This time a year ago, the basketball career for Myles Rice at WSU was a secondary concern. The primary challenge was managing treatments for a form of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Isaac Jones scored 20 points including a dunk in the closing seconds of regulation that forced overtime, and the WSU Cougars rallied to beat the UW Huskies 90-87 on Saturday night.
WSU Cougars guard Charlisse Leger-Walker will miss the rest of the season after suffering an ACL injury in the Cougars’ upset of then-No. 2 UCLA on Sunday.
South Carolina remained the clear No. 1 team in the country and No. 2 Kansas State matched its best ranking ever after a chaotic week that saw nearly half of the AP Top 25 lose at least one game.
The top five of the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll remained unchanged Monday with defending national champ UConn still ahead of mighty Purdue.
Bella Murekatete and Eleonora Villa helped lead WSU to one of the biggest wins in program history Sunday afternoon. The Cougars' 85-82 victory over No. 2 UCLA at Pauley Pavilion though came at a cost.
Isaac Jones scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, all five starters reached double-figures in scoring and the WSU Cougars pulled away from Utah in the second half for a 79-57 victory.
Oscar Cluff scored 20 points off the bench, Andrej Jakimovski had all 15 of his points in the second half and the WSU Cougars defeated Oregon State 65-58.
KJ Simpson scored a career-high 34 points, sinking 13 of 14 in a Colorado parade to the foul line and the Buffaloes held off the WSU Cougars 74-67 on Sunday.
The WSU Cougars announced their full slate of 12 opponents for the 2024 football season, though dates of seven games with Mountain West competition are still to be determined.
Hannah Stines scored a career-high 21 points, Lauren Schwartz added 20 and the UW Huskies used a hot start to upend No. 21 WSU 60-55 in women's college basketball action on Sunday.