Bulldogs claim WCC title outright
Gonzaga rolled to a 92-58 win over Pepperdine on Saturday, clinching the outright WCC title. Read more below in my unedited game story that will run in Sunday's S-R.
SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 2009
Idaho snags third straight win
The Vandals blew most of an 11-point lead but held on for a 78-75 victory of Cal State Northridge on Saturday night at Cowan Spectrum. Idaho won its third straight and moved to 13-13. It's playing pretty good basketball but the fan support continues to…
Bulldogs crush Pepperdine, 92-58 1
Read on for an unedited game story on Gonzaga's 92-58 win over Pepperdine on Saturday. Check back in about an hour for an extended game story with quotes.
Eags keep hopes alive by edging UNC
They are tearing down the press courtside press tables at Reese Court, and the power had bee n shut off, but I still wanted to post the story on Eastern's important 60-59 win over Northern Colorado on Saturday night.You can read an unedited version of…
WSU makes believers out of UCLA 17
COUGARS The clean up crews are working their way through Pauley Pavilion, picking up the debris left by 10,392 who probably couldn't believe the Bruins lost today to Washington State. If they were in denial, they aren't alone. It was hard for WSU to believe.…
WSU upsets UCLA, 82-81 25
COUGARS It's been since 2004. And that was the only time ever. When Washington State won in Pauley. The first year of Dick Bennett's coaching tenure the Cougars took a 55-48 win back to Pullman. Now they have two, but it wasn't easy. Riding the…
UCLA, WSU tied at 42 at half 3
COUGARS Washington State has suffered through some scoring droughts before. Lots of times this year in fact. But the problems the Cougars have had scoring have usually been cause by either their offensive ineptitude or a stellar defensive effort. Not until Saturday was it caused…
Deer Park will repeat, 9 finalists for GSL
Deer Park put all its wrestlers in the finals today - Blake Adams, Drew Acorn, Billy Rhoads, Brandon Leliefield, Cody Miller and Shawn Burton - to wrap up its second straight State 2A championship in convincing fashion. As coach Matt Jorgensen said yesterday, it's all…
WSU battles Pauley's ghost
COUGARS Understatement of the decade: Washington State doesn't have much luck in Pauley Pavilion. OK, now that's out of the way, let's look at today's game. Read on.
No. 1s on same regional side 3
Greetings from Tacoma. Survived the first day of wrestling and gymnastics thanks with help from Doug Drowley who works with The Tacoma News-Tribune. I'll get back to the Tacoma Dome later. First it's about basketball. Tuesday's regional for 4A was thrown into a cocked hat…
One more game in LA for WSU
COUGARS The last time WSU and UCLA got together in Pullman, the Bruins prevailed by a couple points, mainly because Nikola Dragovic went nuts from beyond the arc in the first half. But all week WSU coach Tony Bennett kept telling his team they were…
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