Cougar Men's
Basketball Returns Home to Host IUPUI
The game is set for
a 3 p.m. tipoff Saturday at Beasley Coliseum.
WASHINGTON STATE
HOSTS IUPUI AS BOTH TEAMS LOOK TO SNAP LOSING SKIDS:
• The Washington
State men’s basketball team (6-3) looks to end itsthree-game skid as
it hosts IUPUI (2-6), which has lostfourth-straight,
Saturday, Dec. 16 at 3 p.m. PT, at Beasley Coliseum.
• The game can be
seen on the Pac-12 Network as Greg Heister(play-by-play) and
Eldridge Recasner (analyst) have the call.
• All season long,
Cougar basketball can be heard on the Cougar IMGSports Radio Network
as the voice of the Cougars, Matt Chazanow will
have the call.
• Please see page
one of today’s notes for the list of affiliates.
• Live stats are
also available at www.wsucougars.com.
COUGARS VS. JAGUARS;
HORIZON LEAGUE:
• Saturday marks the
first meeting between Washington State and IUPUI.
• IUPUI joined the
Horizon League, July 1, 2017, becoming theconference’s newest
member.
• IUPUI is joined in
the league by Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy,Green Bay,
Milwaukee, Northern Kentucky, Oakland, UIC, Wright Stateand Youngstown
State.
• Milwaukee is the
only current Horizon League school that WSU hasfaced, winning the
only meeting, 74-54, Nov. 11, 2006 at Milwaukee’sJohn Thompson
Foundation Challenge.
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FOOTBALL
Michigan State
football coach Mark Dantonio: Spartans 'will come readyto play' at Holiday
Bowl
Source of most info here: Detroit Free Press
12/14/2017
Washington State
Mike Leach described the Holiday Bowl to reportersWednesday as “maybe
the greatest bowl I’ve ever been to” before gushing about San
Diego. Sure, he was saying it to folks fromAmerica’s Finest
City, but it also happens to be his wife’s hometown.
“When we got
married, I thought I was guaranteed a lot of trips to SanDiego. Then her
parents moved to Utah,” Leach said. “I got gypped outof that a little
bit. But anyway, it's good to be back.”
Mark Dantonio spoke
next. He reminded those at Wednesday’s newsconference it is
Michigan State’s first trip to the game. Then,Dantonio was asked
if he, like Leach, had any ties to the area.
“Not that you should
know about,” he quipped.
As for the game
between No. 19 MSU and his 21st-ranked Cougars, Leachexpects there to be
much more scoring when they meet in the 40thHoliday Bowl on Dec.
28 at San Diego County Credit Union Stadium.
Dec 28 (Thu) 6:00 PM
PT SDCCU Stadium
“You got kind of
contrasts styles,” Leach said. “They're big andstrong and physical.
We're trying to maneuver some stuff around. I think it's a good
matchup. I think it will be fun to watch.”
The Holiday Bowl is
typically known for its shootouts, though
Washington State
lost a grinder there last year to Minnesota, 17-12.
It was just the
fifth time in Holiday Bowl history the two teams both scored fewer than 20
points and tied for the third-lowest combined total points.
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