COLLEGE BASKETBALL

The Cougars and the Vandals men also play today, with WSU trying to build on the best November (7-0) in school history when they travel to the University of Utah this evening (6; 920-AM).

The Vandals host Southern Utah tonight (7; 1080-AM), a team they lost to 10 days ago 67-50 in Cedar City. The Vandals (1-5) have played two of the better teams in the nation since then (No. 22 Gonzaga, No. 13 UW), and hope those experiences will help them tonight. The Vandal women lost to Alcorn State on Friday.

For more on the Cougs, check Glenn Kasses' blog. And for the Vandals, check Jim Meehan's blog.

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The Whitworth Pirates, ranked 18th in the NCAA Division III, opened Northwest Conference play Friday with a hard-fought 62-57 home win over Pacific University. Whitworth is 7-0 thus far and hosts Lewis and Clark tonight at 6 (1230-AM). The Pirate women also won 64-52.

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This is a story of team showing heart. The Arizona State Sun Devils played last night without two starters: Aubree Johnson and Emily Westerberg, in the Inland Northwest today for the funeral of Aubree's brother Jordan, who died suddenly last week. Still, the Sun Devils, paced by Lewis and Clark's Briann January, defeated Boston University 75-53.