National Basketball Association
Washington 57, Sacramento State 41
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, December 21, 2018
Where: Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, Washington
Officials:
# Tom Spitznagel, # Gregory Nixon, # Marc Beasley
Attendance:
6888
By Field Level Media
Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle each scored 12 points, and Washington rallied in the second half to defeat Sacramento State 57-41 Friday night in a nonconference game in Seattle.
Nahziah Carter added 11 points and six rebounds for the Huskies (8-4), who never led in the first half and trailed 22-19 at the intermission. Washington's Hameir Wright grabbed a game-high seven rebounds.
The Huskies, who improved to 6-0 at home this season, opened the second half with an 11-0 run, and the Hornets never got closer than six points the rest of the way.
Joshua Patton and Marcus Graves each scored 12 points for the Hornets (6-3), who despite the defeat will enter Big Sky Conference play with their best nonconference winning percentage since joining the league in 1996.
Patton made a layup and Bryce Fowler hit a 3-pointer as Sacramento State took an early 5-0 lead. The Hornets led by as many as nine points, 20-11, after Graves' jumper with 6:16 left in the half.
The Huskies, who were off for six days after a 73-61 loss to then-No. 13 Virginia Tech, looked rusty early.
They shot just 8 of 24 (33.3 percent) from the field in the first half and were 0-for-11 on 3-point attempts. They were 13 of 24 from the floor in the second half, including 3 of 8 from long range.
As bad as the Huskies were in the first half, the Hornets were worse after the intermission.
Sacramento State shot 9 of 24 (37.5 percent) in the first half and 2 of 5 from 3-point range. But in the second half, the Hornets were 3 of 22 from the field (13.6 percent) and 1 of 9 from distance.
Jaylen Nowell, the Huskies' leading scorer at 18 points per game, was limited to just four on 2-for-7 shooting. It was just the third time Nowell failed to score at least 14 points this season.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Sacramento State |
|
Washington |
|
Marcus Graves 12 |
Scoring |
Noah Dickerson 12 |
|
Bryce Fowler 2 |
Assists |
David Crisp 3 |
|
Marcus Graves 6 |
Rebounds |
Hameir Wright 7 |
|
Ethan Esposito 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Noah Dickerson 4 |
|
Izayah Mauriohooho-Le'afa 2 |
Steals |
Matisse Thybulle 7 |
|
Joshua Patton 3 |
Blocks |
Hameir Wright 5 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Sacramento State
|
41 |
26.1 |
3-14 |
14-19 |
8 |
29 |
3 |
5 |
21 |
| Washington
|
57 |
43.8 |
3-19 |
12-17 |
8 |
29 |
10 |
11 |
15 |
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