GU takes two-game lead in WCC 5
Back with my unedited game story from Gonzaga's 93-78 win over Portland on Thursday. Read below for more, and check back Friday morning for a day-after post.
THURSDAY, FEB. 5, 2009
Defense lets WSU down 5
COUGARS It's getting late. Read on for my unedited game story.
Eags club Sac State behind big first half 1
Eastern Washington held Sacramento State to just nine first-half points and breezed to an easy 67-46 Big Sky Conference win at Reese Court on Thursday night.I've attached an unedited version of the game story that will appear in Friday's S-R below.
Stanford makes it look easy, 65-54 3
COUGARS Washington State had no answer for Lawrence Hill. And, when Taylor Rochestie picked up his third foul with 17 minutes left and had to sit, the Cougars had little execution on offense. That combination, along with possibly the Cougars poorest defense effort of the…
Zags down 43-42 at half
Gonzaga's Matt Bouldin and Portland's Derek Raivio both wear uniform No. 15. They had something else in common Thursday: They lit up the scoreboard in the first half as the host Pilots took a 43-42 edge at halftime. Bouldin poured in 18 points, hitting 5…
Stanford up 29-28 at the half
COUGARS You like fast-paced basketball? Then this isn't the game for you, except maybe the final minute in which the Cougars surrendered all of a hard-earned first-half advantage. The pace of this game was so slow it only took about 35 minutes to play 20…
Casto will make second start for WSU 1
COUGARS Another road game, another lineup. Yes, if there is one thing you can count on this season, it's that WSU will adjust its starting lineup to fit the competition. And tonight the competition is Stanford, a team that usually starts three players 6-foot-7 and…
Portland pre-game; Pargo a finalist 1
The student section is filling up -- they're directly across the court from Gonzaga's bench -- at the Chiles Center and there's a much bigger turnout than I remember seeing a year ago. They're receiving their instructions from a young man in purple body paint…
Tickets on sale Friday for Shock-Twisters
Tickets will go on sale Friday for the Spokane-Arkansas preseason game. The Twisters are coached by ex-Shock head coach Chris Siegfried and feature former Spokane QB Kyle Rowley. (The two are pictured above.) More here.
Eagles nearing important tipoff against Sac State
We're still a few hours away from tipoff at Reese Court, where Eastern will be entertaining Sac State tonight in a matchup featuring the bottom two teams in the Big Sky Conference standings.Eastern (9-13 overall, 3-7) is in eighth place, followed by the last-place Hornets…
Coeur d'Alene girls cruising
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Stanford awaits WSU tonight 9
COUGARS Another important weekend in Pac-10 basketball. Is there any other kind? And, lest we forget, some news on the football recruiting front. Yesterday was important for some reason. Read on.
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