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February 15, 2022
Wazzu News and Notes - February 15, 2022
- WSU men's hoops (14-10,7-6 Pac-12) absorbed yet another tough loss Monday night. This time around it was to a very good Oregon team (17-8,10-4 Pac-12) on their home court in Eugene. The scoreboard read 62-59 as the final second ticked off after a long three-pointer was hoisted up by Michael Flowers. It was some heroic play by Flowers that even gave the Cougs a chance to pull this one out. He scored ten of the Cougars' final twelve points in the contest.
Coach Kyle Smith's troops had their hands full trying to shut down a terrific, athletic front line of the Ducks. On paper, this game was a mismatch. Oregon has a wealth of big men to play down low and pound their opponent physically. Wazzu bothered them enough to create an offensive off night for the Duck big men. And that almost was enough to get a win. But when it comes to playing the game, Wazzu came to play.
Washington State, which has now lost three straight in conference, plays at No. 13 UCLA on Thursday.
POSTGAME NOTES
• With the loss, the Cougars:
o Fell to 14-10 on the year and 7-6 in Pac-12 contests
o Snapped a two-game winning streak against the Ducks
o 300th all-time game between the two schools – Ducks lead 174-126
• WSU trailed at halftime for just the 4th time in 24 games
• Fell to 0-5 on the year in games decided by one possession
• The Cougs had 11 of 13 active players available for the contest
o Cougs were without Dishon Jackson for the ninth-straight game due to injury as well as Jefferson
Koulibaly being an injury scratch for the fifth-straight game
• Michael Flowers led the team in scoring for the 9th time with a game-high 23 points
o Scored double figures for the 17th time on the year – 102nd time in his career
o 6th 20+ point game of the year – 3rd in Pac-12 play, all three in the last three road games
o Scored double figures in each half (11&12) – team-best 13 double-digit scoring halves
• Noah Williams scored 13 points – 12 in the first half
o Tied a season-high with 2 three-pointers
o 6th double-digit scoring half – 14th double-digit scoring game
• Tyrell Roberts with a career high 7 rebounds – 1st time leading the team in rebounding
• TJ Bamba tied for the team-high with 7 rebounds
o Most rebounds in a Pac game for the sophomore
o 2nd time on the year leading the team in rebounding
• Efe Abogidi recorded his 74th and 75th career blocks passing Klay Thompson for 16th all-time
• 22 offensive rebounds
o Tied for the 5th most since 1980, most since grabbing 22 at Idaho 12/04/2002
• Season low shooting 30.1% (22-73)
o 73 attempts tied for the most on the year with the Arizona game Thursday, Feb. 10
• Did not attempt a free throw in the opening half-second time on the year without a free throw attempt in a half
https://wsucougars.com/news/2022/2/14/mens-basketball-last-second-three-rims-out-as-wsus-rally-falls-short-at-oregon.aspx
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