PULLMAN – Two days into the transfer portal window, Washington State coaches should have a pretty good idea of the position group they need to target most; The defensive line.
Whitworth’s Stephen Behil hit the go-ahead jumper as time expired and the Pirates overcame Pacific’s late rally, prevailing 81-79 in a Northwest Conference matchup on Saturday at Whitworth Fieldhouse.
MOSCOW, Idaho – Idaho’s tribute game to its late, great coach Don Monson, who died at age 92 Oct. 1, was everything a holiday break crowd that nonetheless almost filled three-fourths of the ICCU Arena could have wanted.
Jan Vide didn’t see any floor time for UCLA when Gonzaga matched up with the Bruins in the 2023 Maui Invitational. Vide was part of Loyola Marymount’s rotation in two West Coast Conference games against the Zags last season, but totaled just 12 points in those contests.
Gonzaga had just wrapped up a tense overtime win against a physical, experienced, defensive-minded Seattle U team when coach Mark Few provided a glimpse of what’s on deck for the seventh-ranked Zags when they resume West Coast Conference play Sunday.
If it felt strange watching No. 7 Gonzaga play an overtime game at McCarthey Athletic Center Friday night against Seattle U, that’s probably because it’s happened just two other times since the venue opened in 2004.
Fifteen minutes after they were jointly named the most valuable players by a PA announcer, Tyon Grant-Foster, Graham Ike and Braden Huff arrived together at a postgame press conference together and lowered their bodies into folding chairs.
Senior forward Caden Bateman had a career game and Whitworth opened Northwest Conference play with an 80-67 win over Willamette on Friday night at the Whitworth Fieldhouse.
PULLMAN – Somewhere outside the Washington State locker room, as the team entered the tunnel for halftime against LMU, David Riley pulled Ace Glass aside.
PORTLAND – Washington State’s women’s basketball team faded in the second half and absorbed a 62-49 loss to Portland on Friday in a West Coast Conference game at the Chiles Center.
Tyon Grant-Foster and Graham Ike didn’t start for seventh-ranked Gonzaga on Friday, but they were happy to play the role of finisher in a tense 80-72 overtime victory over Seattle U at the McCarthey Athletic Center.
The special bond started in the offseason. Efton Chism III showed up to Gillette Stadium early at 5 a.m., looking to gain an edge. That’s when the undrafted free agent noticed his veteran teammate Mack Hollins doing the same thing.
The Zags’ defense, three days after yielding 93 points to San Diego, wasn’t perfect against the Redhawks, but it kept GU within striking distance until the offense found its stride in the second half and overtime.
