Sacramento State Hornets vs Washington Huskies Match Player Stats On Dec 21, 2018

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