Where Has The Offense Gone ... Part Three
We looked last week at why the WSU offense has been so inconsistent. Well, after Sunday's win over Washington, I think we have a big part of our answer -- and it's a positive one moving forward.
| Final - 1.30.2011 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Huskies | 43 | 37 | 80 |
| Washington St. Cougars | 45 | 42 | 87 |
We looked last week at why the WSU offense has been so inconsistent. Well, after Sunday's win over Washington, I think we have a big part of our answer -- and it's a positive one moving forward.
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Huskies Fall To Cougars!
Just can't get enough of last night's win by WSU over Washington? Here's some postgame video from Ken Bone, Klay Thompson and Faisal Aden, as well as a highlight package set to the dulcet tones of Bud Nameck.
WSU vs. Washington Recap: Charts and Awards from the Cougars 87-80 win over the Washington Huskies in NCAA basketball Sunday.
Come chat with the CougCenter authors -- and perhaps a guest UW writer -- about tonight's big basketball game between the No. 17 Huskies and WSU. Live now!
Seeing as how tonight is a big game, and seeing as how none of us have time to write an actual preview, join us at 6 p.m. tonight for a live chat with the authors in advance of tonight's 7 p.m. tip-off between WSU and Washington. That'll be your opportunity to get our thoughts on how we think the game might turn out.
The 18th ranked Huskies waltz into the Beasley Coliseum at 7:00 this evening looking to extend their three-game win streak and narrow half game lead over Arizona in the PAC-10 standings. At 15-4...
The prescription for WSU's offensive woes seems simple: Share the basketball. But do these Cougars have what takes to play smarter?
Coming into the season, we all assumed it was the defense that was going to need to step up in a big way. But it's been the offense that's been suspect since conference play started.
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 43 | 37 | 80 |
| Washington St. | 45 | 42 | 87 |
| Washington | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Bryan-Amaning | 33 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 4-8 | 11-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Justin Holiday | 27 | 4-12 | 2-7 | 6-7 | 12-5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 16 |
| Aziz NDiaye | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Isaiah Thomas | 37 | 3-13 | 2-6 | 11-12 | 2-0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5-0 | 19 |
| Scott Suggs | 35 | 5-12 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Venoy Overton | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Terrence Ross | 22 | 5-10 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 14 |
| Darnell Gant | 29 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 7-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Adbul Gaddy | DNP - | ||||||||||
| C.J Wilcox | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Tyreese Breshers | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Brendan Sherrer | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Antoine Hosley | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Desmond Simmons | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 23-62 | 11-31 | 23-29 | 46-15 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 26-0 | 80 | |
| .371 | .355 | .793 | Team Reb: 2 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Washington St. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAngelo Casto | 21 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 8-1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 11 |
| Abe Lodwick | 27 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5-0 | 2 |
| Marcus Capers | 28 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Klay Thompson | 30 | 9-18 | 3-6 | 4-9 | 2-0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4-0 | 25 |
| Reggie Moore | 36 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 9-10 | 3-1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 18 |
| Faisal Aden | 26 | 6-17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Brock Motum | 17 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 5 |
| Charlie Enquist | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Patrick Simon | 6 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Mychal Ladd | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Steven Bjornstad | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Ben Loewen | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Will Dilorio | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Dexter Kernich-Drew | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Chris McNamara | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Dre` Winston Jr. | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-62 | 8-17 | 19-30 | 32-6 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 21-0 | 87 | |
| .484 | .471 | .633 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||