Thursday, November 28, 2024

Washington Huskies Beat Colorado State

The Washington Huskies beat Colorado State Thursday afternoon in the
Acrisure Invitational Tournament. 
It was different one in which the
WSU lost in the holiday tournament
on Wednesday in the final.

The final was Washington 73 Colorado
State 67. They meet Santa Clara in
the championship game Friday at
1:30 pm. on the Tru Network.

Colorado State led a tight game
leading 28-26 at halftime. The
Huskies became agreesive in 
the second half. They went on
a 10-0 run going into the last two
minutes of the game. They didn't
score a field goal in the last two
minutes however went to the foul 
line a bit of times. They didn't
make a lot of free throws until 
the last 30 seconds when they
able to. They made 13 of 24
from the foul line making it
difficult otherwise. 

The Huskies did well making 
10 of 22 3s while Colorado 
State went 7 of 23. Both teams
25 shots from the field although
Colorado State took five more 
shots. 

A play that made some output for
the Huskies to win a fragrant foul 
when Great Osobor was fouled 
with 38.1 seconds remaing. He 
made one of two shots and the
Huskies maintain possession
of the ball where they were able
to take more time off the rock.

The Huskies had only two players
scoring in double figures. Tyler 
Harris had another outstanding
game being leading scorer with
24 points and had eight rebounds 
too. Harris made 5-8 of 3s. Osobor 
had 16 points and eight rebounds.
Led the Huskies with seven assists
which was big to.

The Huskies went with a six man
rotation with DJ Davis coming of 
the bench for 28 minutes and six
points. Mekhi Mason had the next
amount of minutes with 12 and 
scored 8 points. Christian King 
made his best contribution on
the season going eight minutes
scoring five points. Maybe we will
see him play more minutes.

The Colorado State Rams had 
three players in double figures
the leading scorer was Nique 
Clifford with 13 points and nine
rebounds. Another key was the
Huskies held him down below
his scoring average of 19 and 
he fouled out just under two 
minutes left in the game.

Tomorrow's game against Santa
Clara should be  a good test for 
the Huskies. They are 6-0 on the
season. 

In other local college men's basketball
Gonzaga was upset by West Virginia
on Wednesday night in overtime 86-78. 
The Zags shot only 20% from the field
in overtime. The game on. Thursday
they  beat Indiana 89-73.  They had an
outstanding first half scoring 57 points.

The Zags had all five starters in double
figures led by Khalif Battle with 16 points. Michael Ajayi and Nolan Hickman each had 15. Ben Gregg 
came off the bench with 13. Tomorrow
Gonzaga plays against Davidson at
5:30 pm. 





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