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Jacob Thorpe

Jacob Thorpe

Current Position: Sports columnist

Jacob Thorpe is a freelance sports columnist covering Washington State football.

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Washington State seniors played huge role in stabilizing program

PULLMAN – DaVonte Lacy had the opportunity to leave Washington State for a perennial NCAA tournament contender last spring, and he thought about taking it. Lacy, like any competitive college basketball player, had long imagined the glory of playing on one of the country’s best teams and had reason to think he was good enough to play on one.
Sports

WSU adds safety Hunter Dale

During this brief layover at SeaTac I turned on my computer to discover that the Cougars have added a 25th player to their 2015 recruiting class.
Sports

Cougs can’t finish what they start at Pauley

LOS ANGELES – As the expectation of defeat gives way to the hope of victory, Washington State’s basketball players are experiencing a new kind of postgame pain: The kind that comes not from losing in a place the Cougars virtually never win, but from feeling like they should have. The UCLA Bruins powered their way to a 72-67 victory over the Cougars and the 9,082 fans at Pauley Pavilion got the result they had every right to expect against an opponent that has come into their house and won only twice in 57 attempts.
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Cougars fail to finish what they start at UCLA

Norman Powell scored a career-high 28 points, hitting a key 3-pointer with 1:34 to go, and UCLA grinded out a 72-67 victory over Washington State on Sunday night that gave the Bruins possession of fourth place in the Pac-12.
Sports

Cougs headed to Bruins’ den

LOS ANGELES – The final road game for Washington State this season comes against an opponent the Cougars typically go decades at a time without beating away from home. And, having beaten UCLA in Los Angeles in 2009 when Taylor Rochestie scored 33 points, WSU isn't due for a win in Pauley Pavilion until at least the next generation of Bushes and Clintons are vying for the White House. The Bruins lead the all-time series with WSU 102-16 and are 54-2 at home against the Cougars. But WSU (12-15, 6-9 Pac-12) has won the last two matchups between the schools – both in Pullman – and has been uncommonly good on the road, winning three Pac-12 road games for the first time since the 2010-11 season.
Sports

Looking back at USC

What do you call a game that sees five first-half free throws and 43 after halftime?
Sports

Unsung hero sparks Cougars to win over USC

LOS ANGELES – Washington State had the dual experiences of blowing USC out on the road and escaping the Galen Center with a shaky win and an unlikely hero. The Cougars almost messed that up, too, but Junior Longrus made sure WSU came away with a 70-66 victory in front of 2,735 fans on Wednesday night.
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Former Cougar Xavier Cooper does his best to impress NFL scouts during combine

PULLMAN – There is no starting gun for NFL prospects when they run the 40-yard-dash, the most universally understood drill to measure athleticism in football players. So when Xavier Cooper got into his pre-sprint crouch he had all the time he needed to think about the tens of thousands of dollars riding on every hundredth of a second and about how close he is to achieving the highest level of his chosen profession.