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Washington Basketball: 2019-20 takeaways from OT home loss against Oregon

By J.D. Caldwell

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JANUARY 18: Head Coach Mike Hopkins of the Washington Huskies reacts in the second half against the Oregon Ducks during their game at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on January 18, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JANUARY 18: Head Coach Mike Hopkins of the Washington Huskies reacts in the second half against the Oregon Ducks during their game at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on January 18, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JANUARY 18: Payton Pritchard #3 of the Oregon Ducks dribbles with the ball against Marcus Tsohonis #15 of the Washington Huskies (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JANUARY 18: Payton Pritchard #3 of the Oregon Ducks dribbles with the ball against Marcus Tsohonis #15 of the Washington Huskies (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /

1. Marcus Tsohonis has emerged in Green’s absence

Quade Green was averaging 11.6 ppg and, more importantly, 5.3 assists in more than 30 minutes of play.  The entire Husky team is only averaging 8.5 assists with 13.8 turnovers.

Coach Bob Hopkins tried several alternatives to replace Green, with varying success.  “Hop” first went to sophomore Elijah Hardy who started against Stanford, playing 31 minutes.  Hardy came off the bench in the loss at California for 14 minutes.  In those two games, Hardy scored a total of two points (11 points on the season) with four assists and three turnovers.  The Hardy experiment was short-lived as he rode the bench this week against the Oregon schools.

Next man up was RaeQuan Battle who started in the win over Oregon State.  Against the Beavers, he finished scoring 11 points in 24 minutes with two assists and three steals.  In the loss to the Ducks, the freshman came back going 1 for 8 from three-point land in 13 minutes.  He now has 25 points on the season.

The Huskies then turned to freshman Marcus Tsohonis.  Tsahonis came off the bench to score 11 and 14 points, respectively against Oregon State and Oregon.  He had only scored three points on the season before playing in the game against Cal, in which he did not play in the ten games prior while anticipating being redshirted.

6’6 sophomore Jamal Bey is seeing more time at point guard.  However, Bey has five assists to go with ten turnovers in the four games without Green.

The emergence of Tsahonis has encouraged the Husky fanbase.  He will have to develop quickly for the Huskies to receive an NCAA at-large bid.

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