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.
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…
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