season than the Washington
Huskies however both teams play
in tough basketball conferences.
On Thursday evening the Cougars
lost to Santa Clara 93-65. The
Cougars were down 49-38 at
half time while Santa Clara Broncos
went on a couple runs. The second
half the Broncos dominated scoring
44 points while the Cougars had 27.
The Broncos were able to stop
Cougars leading scorer Nate
Calmese to three points. LeJuan
Watts led the Cougars in points,
rebounds and assists. Only the
second time a Cougars man
did a triple in double figures.
Watts had 20 points, 11 rebounds
and 10 assists. Ethan Price had
16 points for the Cougars and
Rihards Vavers recently activated
came off the bench with 11 points.
The Broncos took almost 20 more
shots than the Cougars and making
10 more. They had ten more rebounds
than the Cougars primarily on the
offensive side. They made four more
3s as well taking nine more. Saturday
evening tge Cougars take on St. Mary's
who are undefeated in conference
play with seven wins so things don't
get any better.
The Washington Huskies lost their
six straight game losing to UCLA
65-60 in a close all the way in Seattle.
The Huskies only had Great Osobor
score in double figures with 19 points
and had nine rebounds as well.
Huskies not getting much production
from the rest of the guys. Good news
center Franck Kepnang returned from
injury in the second half with seven
points and eight rebounds. Kepnang
who hss been hurt most of his time
with the Huskies missing the last
two years and much of this season
to after transferring from Oregon.
When he has played you can see he
is the heart of the Huskies. We hope
his presence will turn the team around.
The Huskies don't play again until
February 1 when they play at
Minnesota. They follow by playing
Nebraska at home on Wednesday
February 5. They start playing the
lower teams in tge Big Ten so
hopefully some wins.
The Cougars and Huskies football
Apple Cup scheduled September
20, 2025 in Pullman. It will be
interesting for tge Cougars with a
new coaching staff and players
going through the transfer portal.
Hard to know how good the Cougars
will be. The Apple Cup for 2026 and 27
were announced this week. They
are scheduled September 5 2026 in
Seattle followed by September 18, 2027 in Pullman. They are going
to play Arizona both seasons as well.
The game will be in Pullman on
September 26, 2026 followed by
September 25, 2027 in Tucson.
News game out on Friday that former
Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete
Carroll was hired by the Las Vegas
Raiders. Some fans I am sure are
not happy with the news while others
are OK about it. Before 1977 and the
Seahawks many local fans were
Raider fans when they were in Oakland.
The Seahawks started in the AFC
West before moving to the NFC West.
The next thing is to find out what
assistants Pete will bring to Las Vegas.
I expect we will hear about a few
former Seahawks assistants. I am
sure the Raiders will have some
turnover over of players like he did
when he came to Seattle. We wish
him the best.
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