Saturday, February 17, 2024

Cougars Win Huskies Lose

The Cougars  beat Stanford Saturday 
72-59. The game was close in the first 
half Stanford leading by one at the end.
The Cougars with their defense broke
open the game in the second half.

The Cougars had four of their five 
starters score in double figures.
Jaylen Wells and Issac Jones each
had  15 points. Oscar Cliff led the 
Cougars with 12 rebounds.

Both teams stats were close to the
same with Cougars shooting just 
over 47% from the field while Stanford 
was at 43.1%. The Cougars shot 
slightly better from behind the 3pt
line making three more than Stanford.
The Cougars hsd more chances
since they had 13 offensive rebounds
to Stanford's 6.

The Cougars now have won seven 
straight games. They are now 11-4
in the Pac-12 and half a game behind
Arizona. The Cougars though play
at Arizona on this coming Thursday
night. The Cougars win they takeover
first place in the Pac-12.

The Washington Huskies who had the
chance to sweep Stanford then California
at home instead lost Saturday night
82-80.  The game was in single degits
for both teams throughout the night.
Both leading back and fourth. The 
Huskies led 80-79 and were unable to 
score again under a minute. California
had the ball under 11 seconds remaining. 
Jaylon Tyson who led California with
28 points was covered when he dished
the ball to Jalen Celestine who put
down a 3 point shot with four seconds.
Sahvir Wheeler tried to make a layin 
just before the buzzer however missed
it. Keion Brooks Jr. led the Huskies
with 26 points.

Both teams shot OK from the field.
The Huskies made two more  3 point
shots than California however they
made six more free throws to make 
the difference in the game. 

The Huskies will play Arizona State
on Thursday followed at Arizona on
Saturday. It will be hard for the Huskies
to win both however will help if they 
can heading into the Pac-12 tournament.

Gonzaga won over Pacific at home
102-76.  Graham Ike led the Zags
with 21points and six rebounds too.
The Zags continue the wealth
having five player in double figures.
The Zags go to Portland this coming
Thursday then return home to play 
Santa Clara. They have four remaining
games in the regular season. All will be
hard to beat with Portland likely the
easiest though on the road. Go Zags!





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