--SUNDAY IN
A GAME WHICH STARTED AT 2PM in SPOKANE: WSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL at GONZAGA
Women’s
basketball Cougars, now 4-5 on the season, lost 76-52 at Gonzaga, now 9-1 in
the season.
Cougs led
13-12 at end of first quarter. At halftime, the Zags led by 10, 34-24. Gonzaga
outscored WSU 42-29 in the second half.
WSU’s Borislava
Hristova led all scorers in the game with 19. Her Coug teammates Maria
Kostourtova and Chanelle Molina had 10 and nine points respectively.
In the
contest WSU shot 20-50 (40%) from the field while Gonzaga shot 32-61 (52.5%).
WSU Women’s
Basketball next games:
Dec. 19
and Dec 20 during “Duel in the Desert” in Las Vegas (all times listed Pacific)
in Cox Pavillion on the UNLV campus.
--Dec 19
at 2:30pm Cougs vs. Kansas
--Dec 20
at time to be determined Cougs vs. winner of Northwestern vs. Wichita State game.
--SUNDAY
IN A GAME WHICH STARTED AT 4PM in KENNEWICK: WSU MEN’S BASKETBALL vs. MONTANA
STATE
Cougs lost
to Bobcats, 95-90, in Kennewick’s Toyota Center.
Montana
State stuns Washington State
Source: Field
Level Media via Reuters
Harald
Frey had 31 points and Tyler Hall had 24 as the Montana State Bobcats pulled
off a 95-90 road upset over Washington State on Sunday night at Friel Court in
Pullman, Wash.
Robert
Franks had 25 points, CJ Elleby had 17 and Carter Skaggs added 14 for the
Cougars, who fell to 5-3 on the season.
The teams
traded leads in the second half, with Montana State going ahead 55-47 early in
the half before the Cougars came back to lead 71-67. The Bobcats regained the
lead over the last 10 minutes and led by as much as eight in the final minute
before settling for the six-point margin.
Franks
helped the Cougars’ cause with 15 second-half points but he missed a
last-minute 3-pointer that would’ve made it a one-possession game.
Montana
State owned the perimeter, shooting 50 percent from 3-point range and 52
overall, with Frey and Hall both hitting six threes, and Ladan Ricketts added
four threes and 18 points overall. The Bobcats (3-6) out-rebounded the bigger
Cougars, 33-27, in winning their first road game on the year (1-5) and snapping
a two-game losing streak.
Washington
State shot 51 percent from the field and 38 percent from 3-point range but
doomed itself by shooting 61 percent from the free-throw line. The Cougars’
bench outscored Montana State’s, 32-8, but two of Washington State’s starters —
center Jeff Pollard and guard Ahmed Ali — combined for just six points.
Frey had
18 points, including five 3-pointers, in a competitive first half for both
teams. The Bobcats jumped to an early 22-10 lead on the strength of their
outside shooting, hitting 9 of 17 3-pointers, but Washington State bounced back
behind Skaggs’ 14 points and Elleby’s 10. MSU led for much of the half until
the Cougars eventually took a 42-40 lead until it went into halftime tied at
43.
From Field Level Media via Reuters
WSU Men’s
Basketball next game:
--Dec 17
at 7pm on Friel Court in Beasley Coliseum in Pullman Cougs vs. Rider University
Broncos (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
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What WSU
Sports Info said about the MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME, WSU vs. Montana State:
Senior
Robert Franks led the Cougars with 25 points…he had 18 points in the second
half.
Franks
eclipsed the 20-point plateau for the sixth time this season in seven games
played.
Franks
added 4 assists, one shy of his season high.
Junior
Carter Skaggs had a season-high 14 points…all in the first half.
Skaggs was
3-for-7 from 3-point range.
Freshman
CJ Elleby scored in double figures for the fourth-straight game, finishing with
20 points, marking his third 20-point game of the season.
Elleby has
reached the 20-point plateau in three of the last four games.
Junior
Jervae Robinson had a career-high 6 assists…his previous high was 2 done four
times.
The loss
is the first for WSU against Montana State since Dec. 20, 1973, snapping a WSU
winning streak of 9.
Montana
State’s 95 points mark its most in the all-time series, surpassing the previous
mark of 89.
Washington
State had 22 assists, marking its fourth game with more than 20 assists.
WSU will
take a week off for finals before returning home to host Rider, Dec. 17 at 7
p.m. and SIU Edwardsville, Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m., both at Beasley Coliseum.
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What WSU
Sports Info said about the Coug women’s game:
Playing
its final game before finals, Washington State (4-5) could not keep its winning
ways going on the road at #24/22 Gonzaga (9-1) as the Bulldogs prevailed,
76-53, Sunday afternoon in Spokane.
Despite
holding the Zags to just over 20% shooting in the opening frame, the Cougars
could not turn a stellar defensive effort into anything more than a one point
lead after one as the Bulldogs controlled the offensive glass and with it the
scoreboard. With the game evening out in the second quarter, the Zags were able
to press their advantage, finishing the half on a 9-0 run that turned a
one-point advantage into a double-digit lead at the break.
With the
shots not falling and the Zags continuing to take advantage of WSU mistakes,
the Bulldogs bookended the third quarter with a pair of big runs that seemingly
put the game out of reach with still one quarter to play. Despite hitting a
handful of shots from the outside the Cougs could not close the gap on the
Bulldogs who matched every basket by WSU with one of their own. In the end, the
Zags put together a balanced effort with five in double-figures that
overwhelmed the Cougs defensively over the final three quarters of play.
WSU Coach
Kamie Ethridge Quote:
"We
moved the ball pretty well early and they just got more physical with us and we
just don't like being kind of whipped around. You saw a team that played a lot
harder than the other team, from the opening tip to the very end. We obviously
got very discouraged in the fourth quarter and gave up some things. You look at
their players. They came in with an unbelievable amount of energy, they
rebounded the basketball, and they exposed anytime we didn't play hard. We just
got outworked tonight."
Some of
what Gonzaga Sports Info said about the WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME, WSU at
Gonzaga:
--Zags won
the battle of the boards with a 36-25 advantage
--Zags shot
52.5 percent from the floor. WSU had 40 percent shooting.
--Zags ice
cold to open the first period, hitting three of their first 11 attempts. With
4:48 remaining, Washington State scored seven unanswered to claim a 13-6 lead
with 2:32 to go, but a 6-0 Bulldog run cut the Cougars' lead to one (13-12)
heading into the second period.
--Zags
converted 10-for-15 field goals in the second to shoot 66.7 percent.
--Zags
limited Washington State to 10 third-quarter points and extended their lead to
18 (52-34) to close the period. Gonzaga shot 76.9 percent in the final quarter
and led by as many as many as 28 in the final quarter.
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FOOTBALL
Coach Mike
Leach says he'll keep his lessons on the field, for now
By Braden
Johnson Cougfan.com
PULLMAN –
Mike Leach said after practice Sunday it appears he will not be teaching a
one-credit seminar course next semester alongside State Senator Michael
Baumgartner.
Leach
lobbied the idea of co-teaching a class called “Leadership Lessons in Insurgent
Warfare and Football Strategy” on Twitter last week but said after Sunday’s
first bowl practice the course has not been registered by the university.
“I don’t
even have permission to do it," Leach said, "but I thought I'd throw
it out there, thought it’d be a fun idea, and who knows? It may happen.”
Leach’s
tweet generated an immediate buzz within the community. It garnered more than
45,000 likes, 4,700 retweets and 2,000 comments at time of this story's
publication. "The Pirate" said the school would need "a big
classroom if it takes place."
In
football-related matters, Coug quarterback Gardner Minshew told 710-KIRO Radio
on Thursday that WSU fans upset over the 13th-ranked Cougars' omission from New
Year's Six bowls should “quit pouting,” and Leach took it a step further
Sunday.
“The Alamo
Bowl is better than a number of those bowls anyway,” Leach said, referring to
the Fiesta and Peach bowls the Cougs were in the running for. “So we have a
great opportunity to play a great team (in Iowa State).”
Leach, who
returned to Pullman late Saturday evening after a week spent recruiting and
making media appearances for a bowl press conference and for Minshew’s awards
shows in Atlanta and Baltimore, said he thinks “Iowa State is better than several
teams” playing in New Year’s Six bowls.
The
24th-ranked Cyclones (8-4) have one of the nation’s stiffest defenses. ISU is
allowing 22 points per game in the Big 12 and held 10 of its 12 regular season
opponents under their scoring average. Leach said he has not had any discussion
with players about motivation or preparing properly for the Cyclones. He said
it helps to have a vocal signal-caller in Minshew to keep other players in
check.
“I think
everybody’s pretty much on the same page,” Leach said. “We’re very excited to
be at the Alamo Bowl, which is a place that a lot of people from this
conference don’t get to go to. It’s a unique place with a lot of history.”
The
Cougars’ next bowl practice is tentatively scheduled for Thursday with coaches
getting back out on the road to recruit in the interim.
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From
Cougfan.com
SPEAKING
OF ESPN, the graphics department at the World Wide Leader needs some serious
work.
During
ESPN's college football awards show this week, the graphic proudly proclaimed
Cougar QB Gardner Minshew as a member of the "Washington State
Huskies." This morning, ESPN
College GameDay played a tribute to retiring K-State legend Bill Snyder ... and
in big block letters spelled his last name “S-Y-N-D-E-R.”
ESPN has
lost 2 million subscribers in the past year. But some will probably return when
it's graphics department soon reports that Dewey defeated Truman.
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Washington
State’s Gardner Minshew finishes fifth in Heisman Trophy voting in 2018 football
season
UPDATED:
Sat., Dec. 8, 2018, 10:38 p.m.
By Theo
Lawson of Spokesman-Review
WSU
Heisman history
1. Ryan
Leaf, third (1997)
2. Gardner
Minshew, fifth (2018)
T3. Timm
Rosenbach, seventh (1988)
T3. Jason
Gesser, seventh (2002)
5. Drew
Bledsoe, eighth (1992)
T6. Jack
Thompson, ninth (1978)
T6. Jerome
Harrison, ninth (2005)
8. Rueben
Mayes, 10th (1984)
In a
season that’s been jammed with personal milestones, a fifth-place finish in
Heisman Trophy voting is the latest one for Washington State quarterback
Gardner Minshew.
The
fifth-year graduate transfer became the eighth player in WSU history to finish
in the top 10 of the Heisman voting when the final numbers were released
Saturday evening, shortly after Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray was announced
as the recipient of college football’s top award.
With 126
points, Minshew finished fifth, four points below West Virginia quarterback
Will Grier. It’s the second-highest finish in school history, next to ex-WSU
quarterback Ryan Leaf, who earned a trip to New York City in 1997 and was third
in Heisman voting.
Murray
(2,167), Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa (1,871) and Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins (783)
ran away with the three finalist spots. Minshew’s name appeared on 95 of the
929 Heisman ballots. The WSU QB collected six first-place votes – two more than
Grier – 15 second-place votes and 74 third-place votes.
There was
a significant gap between Minshew and sixth-place finisher McKenzie Milton of
Central Florida. Milton finished with 39 points. Rounding out the top 10 were
Clemson running back Travis Etienne (29), Alabama defensive lineman Quinnen
Williams (27), Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor (26) and Memphis running
back Darrell Henderson.
Minshew
finished the regular season as the national leader in passing yards per game at
373.1, ahead of Haskins and Grier. He was the only player in the country with
six games of 400 passing yards or more and posted a touchdown-to-interception
ratio of 36-9. Both his completions (433) and attempts (613) were tops in the
country.
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