Loss aside, that was one of the best games you'll see this year (and other random thoughts)
CougCenter revisits last night's narrow loss against No. 13 UCLA and concludes that it was one of the best games you'll see all year.
UCLA
Bruins
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| Final - 1.22.2009 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA Bruins | 36 | 25 | 61 |
| Washington St. Cougars | 23 | 36 | 59 |
Stories
POSTGAME THREAD: This one hurts
The Cougs nearly pulled off the upset of No. 13 UCLA after being down 15 early in the second half. And that's what makes it hurt even more.
Repeating History?
It’s kind of funny. We have heard a lot about how we are going through a rebuilding season this year in Westwood. Yet our team finds itself in pretty much the same situation it found itself after...
Bennett still tinkering with the lineup
Tony Bennett is still tinkering with the lineup Washington State will roll out on the floor when the Cougars host UCLA. CougCenter weighs in.
Circling The Wagons
Well this wasn’t a surprise. The beat reporters haven’t wasted any time in taking comments from certain UCLA fans in message boards and "blogs" to create the sense re. "UCLA fans’"...
Ben Ball: Getting Back on Track
It’s time to let go of the upset loss to Arizona State and turn our attention to our next opponent: the Washington State Cougars. The Cougars are coming off a 74-62 road win against Oregon....
Taking Responsibility
I will be frank. Last night's loss stung a lot. It hurt. It hurt lot more following the losses against Michigan and Texas. I expected tough challenges against Michigan early in the season going up...
GameThreads
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 36 | 25 | 61 |
| Washington St. | 23 | 36 | 59 |
| UCLA | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Dragovic | 29 | 7-12 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 20 |
| Alfred Aboya | 30 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Darren Collison | 35 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 |
| Josh Shipp | 30 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Jrue Holiday | 34 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Drew Gordon | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Lee | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jerime Andersen | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| James Keefe | 11 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Michael Roll | 13 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Tyler Trapani | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Matt DeMarcus | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Kevin Schmidt | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Spencer Soo | DNP - | ||||||||||
| J`mison Morgan | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Mustafa Abdul-Hamid | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Blake Arnet | DNP - | ||||||||||
| James Diefenbach | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 23-47 | 9-16 | 6-10 | 22-6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10-0 | 61 | |
| .489 | .563 | .600 | Team Reb: 1 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Washington St. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Forrest | 31 | 8-9 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 19 |
| Aron Baynes | 34 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 10-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Marcus Capers | 27 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Klay Thompson | 37 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Taylor Rochestie | 38 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Nikola Koprivica | 13 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Abe Lodwick | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| DeAngelo Casto | 15 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Ryan Bailey | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Daven Harmeling | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Fabian Boeke | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Charlie Enquist | DNP - | ||||||||||
| John Allen | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Mike Harthun | DNP - | ||||||||||
| James Watson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Nick Witherill | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 23-48 | 5-14 | 8-9 | 30-10 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10-0 | 59 | |
| .479 | .357 | .889 | Team Reb: 2 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
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