Missing Hannes Steinbach and more, UW men fend off Southern in double OT
1 of 14 | Zoom Diallo (5) and the Huskies celebrate their double overtime win over Southern Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 at Alaska Airlines Arena, in Seattle. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
By Percy Allen Seattle Times staff reporter
Quimari Peterson missed a putback at the end of regulation that would have given the Washington men’s basketball team a win, but in overtime he made amends and sank the shot of the night.
Down two points with 6 seconds left in the extra period on Tuesday night, the 6-foot-1 guard dribbled nearly the length of the court and blew past two defenders for a game-tying layup with 1.8 seconds remaining.
Including Peterson, the short-handed Huskies needed a handful of heroes to collect a hard-fought 99-93 double-overtime victory in the first-ever nonconference matchup against Southern in front of 5,564 at Alaska Airlines Arena.
The Huskies trailed by 12 points midway in the second half and were down five in the final 24 seconds before outscoring the Jaguars 13-7 in the second extra period.
“Not only were we down, but it was like we weren’t getting any breaks either,” coach Danny Sprinkle said. “We were missing wide-open shots. We get to the free-throw line, and we missed two. We’d make one of two, and then they come and score.
“That’s the first time we’ve been in that situation, and for them to respond with our backs to the wall where we’re just getting walloped like we were. It wasn’t a fight, we were getting our ass kicked. We were almost out and we just kind of kept getting back up and throwing one more punch, throwing one more punch, throwing one more punch. And thank God time ran out in that second overtime.”
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The short-handed Huskies nearly ran out of players in a game in which they had just nine healthy players.
“I don’t like to talk about having players hurt or being down a man because nobody cares,” Sprinkle said. “They really don’t. And you have to play. … I was just hoping we had five guys to finish the game.”
For the first time this season, Washington was without standout freshman forward Hannes Steinbach. The Huskies also didn’t have forwards Jacob Ognacevic (foot), Christian Nitu (not with team), Mady Traore (foot), and guard Bryson Tucker (ankle).
“You don’t expect to have this many injuries and having to rotate just one big in and out of the game, knowing that guards going to have to rebound box out,” said guard Wesley Yates III, who had a game high 23 points and six rebounds. “It’s always tough mentally and physically.
“It was really just the mindset of, we got to fight. Hannes is here, but he’s not on the court. We got a lot of people out with injuries, so really, just next man up, and I feel like everybody … was ready to come in and produce.”
In terms of injuries, it wasn’t all bad news for Washington.
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Fifth-year guard and USC transfer Desmond Claude, who sprained his ankle in training camp last month, made his Husky debut and dazzled during a gritty 32-minute performance that included 20 points and six rebounds.
Claude checked in with 15:21 left in the first half and needed about a minute before draining his first shot — an open three-pointer off a nice feed from freshman guard JJ Mandaquit.
Washington led 18-13 when Southern seized momentum with a 20-3 run to go up 33-21.
The Huskies trailed 37-29 at halftime.
Tied 69-69 with 18 seconds left in regulation, Claude forced Jaguars guard Michael Jacobs into a missed shot, grabbed the rebound and streaked to the other end.
However, he missed a layup and Peterson’s putback as time expired rolled off the rim.
Both teams scored 17 points in the first extra period, including seven from Peterson who finished with 15.
Jacobs had 24 points for the Jaguars (2-3), which hadn’t beaten a Power Five team since 2023.
Note
— Freshman guard Courtland Muldrew made his collegiate debut and was scoreless in three minutes.
Percy Allen: pallen@seattletimes .com. Percy Allen is a sports reporter for The Seattle Times, where he writes about the University of Washington Huskies men’s and women’s basketball teams and the Seattle Storm.
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”Tied 69-69 with 18 seconds left in regulation,” ..:
Nice
