Huskies are as tough as anyone at home

COUGARS, PREGAME

There are two faces to the Husky basketball team, almost as diametrically opposed as the faces of Janus .

There is the Huskies’ road face , headed south, just like their postseason hopes. In eight road games – it is Valentine’s Day and UW has played just eight games away from home – the Huskies are 1-7. They average just 68 points a game and give up 82. They shoot 43 percent from the field, 32 percent from 3 and have been out-rebounded.

Then there is the Huskies’ home face, looking toward the stars. In Hec Ed, where UW is 15-1, the Huskies average 85 points a game, they yield 71 and they shoot almost 50 percent from the field. They out-rebound their opponents by almost 13 a game and hit nearly 40 percent of their 3-point attempts.

In other words they are tougher than heck at home.