No. 13 Huskies Now 11-0 After 66-57 Win Over Tulane

Monday, December 22

Seattle, WA

8:00 PM

University of Washington

Tulane

Photo by: Washington Athletics

December 23, 2014 | Men's Basketball

By: Washington Athletics

SEATTLE (AP) — Shawn Kemp Jr. scored 16 points, Nigel Williams-Goss added 14 and No. 13 Washington remained undefeated, pulling away in the second half for a 66-57 win over Tulane on Monday night.

The Huskies improved to 11-0, matching the best start in Lorenzo Romar's tenure as Washington's coach. The Huskies also started 11-0 during the 2005-06 season.

Washington committed a season-high 18 turnovers coming off a short turnaround after its win over Oklahoma in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The Huskies were sloppy and careless for stretches, but used a 14-3 run midway through the second half to take control.

Dylan Osetkowski led Tulane (9-2) with 12 points. The Green Wave had their nine-game winning streak snapped.

Tulane had beaten up on lesser competition in running off its longest win streak since early in the 2011-12 season. The Green Wave made it difficult on Washington, but the Huskies ultimately prevailed in their next-to-last game before starting Pac-12 play.

Jay Hook added 11 points and Jonathan Stark scored 10 for Tulane.

The quick turnaround after the draining one-point win over Oklahoma was a test to see how the Huskies will respond to short turnarounds once Pac-12 Conference play starts next month.

And it turned out to be far more difficult than most expected.

Robert Upshaw continued to be a force in the middle for Washington. The 6-foot-11 center finished with 11 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks.

Tulane went nearly 8 minutes at the end of the first half and to begin the second half without a field goal, the skid finally getting snapped on Osetkowski's reverse layup with 15:25 left. That basket started a 17-8 run by the Green Wave, capped by Louis Dabney's 3-pointer for a 46-43 lead.

Darin Johnson's three-point play pulled the Huskies even and started an eight-point spurt finished off by Andrew Andrews' 3-pointer with 6:53 left for a 51-46 lead. Andrews had missed his first seven shots.

Williams-Goss eventually capped the 14-3 run with his fast-break layup for a 57-49 lead with 4:35 remaining, matching the Huskies' largest lead of the game to that point. Washington's cushion eventually reached 12 in the closing seconds.