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SEATTLE \u2013 The Washington men’s basketball team returns to the confines of Alaska Airlines Arena on Monday, hosting San Diego on Montlake before the holiday break.
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\nMonday’s battle will tipoff at 7:00 p.m. PT, airing nationally on the Big Ten Network. Tony Castricone<\/a> and Jason Hamilton will have the call on your radio dial on 950 KJR-AM. Full links to live coverage are available on the schedule page at GoHuskies.com.<\/p>\n

OPENING TIPS

\n\u00bb Playing in Seattle for the third consecutive game, Washington takes on San Diego at Hec Ed

\n\u00bb UW is coming off of a 66-70 loss to Seattle U on Friday at Climate Pledge Arena

\n\u00bb It was Washington’s first loss this season after leading at halftime

\n\u00bb Despite the loss, Desmond Claude<\/a> scored a season-high 24 points on 9-of-14 from the field

\n\u00bb Claude also dished out four assists for the third time in the last four games

\n\u00bb Zoom Diallo<\/a> scored 17 points on 5-of-11 field goals and 7-of-7 free throws

\n\u00bb Diallo has made 10 consecutive free throws

\n\u00bbThe Tacoma native also swiped a career-high five steals against the Redhawks

\n\u00bb Diallo is nine points shy of 500 for his career

\n\u00bb Hannes Steinbach<\/a> Posted 15 points and 12 rebounds for his sixth double double

\n\u00bb The Huskies out-rebounded Seattle U 43-34, grabbing 16 offensive boards

\n\u00bb UW shot 1-for-15 from behind the arc, the Huskies’ fewest made threes in a game since going 0-for-11 vs. Utah Valley in 2021

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\nABOUT SAN DIEGO

\n\u00bb San Diego is in its fourth season under head coach Steve Lavin

\n\u00bb In 16 seasons as a head coach, Lavin has led his team to an NCAA Tournament bid eight times with UCLA and St. John’s

\n\u00bb San Diego enters Monday’s clash with a 5-6 record, 1-2 away on the road

\n\u00bb The Torreros are coming off of an 82-80 crosstown rivalry win over UC San Diego, giving USD their first Quad One win in almost seven years

\n\u00bb San Diego is allowing a 47.4 field goal percentage to its opponents, ranking 325th overall and in the bottom 10 percentile of Division I teams

\n\u00bb The Toerreros also rank 341st nationally in rebounding at 31.64 boards per game

\n\u00bb USD’s 79.1 free throw percentage ranks sixth in the nation

\n\u00bb San Diego is led in scoring by junior guard Ty-Laur Johnson (13.5 PPG) and graduate student guard Toneari Lane (11.2 PPG)

\n\u00bb Johnson also leads USD with 41 assists on the season, ranking 10th in the WCC with a 1.78 assist-to-turnover ratio

\n\u00bb The Torreros do not boast a player averaging at least five rebounds a game, with freshman forward Alejandro Aviles (4.5 RPG) leading the team

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\nSERIES HISTORY – SAN DIEGO

\n\u00bb Monday’s game will be the fifth all-time between Washington and San Diego

\n\u00bb The two sides last played in 2019, an 88-69 Husky win on Montlake

\n\u00bb Washington has won each of the last three matchups

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\nKEEPING IT 100

\n\u00bb Washington’s 105-69 win over Southern Utah was the 47th game all-time in which UW has scored triple digit points, the seventh in the last decade

\n\u00bb UW last scored 100+ points in a regulation game in a 106-55 victory over Bethune-Cookman in 2017

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\nDON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK

\n\u00bb Trailing No. 24 USC by 18 points at the break, Washington overcame its largest halftime deficit in recorded history, defeating the Trojans 84-76 in Los Angeles

\n\u00bb The win snapped an 11-game losing streak to USC

\n\u00bb UW shot 58.6% from the field in the second half, holding the Trojans to 25.0%

\n\u00bb UW made 5-of-8 threes in the second half after making just 1-of-12 in the first

\n\u00bb Washington closed the game on a 27-9 run, making seven of its final eight field goal attempts

\n\u00bb Hannes Steinbach<\/a> led the way for UW with his fifth-straight double double, posting 24 points and 16 rebounds

\n\u00bb Former Trojan Desmond Claude<\/a> scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half

\n\u00bb USC transfer Wesley Yates finished with 16 points

\n\u00bb Franck Kepnang<\/a> posted five blocks, one shy of his season and career high

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\nROOKIE RECOGNITION

\n\u00bb Averaging 26.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists against UCLA and USC, Hannes Steinbach<\/a> was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for Week 5

\n\u00bb It was UW’s first-ever Big Ten weekly award and the first conference weekly award for a Husky since Sahvir Wheeler was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Dec. 18, 2023

\n\u00bb Steinbach was named the CBS Sports\/USBWA National Freshman of the Week, Andy Katz’s Freshman of the Week and Dick Vitale’s weekly Diaper Dandy

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\nLIKE CLOCKWORK

\n\u00bb Hannes Steinbach<\/a> is second in the Big Ten with six double doubles and is one of 19 players nationally with six or more in 2025-26

\n\u00bb Steinbach is the first Husky to record a double double in five straight games since Jon Brockman rattled off seven in a row in 2007-08

\n\u00bb The German international is one of four players this season with a double double streak of five or more games

\n\u00bb Steinbach is the first Husky freshman to record at least one double double since Isaiah Stewart in 2019-20

\n\u00bb If current averages hold, the German would post the 19th season since 1947-48 in which a Husky averaged a double double, the first ever by a freshman

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\nHISTORIC PACE

\n\u00bb If qualified, Hannes Steinbach’s<\/a> 11.9 RPG would rank third nationally

\n\u00bb Steinbach’s rebounding average would be tied for the seventh-highest ever at Washington, the second-highest by a freshman

\n\u00bb The German international would be the fourth Husky freshman in history to average double-digit rebounds in a season, joining Doug McClary (1950-51), Doug Smart (1956-57) and Steve Hawes (1969-70)

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\nBETTER LATE THAN NEVER

\n\u00bb UW is shooting 48.6% in the second half and OT, up from 42.2% in the first half

\n\u00bb The difference is even greater behind the arc, with UW shooting 40.6% in the second half and OT and 24.2% in the first half

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\nTRIPLE THREAT

\n\u00bb After making six total three pointers during his freshman season, Zoom Diallo<\/a> has made six threes through 11 games in 2025-26

\n\u00bb Diallo shot 18.2% from behind the arc a year ago, improving to 35.3% this season

\n\u00bb Diallo is also shooting 87.5% from the charity stripe, up from 71.9% a year ago<\/p>\n

BLOCK PARTY

\n\u00bb Franck Kepnang<\/a> ranks second in the Big Ten and 16th nationally at 2.45 BPG

\n\u00bb Kepnang has recorded games with four, five and six blocks this season

\n\u00bb Kepnang has blocked multiple shots 39 times in his career

\n\u00bb Kepnang has failed to block at least one shot just 22 times in 95 career games, including just 6-of-43 games as a Husky<\/p>\n

BREAK OUT THE WINDEX

\n\u00bb The Huskies have outrebounded 10 of their first 11 opponents this season

\n\u00bb UW has grabbed at least five more boards than its opponent nine times, owning the rebound battle by double digits five times

\n\u00bb UW ranks third in the Big Ten in rebounds per game, ranking second in the league in offensive rebounds per game

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\nMASH UNIT

\n\u00bb Through 11 games, five different UW players have combined to miss 24 games due to injury

\n\u00bb Washington has implemented seven different starting lineups this season

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\nLETTING IT FLY

\n\u00bb Quimari Peterson<\/a> is ninth in the Big Ten with 70 total three point attempts, while Wesley Yates III<\/a> ranks 11th with 68 attempts from three

\n\u00bb Peterson has knocked down at least three threes in 5-of-11 games

\n\u00bb Peterson shot 0-for-6 from behind the arc Friday at Seattle U, his most attempts without a make in his career

\n\u00bb As a team, UW shot 1-for-15 from distance, UW’s fewest threes since going 0-for-11 from three against Utah Valley in 2021

\n\u00bb Yates has posted at least eight three point attempts in five games this season, including four of the last six

\n\u00bb Yates has made a team-high four shots from behind the arc four times

\n\u00bb After leading the team in three point attempts most of the season, Peterson has attempted just six shots from behind the arc in the last two games combined

\n\u00bb As a team, UW has attempted at least 20 threes in 8-of-11 games

\n\u00bb The Huskies have launched 25 three pointers three times this season, a mark reached just twice during the entire 2024-25 season

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\nOUR STATE

\n\u00bb Washington picked up its third straight win over Washington State on Friday, defeating the Cougars 81-69 for a second consecutive win in Pullman

\n\u00bb UW improved to 11-2 in its last 13 games against in-state teams duringnon-conference play

\n\u00bb Wesley Yates III<\/a> scored 26 points, the most by a Husky this season

\n\u00bb Yates knocked down four three pointers, tying the season-high for UW, and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds

\n\u00bb Making his first start of 2025-26, Zoom Diallo<\/a> tied his career-high with 20 points

\n\u00bb Hannes Steinbach<\/a> secured his third straight double double, grabbing 13 rebounds and adding 14 points

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\nSTATEMENT START

\n\u00bb Washington opened the 2025-26 season with a 94-50 victory over UAPB

\n\u00bb It was UW’s first 40+ point victory since 2017, when the Huskies defeated Bethune-Cookman by 51, 106-55

\n\u00bb The victory marked Washington’s first 40+ point 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 points) on Nov. 13, 2005

\n\u00bb Monday’s win was UW’s fourth-straight to open a season

\n\u00bb A year after opening the season with just two makes from three, the Huskies knocked down 10 makes from behind the arc, led by four from Quimari Peterson<\/a>

\n\u00bb UW held UAPB to a .254 field goal percentage, the worst shooting performance by a Husky opponent since USC shot .200 from the field on Jan. 2, 2020

\n\u00bb True freshman Hannes Steinbach<\/a> led the Huskies in his college debut with 21 on 9-of-11 shooting, adding seven rebounds

\n\u00bb In his first-ever college start, Bryson Tucker<\/a> posted his first career double double with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds

\n\u00bb Point guard JJ Mandaquit<\/a> dished out eight assists in his college debut

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\nBAND’S BACK TOGETHER

\n\u00bb 2025-26 sees the return of a pair of former Huskies in cousins Wesley Yates III<\/a> and Quincy Pondexter

\n\u00bb A top-40 recruit out of high school, Yates signed with UW ahead of the 2023-24 season, sitting out the campaign due to injury

\n\u00bb Yates, who played last season at USC, was one of the Big Ten’s top scorers during conference play with averages of 17.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists

\n\u00bb 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

\n\u00bb An eight-year NBA veteran, Pondexter was an All-Pac-10 and Honorable Mention All-American for the Dawgs, ranking fifth all-time in scoring

\n\u00bb 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<\/a>

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\nNEW LOOK DAWGS

\n\u00bb Washington returns just two players from the 2024-25 roster in Zoom Diallo<\/a> and Franck Kepnang<\/a>

\n\u00bb Diallo appeared in all 31 games, including 22 starts and ranked second among all Huskies in points (11.2) and assists (3.1) per game during Big Ten play

\n\u00bb Kepnang missed a string of 17 games due to injury, starting the final eight contests of the season<\/p>\n

PORTAL HOPPING

\n\u00bb UW revamped its roster with one of the most heralded transfer classes in the nation, ranking as the No. 3 class by On3.com

\n\u00bb Three of UW’s transfers are ranked in the top-100 in the class, including two inside the top-30 in Wesley Yates III<\/a> (24th, 247Sports) and Desmond Claude<\/a> (29th, On3.com)

\n\u00bb Claude and Yates were the two leading scorers at Big Ten foe USC a season ago

\n\u00bb Quimari Peterson<\/a> was ranked at No. 73 in the class by 247Sports

\n\u00bb Washington’s transfer class was ranked No. 8 in the nation by HoopsHQ, while ESPN rated UW as the No. 5 team that added the most talent in the transfer portal

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\nNEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

\n\u00bb The Dawgs also bolstered its squad with a nationally heralded freshman recruiting class

\n\u00bb UW’s class was ranked as the 15th-best in the nation by 247Sports, the top class in the Big Ten

\n\u00bb UW’s class was also ranked No. 21 by On3 and No. 25 by ESPN

\n\u00bb Per 247Sports, Washington added four four-star true freshmen

\n\u00bb Hannes Steinbach<\/a> was rated as UW’s top-signee with a rating of 97, but was not included in 247Sports’ national player rankings

\n\u00bb JJ Mandaquit<\/a> was ranked as the No. 74 player in the class, the No. 10 PG

\n\u00bb Jasir Rencher<\/a> was ranked as the No. 90 player in the class, the No. 24 SF

\n\u00bb Courtland Muldrew<\/a> was ranked as the No. 103 player in the class, the No. 18 SG

\n\u00bb Mady Traore<\/a> was rated as a three-star, the No. 5 ranked JUCO player in the nation

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\nCREAM OF THE CROP

\n\u00bb Washington is one of three teams in the nation featuring multiple players that were named their conference’s player of the year, joining Big Ten rival Iowa and Kansas State

\n\u00bb Quimari Peterson<\/a> reeled in Southern Conference Player of the Year Laurels, leading the conference in points, points per game, field goals, steals, steals per game and three-point field goal percentage

\n\u00bb The 6-1 guard was named a Finalist for the 2025 Lou Henson Award

\n\u00bb Peterson reached double-figure scoring in 31-of-32 games, including 15 20+ point outings

\n\u00bb Jacob Ognacevic<\/a> was tabbed the ASUN Player of the Year after leading the league and ranking 19th in the nation in scoring at 20.0 points per game

\n\u00bb Ognacevic was efficient too, shooting 57.5 percent from the field, the 25th best average in the country

\n\u00bb The Wisconsin native also pulled down 8.0 rebounds per game, 4th in the ASUN

\n\u00bb Ognacevic will be sidelined indefinitely with a foot injury sustained during the preseason

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\nTAKING THE WORLD STAGE

\n\u00bb A pair of freshman Huskies battled it out on the world stage this summer at the 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup as JJ Mandaquit<\/a> and Hannes Steinbach<\/a> battled it out in the Gold Medal game

\n\u00bb Mandaquit and Team USA captured the Gold, with the Hawaii native averaging 5.4 assists per game, 12.8 per 40 minutes

\n\u00bb In the Gold Medal game, Mandaquit led Team USA with six assists, adding seven points on 3-of-4 shooting

\n\u00bb The McDonald’s All-America nominee shot 44.4 percent from the field, including 6-of-10 from behind the arc, knocking down all 13 free throw attempts

\n\u00bb Steinbach was one of the standouts of the tournament, leading Germany to Silver and earning All-Star Five honors

\n\u00bb The W\u00fcrzburg native scored 17.4 points per game, the eight highest average of the tournament

\n\u00bb Steinbach pulled down 13.0 rebounds per game, second most at the World Cup

\n\u00bb Steinbach finished with four double doubles over seven games, including 19 points and 19 rebounds in the opener against Slovenia

\n\u00bb Against Serbia in the Round of 16, Steinbach dropped in seven field goals and nine free throws for 23 points, while reeling in 19 boards

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\nDEUTSCH CONNECTION

\n\u00bb Hannes Steinbach<\/a> is the latest in a German pipeline to Montlake

\n\u00bb Christian Welp, a native of Delmenhorst, West Germany, is UW’s all-time leading scorer with 2,073 points

\n\u00bb Welp was a three-time All-Pac-10 selection (’85, ’86, ’87)

\n\u00bb Welp was named the 1984 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and 1986 Pac-10 Player of the Year

\n\u00bb Welp was drafted No. 16 overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1987 NBA Draft

\n\u00bb Welp played three seasons between the 76ers, San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors before seeing his NBA career cut short due to injury

\n\u00bb A teammate of Welp’s for two seasons, Detlef Schrempf moved to Centralia, Washington, from Leverkusen, West Germany, for one season before joining the Huskies

\n\u00bb Schrempf ranks 18th all-time in scoring at Washington with 1,449 points

\n\u00bb Schrempf was a two-time First Team All-Pac-10 honoree (’84, ’85)

\n\u00bb Schrempf was named a Third Team All-American by the NABC in 1985

\n\u00bb Schrempf was drafted No. 8 overall in the 1985 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks

\n\u00bb Schrempf enjoyed a 17-year NBA career with the Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Seattle Supersonics and Portland Trailblazers

\n\u00bb Schrempf earned three NBA All-Star selections (’93, ’95, ’97), was tabbed Third Team All-NBA in 1995 and won back-to-back Sixth Man of the Year Awards in 1991 and 1992

\n\u00bb Welp and Schrempf won back-to-back Pac-10 Championships with the Huskies in 1984 and 1985

\n\u00bb Schrempf was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 1995, while Welp followed in 2001

\n\u00bb Washington recently announced that Welp and Schrempf’s jersey numbers will be retired on Jan. 11 and Feb. 28, respectively<\/p>\n

MONTLAKE MAGIC

\n\u00bb Over the last 20 seasons, Washington is 242-95 (.718) at Alaska Airlines Arena\u00a0

\n\u00bb The Huskies have posted a winning record at home in 17 of those 20 seasons, registering double-digit home wins 16 times

\n\u00bb UW has posted at least a .600 home record in 13 of the past 20 seasons

\n\u00bb Washington has won at least 80% of its home games eight times over the last 20 seasons, including 90% or more three times

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\nSPRINKLE ON TOP

\n\u00bb Danny Sprinkle<\/a> has led his team to 25 or more wins in three of the last four seasons, guiding three-consecutive teams to NCAA Tournament appearances between Utah State and Montana State

\n\u00bb Sprinkle has twice been named his conferences coach of the year, earning the 2023-24 honor from the Mountain West and 2021-22 award from the Big Sky

\n\u00bb Sprinkle led Utah State to its first NCAA Tournament win since 2001

\n\u00bb Montana State’s ninth-leading scorer all-time, Sprinkle led his alma mater to its first NCAA Tournament bid since 1996 (2022 & 2023)

\n\u00bb An MSU Hall of Fame inductee in 2021, Sprinkle led the Bobcats to consecutive 25+ win seasons for the first time since 1927-29

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\nMeant for Montlake is officially live! Catch the first five episodes of this deep dive podcast into the serendipitous, intertwining stories that brought this season’s Washington team together. Brought to you by the voice of the Huskies, Tony Castricone<\/a>, and presented by Colburn Law, Meant for Montlake is available at\u00a0GoHuskies.com\/MeantForMontlake<\/a>\u00a0or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n

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