The Cougar men’s basketball team has earned the university a ton of media coverage this season — including regular newspaper and television coverage of home and away games. Currently ranked 9th in the nation, the Coug’s upcoming game against Oregon, has been tabbed as the “Pac-10 Game of the Week” by The Seattle Post Intelligencer. Notes the P-I: “The […]
PULLMAN – The WSU men’s basketball team and tennis team were both victorious over the weekend. The men’s basketball team defeated the California Golden Bears 59-46. It was the Cougars’ 21st win of the season. Meanwhile, the tennis team added two more wins to its record, finishing its non-conference schedule 8-1. (Photos by Robert Hubner, […]
The Washington State Cougars defeated No. 25 Stanford on Thursday evening, 58-45. For the first time since the 1993-94 season, the Cougars reached 20 wins. After a 22-20 halftime lead, the Cougars pushed the lead up to 30-21 and then continued to take the victory. WSU held Stanford to 45 points, a season low for […]
The Washington State Univerity men’s basketball team is ranked 14th in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today national polls announced Monday, Feb. 5. The rankings in the AP poll equals the highest by the Cougars (19-4, 8-3 Pacific-10) in school history. Washington State was ranked 14th, by the Associated Press Jan. 25, 1949. Washington State […]
The WSU women’s basketball team lost to No. 12 Arizona state, 66-41, on Saturday. Adriane Ferguson was the leading scorer for WSU with 10 points and Ebonee Coates had a career high of six steals, contributing to the Cougars 14 steals overall. The WSU women’s basketball team’s next game will be at Stanford on Feb. 8 […]
PULLMAN – Another conference game, another close win for the Oregon Ducks. The No. 20 Cougars lost 77-74 in overtime to No. 7 Ducks. Coach Tony Bennett said the game was highly emotional for his team. “Like always, they played with a lot of heart and battled,” he said. “We could have grabbed a […]
PULLMAN – The homemade sign from a Washington State fan in the front row stared at the Huskies from the opening tipoff until the game’s merciful conclusion: “Whose state? Our state.” And any doubt as to the validity of that claim was put to rest as the host team turned in a performance that made […]
The foundation’s been laid, the baton’s been passed, and under leadership of Coach Tony Bennett, the WSU Cougars rocked the collegiate basketball world last night as they handed defeat to the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Kyle Weaver gets hammered as he goes inside the paint Aron Baynes softly hooks shot over defense The Cougs performance was marked […]
PULLMAN — WSU basketball coach Dick Bennett officially announced his retirement Tuesday, Feb. 28, as his son Tony Bennett was named the new coach, by Cougar Director of Athletics Jim Sterk. Tony Bennett becomes the 16th man to lead the Cougars. His father’s resignation takes effect at the end of the season. Washington State is 11-14, 4-12 […]
Student conduct proceedings at Washington State University have determined that two students, Alex Kirk and Robbie Cowgill, accused of harassment, did not violate university conduct provisions. Conduct officers concluded that, although the accused students may have engaged in adolescent behavior, there was insufficient evidence to support a finding of harassment. According to WSU Vice President […]