• Due to Covid postponement, WSU men's hoops (16-13,9-9 Pac-12) found themselves playing a conference makeup game against Oregon State (3-25,1-17 Pac-12) on the Beaver's homecourt in Corvallis, OR. It took an overtime period for Wazzu to emerge with a victory by the final score of 103-97.
  Monday games for the Cougs are about as rare as the games they have trailed at halftime this season. It has happened before, but not very often. Whether it was the unique position at halftime, Wazzu trailed 48-37, or the fact that OSU just isn't a very good team this season, and Wazzu came back to force overtime, then dominated the extra five minutes of play. How bad are the Beavers? Wazzu handed them their 15th consecutive loss. Yikes!
  Michael Flowers led the way in scoring for WSU, pouring in 27-points. Freshman Mouhamed Gueye scored eight of his 19 in overtime.
  It wasn't the offense that won the day for WSU, it was good defense when it counted going down the stretch. The Beavers had their way with the Cougs the entire first half, virtually scoring at will. Massive OSU center Roman Silva seemed on track for a career night in the first half by tossing in 15-points before intermission. Maurice Calloo scored 15 in the opening period with a variety of high arcing shots. Dashawn Davis looked like an all-conference player by putting up 13 points and 11 assists.
  Wazzu was slow to figure out how to slow down their opponent but with the clock winding down to just 6:30 remaining, Michael Flowers converted one of his patented 3-point jumpers to put the Cougs ahead 72-71. Regulation ended with the scoreboard reading 84 for both squads.
  From the overtime tipoff, this game was in the control of Washington State. Before fans knew it, Gueye threw in a layup followed by a pair of free throws and the Cougs were on their way to snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.
  Mirroring back-to-back games with UW last week, WSU will host these same Beavers in Pullman this Thursday night at 8pm. The game will be broadcast on FS1.
  Postgame Notes
  • With the win, the Cougars:
  o Improved to 16-13 on the year and 9-9 in Pac-12 contests
   Second time in three years the Cougs have won 16 games under Coach Smith ties for the most since winning 19 in 2011-12
  o First win at OSU since 2013 – snapped a six game skid on the road in Corvallis
  • 103 points the most points scored in a game against OSU in the 302 game history
  o 2nd time scoring 100+ points on the year
  o Both 100+ point games on the year coming in the Cougs’ longest-running rivalries in program history and both on the road (109 at Idaho, 103 at OSU)
  o Cougs are 31-3 all-time in games scoring 100+ points.
  • First overtime game of the year for the Cougs – first since at ASU Feb. 27, 2021
  o First road overtime victory since Dec. 19, 2010 at Santa Clara
  o First OT win since 3OT game vs Stanford Feb. 20, 2021
  • Cougs trailed at the break for just the sixth time - 11 points and is the second-largest margin
  o Improved to 2-4 in games trailing at the break
  o Biggest comeback victory (trailed by 13 in the first half) in a conference play since trailing by 13 vs UW Jan. 1, 2017
  • Six Cougs scored in double figures for the second time on the year – first time since at Idaho, Nov. 18.
  o First time with six in double figures in a conference game since at Colorado on March 7, 2015
  • Michael Flowers led the Cougs in scoring with 27 points while adding 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals
  o Back-to-back 20+ point games (has scored 57 points in the last two road games)
  o 21st game on the year with double-digit points – 106 in his career
  o 8th 20+ point game
  o Four straight double-digit scoring halves (10 in the first, 11 in the second, 6 in OT)
  o 2nd straight game with 6+ three-pointers (had 7 at UW)
  o 34 straight games with a three-pointer
  o 85 threes on the year – 4th most all-time and 13 away from Klay Thompson’s single-season record
  of 98
  • Mouhamed Gueye scored in double-figures for the third straight game with 19 points
  o Finished a perfect 7-7 from the field and 5-6 from the line
  o 10th double-digit scoring game of the season
  • Tyrell Roberts scored 12 points
  o 12th double-digit scoring half (11 in the second)
  https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/college_sports/wsu_sports/flowers-gueye-lead-washington-state-past-oregon-state-in-ot/article_d4fbe876-9fbf-5fad-8e93-75e09be346c3.html
• Cougfan.com editor Barry Bolton turned in a detailed story on new running back Coach Mark Atuaia. Here's a link to the piece:
  https://247sports.com/college/washington-state/Article/Give-WSU-football-RBs-coach-Mark-Atuaia-a-mic-and-leave-the-rest-to-him-183634817/

Go Cougs!!!