After giving up an easy early goal, the Chiefs took command with a pair of power play goals and then Tyler Johnson finished with off with a pair of late goals as Spokane dumped Tri-City 7-2 before a sold-out crowd of 10,475 at the Arena…
With its top two scorers battling illness, Gonzaga had a number of players contribute in a 63-44 win over Pepperdine. Elias Harris had 15 points and 11 rebounds and Sam Dower added 13 points and eight rebounds. Read on for my game story and check…
Two games against Boise State, two possible wins Idaho hasn't been able to secure. Nineteen turnovers and a bundle of missed free throws doomed the Vandals in a 69-63 loss at BSU's sold-out Taco Bell Arena. Keep reading for more.
Kyle Bullinger and Scott Bamforth each scored 17 points and three other Weber State players finished in double figures as the Wildcats turned back Big Sky Conference rival Eastern Washington 80-68 at Reese Court on Saturday night. Glen Dean finished with a game-high 24 points…
Elias Harris scored 15 points and Sam Dower added 13 as Gonzaga beat Pepperdine 63-44 on Saturday at Firestone Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs held Pepperdine to just 27.4 percent shooting. No Waves reached double figures. GU improved to 17-9, 7-3 in the WCC. Pepperdine dropped to…
COUGARS With a relatively early game today, we can actually write a postgame post that will serve, in part, a role usually reserved for the morning after. Of course, we'll back with the links tomorrow, but tonight we have some thoughts and comments from the…
Weber State scored the final eight points of the first half at Reese Court Saturday night and led Big Sky Conference rival Eastern Washington 36-31 at intermission. Eastern, after falling behind 17-8 midway through the opening period, scored 11 unanswered points to take an short-lived…
Both teams are on the floor at Firestone Fieldhouse for pre-game warmpus with tipoff coming up at the top of the hour. Gonzaga's Steven Gray had an IV on Friday after battling sickness during Thursday's win over LMU (which was crushed by Portland earlier today).…
COUGARS I'm not going to bore you with a long halftime post because everyone on the court today seems to be having on off day, from both teams to the three officials. There have been, combined between the teams, five air balls, 39 missed shots,…
Gonzaga senior Courtney Vandersloot took the suspense out early in her march to 1,000 career assists but the Bulldogs had a much tougher time with Pepperdine Saturday afternoon. Vandersloot notched her third assist of the day and 1,00th of her career just 3:32 into the…
After its biggest win in memory, Idaho could very well be in for a letdown tonight. Then again, the Vandals are playing on the road against their fiercest rival, Boise State -- after letting a seven-point halftime lead slip away last time they faced the…
COUGARS When a player of Allen Crabbe's caliber (15.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 79.6 percent free-throw shooter) is injured and unable to play, it changes things for both teams. That's the thrust of our pregame post, so read on.
Click the tab below to link to our Friday prep stories including the Coeur d'Alene girls basketball team earning chance to win a fourth straight state championship.
Gonzaga takes on Pepperdine tonight and the Waves have quietly put together a solid conference season. Pepperdine, 3-11 in the WCC last season, are 5-5 after knocking off Portland on Thursday. The Waves are just a half-game behind fourth-place Santa Clara (5-4) as teams continue…
COUGARS I've been sitting in front of the computer for more than a few minutes trying to decide what to write about on this darn lead-in. Can't think of anything, let alone anything clever. I'm giving up. Read on for more Washington State notes and…
Eastern Washington's men's basketball team returns to Reese Court tomorrow night to play its first game since breaking an 18-game road losing streak with a 69-67 win at Idaho State last Saturday. But the well-rested Eagles might be catching Weber State at just the wrong…
COUGARS A Washington State redshirt freshman cornerback was arrested on felony theft charges earlier this week and suspended from the football team. For more, read on.
Click the tab below to see a schedule for the District 8 3A and District 8 4A boys and girls basketball tournaments. Riley Stockton of Ferris is pictured above in action against University. ALSO, feel free to post your thoughts on which teams could fare…
Sorry for the late start for the women's basketball roundup ... trying to make final connections with the some of the Class of 2007, our on-going look at that remarkable class of local players as most near the end of their college careers. Thursday night…
COUGARS If Washington State had completed a comeback last night in Beasley Coliseum, there was a play by Marcus Capers we might have been talking about for years to come. As it turned out, it was an outstanding effort play that got lost in the…
Good morning from Los Angeles. It was hardly pretty last night, but Gonzaga held on for a 67-57 win over Loyola Marymount. Here's my game story link and you can read my day-after LMU post below.
Back with my game story from Gonzaga's 67-57 win over LMU on Thursday. The unedited version is below. Check back tomorrow for a day-after post.
COUGARS The hope might not be dead, but Washington State sure made it lot harder on itself the last week to make the NCAA tournament. There are possible scenarios, sure, but all of them include playing with a lot more fire than the Cougars showed…
COUGARS So what do you write about a half in which Washington State shoots 50 percent from the floor, leads in rebounding and still trails by 17? That the WSU defense has not been porous, it hasn't been poor, it's just been awful. The zone…
Gonzaga was a little slow getting untracked offensively but the defense never wavered in a 82-42 win over Loyola Marymount. As usual, Courtney Vandersloot led the way with her 12th double-double, 21 points and 12 assists. She is three shy of 1,000 helpers for her…
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