Back with my unedited game story from Gonzaga's 81-62 loss to Saint Mary's on Monday night. Read on for the article that will appear in Tuesday's S-R and check back tomorrow (probably in the early afternoon) for a day-after post.
COUGARS We have one item for you this evening. It's our story on Washington State's All-Pac-10 selections. The unedited version of the piece that will appear in tomorrow's S-R is on the link, so read on.
Saint Mary's Mickey McConnell scored 26 points and Ben Allen added 20 as the Gaels defeated Gonzaga 81-62 in the WCC men's championship game Monday.The two combined for eight 3-pointers as the Gaels hit 10 of 21 from long distance. The Gaels took advantage of…
Guard Mickey McConnell scored the game's first seven points and had 14 in the half as Saint Mary's took a 30-29 lead over Gonzaga at the break in the WCC men's tournament championship game.Gonzaga was sluggish on offense, hitting just 8 of 22 shots. Matt…
Eastern Washington junior Julie Piper is the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week, which came out shortly before the league announced the 6-2 junior from Roseburg, Ore., was the league MVP. The Eagles have never had a league MVP before and haven't had a…
Gonzaga has another string of school and WCC firsts after throttling Pepperdine 76-48 in the WCC women's tournament title game Monday. Those are detailed below in my unedited game story.
The Spokane Chiefs have four games remaining and there is still a possibility they could end up as the top seed in the Western Division when the Western Hockey League playoffs begin next week.We look at the possibilities in the story posted below.
Freshman wing Manny Arop, a key contributor off Gonzaga's bench, is out for the year with a broken left foot. He suffered the injury during the second half of GU's 77-62 win over Loyola Marymount in the WCC Tournament semifinals Sunday night.Arop averages 3.5 points…
Top-seeded Gonzaga took all the suspense out of the WCC women's title game with a 26-5 run early in the second half and went on to pound No. 3 Pepperdine 76-48 on Monday at the Orleans Arena.The victory gives No. 17 Gonzaga (27-4) an automatic…
Gonzaga jumped out to a 13-2 lead five minutes into the game and later led 28-14, but the Pepperdine Waves dominated the final 7 minutes, closing within 34-26 at halftime.GU's Courtney Vandersloot hit a pair of early 3-pointers to help Gonzaga's early surge. Vivian Frieson…
COUGARS Of course I was en route to Pullman when the Pac-10 announced its awards, so we're a little late with the link. Cal's Jerome Randle was the player of the year, OSU's Seth Traver earned the defensive award, Derrick Williams of Arizona the freshman…
Back with the day-after post following Gonzaga’s 77-62 victory over Loyola Marymount, the first half of which was better known as the Steven Gray Show. First the links: S-R men's game story, Chris Anderson photos, John Blanchette's Gray column, Tacoma News Tribune's gamer, Seattle Times'…
COUGARS The Pac-10 Conference is slated to announce its awards today, based on a vote of the coaches. With that in mind, on the link we'll take a look at the major awards and who will probably win them. There usually is a surprise or…
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