Denver Pioneers at Washington Huskies
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Steinbach's double-double and Washington's balance scoring topple Denver 84-70
Wesley Yates III also scored 13 points for Washington (2-0). Backup Zoom Diallo scored 12 points and Bryson Tucker, JJ Mandaquit along with reserves Quimari Peterson and Lathan Sommerville all scored 11 points.
The Huskies shot 50.8% (33 of 65). Sommerville made all five of his shot attempts.
Logan Kinsey scored 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting and Jeremiah Burke scored 15 points for the Pioneers (0-2).
The contest stayed even through the first 10 minutes and Denver led 18-17 on a Kinsey layup. Steinbach made a layup less than a minute later to put the Huskies back up and they never trailed again. Washington outscored Denver 18-10 in the last 9:17 of the half and led 37-28 at halftime.
Washington led by double figures for most of the second half. Julius Rollins' dunk with 12:18 left brought the Pioneers within 54-46. They pulled to 68-61 and 70-63 but never got closer.
Diallo converted a three-point play, made two foul shots and Tucker made a jumper to extend Washington's lead to 80-63 with 3:32 left.
It was the first meeting between the schools.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 70 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 70 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Didier Maleng made Jumper. Assisted by Zane Nelson. | 70 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Josh Lee Defensive Rebound. | 68 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Zoom Diallo missed Layup. | 68 - 84 |
Statistics
 DEN |
 WASH |
|
|---|---|---|
| 27-61 | FG | 33-65 |
| 44 | Field Goal % | 51 |
| 8-27 | 3PT | 7-20 |
| 30 | Three Point % | 35 |
| 8-12 | FT | 11-15 |
| 67 | Free Throw % | 73 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
| 14 | Assists | 19 |
| 2 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 11 | Points Off Turnovers | 22 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 17 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 48 |
| 17 | Fouls | 13 |
| 2 | Largest Lead | 19 |
Game Information
Location: Seattle, WA
Attendance: 5,134 | Capacity:
2025-26 Summit League Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State | 0-0 | - | 5-2 |
| St. Thomas-Minnesota | 0-0 | - | 5-3 |
| South Dakota | 0-0 | - | 4-3 |
| South Dakota State | 0-0 | - | 4-4 |
| North Dakota | 0-0 | - | 3-5 |
| Oral Roberts | 0-0 | - | 3-6 |
| Denver | 0-0 | - | 2-5 |
| Omaha | 0-0 | - | 2-6 |
| Kansas City | 0-0 | - | 1-5 |
2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 0-0 | - | 7-0 |
| Michigan | 0-0 | - | 7-0 |
| Michigan State | 0-0 | - | 7-0 |
| Nebraska | 0-0 | - | 7-0 |
| USC | 0-0 | - | 7-0 |
| Indiana | 0-0 | - | 6-0 |
| Ohio State | 0-0 | - | 6-0 |
| Purdue | 0-0 | - | 6-0 |
| Illinois | 0-0 | - | 6-1 |
| Penn State | 0-0 | - | 6-1 |
| Northwestern | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
| Washington | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
| Wisconsin | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
| UCLA | 0-0 | - | 5-2 |
| Maryland | 0-0 | - | 5-3 |
| Rutgers | 0-0 | - | 5-3 |
| Minnesota | 0-0 | - | 4-3 |
| Oregon | 0-0 | - | 4-3 |