3 intriguing stats after Washington Huskies crushed Western Oregon in exhibition game
By Ethan Lee
A brand new era of Washington Huskies men’s basketball is officially here. And, well, it’s actually kind of the start to two brand new eras. Two for the price of one. BOGO. What a bargain! The Huskies are getting the Danny Sprinkle era started up and they’re also getting the Big Ten era of Washington basketball underway.
Technically, we’ve already seen the first game of the Danny Sprinkle era of UW basketball, but it was just an exhibition. And even though it was just an exhibition, it was super encouraging to see how the Huskies dismantled Western Oregon by a score of 105-68 in Alaska Airlines Arena on Tuesday evening.
It is worth remembering that this is from an exhibition game, but it’s still very intriguing to see how the Huskies were able to go out and get a dominant win in their first contest under Sprinkle’s guidance.
As we get this new era of Washington Husky basketball underway (a new coach, a new conference, some new players), let’s go over a few stats that showcase just how dominant of a win this exhibition victory ended up being.
Double digit scoring from seven different Huskies against Western Oregon
Generally speaking, it’s encouraging to see a handful of players get thoroughly involved in the scoring in any particular basketball game. And on Tuesday, the Huskies certainly got plenty of folks involved in their dominant win.
DJ Davis led the way with 16 points, but Zoom Diallo and Tyler Harris weren’t far behind with 14 points each. Great Osobor and Franck Kepnang each had 12 points. Meanwhile, William Breidenbach put up 11 points and Christian King scored 10.
That’s good! I’d like to see that happen outside of an exhibition game, but I’ll take what I can get right now.
42-point advantage over Western Oregon when it came to scoring in the paint
Sprinkle’s Huskies had a ton of fun beating up on Western Oregon and that was definitely evident in the paint. The Huskies were able to outwork and physically dominate Western Oregon as UW scored 60 points in the paint while Western Oregon scored just 18.
If Washington’s frontcourt can be that sort of productive all throughout this season, then the Huskies might just have a pretty good shot at causing problems for some programs in the Big Ten.
26, the number of fast break points for the Washington Huskies
Score quickly and score often. The Washington Huskies certainly demonstrated that they were capable of doing just that on Tuesday as they faced off against Western Oregon. It remains to be seen if they can replicate this sort of performance against better teams, but it’s pretty impressive to see that Washington got 26 fast break points.
Meanwhile, Western Oregon struggled in this regard. They managed to get just seven fast break points in this game. For Washington’s defense, that feat is worth celebrating.