The Cougars are the 4th-highest Pac-12 team, ranked behind national No. In the 2023-24 season's NET rankings released by the NCAA, Dec. Rice became the first Cougar to earn the first back-to-back Pac-12 weekly awards since Mouhamed Gueye was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in the final two weeks of the 2021-22 season. Rice is currently the conference's second-leading freshmen scorer, behind USC's Isaiah Collier, and 13th overall. native dished out a career-high seven assists in last week's win over Grambling, the most by a Coug this season and also grabbed seven steals in the win, the most by a Coug in four seasons, and one shy of WSU's all-time single-game record. Rice has scored in double figures in eight of his first 10 games. Redshirt-freshman Myles Rice, a 2-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week, has emerged as WSU's leading scorer at 15.6 points per game. RICE CONTINUES STELLAR START TO FRESHMAN YEAR Washington State begins the 2023-24 Pac-12 season on the road in Salt Lake City, Utah. WSU's Jones made a dunk with 49 seconds left to cut Santa Clara's lead to four points, but the Broncos went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line the rest of the way to close out the victory.Īfter a week-long respite for the winter holidays, the Cougars will return to Pullman to prep for Pac-12 Conference play. The Cougars used a late 10-0 run to pull within 60-54 with 2:23 remaining. Kymany Houinsou's fast-break dunk off a turnover with 2:56 left in half was the first Washington State field goal since Jakimovski's 3-pointer with 14:42 remaining. The Cougars were up 16-12 with 13:55 left in half before Santa Clara went on a 23-1 run. Andrej Jakimovski added 14 and Myles Rice scored 12 for the Cougars, who had a six-game winning streak come to an end. Santa Clara held off a late comeback to defeat Washington State, 69-61, Saturday at the Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix behind 23 points from Adama-Alpha Bal. Boise State Head Coach Leon Rice, a 1986 graduate of Washington State, is 2-0 against his alma mater during his BSU tenure. The Broncos also won in 2021, a matchup at Spokane Arena. Thursday's game marks the third-straight season with WSU and BSU facing off. The Cougs played without Andrej Jakimovski, falling 61-71. Last November, the Broncos evened the series at 4-4 in a neutral-site, pseudo-road game for the Cougs at Idaho Central Arena in the capital's downtown. The meeting will mark the ninth all-time between the programs. PT and televised on Pac-12 Network and Pac-12 Washington. Washington State travels north to face Boise State in the Numerica Holiday Hoops game at Spokane Arena in Spokane, Wash., Thursday, Dec. Then-freshman Kymany Houinsou scored two points with one rebound in nine minutes. Junior transfer Jabe Mullins started the contest, finishing with five points and three rebounds. Only two Cougars on the current roster played in last November's game. WSU has lost both contests with BSU, losing in Spokane by six in 2021, before falling in Boise last year by 10 points. WSU Head Coach Kyle Smith has faced the Broncos twice during his tenure in Pullman, having never faced Boise State as head coach at USF or Columbia. Junior TJ Bamba led the game with 24 points and senior DJ Rodman grabbed 14 rebounds in the loss. The result was WSU largest defeat at the hands of BSU. The Cougs dropped their second-straight contest to the Broncos, playing without Andrej Jakimovski, falling 61-71. Washington State traveled to Boise for a neutral-site, pseudo-road game at Idaho Central Arena in the capital's downtown. Chinyelu leads WSU with 16 blocks and five Cougs have at least 8 blocks (Chinyelu, Cluff, Houinsou, Jakimovski, Jones) WSU is one of the best rim protection frontcourts in the country, averaging 6.1 blocks per game, top in Pac-12 and tied for 10th in the country. Four Cougs are shooting over 50% from the floor, led by WSU bigs Jones (.648), Chinyelu (.644), and Cluff (.578), with Houinsou shooting 56.1% from the floor and Rice close behind at 46.7 FG percentageĥ. The Cougars shoot the ball at a 48.8%clip, having shot over 50% six times this season - the mark is third in Pac-12 and 35th in the country, while holding opponents to 37.5%, top in the Pac-12 and ninth in Division-IĤ. Myles Rice continued an incredible start to his freshman season, the 2-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week is WSU's leading scorer at 15.6 ppg, shooting 46.7%, while dishing out 29 assists and grabbing 19 stealsģ. The Cougs and Broncos meet for the third-straight seasonĢ. WSU travels north for a neutral-site matchup against Boise State, Thursday, Dec. WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS (8-2) vs BOISE STATE BRONCOS (8-3)ġ.
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