Menifield Leads Washington to House Win over North Florida

SEATTLE (AP) – True freshman Keyon Menifield made probably the most of his first collegiate begin, scoring 21 factors to assist rally the Washington Huskies to a 75-67 victory over North Florida on Friday night time.

“I liked the group tonight,” stated Head Coach Mike Hopkins. “I liked the Dawg Pack tonight. We had a string of performs the place it was loud and we would have liked that.”

Menifield scored 12 factors within the first half however Washington trailed 34-28 on the break. His fast-break dunk off a PJ Fuller II steal ignited the group and pulled Washington even at 42-42 with 15:23 remaining within the sport. North Florida (0-2) moved again in entrance and stayed there till Menifield buried a 3-pointer off a steal by PJ Fuller II to provide the Huskies a 56-54 lead with 7:19 left to play.
 

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The lead modified palms 3 times till Jamal Bey buried a 3-pointer and adopted with a layup to place Washington on prime for good 65-61 with 3:58 to go.

North Florida trailed 69-61 when Jose Placer and Jarius Hicklen buried back-to-back 3-pointers to chop the Ospreys’ deficit to 2. Menifield scored within the paint with 44 seconds left to make it a two-possession sport after which added two free throws 23 seconds later to protect the win. The younger guard is the primary freshman to steer the Huskies in scoring since Isaiah Stewart scored 29 factors within the 2020 Pac-12 Match.

Franck Kepnang completed with 16 factors and 10 rebounds for the Huskies. Bey added 14 factors and 7 boards. Cole Bajema grabbed 11 rebounds to go along with seven factors.

Hicklen led the Ospreys with 19 factors. Jonathan Aybar added 12 factors, whereas Jadyn Parker and Carter Hendricksen each scored 11.

The 2 packages performed one another for the primary time. Washington improves to 2-0 for the primary time since 2019-20. The Huskies are again at Alaska Airways Area for his or her subsequent sport on Monday towards Utah Tech. Tip-off is at 7 p.m.