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UW’s New-Look Reserve Helps Clip Kansas State

From Wire Reports

Pac-10

With hair parted on the side and held in place with gel, Jason Hartman used to look rather stylish. Sort of a Jason Priestley look. Perhaps, even a little like Priestley’s Beverly Hills 90210 counterpart, Luke Perry.

“He was getting a lot of stuff at the Idaho game,” University of Washington sophomore guard James Wheeler of the Huskies’ recent game against the Vandals in Moscow. “Fans were calling him Dillon (Perry’s character) of 90210.”

Hartman unveiled a new look on Saturday as he stepped on the court against Kansas State with a freshly shaven head. He also unveiled a new game, coming off the bench to lead the Huskies to a surprisingly easy 74-60 victory over the Wildcats before 3,482 at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

Hartman, a 6-foot-6, 235-pound sophomore forward with a nice outside shooting touch, led the Huskies in scoring (19 points) and rebounding (seven) in 21 minutes of action.

Washington improved its record to 3-1 heading into its toughest test of the season, a date at Michigan on Saturday.

“It was the hair,” said Wheeler, who shaved Hartman’s head about an hour before the game.

“Before we cut it, he said he was going to play more like he did last year. More aggressive.”

Kansas State (3-2) must have wished it could’ve shaved some of the Huskies’ size.

Washington coach Bob Bender threw the largest starting lineup in Huskies men’s basketball history at the Wildcats. Washington’s 7-foot freshmen, Patrick Femerling from Germany, and Todd MacCullough from Winnipeg, Canada, made their first college starts, joining 6-8 forward Mark Sanford.

The Huskies jumped to a 12-1 lead as the “bigs,” as Bender calls them, created havoc on defense from the opening tip.

Long Beach St 65, Oregon St. 54

At Corvallis, Ore., senior guard Rasul Salahuddin scored six of the final 12 points for Long Beach State to lead the 49ers to the win.

Long Beach State (3-2) took a 53-52 lead with 4:46 remaining. Oregon State managed only two shots and the Beavers (1-3) turned the ball over four times in their final six possessions.