Washington Huskies Win Game Two

Washington  Huskies  beat  Northern Kentucky 

Thursday night 75-67. The  Huskies played a 

better team than Bellarmine in game and the

score indicates it.

The Huskies  already look like better team 

than last year's.  They have lapses especially 

in the first half offensively. Playing  man to 

man defense they look better too. Example

the Northern Kentucky guard and leading 

scorer Marques Warrick had only six points

and they were all late in the game. He played 

35 minutes as well.

Playing  man to man defense allows the Huskies 

to start three players up front instead of three

guards in the past six years under Hopkins.  The

Huskies  could be a better team and I  expect so 

then the 8th place  finish  in  this Pac-12 season. 

If they do play well  it may keep Hopkins job.

This game the Huskies  started three forwards

in Keion Brooks Jr  who had a career high 32

points, transfers Moses Wood and Wilhelm 

Breindenbach. Most likely  in the long run 

Breindenbach will come off the bench. Braxton 

Meah had been hurt so he is coming off the

bench right now and he didn't play a lot being

in foul trouble. 

The Huskies went with ten players  in the  game

the starting five played a large amount of the

minutes. Koren Johnson who started game one

came off the bench and played twenty minutes. 

Sunday the Huskies  play a better team in Nevada.

So how coach Hopkins gives minutes  will be

interesting. We could see more minutes out of

the bench.

The Washington State Cougars won their opener

Monday night beating Idaho 84-59. They take on

Prairie View Friday night. The Cougars like the Huskies 

have quite the turnover of players too.

Small forward Andrej Jakimovski led the Cougars in

scoring  with 21 points. I believe he is the only returning 

starter for the Cougars. Jabe Mullins  is the only bench

player I am familiar  with. He played 17 minutes and

had three points.He can score in double  figures  so he

can be a valuable  asset.  

Gonzaga Bulldogs  play their season opener at home

on Friday  night  against Yale. Expect a large win though

can expect anything from a Ivy League school. The Bulldogs 

will have a different  team  around this time. Let you know

who the starters  are  and who primary bench players. 

Go Zags!