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Doing what reporters do a lot, sitting, waiting for phone calls to be returned. While I’m enduring that, I figured I could post our advance for tomorrow along with our game-day items. Then you have all evening to read them. Weather prediction for kickoff Saturday: 38 and a 30 percent chance of a rain/snow mix. Nice. Read on.
The announced attendance in Beasley Coliseum last night was 5,399. It seemed like less than that. But down the road, when Klay Thompson’s name is mentioned among the greats of WSU basketball – and it will be – you know you’ll run into about 10,000 people who will tell you they were in Beasley when Thompson scored 37 against that Indiana team. We have our game story and a few more notes on the link, so read on.
Don’t want to waste any time thinking of something witty to say to entice you to read on. So I’ll say just a few words. Klay Thompson, 37 points. That enough?
COUGARS • UPDATED: 9 P.M.
Sorry this is late but … anyhow, Klay Thompson is putting on a clinic, rising above 6-foot-3 Zach Plackemeier to hit 10-of-12 shots and score 22 first-half points. At one point Thompson had 15 of WSU’s 22 points. The WSU single-game record is 45 by Brian Quinnett. Delivez Yearby has 11 shots for IPFW, but has hit just three, thanks to the defense of Abe Lodwick and DeAngelo Casto. We’ll be back with our story later.
UPDATE: Thompson finishes with a career-high 37 in 28 minutes as WSU earned a 89-70 victory.
We’re sitting at midcourt in Beasley waiting for the teams to come out for pregame warmup, so we thought we would share our thoughts. Remember, they’re free. And mom always said you get what you pay for. Read on.
Made a quick stop at football practice, and saw a couple things worth passing on. Plus, we have information from Paul Wulff’s press conference. Other than that, we’re looking at basketball, which will start in a couple hours. Read on.
The basketball team takes the court again tonight for another midweek, nonconference game. IPFW plays in the Summit League with Oral Roberts, who defeated Stanford last night. Oral Roberts also was the Cougars first-round NCAA opponent in Sacramento a couple years back but I really don’t know how I’ve wandered so far from my original point so let’s get back to whatever it was … Oh ya. Basketball tonight, football this morning. Read on.
We have a story or two to share with you, but we also have some news that came out of practice Wednesday night. Read on.
Midweek. Only the rest of this one and the next left in Washington State’s 2009 football season. As Cal and Stanford prepare for the Big Game, WSU prepares for a visit by Oregon State. And about 15,000 tickets have been sold. But then again, in recent history, the home game before Thanksgiving week is always sparsely attended. We have more, so read on.
COUGARS • UPDATE: 7:20 P.M.
Good evening. We wish we had some basketball notes for you, because that would mean we were spending our afternoon in Beasley Coliseum instead of standing on Rogers Field. My guess is there was at least a 40-degree difference. But we do have some pretty important football notes for you to peruse. Please read on.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 11:12 A.M.
We’ve got basketball games to go over, including a huge upset in the Pac-10. Football, that’s still going on. There is a lot of stuff on the link. Read on.
Washington State played well in spurts Monday night. Eastern Washington played hard all night long. And the two combined to keep the nonconference battle between two schools separated by about 75 miles interesting until the end. On the link we have some notes and the unedited version of our game story. Read on.
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What did WSU learn in the first half? The most important lesson might have been how to play when Klay Thompson can’t buy a basket. It’s something that shouldn’t happen all that often this season, but when it does – and it certainly did early in the game with EWU Monday – the Cougars are going to have to find offense somewhere. It was Reggie Moore, who had 11 first-half points, in this one. … The Eagles took advantage, running out to a 17-9 lead with tough defense and offensive execution. And they did it with their starting posts on the bench, Brandon Moore with foul trouble and Mark Brunell with a gimpy left ankle that was retaped. Plus Benny Valentine did not score. … Another thing they should have learned is defense can ignite an offense, something the Cougars exhibited the past few years. It was the WSU defense that caused the late-in-the-half comeback, closing the nine-point lead, and pulling away to lead by five. … Another lesson, this one Thompson showed he’s learned. If your shot is not falling – Thompson was 0 for 6 at one point – then you can always get to the line. Thompson was 4 of 6 from there before getting going from the field. He hit his last two 3-pointers and finished with 10 points.
Before the basketball game gets going – you can watch it live on FSN – we have our first look at Oregon State and a short on Jason Stripling. And, oh ya, some basketball notes. By the way, Glenn Johnson is back. Read on.
• Starting outside linebacker Jason Stripling was arrested by the Pullman Police Department early Sunday morning and charged with fourth-degree assault and obstructing a public servant, according to a police report. According to WSU Sports Information Director Bill Stevens, Stripling has been suspended pending an investigation by the coaching staff. Reading the police report, it looks as if there was some sort of physical confrontation on Colorado St. Another person, James D. Bero, was also arrested and charged with fourth-degree assault, according to the report. We’ll have more when we get a chance.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 1 P.M.
As I was on the Arizona Republic website anyway, looking for ASU stories, I thought I would read about the Cardinals win over the Seahawks. Three paragraphs in, I had to stop. It’s hard to see the Seahawks, a couple yellow hankies from being a Super Bowl champion just a few years ago, fall so far so fast. Oh well, back to Washington State and the Pac-10. It is a busy Monday. Read on.
• UPDATE: Washington State has announced the game Saturday with Oregon State will start at 2 p.m. There will be no live TV.
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We have a lot for you tonight. There’s our usual look back at Saturday’s game. Then there is the follow story. And an advance of Monday’s basketball game with Eastern Washington. All, of course, will appear in tomorrow’s S-R. Read on.
One thing I hate about the middle of the month is all the bills for the end start to arrive. Open an envelope, cry a little. One thing I like about Sundays is all the stories from Saturday’s games. I’m going to ignore the former and get to the latter. Read on.
There really isn’t much for me to add. You probably either heard or saw UCLA’s 43-7 rout of Washington State. So I’ll post my game story, my notebook and a link and leave it at that. Read on.
It’s halftime and WSU trails again. This one started out badly, with Marshall Lobbestael throwing interceptions on WSU’s first three possessions. UCLA turned those into 14 points, meaning the Cougars have been outscored 159-3 in the first quarter this season. Then it got worse. Kevin Prince scrambled 68 yards for a score when he should have been tackled or forced out of bounds numerous times. Then there was the safety, when Reid Forrest had a punt blocked for the first time this year. But of course that wasn’t all. Forrest left the field after another punt, when he tried to make a tackle that meant nothing because of a block in the back up the field. He left holding his left shoulder. And the Bruins added a 38-yard field goal to end the half. Your thoughts?
Good afternoon. Hope everybody’s day is going well. We’ve got some notes for you to peruse before the game starts. Enjoy. Read on.
Let’s see. We have the basketball stories. We have the football advances. We have the UCLA stories. We have a Cougar soccer story. We’ve got pretty much everything covered. Read on.
The Ken Bone era at WSU is officially underway. We documented it Friday night with this story, the unedited version of which you can find on the link. After the story are a few notes. Read on.
COUGARS • UPDATED: 6:45 P.M.
If you’ve read this blog much, you know I’m not a big fan of predictions. I’m usually wrong and, because I hate being wrong, I rarely make a prediction. But tonight I will make an exception. I’ve got one for you. Read on.
UPDATE: Mississippi Valley State was delayed on 195 from Spokane. The Devils are in the building, and the game will start 30 minutes after they hit the court. My guess: 7:20.
We’re about to head over to Beasley for the basketball season opener, but before we do, we’ll catch you up with football. On the link you’ll find our short advance of tomorrow’s game along with our usual game-day items. And yes, it is snowing in Pullman. Read on.
As we kick off Dad’s Weekend in Pullman, the WSU stories are hard to find – sort of like a warm day in mid-November. But we did unearth a couple, along with the usual Pac-10 items. Read on.
We have a couple items for you, including a short feature on Myron Beck and an advance on tomorrow’s basketball game. Also, there are some notes from Paul Wulff’s press conference. Read on.
The forecast for this weekend seems to get a little worse each day. If not worse, than colder. The chance of snow or a cold rain Friday? Sixty percent. Saturday, only 20 percent, but a high of 33. Of course, that could all change, even over the course of the day today. But for now, it could be chilly on the field Saturday. Read on.
From basketball to football. The sound you heard was me grinding my gears. Or teeth. I’m not sure. Anyhow, we have the unedited version of my story on the chemistry between quarterback and receivers. Oh, and some notes on this Veteran’s Day, including a surprise visitor to practice. Read on.
A quick post with the unedited version of the story about WSU’s basketball signee from the early period that started Wednesday. Read on.
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