ELLENSBURG, Wash. — The Central Washington University men's basketball team takes on the University of Washington in an exhibition game on Thursday.
GAME INFORMATION
Thursday, November 4
At Washington
7:00 PM
Seattle, WA
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"Getting the opportunity to head over and play at the University of Washington is a challenge our guys are looking forward to," Head Coach Brandon Rinta said. "They are big and long and play an extremely tough zone defense. We will come up against some good zone defenses through the year, so it will be good for us to get an early look at our zone offense. Defensively we are going to have to work hard to keep them from getting the ball into the key and keep them off the offensive glass."
SCOUTING THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
The Huskies finished last season with a 5-21 record, including a 4-16 mark in Pac-12 play.
UW returns just one of their top three scorers from last year in Jamal Bey. He averaged 10.3 points per game. Only Quade Green (15.4) and Marcus Tsohonis (10.4) averaged more scoring in 2020-21. The Huskies return just two starters. Alongside Bey, Nate Roberts returns to the lineup after averaging 5.2 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. Bey started 25 of 26 games, while Roberts started all 26.
Washington averaged 67.7 points per game last season, while shooting 42.4 percent from the floor. Their opposition averaged 77.4 points and shot only slightly better at 45.4 percent.
While only returning one of their top scorers, the Huskies have a size advantage. UW has only one player under six feet tall. Anthony Iglesias, a junior guard, comes in at 5-foot-7. The Huskies tallest player measures in at 7-foot-5 in junior center Riley Sorn.
Soon appeared in 24 games and averaged 9.8 minutes per outing. He recorded five or more rebounds six times during the season and posted double-digit scoring efforts three times. He scored 10 points in 25 minutes at UCLA, while recording five rebounds and a career best three blocks.
LAST TIME OUT
The Wildcats have an exhibition under their belt as they took down Lincoln University (CA) 90-72 last Friday.
Four Wildcats finished with a double-digit scoring effort. Shaden Knight and David Thompson led the Crimson and Black with 18 points each. Xavier Smith finished with 17, while Micah Pollard added 15. Smith finished 7-for-10 from the field, while Pollard finished 6-for-9 from the field. As a unit, the Wildcats were 31-for-54 from the field. They converted at a 50 percent clip from beyond the arc, knocking down 14 of their 28 attempts. Central was near perfect at the charity stripe, going 14-for-16.
