Our women's basketball roundup: As expected the Gonzaga women rolled past Santa Clara, Eastern Washington got a solid road win at Northern Arizona but Idaho fell at previously winless San Jose State, despite a monster game from Yinka Olorunnife (above, center). All that to go…
COUGARS For one of the few times this season, the Washington State offense began inside. Yes, it says something for Ken Bone's faith in DeAngelo Casto, but it also says something about the interior defense of Arizona State. Heck, it says something about the Sun…
Back with the game story from Gonzaga's 85-71 loss to Santa Clara on Thursday. The unedited version is below. I'll be back in the morning with a day-after post.
Kevin Foster hit four 3-pointers in the last 5:12 and finished with 36 points as Santa Clara upset Gonzaga 85-71 on Thursday at the Leavey Center. The Broncos (11-9, 2-2) hadn’t beaten GU on their home floor since Feb., 2001. The victory ended GU’s nine-game…
COUGARS It's funny, but Washington State isn't playing all that well on either end, but the Cougars hold a 10-point halftime lead. We have some thoughts about that. Read on.
COUGARS So just when we thought the drama was in the past, something pops up. Read on.
With conference reshuffling still ongoing, Idaho athletic director Rob Spear in an email confirmed that he's had conversations with Mountain West Conference comissioner Craig Thompson. "We are exploring all avenues and this includes the Mountain West," Spear said. UI has yet to make a presentation…
The Washington State women's basketball team is finally showing the progress predicted for them. The Cougars won at Arizona State behind a veteran and a rookie. It was their third win in four games, back-to-back road wins and consecutive wins at ASU.
A busy night and weekend for area Division I women's basketball teams. Gonzaga is home for the first time in West Coast Conference play, facing former assistant Jen Mountain and Santa Clara tonight, San Francisco and first-year coach Jennifer Azzi on Saturday. Idaho is at…
Good morning from Sea-Tac. En route to tonight's game (in-game updates at Twitter.com/SRjimm) and, with the benefit of free wireless, I have a morning post of the GU items on the S-R's Four Corners page today. I did a short article on David Stockton, who…
COUGARS Sometimes it's almost impossible to sleep. Used to be game days when I was a participant (wouldn't call what I did playing). Wake up in the middle of the night trying to remember where I left my shin guards or something. Usually they would…
COUGARS Just got done talking with coach Ken Bone after practice and he said Reggie Moore's suspension has been lifted. Moore will return to the court Thursday night against Arizona State. Moore, who was indefinitely suspended prior to last Saturday's Stanford game, did not practice…
Time for the latest update of "Who Has To Come To Spokane" when the NCAA basketball tournament arrives at Gonzaga's McCarthey Athletic Center in mid-March. That may sound like a bad thing, who has to come to Spokane and, well it is, sort of. Spokane…
The Gonzaga Prep girls basketball team continues to roll along, topping defending Greater Spokane League champ Central Valley. Here's our story. Here's our GSL boys roundup. Here's our area girls roundup and here's our area boys roundup. And here's our wrestling roundup.
The Spokane Chiefs rolled at Chilliwack Tuesday night, smacking the Bruins 6-1, in a record-breaking romp. I'll get to the records in a moment. The Chiefs have won three straight since a 6-2 loss at Kootenay last Friday, which they avenged with an 11-2 romp…
COUGARS Ever really need a cup of coffee? Not me. Never felt that way. It wasn't my thing. Until my wife bought me a new coffee maker for Christmas. Now I'm hooked. Before I could sit down here and write about Washington State news, I…
COUGARS We've put together a story for tomorrow's S-R on Reggie Moore's status. It includes comments from coach Ken Bone and Moore's participation in practice this afternoon. Read on.
Gonzaga senior Claire Raap, the consumate team player, picks up where she left off before a slight interruption. She's the subject of our weekly women's basketball notebook.
COUGARS Just got done talking with coach Ken Bone on his weekly conference call and have some updates on the Reggie Moore situation and other items. Read on.
Scott Sandsberry of the Yakima Herald-Republic newspaper took an indepth look at the new regional-state basketball format. Take a look. He did a good job of reporting. Here's a link.
Former Gonzaga standout John Rillie has played basketball since he was a youngster. After playing professionally for 16 seasons, mostly in his native Australia, Rillie is back in the States, helping ex-Zag assistant Leon Rice at Boise State. Here's my Then and Now feature on…
COUGARS It's a big week ahead for the Washington State Cougars in a lot of ways – and in a lot of sports. Basketball has the Arizona schools coming to town, with Arizona State offering a chance to move up the conference standings and Arizona…
Six straight wins, the last two without starting forward Luiz Toledo, and perhaps the best half of basketball in Don Verlin's tenure -- that's what the Idaho men have accomplished during a sizzling 18-day stretch. Tonight the Vandals took out Fresno State 67-57 at the…
Don't look now but the Spokane Chiefs are in first place in the U.S. Division of the Western Hockey League. Well, they're tied with the Portland Winterhawks, but the Chiefs have played two fewer games in addition to having the head-to-head tiebreaker. I don't have…
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