COUGS WIN!
Washington
State Women’s Basketball –
Arizona 88
at Washington St. 90
On Friel
Court at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman,
Noon
tipoff Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019
Before the
game, according to the Arizona Daily Star, Arizona head Adia Barnes, talking
about the weather in Seattle which caused cancellation of the Arizona State at
UW game, said. “We need this game not to be cancelled.”
She was
talking about the Arizona at WSU game.
And, it
wasn’t. But, it also was not an Arizona win. Cougs win!
In the contest
vs. Arizona in Pullman, Washington State's Borislava Hristova led Cougs with 37
points, including 25 in the second half, six rebounds and three assists. Her 37
points marked the fourth time this season she's scored 30+ in a game.
Below from
WSU Sports Information:
Arizona 15 23 20 30 88
Washington
St. 18 24 23 25 90
Herculean
Effort Leads Washington State Past Arizona, 90-88
Borislava
Hristova and Chanelle Molina combined for 65 points in the victory.
PULLMAN.
– Behind a combined 65 points out of
Borislava Hristova and Chanelle Molina, Washington State (8-16, 3-10) outgunned
the visiting Wildcats of Arizona (15-8, 5-7), 90-88, Saturday afternoon at
Beasley Coliseum.
The
Cougars stars put on a show in front of their home crowd, splitting the scoring
duties over the 40 minutes of action to take down the Wildcats' the nation's
second leading scorer.
After a
game two nights prior, Molina came out scorching on Saturday afternoon as the
junior point scored the Cougars' first eight points of the game and netted 12
in the opening stanza. It was the final four of those 12 that kick started a
9-0 closing run for the Cougars to capture a three-point lead after the first
10 minutes of action.
After
falling behind by six midway through the second quarter Molina again would spur
the Cougars' answer as she scored five of a quick seven for WSU to recapture
the lead. From there, Hristova led a free flowing attack that saw WSU again
close the frame strong with a 16-6 spurt to nab a 42-38 at the break.
The 10
from Hristova in the second quarter was only a warmup as the star forward
scored 12 of the Cougars' 23 in the third and 13 of 25 in the fourth to help
put away a pesky Wildcat team that refused to go home quietly. The Cougars
would need every bit of the dynamic duos scoring thanks to the play of Aari
McDonald, who scored nine points in the game's final 1:48 to make the home
crowd at Beasley sweat.
In the
end, Hristova and Molina would hit the free throws needed to keep the Wildcats
at arms length while Molina got her hand on a final three-point attempt by
McDonald, blocking the last ditch effort by the Wildcats' star and securing the
victory for WSU.
WSU Coach Kamie
Ethridge quote:
"Well
what an entertaining game especially when we find away to win. I just am really
proud of our team and how hard we sustained our effort. I think that has been a
big problem for us to sustain effort, execution, and focus and kind of purpose
through a 40 minute game. I thought this was one of our better games where we
really, for the things we wanted to do before this game and for this game, I
thought we were really good for most of the game. Two phenomenal performances
by Bobi and Nelle."
More info:
WSU
snapped a seven-game skid with the win over the Wildcats, their second-straight
over Arizona and seventh in the last nine matchups.
The Cougs
shot a season-best 57.4% (35-61) from the floor. It was their best shooting day
in the last decade for WSU.
Borislava
Hristova finished with 37 points, one shy of her career high, tying for the
fourth most points in a single game in WSU history. She scored 25 in the second
half, the second best scoring half in program history only trailing Tricia
Lamb's 27 first half points against Arizona Jan. 7, 1999.
Hristova's
37 points marked her fourth 30 point game of the year and 13th 20+ point game
of the season.
Hristova
became just the seventh Cougar to record 500 points in a season as she finished
the day with 505 for the year.
Chanelle
Molina ended her day tying a season best with 28 points to go with nine assists
and three rebounds. Molina moved into the program's single season top-10 for
assists finishing with 126 for the year, ninth most in WSU history.
Together,
Hristova and Molina scored 65 points, grabbed nine rebounds, and dished out 12
assists while shooting a combined 25-of-35 (71.4%) from the floor. The 65
points were the most combined points for a Cougar duo in program history.
Not to be
left out, Alexys Swedlund provided the support for the dynamic duo netting 12
points while Ula Motuga added two points to go with five rebounds and a
career-best six assists.
With the
tip of the contest, senior Maria Kostourkova officially played in her 120th
career game at WSU, moving into a tie for 10th all-time in program history in
games played. She finished her day with one point, six rebounds, and three
assists as she was limted to just 19 minutes due to foul trouble.
The
Cougars recorded 25 assists on 35 made baskets, one shy of their season-best of
26 assists.
Arizona
put four in double-figures to counter the Cougars led by Aari McDonald's 26
points. McDonald entered the game averaging just under 26 points as the
nation's second-leading scorer. Cate Reese (19), Sam Thomas (16) and Lucia
Alonso (14) rounded out the Wildcats' scoring. Arizona shot 54.2% (32-59) from
the floor.
The
Cougars renew their Boeing Apple Cup Series rivalry with Washington Friday,
Feb. 15 in Pullman. WSU took the opening game of the series in December,
defeating the Huskies 79-76 in Seattle.
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Men’s
basketball
Saturday 4:30pm
tipoff
Washington
State at Arizona in Tucson
COUGS WIN!
GOT FIRST ROAD SWEEP SINCE 2009 after beating Arizona State in Tempe on
Thursday and Arizona on Saturday
Washington
State hands Arizona Wildcats fifth straight loss, 69-55
By Bruce
Pascoe Arizona Daily Star
The
Arizona Wildcats have lost five straight games for the first time since Lute
Olson’s first year with the Wildcats in 1983-84, losing 69-55 to Washington
State at McKale Center on Saturday.
Arizona
shot just 31.7 percent from the field while WSU’s Robert Franks hit 8 of 11
3-pointers and tied his career high in scoring with 34 to lead the Cougars.
The loss
dropped the Wildcats to 14-10 overall and 5-6 in the Pac-12 while Washington
State improved to 10-14 and 3-8, with its first win at McKale Center since Klay
Thompson was a Cougar sophomore in 2009-10.
Combined
with WSU's win over ASU on Thursday, it was the Cougars' first Pac-12 road
sweep since 2009.
Down by 12
points at halftime, Arizona cut it to nine with nine minutes left on two free
throws from Ryan Luther, but trailed by double digits most of the second half.
Devonaire Doutrive made a layup with 2:13 to go to cut WSU’s lead to 63-53 but
Franks hit his final 3 with 1:11 left to give the Cougars a 69-53 lead.
In the
first half, Arizona shot just 27.3 percent while trailing Washington State
33-21.
The
Wildcats struggled to shoot all over the court at the beginning of the game.
Before halftime, Chase Jeter was 0 for 5 inside for Arizona while Brandon
Randolph was 1 for 5.
Franks had
20 points in the first half while hitting 6 of 8 3-pointers to lead the
Cougars. Franks had 34 points and 13 rebounds in WSU’s 21-point upset of ASU on
Thursday.
Arizona
missed its first five shots, one from each starter, while falling behind 7-0 at
the first media timeout. The Wildcats were 0-7 from the field before Luther hit
a 3-pointer from the left corner to break the drought, and a layup from Justin
Coleman pulled UA within 7-5.
However,
Franks hit a pair of 3-pointers to put WSU ahead 13-7 at the second media
timeout, with 11:20 left in the half. Franks, a 6-foot-9 shooter who tested the
NBA Draft last spring, later made it 28-14 WSU when he hit his fifth 3-pointer
of the half.
Finally,
after Coleman raced for a layup in the final minute to cut WSU's lead to nine
points, Franks hit another 3 as the buzzer sounded.
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Wins NCAA
appeal: EWU QB Gage Gubrud transferring to Washington State
11:47 AM
PT 2/9/2019
By Kyle
Bonagura, ESPN
Former
Eastern Washington quarterback Gage Gubrud has won an appeal for an additional
year of eligibility and will spend his final season as a graduate transfer at
Washington State.
WSU
announced Gubrud, a two-time finalist for the Walter Payton Award, given to the
best offensive player in FCS, joined the program Saturday morning.
"We
are excited for Gage to come in and compete with the quarterbacks on our
team," head coach Mike Leach said. "He is an extremely experienced
and productive player who led Eastern Washington to great heights in his time
there. It's not often that you can add a quarterback to your roster that has
started 28 games and thrown for nearly 10,000 yards. We are looking forward to
getting him on campus and finishing his collegiate career in a WSU Cougar
uniform."
Gubrud
suffered a toe injury in the Eagles' fifth game in 2018 that sidelined him for
the remaining 10 games of the season and was initially denied a medical
redshirt, according to the Spokesman-Review. However, because EWU advanced to
the FCS national championship game, Gubrud ended up appearing in just one-third
of the team's game, qualifying him for a medical redshirt under NCAA rules.
In 32
games over parts of four seasons, Gubrud threw for 9,984 yards with 87
touchdown passes and 32 interceptions for the Eagles. He threw for 5,160 yards
in 2016 and was honored by the Touchdown Club of Columbus as the FCS Player of
the Year. That season, in Gubrud's first collegiate start, he completed 34 of
40 passes for 474 yards and five touchdowns in a 45-42 win at Washington State.
It's the
second straight season WSU will welcome a graduate transfer at quarterback,
following Gardner Minshew's successful move from East Carolina to Wazzu in
2018. Minshew finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting, while leading the
Cougars to a school-record 11 wins.
In
addition to Gubrud, the competition to replace Minshew is expected to primarily
include Trey Tinsley, Anthony Gordon, Cammon Cooper and Gunner Cruz.
More info
here from WSU Sports Information:
https://wsucougars.com/news/2019/2/9/football-cougars-add-transfer-gage-gabrud-to-2019-signing-class.aspx
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WSU track
& field Pace, Frost, Fredrickson, and Jenkins lead the Cougars inside the
Dempsey Indoor on UW campus in Seattle
SEATTLE –
The Washington State University Track and Field program competed in the Husky
Classic Friday, hosted by the University of Washington inside the Dempsey
Indoor.
The
original two-day event was rescheduled to just a single day of competition, Friday,
Feb. 8, due to inclement weather moving into the Seattle area this weekend,
potentially impacting travel.
Leading
the way on the women's side for the Cougars was Suzy Pace who took home first
place in the high jump event at 5-feet 8 inches (1.73m). Emma Jenkins broke the
WSU Track and Field Indoor Freshman record in the 5000m event running a
16:49.99 overall. Katelyn Frost turned in a fourth place performance in the
pole vault with a PR of 12-feet 6 3/4 inches (3.83m) on the day as well.
For the
WSU Men, the Cougars were led by Joseph Heitman who turned in a second place
overall finish in the 60m hurdles, running an 8.52. Peyton Fredrickson placed
second in the high jump event at 6-feet 11 inches (2.11m), and both Max
English, and Beau Sheeran record PR days at 6-feet 7 inches (2.01m). Nathan
Wadhwani recorded a PR performance in the 5000m race at 14:12.321 as well.
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Charisma
Taylor and Emanuel Wells Jr. Leads Coug track & field at Don Kirby Elite meet
Saturday in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE
– The Washington State University Track and Field program saw record
performances from both the women's and men's sides at the Don Kirby Elite
inside the Albuquerque Convention Center on Saturday.
Charisma
Taylor continued her stellar indoor season as she broke the WSU Freshman Indoor
record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.30 overall. Taylor placed sixth
overall in the triple jump as well at 41-feet 1/2 inches (12.51m). Jordyn
Tucker anchored WSU in the 60m dash with sixth place finish, as she ran a 7.56
in the finals.
Emmanuel
Wells Jr. showed no signs of slowing down this indoor season, as he posted a
60m dash time of 6.55, moving him up to number one all-time in Washington State
history, and set a WSU Indoor record in the event as well. Wells Jr. sees his
impressive time jump up to second overall in the nation currently, and fifth
overall in the world. Emmanuel's 60m time of 6.55 is also the 12th best
all-time in collegiate action. Jake Ulrich continued to show off his speed this
season as well at this meet in the 400m, placing third overall with a time of
47.03.
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Weather
warning in place for Palouse, L-C Valley
Snow,
frigid temps and high winds combine to create perilous conditions
Lewiston
Trib 2/9/2019
MOSCOW —
The Palouse region and the surrounding areas are under a winter weather
advisory until 1 p.m. today because of predicted snow accumulation, cold
temperatures and wind gusts as much as 50 mph. In Nez Perce and Asotin
counties, where a hazardous weather advisory is in effect, light snow is
expected to create slick driving conditions and below-average temperatures
throughout the weekend.
According
to the National Weather Service, Whitman and Latah counties could experience as
much as 3 to 5 inches of snow and heavy winds by the time the advisory ends. In
Lewiston, the weather service forecast calls for a 40 percent chance of as much
as 1 inch of snow and wind gusts to 24 mph.
Throughout
the Inland Northwest this weekend, periods of light snow will linger, and
below-average temperatures will arrive today and persist through much of the
week.
Just a few
miles east of the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley, the Lapwai-area forecast calls for
a 50 percent chance of a half-inch of snow accumulation each day through
Tuesday. The forecast is similar on the Palouse.
The high
temperature on the Palouse today is expected to be 25 degrees, with a low of
18. Temperatures are expected to dip in the coming days, with nighttime
temperatures falling to single digits. In the L-C Valley, today’s high
temperature is forecast at 32 degrees, with a low of 18 degrees into the night.
Sunday’s forecast calls for a high of 23 degrees and a low of 15 degrees in the
valley.
As the
winter weather hit the Palouse on Friday, snow created hazardous conditions on
the roads. A driver east of Moscow was pulled from his truck Friday morning
after a crash on Robinson Park Road.
Emergency
medical technicians from the Moscow Volunteer Fire Department helped the driver
exit the vehicle, which came to rest at about 9 a.m. on the roadway, apparently
after sliding to the shoulder, then rolling on its side. The driver did not
appear to be seriously injured, and declined to be taken to a hospital. It was
one of several minor crashes throughout the region.
The
weather service advises drivers to prepare for slippery road conditions, patchy
blowing snow that could reduce visibility, and wind-chill recordings as low as
25 degrees below zero that could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as few as
30 minutes.
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of story not included)
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Spokane
gets more than 4 inches of snow and strong winds are making roadways hazardous
UPDATED:
Sat., Feb. 9, 2019, 11:35 a.m.
By Will
Campbell S-R of Spokane
Spokane
woke up on Saturday to 4 to 7 inches of snow, a few power outages, lots of car
crashes and some road closures including part of Interstate 90 near Kittitas.
Between
four and seven inches of snow hit Spokane overnight, depending on the area,
said Joey Clevenger, meteorologist at the Spokane branch of the National
Weather Service
“With all
the wind blowing it’s hard to get snow totals,” he said. “Davenport had a
couple inches. Wenatchee had 5 to 14. Leavenworth had about 4 to 7. Ritzville
had about 3.”
On
Saturday morning, winds are blowing at 20 to 25 miles per hour with gusts to
35, he said. Winds will be increasing in the Spokane area into the night with
gusts up to 40, but then dropping after nightfall.
“The
blowing snow is creating hazardous driving conditions,” he said.
Some roads
and highways in Eastern Washington were shut down because of snow drifts,
spinouts and low visibility.
Interstate
90 is closed between Kittitas and Vantage. State Route 27 is closed going both
ways between Tekoa to Fairfield in Whitman and Spokane Counties. W.S. highway 2
is closed near Waterville, four miles west of Coulee City. State Route 172 is
closed from Highway 2 to Mansfield. Get the latest traffic information here.
The
temperature will peak at 19 degrees and an inch of snow could fall during the
day. Check the most recent forecast here.
Interstate
90 in or near downtown Spokane saw more than 10 crashes from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
“We’ve had
so many I couldn’t count them all,” said a Washington State Patrol Dispatcher.
Several
flights coming into Spokane were canceled from cities including Seattle,
Portland and Boise.
A fallen
tree in North Spokane hit power lines at about 6:11 a.m. and caused an outage
for 240 customers, according to Avista. Downtown Spokane also has a power
outage at 7:47 a.m., affecting 142 customers. Click here to view active power
outages.
City and
county crews are working on a full-city plow, which was announced yesterday.
Over 70 pieces of plowing equipment are being used, ad the city is asking
drivers to park on the odd side of the street. Check the live-updated map of
plowed streets here.
All the
local ski resorts remain open: Mt. Spokane, Silver Mountain, 49 Degrees North,
Schweitzer and Lookout Pass all report new snow.
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