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TUCSON, Ariz. — Not a soul accompanied Jaylen Wells, the Washington State wing who had just sunk the dagger in No. 4 Arizona. Nobody walked with him down the tunnel, just outside the McKale Center, where he had just knocked down the shot of his life, a four-point play that sealed one of the single biggest wins in program history.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Washington State's football recruits will be seeing more of a certain face moving forward.

PORTLAND – Ben Gregg normally sees a few more familiar faces in the crowd when Gonzaga makes its annual trip to the Rose City.

Graham Ike

The “regional” round of state is this weekend with 16 area boys teams and 14 girls teams involved in either a protected seeding game or an elimination game to reach the “round of 12” at state venues in Tacoma, Yakima and Spokane.

The news keeps getting better for the Gonzaga women’s basketball team.

TEMPE, Ariz. — The first half was all bubbly elation for the Washington men’s basketball team, which did everything right while building a seemingly insurmountable lead.

Whitworth finds itself in familiar territory as it makes its 26th appearance in 27 years of the Northwest Conference Tournament.

From staff reports

Four weeks after losing on the road to Northern Arizona, that defeat was still on Jamie Loera’s mind as Eastern Washington prepared for its rematch on Thursday in Cheney.

PEORIA, Ariz. – The grunts from Emerson Hancock as he fired pitches to Cal Raleigh didn’t carry the echoing volume familiar from the days of Robbie Ray, whose primal exhortations are now heard in Giants camp over in nearby Scottsdale.

SEATTLE – Ask an everyday Seattle sports fan to name five Seahawks, and Jordyn Brooks probably won’t come up.

Follow along as the Cougars (20-6, 11-4 Pac-12) travel to play the Wildcats (20-5, 11-3) tonight at 8 p.m. on FS1.

Follow along as the Bulldogs (20-6, 10-2 WCC) play the Pilots (9-19, 3-10) tonight at 6 p.m. on KHQ and Root Sports Plus.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Is tonight going to be the longest night? We know there’s gonna be a showdown in Tucson and, for the losing team’s fans, it looks as though there’ll be more pain. Which group’s fans, WSU or Arizona, will need to be saved from the suffering?

The latest victory in Gonzaga’s five-game winning streak looked a lot like the first four. Junior post Graham Ike controlled the lane and led the Bulldogs in scoring with 20 points, his fourth consecutive game with at least 20. The starting five all posted solid numbers, including Nolan Hickman’s four 3-pointers and 19 points, and Ben Gregg, who was a prep standout at Clackamas High about 20 miles down the road, added three 3s and 13 points, all in the first half.

The Greater Spokane League has been one of the premier girls basketball leagues in the state since its inception, producing 18 state champions, twice as many state placers, hundreds of college athletes – including several dozen Division I players – and even more than its fair share of professionals.

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