CEDAR CITY, Utah – Washington State’s disappointing start to the season continued with a surprising loss to a Western Athletic Conference program that wasn’t expected to do much of anything this year.
PULLMAN – Debora Dos Santos hit two foul shots with 4 seconds left to lift the Idaho women’s basketball team to a season-opening 87-85 win over Washington State on Monday, the Vandals first win over the Cougars in 22 years.
As teammates around her departed this past offseason, Eleonora Villa chose to stay in Pullman, and her leadership and vast skillset should have a huge impact for Cougars.
After surpassing 20 wins for the third straight year last season, Washington State women’s basketball coach Kamie Ethridge was faced with a challenge many coaches around the country encounter in these times: rebuilding a roster after a big defection of players to the transfer portal.
PULLMAN – Astera Tuhina hardly seemed jazzed. Washington State’s junior guard had just knocked down the go-ahead triple, a straightaway 3-pointer in crunch time of Monday’s WNIT game against Utah Valley, and she wasn’t exactly jumping up and down.
LAS VEGAS – If you had played the odds and bet an Eastern Washington team would make the West Coast Tournament women’s championship game, chances are you would have had a winner.
