SEATTLE – Seattle University men's basketball (6-4, 1-1 WAC) returns to Seattle on Sunday, Dec. 17 to host crosstown foe Washington (6-3, 0-0 Pac-12) in the Battle for Seattle presented by Beacon Plumbing. Tip off from Climate Pledge Arena is set for 5 p.m. The game will air live on ESPN+.
FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS
- Sunday, Dec. 17 at 5:00 PM PT
- Seattle U (6-4, 1-1 WAC) vs. Washington (6-3, 0-0 Pac-12)
- Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
- Tickets
- Live Stats
- Watch on ESPN+
- Game Notes
QUICK HITS
- Seattle U came up just short of a big road win at San Francisco Wednesday, falling 62-59 to the Dons.
- The Redhawks are now 6-4 on the season and still in search of their first road win.
- Cameron Tyson led all scorers with 22 points, including six threes. His first-half performance helped the Redhawks hold a 34-27 lead at the break.
- Tyson's six threes puts him six more away from tying the Seattle U all-time record of 239. A seventh three will give him the all-time record outright.
- This marked the first time this season only one Redhawks finished in double figures.
- The game marked the ninth time in 10 games that the Redhawk held their opponent under 70 points.
ABOUT THE SERIES VS WASHINGTON
- Washington leads the all-time series over Seattle U, 34-4, including a current 17-game winning streak.
- Sunday's match-up marks the first time Seattle U has been the home team since Dec. 22, 2016.
- Last year the Redhawks led 40-38 at halftime at Alaska Airlines Arena, but UW was victorious, 77-66, at the final buzzer, handing SU its first loss of the season.
- Cameron Tyson had 18 points and Alex Schumacher had 15 while Riley Grigsby and Viktor Rajkovic added 10 points apiece.
- The last time the Huskies were ranked for this meeting was Dec. 17, 2019, when UW held a No. 22 rank. They enter this year's match-up receiving votes in the latest AP Top 25.
- Modern-day meetings between the two schools was brought back in the 2008-09 season.
- Seattle U's last win over the Huskies came on Nov. 28, 1978 in the 1978-79 season opener. SU claimed an 82-78 victory at UW.
- The crosstown series originally began in the 1953 NCAA West Regional semifinals, with Washington earning a 92-70 victory.
RECORD WATCH
- Cameron Tyson drained six threes on Dec. 13 at San Francisco, bringing his Seattle U career total to 233. He moves past Isiah Umipig (2013-15) into second place in the program's all-time record book and now needs just six more triples to match No. 1 Aaron Waite (1988-92).
- Kobe Williams tallied the 110th block of his career against Northwest on Dec. 9, moving him past previous Seattle U record-holder Aaron Menzies (2015-18) to become the outright record holder.
- Brandton Chatfield is working his way up the Seattle U career blocks top-10 list as well, checking in at No. 8 with 74.
ATOP THE WAC
In games played through Dec. 14, the Redhawks lead the WAC in 6 team statistical categories and 8 individual categories.
- Effective FG% - 52.0
- FG% Defense - 39.9
- FT% - 74.9
- Scoring Defense - 62.1
- Scoring Margin - 11.3
- 3pt% Defense - 28.2
- Assists - Alex Schumacher, 49
- Assists per game - Alex Schumacher, 4.9
- Blocks - Kobe Williamson, 17
- Blocks per game - Kobe Williamson, 1.70
- 3pt attempts - Cameron Tyson, 80
- 3pt% - Cameron Tyson, 38.8
- 3pt per game - Cameron Tyson, 3.44
- 3pt made - Cameron Tyson, 31
FREE THROW STREAK
Victor Rajkovic is a perfect 15-15 from the free-throw line to start the 2023-24 season. The streak is the longest for a Seattle U player since Cameron Tyson hit 23 consecutive free throws from Jan. 12, 2023 vs NM State through Feb. 1, 2023 versus Abilene Christian.
REDHAWK ROUNDUP
- The 46 points allowed to Northwest on Dec. 13 was the least points allowed by a Redhawk squad since holding Pacific Lutheran to 40 in an 89-40 win on Nov. 23, 2021.
- The 55-point win over Northwest on Dec. 13 was the largest margin of victory since Nov. 12, 2017 when the Redhawks beat Puget Sound, 121-70.
- The 92-point outing against Idaho on Nov. 22 was the most points scored by a Seattle U team since Jan. 17, 2022 when the Redhawks beat California Baptist, 92-85, in overtime.
- The Redhawks shot a blistering 61.8% from the field in the win over Idaho on Nov. 22, marking the first time Seattle U had shot better than 60% since Feb. 15, 2018 versus UTRGV.
- Seattle U earned its fifth consecutive season-opening win with a 71-60 victory over Prairie View A&M on Wednesday. This is just the third time in the last seven seasons that Seattle U had opened the season at home.
- Seattle native John Christofilis had a career and game-high 18 points in his Redhawk debut. The redshirt sophomore from Creighton had not played in a collegiate game since the 2021-22 season when he averaged 3.9 mins in 13 appearances for the Bluejays.
- Williamson and Brandton Chatfield had five blocks apiece against PVAM, a career-high for both big men. It also marked the first time a Redhawk had recorded five blocks in a game since Myles Carter turned away seven shots on Nov. 28, 2018 versus Northwest.
- The Redhawk roster features six players from the state of Washington, including four who call the city of Seattle home. All four Seattleites are new to the squad this year, including John Christofilis (O'Dea HS/Creighton) and Malek Gomma (Ingraham HS/Elite Prep), Jazel Brown (Garfield HS) and Niko Fotopoulos (Bishop Blanchete HS/St. Thomas More School).
- Seattle U's coaching staff also features numerous local ties as assistant coaches Grant Leep, D'Marques Tyson and Steven Shpreyregin all hail from the state of Washington.
- Seattle U is coming off of a 20-12 overall record in 2022-23 and a 23-9 mark in 2021-22. The back-to-back 20-win seasons were the first for the program since 1963-64. Three straight 20-win seasons has not taken place since 1957-59.
- The Redhawks' 2022 Western Athletic Conference regular season title was the first DI conference title for the program and just the second overall conference title (Seattle U won the 2006-07 DII Great Northwest Athletic Conference crown).
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
Seattle U has gone 34-5 (.872) on its home court during the past two-plus seasons under Head Coach Chris Victor. That record includes a 23-2 mark at the Redhawk Center and an 11-3 mark in 14 games played at Climate Pledge Arena.
GET YOUR TICKETS
Single-game tickets and flex packages are available for purchase. All ticket options may be purchased online at goseattleu.com/tix or over the phone at 206-398-GOSU.
UP NEXT
The Redhawks remain in Seattle to host C-USA member Louisiana Tech on Wednesday. Dec. 20. Tip off from the Redhawk Center is set for 7 p.m.