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Husky Hoops: UW vs Seattle U (Dec 18)
ChillyDawg
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SU has lost 13 straight games to the UW and I don't foresee them winning on Saturday even with the UW's long layoff and internal COVID issues. The UW is just more talented than SU one through twelve. This is a game where Roberts should dominate in the paint/boards while Brown Jr and the other Huskies should score at ease. The UW's full court press and zone defense should be very effective against SU as well. Coach Hopkins avoided a potential 3 game (UCLA, Arizona, Gonzaga) disaster due to COVID and now looks to make his current season record (4-4/0-1) look better than it really should be right now (4-7/0-2) against SU and Utah Valley State (Dec 21) before getting into PAC-12 conference play at WSU on December 29th.
UW MBB https://gohuskies.com/sports/mens-basketball
SU MBB https://goseattleu.com/sports/mens-basketball
UW vs SU History (2009-2020) https://goseattleu.com/sports/mens-basketball/opponent-history/university-of-washington/157
UW MBB https://gohuskies.com/sports/mens-basketball
SU MBB https://goseattleu.com/sports/mens-basketball
UW vs SU History (2009-2020) https://goseattleu.com/sports/mens-basketball/opponent-history/university-of-washington/157
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Go Seattle U (click for full article) https://goseattleu.com/news/2021/12/16/mens-basketball-game-preview-mbb-at-washington.aspx
QUICK HITS
- Seattle U snapped a brief two-game skid with a convincing 73-51 win over UC San Diego on Dec. 12.
- The win over the Tritons moved the Redhawks to 8-3 on the season, including 8-1 at home and 4-1 at Climate Pledge Arena.
- Darrion Trammell poured in a season-high 29 points, including 22 in the first half, to go along with six steals and five rebounds.
- Riley Grigsby added 17 points on 8-of-12 FGs and was the only other Redhawk in double figures.
- Seattle U shot 54.4% from the field in the win over UCSD, their best offensive numbers of the season.
- The Redhawks had double digit (10) steals for the third time in the last six games.
- They had a season-high 42 points in the paint while hitting just eight three-pointers, marking just the second time in the last eight games that they have tallied single-digit threes.
ABOUT THE SERIES VS WASHINGTONWashington leads the all-time series over Seattle U, 32-4, including a current 16-game winning streak. The crosstown series originally began in the 1953 NCAA West Regional semifinals, with Washington earning a 92-70 victory. Modern-day meetings between the two schools was brought back in 2008-09. Seattle U's last win over the Huskies came on Nov. 28, 1978 in the 1978-79 season opener. SU claimed an 82-78 victory at UW.
Following a pair of close games in 2017 and 2018, the Huskies have run away with big wins in the last two meetings. Last year, the game closed out a season-opening, two-week, seven-game road swing for the Redhawks. What began as a back-and-forth affair early saw UW close out the first half on a 22-5 run. The Huskies would carry that momentum through the game and Seattle U would never find its shooting touch in the 73-41 final.
NATIONAL RANKS
In games played through Dec. 15, Seattle U ranks among the nation's top 50 in six team categories:
- 14th in 3-pt FGs made (119)
- 15th in 3-pt FG per game (10.8)
- 18th in 3-pt FG attempts (317)
- 30th in turnover margin (4.5)
- 42nd in 3-pt FG percentage (37.5)
- 44th in turnovers per game (11.2)
In games played through Dec. 15, Seattle U ranks among the nation's top 50 in seven individual categories:Give Hop an extension for taking down the Chieftans and covering.
Hopkins use China Flu as an excuse toforfeit?Seattle Times https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-basketball/after-three-week-absence-due-to-covid-uw-mens-basketball-team-is-healthy-and-ready-to-return-against-seattle-u/
Seattle Redhawks Key Players:
G- Darrion Trammell, So. 5’10, 165: 14.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 5.4 apg, 39.4% FG, 33.3% 3pt, 71.4% FT
It’s a little crazy that Trammell is averaging 14/5/3 and having a down year but that’s certainly the case. Last season he averaged 20.5 points per game on better all around shooting and a higher usage rate. Hopefully he doesn’t come out of his relative shooting slump tonight against the Huskies although it should be noted in 4 career games against Pac-12 teams he’s averaging just 10.8 ppg on 30% shooting so it may partly be strength of schedule based. Another thing to note is Trammell is 21st in the country in steal rate averaging nearly 3 per game so he can be a defensive pest as well at 5’10.
G- Cameron Tyson, So. 6’2, 190: 14.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 0.8 apg, 42.2% FG, 41.6% 3pt, 80.0% FT
It has been an interesting career arc for Tyson who averaged nearly 14 points per game at Idaho as a freshman out of Bothell then transferred to Houston where he only played 10 minutes per game for a Final 4 team almost exclusively as a 3-pt specialist. After transferring back down he’s putting up improved numbers so far for Seattle and leads the Redhawks in rebounding at 6 per game as a 6’2 shooting guard. For his career nearly 70% of his shots have been from behind the arc so expect for him to bomb away against UW.
G- Riley Grisby, Jr. 6’6. 220: 14.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.2 apg, 39.9% FG, 24.1% 3pt, 85.7% FT
Last year Grigsby averaged 17.8 points per game so his numbers are down a little bit although that’s partly due to just getting fewer minutes. He’s a career 30% 3pt shooter but made 38% from deep last year so he’s not very consistent. The one thing Grisby does really well is take care of the ball so he’s at least able to get a shot up even if it isn’t going in all that efficiently right now.
G- Viktor Rajkovic, Fr. 6’6, 210: 4.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.5 apg, 44.4% FG, 37.5% 3pt, 66.7% FT
Given the 3 headed monster listed above it’s not surprising that the rest of Seattle’s lineup doesn’t have a lot of scoring punch. Rajkovic has been a very solid 4th banana shooting efficiently while also serving as at least an average rebounder, passer, and defender. He’s a glue guy who won’t be the best player in any game but generally contributes toward winning.
F- Kobe Williamson, So. 6’8, 225: 5.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 0.6 bpg, 52.3% FG, 33.3% 3pt, 73.3% FT
There’s not really a true center on Seatle’s roster. They rotate a couple big men through but Williamson has played the most minutes and started last year. He’s a solid shot blocker for how many minutes he has played and is shooting 72.7% on 2-pt attempts so he has the potential to work Washington in the paint. The problem for Seattle is that he has taken more 3’s than 2’s and the Huskies should encourage that for a career 29% 3pt shooter.
Final: UW 64 SU 56 http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=371023
Seattle Times https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seattle-university/uw-husky-men-return-to-court-after-covid-19-shutdown-extend-win-streak-vs-seattle-u/
UWDawgPound https://www.uwdawgpound.com/2021/12/18/22844487/huskies-shake-off-rust-in-2nd-half-of-64-56-win-over-seattle-uw-washington-basketball
PAC-12: UW vs SU Game Recap
UW Athletics: Head Coach Mike Hopkins Postgame Press Conference
UW Daily https://www.dailyuw.com/sports/men-s-basketball-returns-after-weeks-of-covid-19-issues/article_7ea6abe2-5fa4-11ec-8905-e7504fbba905.html