure scoring in 31-of-32 video games, together with 15 20+ level outings

» Jacob Ognacevic was tabbed the ASUN Player of the Year after main the league and rating nineteenth within the nation in scoring at 20.0 factors per recreation

» Ognacevic was environment friendly too, taking pictures 57.5 p.c from the sphere, the twenty fifth greatest common within the nation

» The Wisconsin native additionally pulled down 8.0 rebounds per recreation, 4th within the ASUN

» Ognacevic might be sidelined indefinitely with a foot damage sustained throughout the preseason

 

TAKING THE WORLD STAGE

» A pair of freshman Huskies battled it out on the world stage this summer time on the 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup as JJ Mandaquit and Hannes Steinbach battled it out within the Gold Medal recreation

» Mandaquit and Team USA captured the Gold, with the Hawaii native averaging 5.4 assists per recreation, 12.8 per 40 minutes

» In the Gold Medal recreation, Mandaquit led Team USA with six assists, including seven factors on 3-of-4 taking pictures

» The McDonald’s All-America nominee shot 44.4 p.c from the sphere, together with 6-of-10 from behind the arc, pulling down all 13 free throw makes an attempt

» Steinbach was one of many standouts of the event, main Germany to Silver and incomes All-Star Five honors

» The Würzburg native scored 17.4 factors per recreation, the eight highest common of the event

» Steinbach pulled down 13.0 rebounds per recreation, second most on the World Cup

» Steinbach completed with 4 double doubles over seven video games, together with 19 factors and 19 rebounds within the opener in opposition to Slovenia

» Against Serbia within the Round of 16, Steinbach dropped in seven area objectives and 9 free throws for 23 factors, whereas reeling in 19 boards

» Additionally, sophomore switch Christian Nitu performed for Romania at 2025 FIBA U20 Eurobasket

 

DEUTSCH CONNECTION

» Hannes Steinbach is the most recent in a German pipeline to Montlake

» Christian Welp, a local of Delmenhorst, West Germany, is UW’s all-time main scorer with 2,073 factors

» Welp was a three-time All-Pac-10 choice (’85, ’86, ’87)

» Welp was named the 1984 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and 1986 Pac-10 Player of the Year

» Welp was drafted No. 16 general by the Philadelphia 76ers within the 1987 NBA Draft

» Welp performed three seasons between the 76ers, San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors earlier than seeing his NBA profession reduce brief because of damage

» A teammate of Welp’s for 2 seasons, Detlef Schrempf moved to Centralia, Washington, from Leverkusen, West Germany, for one season earlier than becoming a member of the Huskies

» Schrempf ranks 18th all-time in scoring at Washington with 1,449 factors

» Schrempf was a two-time First Team All-Pac-10 honoree (’84, ’85)

» Schrempf was named a Third Team All-American by the NABC in 1985

» Schrempf was drafted No. 8 general within the 1985 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks

» Schrempf loved a 17-year NBA profession with the Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Seattle Supersonics and Portland Trailblazers

» Schrempf earned three NBA All-Star alternatives (’93, ’95, ’97), was tabbed Third Team All-NBA in 1995 and gained back-to-back Sixth Man of the Year Awards in 1991 and 1992

» Welp and Schrempf gained back-to-back Pac-10 Championships with the Huskies in 1984 and 1985

» Schrempf was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 1995, whereas Welp adopted in 2001

MONTLAKE MAGIC

» Over the final 20 seasons, Washington is 240-95 (.716) at Alaska Airlines Arena

» The Huskies have posted a successful report at house in 17 of these 20 seasons, registering double-digit house wins 16 instances

» UW has posted a minimum of a .600 house report in 13 of the previous 20 seasons

» Washington has gained a minimum of 80% of its house video games eight instances during the last 20 seasons, together with 90% or extra thrice

 

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