Rodman’s career highs send WSU past Northern Colorado 82-56

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — D.J. Rodman got loose coming off the bench and scored a career-high 21 points on 6-for-11 shooting from 3-point range and the WSU Cougars beat Northern Colorado 82-56 on Saturday.

WSU 82, Northern Colorado 56: Box score

Rodman, a 6-foot-6 junior, also snagged a career-high 10 rebounds for his first career double-double. He entered the contest having reached double digits in the scoring column just once this season and averaging 5.3 points per game.

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Northern Colorado’s success was brief as Matt Johnson II and Daylen Kountz buried 3-pointers in succession to start the game. But Washington State countered with 12-straight points and the Cougars (8-4) led the rest of the way.

Johnson sank a pair of foul shots with 4:17 before halftime to reduce Northern Colorado’s deficit to 24-20, but Rodman responded with a 3-pointer and WSU closed the half on a 17-6 run and led by double digits the rest of the way.

In moving their record to 3-1 against Big Sky Conference teams this season, WSU’s Michael Flowers and Andrej Jakimovski each scored 16 points, Efe Abogidi 12, and Noah Williams 11.

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Kur Jongkuch and Dru Kuxhausen each scored 11 for Northern Colorado.

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