No. 25 Washington at California
Time: 8 p.m. Thursday, Haas Pavilion
TV/Radio: FS1/KOMO 1000 AM & 97.7 FM
Records: UW (22-5, 13-1): Cal (5-22, 0-15).
Projected starting lineups:
UW
Player … Ht … Yr … PPG … RPG … APG
G David Crisp … 6-0 … Sr. … 12.1 …. 2.5 … 2.7
G Jaylen Nowell … 6-4 … So. … 16.1 … 5.4 … 3.1
G Matisse Thybulle … 6-5 … Sr. … 9.9 …. 3.3 … 2.1
F Noah Dickerson … 6-8 … Sr. … 12.7 … 6.6 … 1.0
F Hameir Wright … 6-9 … So. … 2.8 …. 2.6 … 0.9
Cal
Player … Ht. … Yr.… PPG … RPG … APG
G Paris Austin … 6-0 … Jr. … 11.7 … 3.1 … 4.3
G Matt Bradley … 6-4 … Fr. … 10.7 … 3.4 … 1.9
G Juhwan Harris-Dyson … 6-5 … So. … 3.6 … 2.1 … 1.0
F Justice Sueing … 6-7 … So. … 14.9 … 5.9 … 1.8
C Connor Vanover … 7-3 … Fr. … 6.2 …. 2.6 … 0.1
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Scouting report: Washington has won three straight games, including a 64-55 victory against Colorado in its last outing to clinch at least a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title. … With four games left, the Huskies need a win to claim the outright conference title. … UW has had a different leading scorer in each of the last eight games. … Matisse Thybulle, a semifinalist for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, is the only player since 1992-93 to record both at least 95 steals and 60 blocks in the same season. He’s averaging 12.1 points, 5.6 steals, 2.7 blocks and 3.9 rebounds in his last seven outings. … Jaylen Nowell needs 20 points for 1,000 in his career. If he played two more years and maintained his current pace, then Nowell would break UW’s all-time scoring record of 2,073 points held by Chris Welp (1983-87). … UW is on the verge of having four 1,000 point scorers on its roster at the same time for the first time in program history. Noah Dickerson (1,508), David Crisp (1,383) and Thybulle (1,183) have already reached the mark. … California has lost 16 straight games, which is the longest losing streak in school history. … The Golden Bears are in danger of becoming the first Pac-12 team that finishes winless in the conference. Oregon State went 0-18 in 2007-08 when the league was the Pac-10. … Cal is the lowest ranked Power 5 team in the NET rankings at 278th. … In Pac-12 games, Cal is allowing the most points in the conference (79.7).
Key matchup: In their last matchup, Washington completely shutdown California’s perimeter attack and held the Golden Bears to a season low 1-for-15 shooting on three-pointers. Cal was 0 for 8 behind the arc in the second half. UW is first in the conference while allowing Pac-12 opponents to shoot. 30.7 percent on 3-pointers.
Coach: Wyking Jones has a 13-46 record during his second year with the Golden Bears. In his first year, Cal finished 8-24 overall and 2-16 in the Pac-12. It was the most losses in the history of the program.
The series: California leads 84-81 in a series that began in 1916. … UW has won three straight games, including a sweep in last season’s series that snapped a streak of six straight losses to Cal.
Last meeting: During a 71-52 win on Jan. 19 at Alaska Airlines Arena, Washington was down by 11 points late in the first half before taking a 29-28 lead into halftime. The Huskies blew the game open in the second half while outscoring the Golden Bears 42-24. Dominic Green came off the bench and tallied a game-high 17 points to lead five UW players in double-digit scoring. Dickerson had 12 points and 11 rebounds while Thybulle finished with 13 points, five blocks, four rebounds, three assists and two steals.