Measured against the 23-point blowout loss to Arizona in last year’s NCAA tournament, Gonzaga has clearly gained ground on the Wildcats but not enough to move the outcome into the win column. GU needed a play or two in the closing minutes to claim what…
A thunderous dunk was the grand finale to a 3-pointers parade yesterday as the Cougars made easy work of UTSA. Texas-San Antonio never had a chance with the way Washington State shot the ball on Saturday, and the final insult came when the Roadrunners ended…
The Spokane Chiefs have lost four consecutive games, including the last two by scores of 2-1 and 3-2. Before the skid, the Chiefs posted five consecutive wins, four times with 2-1 decisions. Read story
Washington State dominated Texas-San Antonio despite some struggles with turnovers. You can overcome a lot when you shoot like the Cougars did on Saturday. My game story is after the jump. ...
WSU's defense could look markedly different next season. In fact, it could look a lot like the one at Riverside CC. Following yesterday's news that Riverside's Treshon Broughton will play at Washington State rather than Oregon State, today three of his teammates decided to follow…
A great game between two great teams in a great atmosphere, but it didn't have a great ending for Gonzaga. GU struggled with late-game possessions offensively and couldn't hold off No. 3 Arizona, which claimed a 66-63 overtime win Saturday at the McKale Center, one…
With less than a minute on the clock, most fans were hoping for one more 3-pointer to break the Washington State single-game record. Jordan Railey looked for a shooter, but sized up the defense and decided to take it himself.
Today at noon the WSU men's basketball team will try to get back on the winning track against Texas-San Antonio. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks and is the last home game for WSU (3-4), until its Dec. 21 matchup against San…
Washington State's defensive backfield got a little older today with JC cornerback Treshon Broughton's college switch. More on WSU's newest recruit after the jump. …
West powers Gonzaga and Arizona hook up Saturday at McKale Center for one of the best non-conference matchups of the college basketball season. Both teams are 7-0. GU is No. 9; Arizona No. 3. Both have Final Four ambitions. The winner could have a decided…
Darryl Monroe entered last season as the spokesman of the Washington State defense. Well-spoken and a two-year starter heading into his junior season, Monroe was WSU's defensive representative at Pac-12 Media Days and was asked to further engage with fans by conducting video walkthroughs of…
Washington State's women's basketball team won again, 81-55 over UC Santa Barbara, to improve to 6-2. The Cougars received a combined 45 points from Lia Galdeira and Tia Presley (Gonzaga Prep). On the men's side we have a blog post to pass along explaining why…
Covering a coaching search can be like playing in a national game of Telephone. You hear some names of prospective candidates that make no sense and some that make a lot of sense, and just when you think you've zeroed in on the candidate somebody…
Josh Hawkinson has been Washington State's best basketball player in 2014 and continued his strong play yesterday. The 6-foot-10 forward scored 16 points and collected 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. Hawkinson played 33 minutes in WSU's 77-71 loss to Idaho on…
A GRIP ON SPORTS It can be dangerous to be Italian. No, I'm not making a Mafia reference or anything like that. That would be wrong. It's just that, for some reason, Italians like to talk with their hands. I know, strange. But there I…
If only the Cougars had made 7 of 30 3-pointers, the game would have gone to overtime. Instead, Washington State his just five of their attempts from behind the arc and fell to their Big Sky opponent, Idaho, 77-71. Before the game we held our…
Everett, ranked ninth in the CHL Top 10 poll released earlier Wednesday, defeated the Spokane Chiefs for the first time in regulation this WHL season. Read story
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