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Seventeen games into the season, it can be difficult to distinguish between Gonzaga’s starting lineup and bench unit. The seventh-ranked Zags haven’t been so concerned about who’s in the first five, as long as they get to the right five throughout the course of the game.

SEATTLE – Washington State center Alex Covill had a dominant performance in the paint during the best game of her career, leading the Cougars to a 73-69 win over Seattle U on Sunday in a West Coast Conference college women’s basketball game at Redhawk Center.

The Gonzaga women’s basketball team struggled to find consistent offensive flow Sunday afternoon.

SEATTLE – With 4 minutes, 12 seconds left in the fourth quarter Saturday, cameras cut to a fan holding a sign over the railing at Levi’s Stadium. While the Seahawks unfurled a 16-play, 94-yard, eight-minute march to emphatically finish the San Francisco 49ers, this sign told some of the story:

Although it was an overall rocky rookie season for Cam Ward (Washington State) – including a tough break in the finale that saw the Tennessee quarterback leave the game early with an injury – there were also flashes of promise from the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft.

PULLMAN – Washington State’s makeover on defense is in full swing.

Three takeaways at the buzzer from Gonzaga’s 82-47 win over Loyola Marymount on Sunday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.

Gonzaga forward Jalen Warley was explaining the concept of “kills,” symbolic of three straight defensive stops.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • Is it OK to make an assumption? My dad would say no, I’m sure. He used to rail at me when I did, breaking the word “assume” into three sections to show me the error of my ways. But today? I can assume you watched the Seahawks’ defense overcome every obstacle in its way last night, right?

PULLMAN – Two days into the transfer portal window, Washington State coaches should have a pretty good idea of the position group they need to target most; The defensive line.

Whitworth’s Stephen Behil hit the go-ahead jumper as time expired and the Pirates overcame Pacific’s late rally, prevailing 81-79 in a Northwest Conference matchup on Saturday at Whitworth Fieldhouse.

PULLMAN — Washington State has landed its first commitment via the transfer portal this offseason.

The Penticton Vees are not your typical expansion team – the organization was careful to construct a squad with experienced players in order to be competitive right out of the gate in their first year in the Western Hockey League.

Roundup of Saturday’s high school basketball action from the GSL. All games nonleague.

A sure identifier of a young team on the rise, and nearing the top of their game: The Seattle Seahawks played with so much confidence against San Francisco on Saturday night that it bordered on audacity.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Seahawks walked into Levi’s Stadium on Saturday afternoon hoping it would be the first of two times they will play here over the next five weeks.

It took the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team about a half to adjust to the physicality of Idaho on Saturday at Reese Court in Cheney.

MOSCOW, Idaho – Idaho’s tribute game to its late, great coach Don Monson, who died at age 92 Oct. 1, was everything a holiday break crowd that nonetheless almost filled three-fourths of the ICCU Arena could have wanted.