Sunday, January 21, 2024

Huskies and Cougars Both Lose

Washington  Huskies  men's basketball  
team lost to  Stanford  on the road 
Saturday  evening 90-80.

Not a big surprise as the Stanford 
Cardinal are having a good season. 
The loss to the Cougars  Thursday 
night the chances are they would
win this game. The Huskies beat
California  Golden Bears  Thursday 
night by one night with Moses Wood 
hitting a 3 pointer at the buzzer.

The score indicates the Huskies
offense did a good job however
the defense. What cost the Huskies 
Stanford  went on a 12-2 run in the
first. Also hurt the Huskies  Stanford's
Spencer Jones had eight 3s in the 
game scoring a total of 30s.

The Huskies had all five starters 
score in double figures unfortunately 
no one on the bench including Koren
Johnson who is having a good 
season averaging  10.5  points a
game. Keion  Brooks Jr  led the
Huskies in scoring with 20 and
rebounding with 11. Moses Wood 
had 18 points. Wood a transfer like
the whole Huskies starting line up
had a rough start on the season 
has scored in double figures begin
with a win over Colorado State. He
is averaging 11.5 points a game
on the season. 

California  beat the Cougars Saturday 
afternoon  81-75. It took the Golden 
Bears overtime to win. The difference 
in the game California  made five more
foul shots than the Cougars while they
had two more attempts. 

A major reason  the Golden Bears won
guard Jaylen Tysonhad a career high of
30 points. They had three players in
double figures while the Cougars  had 
four. Andrej  Jakimovski led the Cougars
with 20 points and Myles Rice had 16.

The Cougars are 7th in the Pac-12 
standings with a 4-4 record.Had they 
beaten Stanford they would be reversal 
in record at 5-3 and be tied with Colorado 
in fourth place. The Oregon Ducks lead
the conference  with a 5-1 record with
Arizona  and Arizona State  tied at 5-2.
The Huskies  are tied in 8th 3-5 record 
with UCLA  and California. 

The Cougars will  be playing Utah  
Wednesday at home followed by
Colorado on Saturday. Huskies will 
be home Wednesday against Colorado.
Saturday against  Utah. The Huskies 
have been playing  better at home and
it would be great to win both games
this coming week. It won't be easy
so if they get swept  the season could 
be over as far as making the NCAA 
tournament. They would  have  to win
the Pac-12 tournament to get in. That is 
possible  if they play well going into the
Pac-12  tournament. 

Gonzaga beat San Diego again big time
on Saturday 105-63. The Zags were led
by Braden Huff coming off the bench
with 26 points and a career high.  Huff
averages 11.4 points a game. Good for
the Zags  to have  a  scorer like that off
the bench. Ben Gregg was second in
scoring with 15 points and led with 11
rebounds. In all the Zags had six scores
in double  figures.  

This coming Thursday they play San
Francisco at home and then Pacific
on Saturday.  The Zags and San Francisco 
are tied third place with 4-1 record so
should be quite the game. Pacific  is
0-5 and tied with San Diego in last place.
It would be quite the upset if Pacific  won.
Go Zags.




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