Huskies and Cougars Men Basketball Win Comfortably

The Washington Huskies had one

of their best games of the season

blowing out the Stanford Cardinal

85-65 at home.

The Huskies seem to play better at 

home then on the road. Sophomore

guard Korean Johnson had a career 

high 30 points. He made a three pointer

to end the first half putting the Huskies

ahead by two. He continued not only

scoring in the second half he set the

tempo for the whole Husky team both

offensively and defensively. 

Keion Brooks Jr the Huskies leading 

scorer hsd 20 points on the night

which is usual. Point guard Sahvir 

Wheeler had 14 points along with

eight assists. Braxton Mean had

only four points but grabbed 13

rebounds for the Huskies. He played

a few extra minutes than normal. 

Meant he wasn't in foul trouble. 

The Huskies are now tied for eight

place in the Pac-12 while the Cougars

are still in second place. The UCLA

Bruins are now in third after getting

off to a slow start in the conference. 

The Cougars beat the California Golden

Bears easily 84-65. The Cougars led by 

12 at half time. California got the score 

done to eight a couple times in the

second half before Cougars  went on a

good run. Right now it looks like the

Cougars should make the NCAA 

tournament while Huskies have to

continue getting better. Most people

including me feel that Coach Hopkins

days are numbered. With a new AD

he would only finish his final year of

contract if the Huskies were in the top 

five in the conference. Heading to the

Big Ten a change should happen.

The Cougars had five players in double 

figures in scoring. In fact did most of the scoring. Again it was the Cougars defense

that led them to scoring. Freshman guard

Myles Rice had 25 points.

Forward Isaac Jones had 21 points and led

with nine rebounds. Jones and Rice are 

becoming quite the tandem. Jaylen Wells

and Andrej Jakimovski each had 12 points.

Rueben Chinyelu did well coming off the

bench with 10 points in limited action.

The Cougars shot well from the field 

at 55% and a good 40% from beyond

the 3-point line. The defense allowed California to shoot 38.2 % from the field.

The Huskies take on California on Saturday

while the Cougars play Stanford. Both

teams hope for a sweep. Next week they

are on the road playing Arizona and

Arizona State. After that they have three

remaining games of the regular season.

The season ends with the Cougars 

hosting the Huskies on March 7. 

The Huskies are 6-8 in the Pac-12 and

 really need to win their final six games 

to have a real chance. Sta tuned!

Gonzaga beat Loyola Marymount on

the road Thursday night 91-74. Much

like the Huskies it was the second 

half where they got the job done.

The Zags got their scoring from the

starting five all in double figures. 

The bench only contribute two points.

Graham Ike led with 23 points while

Nolan Hickman was right behind him

with 22. Anton Watson led in rebounding

with 11. Ike made 11 out of 19 from 

the field while Hickman was 7 of 12. He was four of six behind the three point

line.

The Zags take on Pacific at home

on Saturday. St.Mary's still is undefeated

in the Wst Coast Conference while

the Zags and San Francisco Dons

are both 9-2 in the conference.

See if the three Washington schools

can all win again on Saturday.