Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Cougars and Huskies Men's Basketball

Washington State Cougars got off
to a good start then let Texas State
back into the  game.

Most basketball  games  teams go
on good runs most of the time including 
the team that loses.

Texas State was that way  in the first
half being able to get ahead before
the  Cougars were  able to ride the ship.
Final WSU  83 Texas 61

The Cougars  had four players score
in double figures.  The Cougars were led
by center Mouhamed Gueye 18 points.
Also, dominated the boards with 13 rebounds.
Forward DJ Rodman had 16 points making
four out of six from 3 pt line. He left the game
in the second half when he got into foul
trouble with four.

The Cougars had two new starters who came
in by transfer portal.  Justin Powell who transferred 
from Tennessee  and Jabe Mullins from Snoqualmie,
Washington  who transferred  from St.Mary's. Both got
off to slow start but Powell  ended up  with 14 and Mullins 
with 13. Both are good additions  to  the team.

The  Huskies  beat Weber State  69-52. Both teams got
off to sluggish  starts. The Huskies  were able to  get
things going into middle to late of the first half. 

They began the game playing man to man defense which
didn't  help at all. When they went to their 2-3 defense 
Weber State  wasn't  able to handle  it. The Huskies  went
on a 15-1 run to end the first half 31 to 23.  

The second half the score stayed about the same as the
Huskies  led around the  8 point mark.  Some reason 
they went back to  man to  man before going back to zone.
This allowed them to extend the  lead. The second half 
play by the Huskies  was much better  than  the  first.

Though the Huskies  are still  trying  out how to play 
the zone with the new players I would say stick to
it. The  Huskies  still not a good  3 point shooting and 
the zone helps to take the ball inside.

Next game we hope to see the Huskies get off to
a faster start. Against  good teams they could be
blown out in the first  half.  

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