Huskies Win Cougars Lose

The Washington  Huskies  found a way 

to win despite getting off to a slow

start as they do most of the time.

Early  on the Huskies  allowed Arizona 

State to get off on a 12-0 lead before

getting their act together for a little 

while anyway.  During that stretch they 

had half the night's  turnovers with 11.

The Huskies did well the rest of the first 

half leading 32-20. Second half was the 

Sun Devils. The Huskies had the game won

but Keion Brooks Jr fouled allowing the

Sun Devils to tie the game with three foul

shots under a second remaing. Fortunately 

the Huskies won the overtime. Huskies 69

Sun Devils  66.

The Huskies  were  lead by Keion Brooks Jr

with 22 points while Noah Williams has been

playing well  with  18. Braxton Meah led the

Huskies with 11 rebounds. The Huskies went

with the starting  five most of the way despite

the terrible start. The question is the problem

with the players or coaching or both.

As expected the Washington State Cougars were

beat by Arizona 63-58. Why I  say expected because 

their first meeting  in Arizona the Cougars upset the

Wildcats and they couldn't afford another loss to the

Cougars. Both teams  had only two players scoring

in double figures. For the Cougars Mouhamed Gueye 

and Justin Powell  each had 15 points. Jabe Mullins 

who has been averaging 10.5 points a game coming

off the bench had zero in this one while playing 14

minutes. If he had scored half of his average the

game would have gone into overtime. 

The Huskies are now seventh place by themselves 

with 5-6 record in Pac-12 while the Cougars are tied

with Colorado in 8th place with 4-6. Now we see if

Huskies can sweep the Arizona schools with a win

over Arizona. With the way they are playing I doubt

it much. 

Next week  won't  be  any easier as both schools take

on UCLA  and USC on the road. Both could be sinking 

fast.

Let you know I  haven't  forgotten  about Gonzaga. They didn't 

play Thursday night. They play the Portland  Pilots in Portland 

Saturday  afternoon. The beat the Pilots two weeks  by 40 

points. Whether  they win by that much again or not they

should win.