In-State Bragging Rights On The Line As UW Visits Washington State Friday

SEATTLE – Looking to rebound from its first lack of the season, the Washington males’s basketball staff will look to make it three in a row over in-state doe Washington State on Friday within the 301^st assembly of the ninth-most performed rivalry in school basketball.

Set to tipoff at 8:00 p.m. PT, Friday’s matchup will probably be out there for streaming by ESPN+. Tony Castricone and Spencer Hawes could have the radio name on 93.3 KJR-FM. Links to reside stats can be found at HuskyStats.com.

OPENING TIPS

» Washington is coming off of a 69-78 defeat at Baylor on Sunday, UW’s first lack of the season

» UW is looking for its first true non-conference highway win since 2013, a win over Tulane in New Orleans

» Washington has gained two-straight over Washington State, together with an 89-73 win in Seattle final season

» UW has gained 10 of its final 12 non-conference video games in opposition to in-state opponents, together with six of the final seven

» Hannes Steinbach is one in all 47 gamers within the nation with a number of double doubles this season, one in all eight within the Big Ten

» UW is one in all 5 Big Ten groups with a number of gamers with a double double in 2025-26

» Steinbach ranks second within the Big Ten in rebounding at 12.7 RPG

» Quimari Peterson’s eight steals leads the Big Ten

» JJ Mandaquit ranks eighth within the B1G at 5.7 APG

 

ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE

» Washington State is in its second 12 months underneath head coach David Riley

» Before becoming a member of the Cougars, Riley gained back-to-back Big Sky Coach of the Year honors at Eastern Washington

» Riley guided EWU to back-to-back Big Sky Regular Season Championships

» Washington State was picked to complete sixth within the WCC Preseason Coaches Poll

» WSU has begun the season 1-2, incomes an 81-71 victory over St. Thomas at house on Monday

» The Cougars are led in scoring by internationals Tómas Thrastarson (Iceland) and Emmanuel Ugbo (The Netherlands) at 15.0 factors per sport

» Thrastarson was named to the WCC All-Freshman Team in 2024-25, whereas Ugbo transferred to WSU from Boise State within the offseason

» Ugbo additionally paces WSU in rebounding, flattening 6.3 boards a sport

» WSU is capturing 80.8 % from the free throw line, rating second within the WCC and twenty second within the nation

 

SERIES HISTORY – WASHINGTON STATE

» Washington leads the all-time collection with WSU 189-111

» The Huskies personal a 78-67 benefit within the collection in Pullman

» UW has gained the final two conferences, snapping a three-game WSU successful streak

» The Cougars have gained three of the final 5 conferences in Pullman, although the Huskies gained the newest matchup on the Palouse, a 74-68 win in 2024

 

BREAK OUT THE WINDEX

» Washington ranks fifth within the Big Ten at 44.00 rebounds per sport

» The Huskies have outrebounded their first three opponents for the primary time for the reason that 2017-18

» UW has grabbed 5 or extra rebounds over its first three opponents for the primary time since 2015-16

» True freshman Hannes Steinbach’s 12.7 RPG ranks seventh within the nation, second within the Big Ten

» Steinbach is averaging 5.33 offensive rebounds per sport, rating ninth nationally and third within the Big Ten

 

EVERYBODY EATS

» A full-team effort led Washington to a 2-0 begin with an 84-70 win over Denver

» Seven Huskies scored in double figures for the primary time since 2010, when UW defeated Long Beach State 102-75 in Seattle

» Hannes Steinbach led the Dawgs with 13 factors and 16 rebounds, changing into the primary Husky freshman to submit a double double since Isiah Stewart in 2019-20

» Wesley Yates III matched Steinbach to steer UW in scoring with 13 factors, flattening 6-of-7 two-point makes an attempt

» Bryson Tucker transformed a career-high three three pointers, whereas Quimari Peterson additionally sunk three makes an attempt from behind the arc

» UW assisted on 19-of-33 subject objectives, led by JJ Mandaquit’s seven assists

 

STATEMENT START

» Washington opened the 2025-26 season with a 94-50 victory over UAPB

» It was UW’s first 40+ level victory since 2017, when the Huskies defeated Bethune-Cookman by 51, 106-55

» The victory marked Washington’s first 40+ level win in a season opener since 2007 and UW’s 44-point margin of victory was its largest in an opener since defeating Morgan State 118-51 (67 factors) on Nov. 13, 2005

» Monday’s win was UW’s fourth-straight to open a season

» A 12 months after opening the season with simply two makes from three, the Huskies knocked down 10 makes from behind the arc, led by 4 from Quimari Peterson

» UW held UAPB to a .254 subject aim proportion, the worst capturing efficiency by a Husky opponent since USC shot .200 from the sector on Jan. 2, 2020

» True freshman Hannes Steinbach led the Huskies in his school debut with 21 on 9-of-11 capturing, including seven rebounds

» In his first-ever school begin, Bryson Tucker posted his first profession double double with 12 factors and a career-high 10 rebounds

» Point guard JJ Mandaquit dished out eight assists in his school debut

 

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 as a consequence 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 couple 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 sport throughout Big Ten play

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

PORTAL HOPPING

» UW revamped its roster with some of the heralded switch lessons 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 staff 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 score 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 one in all three groups within the nation that includes a number of gamers that have been named their convention’s participant of the 12 months, 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 sport, subject objectives, steals, steals per sport and three-point subject aim proportion

» 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 sport

» Ognacevic was environment friendly too, capturing 57.5 % from the sector, the twenty fifth greatest common within the nation

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

» Ognacevic will probably be sidelined indefinitely with a foot damage sustained through 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 sport

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

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

» The McDonald’s All-America nominee shot 44.4 % from the sector, together with 6-of-10 from behind the arc, flattening all 13 free throw makes an attempt

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

» The Würzburg native scored 17.4 factors per sport, the eight highest common of the match

» Steinbach pulled down 13.0 rebounds per sport, 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 subject 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 newest 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 total 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 lower brief as a consequence 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 total 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 picks (’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 242-95 (.718) at Alaska Airlines Arena 

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

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

» Washington has gained a minimum of 80% of its house video games eight occasions over the past 20 seasons, together with 90% or extra 3 times

 

SPRINKLE ON TOP

» Danny Sprinkle has led his staff to 25 or extra wins in three of the final 4 seasons, guiding three-consecutive groups to NCAA Tournament appearancesbetween Utah State and Montana State

» Sprinkle has twice been named his conferences coach of the 12 months, incomes the 2023-24 honor from the Mountain West and 2021-22 award from the Big Sky

» Sprinkle led Utah State to its first NCAA Tournament win since 2001

» Montana State’s ninth-leading scorer all-time, Sprinkle led his alma mater to its first NCAA Tournament bid since 1996 (2022 & 2023)

» An MSU Hall of Fame inductee in 2021, Sprinkle led the Bobcats to consecutive 25+ win seasons for the primary time since 1927-29

 

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