Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, produced double basketball losses for
the WSU Cougars.
Women’s Basketball …. In Pullman, in a game with a 3 o’clock
in the afternoon tipoff, WSU lost to UCLA, 79-70.
Men’s Basketball …. In Seattle, with a 5 p.m. start, WSU was
defeated by UW, 80-62.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Cougs Battle but Fall to No. 13/12 UCLA in Beasley
1/28/2018 | Women's Basketball from WSU Sports Info
PULLMAN, Wash. - Battling another top-15 team, the Cougars
(9-13, 2-8 Pac-12) fought until the bitter end, but ultimately fell to No.
13/12 UCLA (17-4, 8-2 Pac-12), 79-71, Sunday afternoon in Beasley Coliseum.
Early on, the Cougs looked like primed to pull off another upset of the Bruins
on the Palouse as WSU came out on fire, hitting 60.0% of their shots in the
opening 10 minutes and closing the first quarter with a 14-2 run that pushed
the lead Cougars' lead to 20-13. Leading by as much as 10 early in the second
quarter, the Cougs' offense would stall as a handful of turnovers allowed the
Bruins to run their way back into the contest ultimately taking a four point
lead in the halftime break thanks to a six-minute, 16-4 run. After tying the
game in the first minute of the second half, the Cougs would see UCLA create
some separation once again behind an 8-0 run that knocked the Cougs on their
heels. WSU would claw back into the game, trailing by just two possessions with
2:23 to play, but the six-point Bruin lead would hold as UCLA knocked down nine
of 12 free-throws in the final 1:20 to secure the victory.
Stat of the Game
UCLA held a 51-29 advantage on the boards including grabbing
21 offensive rebounds which turned into 19 second-chance points.
Things You Need To Know
Borislava Hristova finished with a game-high 25 points for her
ninth 20+ point effort of the season. She ended the day with 998 career points,
two shy of becoming the 18th member of the 1,000-point club at WSU.
Chanelle Molina scored 11 points while dishing out five
assists and grabbing a career-best four steals. Pinelopi Pavlopoulou scored 10
points with a 3-of-5 showing for deep, tying her career-high for three-pointers
for the second-straight game.
Overall, the Cougs assisted on 21 of 29 baskets, a
season-high for WSU.
WSU outshot the Bruins 42.6%-to-42.4% from the floor, the
second-straight contest the Cougs outshot their opponents but came up short in
the win column.
Four UCLA players scored in double-figures led by Jordin
Canada's 19 points. Monique Billing added 15 points to go with 15 rebounds
while Kennedy Bruke scored 16 and Lajahna Drummer added 10 points and 14
rebounds.
Nike McClure blocked two shots in the game to move into sole
possession of second place on WSU's all-time block list with 148. She passed
Holly Zapel (Bertus) and sits 10 back of the all-time record of 158 held by
Carly Noyes.
WSU hits the road to Arizona for their lone matchups with
Arizona and Arizona State next weekend. The Cougs begin their roadtrip in
Tucson to take on the Wildcats at 5 p.m. PT.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Washington Huskies complete season sweep of Washington State
Sun., Jan. 28, 2018, 7:20 p.m. from Spokane S-R website
SEATTLE–The rematch didn’t go so well for the Washington
State Cougars.
Just a few weeks after a tough five-point loss to the
Washington Huskies, the Cougars came up short again against their top rival,
losing to the Huskies 80-62 in a Pac-12 men’s basketball game on Sunday
evening.
Graduate transfer Drick Bernstine had perhaps his best game
of the season for the Cougars, scoring 13 points to go with nine rebounds.
Matisse Thybulle led the way for Washington with 18 points,
six assists and three rebounds.
WSU at UW = FINAL
SCORE: WASH 80, WSU 62
Edited POSTGAME NOTES
from WSU Sports Info
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Junior Robert Franks
led WSU with 16 points and tied the game-high with 9 rebounds.
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For the second-straight
game, Franks (11 points) reached double figure scoring in the first half.
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Graduate transfer
Drick Bernstine was the only other Cougar in double figures with 13 points,
adding 9 rebounds.
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Bernstine had 11 of
his 13 points in the second half…had 9 of his points in the first 3:30 of
second half.
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Sophomore Milan
Acquaah had 5 assists, 1 shy of his career-high and marking a best in Pac-12
play (previous was 3 done against Stanford, Jan. 11)…he added 7 points.
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Sophomore Malachi
Flynn had all 7 of his points in the first 5:02 of the first half.
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Senior Steven
Shpreyregin had his first 3-pointer in Pac-12 play for a personal Pac-12
career-high 3 points.
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With 2 3-pointers
made, sophomore Carter Skaggs had his third-straight game with multiple
3-pointers made…he had 6 points.
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WSU’s 6 3-pointers
made are a season-low, previous low was 7 done 3 times, most recently done
against Washington, Jan. 6.
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WSU was 3-for-12 from
3-point in the first, tying for the fewest 3s made in any half this season.
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The Cougars return
home to host No. 11 Arizona, Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. and No. 21
Arizona State, Sunday, Feb. 4 at 1 p.m., both at Beasley Coliseum.
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