National Basketball Association
Washington St. 80, Washington 77
When: 3:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 10, 2015
Where: Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, Washington
Officials:
# Dick Cartmell, # Mike Eggers, # Sir Allen Conner
Attendance:
7595
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Washington State 80, Washington 77: DaVonte Lacy scored 25 points and the visiting Cougars picked up their second straight road win in Pac-12 play.
Que Johnson had 15 points off the bench and Ike Iroegbu chipped in 13 points and a team-high five assists for Washington State (8-7, 2-1), which capped a 15-of-16 showing at the foul line with seven straight makes in the final minute. Brett Boese made 3-of-5 3-pointers en route to 11 points and Josh Hawkinson grabbed 11 rebounds for the Cougars.
Nigel Williams-Goss tallied a season-high 30 points and added seven rebounds and six assists to lead the Huskies (11-4, 0-3), who have lost four straight following an 11-0 start. Shawn Kemp Jr. and Andrew Andrews added 12 points apiece and Mike Anderson had 10 points and a team-high eight boards.
Williams-Goss twice pulled the Huskies within two points with jumpers in the final minute and Anderson answered two foul shots by Lacy with a 3-pointer to make it 78-77 with 20 seconds left. Lacy made two more free throws - capping a 6-of-6 showing in the final 36 seconds - and Anderson missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds.
The Huskies opened the game on a 9-2 run, but the Cougars crawled back and tied it at 22 on Boese's third 3-pointer in just over four minutes of action. It remained deadlocked early in the second half before Johnson's basket ignited a 9-2 burst that put Washington State on top until Andrews' three-point play gave the Huskies a short-lived one-point lead with just over four minutes left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Huskies C Robert Upshaw had 10 points and two blocked shots off the bench and needs two more blocks to set the school's single-season record. ... The Cougars were 9-of-24 from 3-point range while the Huskies were 4-of-19. ... Williams-Goss was 13-of-22 from the field as he fell two points shy of his career high set last season against Oregon State.
Top Game Performances
Washington St. |
|
Washington |
DaVonte Lacy 25 |
Scoring |
Nigel Williams-Goss 30 |
Ike Iroegbu 5 |
Assists |
Nigel Williams-Goss 6 |
Josh Hawkinson 11 |
Rebounds |
Mike Anderson 8 |
DaVonte Lacy 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Nigel Williams-Goss 4 |
Josh Hawkinson 1 |
Steals |
Nigel Williams-Goss 3 |
Josh Hawkinson 1 |
Blocks |
Robert Upshaw 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Washington St.
|
80 |
45.9 |
9-24 |
15-16 |
13 |
33 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
Washington
|
77 |
49.2 |
4-19 |
9-10 |
14 |
29 |
3 |
6 |
9 |