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• Coming up: Washington State Cougars

  March 7, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 COMING UP: Saturday vs. USC (Pac-12 Networks), 3:30 p.m. OUTLOOK: WSU ended a nine-game losing streak on Wednesday in most improbable fashion, hammering No. 23 UCLA 73-61 despite missing Mike …

• Formidable task at hand for WSU against Arizona

  February 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C1 TUCSON, Ariz. – With his team riding a seven-game losing streak and entrenched in the Pac-12 cellar, Washington State men’s basketball coach Ken Bone knows what he wants to see …

• Formidable task at hand for WSU against Arizona

  February 22, 2013 in Sports With his team riding a seven-game losing streak and entrenched in the Pac-12 cellar, Washington State basketball coach Ken Bone knows what he wants to see against a talented Arizona …

• Cougars miss Ladd in loss to Beavers

  February 14, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – That it came down to the final possession was a testament to how badly Washington State wanted to win on Wednesday. How hard the Cougars played without Mike …

• Cougars miss Ladd in loss to Beavers

  February 13, 2013 in Sports The Cougars’ shortcomings in their 67-66 loss to Oregon State – turnovers and rebounding, direct results of point guard Mike Ladd’s absence – were ultimately too many to ignore before …

• Season of discontent at WSU

  February 13, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – Ken Bone doesn’t seek it out, but he knows it’s there. On blogs, on fan sites, on message boards. A growing number of fans have grown critical of …

• Season of discontent at WSU

  February 12, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 Ken Bone doesn’t seek it out, but he knows it’s there. On blogs, on fan sites, on message boards. 9

• Cougars focus on Bruins after another frustrating defeat

  February 9, 2013 in Sports on Page C7 LOS ANGELES – They boarded a bus back to their hotel late Thursday night, not all that long before it turned Friday morning. Roughly 10 hours later, the Washington State …

• Cougars focus on Bruins after another frustrating defeat

  February 8, 2013 in Sports Memories of Thursday’s 72-68 loss at USC were still fresh in their minds, no doubt. But coach Ken Bone said it appeared everyone at Friday’s practice was eager to simply …

• Cougars beat Utah for first Pac-12 win

  January 17, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – On a night when its leading scorer was held without a basket in the first half, Washington State finally summoned the necessary effort to make sure it didn’t …

• Cougars beat Utah for first Pac-12 win

  January 16, 2013 in Sports Against Utah, owners of the Pac-12’s staunchest field-goal percentage defense, WSU made 50 percent of its shots, 55 percent of its 3-pointers and mostly controlled the Utes in a 75-65 …

• Lacy working to regain touch

  January 16, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – DaVonte Lacy caught pass after pass, moving from the corner to the wing to the top of the key, jumping, flicking his wrist and releasing shot after shot …

• Lacy working to regain touch

  January 15, 2013 in Sports DaVonte Lacy caught pass after pass, moving from the corner to the wing to the top of the key, jumping, flicking his wrist and releasing shot after shot after shot …

• Cougars basketball ready to pile up frequent-flyer miles

  January 9, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 STANFORD, Calif. – Turns out all that Pac-12 television money is good for class attendance. But maybe not as good for player sleep schedules. When Washington State finishes its 7 …

• Cougars basketball ready to pile up frequent-flyer miles

  January 8, 2013 in Sports When Washington State finishes its 7 p.m. game at Stanford Wednesday, the Cougars will head directly to the airport and board a charter plane back to Pullman, where players will …

• WSU’s Lacy rehabs his game along with knee

  December 8, 2012 in Sports Sitting and watching can do funny things to basketball players. At least it did to DaVonte Lacy, who missed four games with a knee injury before rejuvenating his season with …

• WSU posts easy win, waits for Lacy’s return

  November 24, 2012 in Sports Until DaVonte Lacy returns from injury, coach Ken Bone says it’ll be hard for him to determine what his Washington State basketball team is really all about.

• Cougars, Eagles will collide in opener

  November 10, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 PULLMAN – DaVonte Lacy knows it’s coming. Eventually, opposing teams are going to pressure the heck out of Washington State’s guards, knowing the Cougars don’t have a proven ball-handler without …

• WSU basketball team moves on without senior point guard Reggie Moore

  October 10, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 PULLMAN – From an outsider’s perspective, it has been a somewhat tumultuous – and, to be sure, busy – offseason for the Washington State basketball team. There have been personnel … 2

• Honored Coug

  March 6, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 LOS ANGELES – Brock Motum’s head-turning season earned him some more recognition on Monday. The Washington State junior won the Pac-12’s Most Improved Player of the Year award, and was …

• Washington State men rout Arizona St. 72-50

  February 19, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 PULLMAN – Washington State beat Arizona State so badly here on Saturday that Cougars guard Marcus Capers was in the mood to boast a little afterward. Not about his nine …

• Cougs zero in on UW’s Wroten

  January 14, 2012 in Sports The essence of Washington’s most dangerous player is captured via conversation with two players who must defend him this afternoon.

• West Side recruits absorbed the message from Cougars

  January 12, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 PULLMAN – There was a time, assistant coach Curtis Allen recalls, when Washington State’s recruiting presence on the west side of the state was so scant that many Seattle-area prospects …