Kelly Olynyk, a versatile 6-foot-10, 205-pound forward from Canada, has verbally committed to the Gonzaga men's basketball team, Olynyk's father, Ken, said Monday.Olynyk, who plays for South Kamloops Secondary School in Kamloops, B.C., and trains most of the rest of the year at the National…
Gonzaga and Saint Mary's will head into Thursday's showdown ranked in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today top 25 polls. GU moved up three spots to No. 20 in A.P. The Bulldogs cracked the ESPN/USA Today rankings at No. 25 after being in the…
They still have to sign on the dotted line, but when The Tacoma News-Tribune listed its "Northwest Nuggets" football standouts, one telling note is that 8 of 22 players named have committed to WSU, including GSL players Travis Long, Gonzaga Prep, and Chris Mastin, Lewis…
COUGARS A couple of quick links to get you through your Monday. Have a great day and don't forget to bundle up. According to weather.com, it's minus-12 in Pullman as I write this. Insert your cold-shooting joke here. And then read on.
Just thought I would leave a few belated links to stories about Eastern's lopsided loss to Portland State on Saturday night.Try this one to see what was reported in Sunday morning's S-R; check out what Eastern's sports information department had on the game here, and…
COUGARS Looking at the Pac-10 standings this morning, you can see why WSU coach Tony Bennett challenged his team before yesterday's USC game and why he emphasized its importance. Besides Washington and its six wins being on top, which is strange enough, there are three…
It was another impressive home game for the Idaho Vandals on Saturday night. They beat New Mexico State 67-57 in front a pretty raucous crowd at the Kibbie Dome. Read on for my unedited game story.
Back with a longer game story. UPDATED with Few quotes below.
COUGARS As Tony Bennett saw it, Washington State had enough open shots to win – and win big. Maybe, he said, they were too open at times. But he did admit, as he was talking about USC throwing multiple defenses at the Cougars early, the…
Gonzaga took control early, led by 30 barely a minute into the second half and cruised to a 93-60 West Coast Conference victory over Loyola Marymount on Saturday at Gersten Pavilion.The 23rd-ranked Bulldogs, winners of six straight, improved to 14-4, 5-0 in the WCC. LMU…
COUGARS What would you expect when the two best defensive teams in the Pac-10 get together? A drag-out defensive battle of course. And that's what it was Saturday at Friel Court, won by USC 46-44. Neither team shot worth a darn, with WSU hitting 14…
COUGARS USC coach Tim Floyd is the master of multiple defenses. So far today the Trojans have played a triangle-and-2 on Klay Thompson and Taylor Rochestie (something WSU worked against in practice), a box-and-1 (ditto), zone and man-to-man. All they've done is slow down an…
COUGARS Instead of breaking down today's game, our pregame show – to give it a television feel – will instead break down the Cougars postseason chances. Bet you didn't see that one coming did ya? We live to surprise here at SportsLink, WSU edition. Read…
Game day for Gonzaga and Loyola Marymount at Gersten Pavilion. Here's a short preview that ran in Saturday's S-R and here's a link to the S-R's Zags photos, which includes Pepperdine and previous games (might want to save the address). One more piece of reading…
COUGARS Just a quick post this morning with the links. There's not as many as you might think as only the LA Times sent a writer with USC as the Trojans traveled to the Northwest. Read on.
Shadle Park boys basketball has a busy two days ahead of it after rallying from a 10-point deficit early in the third quarter to dispatch Central Valley 62-50 Friday night at CV. On Monday the Highlanders host Mead in a makeup game and the next…
COUGARS As the season has worn on, the Cougars' rotation has changed. One of the casualties of the change has been the playing time of Daven Harmeling (pictured above in an AP photo), who didn't play Thursday. On the link we have an unedited version…
COUGARS Are the Cougars getting better? Undeniably, the answer is yes. But are they good enough yet to defeat the best of the Pac-10? Again, the answer is yes. It just hasn't happened yet. They came as close as they possibly could Thursday night before…
East Valley attempted to get the most out of its Greater Spokane League wrestling match against Mead by juggling its lineup around. But the move didn't work when Jake Trotter pinned Dakota Lawson in a match of the league's best 215 and 189 pound wrestlers.…
COUGARS Close, but no tobacco product. As has been the case against good teams a few times this season, a bad stretch spelled doom for the Washington State Cougars. Thursday night it came in the first half of their 61-59 defeat at the hands of…
Back with an extended game story, put together via radio, TV and quotes provided by the Gonzaga sports information department. Read below.
Josh Heytvelt scored a season-high 25 points to help Gonzaga defeat Pepperdine 83-69 Thursday at Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu.No. 23 Gonzaga won its fifth straight to hike its record to 13-4 overall, 4-0 in the WCC. Saint Mary's crushed San Diego 65-42 in San Diego…
COUGARS As has been the case just about every game against a ranked opponent this season, Washington State had a stretch it just couldn't overcome. Thursday night, it came in the first half. A 16-4 run, keyed by the 3-pointers of Nikola Dragovic, gave 13th-ranked…
COUGARS Nikola Dragovic. A 29 percent 3-point shooter coming in. And yet, more long-range shots taken than any Bruin. There must be a reason, right? There is, and he showed it in the first half, hitting 6 of 7 bombs – many off pick-and-pops with…
COUGARS Toughness. That's the theme for Washington State tonight. Can the Cougars be tough enough to take what UCLA dishes out and respond in the right way? It was coach Tony Bennett's main message at practice this week. Were the Cougs listening? Read on.
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