Washington vs. Eastern Washington Game Preview

• Washington is 36-5 at home under head coach Mike Hopkins during his three seasons … the last time UW recorded just five home losses during three years was 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 … but having just five losses in 41 games inside Alaska Airlines Arena is the best since a stretch of 41 home games from 2004-05 to 2006-07 when UW lost just twice
• Freshman Jaden McDaniels recorded his second-straight 20-point scoring game against South Dakota, tying his career high … in his last two games, McDaniels is shooting 57.6 percent from the field, 50 percent from 3 and has gone 6-of-7 from the FT line
• Washington has seven players listed at 6-9 or taller on its roster, the most in the Pac-12
• Washington had two freshmen reach 20 points or more against San Diego (Stewart-25, McDaniels-20), which marked the first time two freshmen have done so since Dejounte Murray (30) and Marquese Chriss (27) did so against LBSU in the NIT on March 15, 2016 … additionally, UW joins Duke as the only two programs to have two freshmen score 20 points in the same game this season
• Attendance through UW’s five home games (7,927 average) is up by almost two thousand from the first five home games last season (6,243) while its scoring margin over the first seven games (+10.7) is its highest since the start of the 2014-15 season (+12.6)
• UW is currently seventh in the NCAA in blocks, averaging 6.4 over seven games … UW led the NCAA at the end of the season a year ago in the category
• Freshman Jaden McDaniels leads the Pac-12 in minutes played averaging 35.08 per game
• Carter and Wright are both nearing 200 career wins as Wright is at 193 and Carter is at 200 … Carter’s rebounding per game is up to 6.7 from 2.4 a year ago and
• Carter recorded his first career double-double against Tennessee with 18 points and a career-best 12 rebounds
• All five UW starters (McDaniels, Stewart, Carter, Wright and Green) have pulled down at least six rebounds  in a game this season
• Junior Nahziah Cater hit 500 career points following his 15-point night against Mount St. Mary’s … and now sits at 569 career points
• UW graduated four seniors last season (D. Crisp, N. Dickerson, D. Green, M. Thybulle) and lost sophomore Jaylen Nowell as an early NBA Draft entry … those five accounted for 80.2 percent of UW’s scoring during the 2018-19 season
• Freshmen Jaden McDaniels and Isaiah Stewart were named to the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 watch list … Stewart was also selected for the Citizen Naismith Player of the Year watch list
• The Huskies once again hit the road during non-conference play traveling over 12,000 miles to Alaska, Toronto and Hawaii combined
• UW faces four teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament a year ago during non-conference action in Baylor (Second Round), Tennessee (Sweet 16), Montana (First Round) and Gonzaga (Elite 8)
• UW 48 wins in two years during its back-to-back 20-win seasons are its most in two years combined since the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons
• Coach Mike Hopkins is the reigning back-to-back Pac-12 Coach of the Year becoming the first league coach to earn the honor in his first two seasons on the job … he is also the second coach in UW history to record 20 or more wins in their first two seasons, joining Tippy Dye (1951-52, 52-53).
• UW was picked to finish third overall in the Pac-12 by media covering the league … additionally, freshman Isaiah Stewart was picked to finish on the Pac-12 First Team while junior Nahziah Carter, sophomore transfer Quade Greenand freshman Jaden McDaniels were selected as honorable mention Preseason All-Pac-12

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