National Basketball Association
Idaho 77, Washington St. 71
When: 10:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Where: Wallis Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, Pullman, Washington
Officials:
# Kevin Brill, # Jeff Ketchu, # Tony Padilla
Attendance:
2723
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Idaho 77, Washington State 71: Mike Scott scored 19 points and had six assists as the visiting Vandals ended a 11-game losing streak to the Cougars.
Connor Hill also finished with 19 points, including 5-of-9 from 3-point range, and Sekou Wiggs added 12 points for Idaho (3-3). Bira Seck grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds to go along with nine points for the Vandals, who presented Don Verlin with his 100th coaching victory.
DaVonte Lacy scored 17 points on 5-of-18 shooting and Josh Hawkinson finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds for Washington State (3-4). Ike Iroegbu scored 13 points before fouling out midway through the second half and Ny Redding chipped in with 10 points for the Cougars, who shot 35.2 percent - including 5-of-30 from 3-point range.
Idaho bolted to a 14-2 lead in less than five minutes as Hill drilled a pair of 3-pointers. But Washington State chipped away at the lead and after four free throws by Que Johnson sandwiched around a jumper by Lacy, closed to within one point 32-31 at halftime.
Washington State took its first lead 34-32 on a three-point play by Iroegbu to start the second half, but the Vandals used a 14-2 run capped by a 3-pointer by Scott to boost their advantage to 52-42 with 13:05 left. The Vandals led by as many as 14 points 60-46 after a layup by Perrion Callandret with 8:10 to go and the Cougars never got any closer than five points the rest of the way.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Idaho outrebounded the Cougars 44-41 and finished with 12 offensive boards that led to 13 second-chance points. ... Lacy, who entered the contest second in the Pac-12 in 3-pointers made with 15, finished 3-of-13 behind the arc. ... Washington State and Idaho met for the 109th consecutive season, the oldest continuous rivalry west of the Mississippi River and sixth-longest nationally with Columbia-Yale and Princeton-Yale coming in No. 1 at 115 years.
Top Game Performances
Idaho |
|
Washington St. |
Connor Hill 19 |
Scoring |
DaVonte Lacy 17 |
Mike Scott 6 |
Assists |
Ike Iroegbu 4 |
Bira Seck 11 |
Rebounds |
Josh Hawkinson 10 |
Sekou Wiggs 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Que Johnson 5 |
Mike Scott 2 |
Steals |
Josh Hawkinson 2 |
Sekou Wiggs 2 |
Blocks |
Josh Hawkinson 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Idaho
|
77 |
45.0 |
7-19 |
16-26 |
12 |
38 |
3 |
5 |
13 |
Washington St.
|
71 |
35.2 |
5-30 |
16-19 |
13 |
35 |
4 |
8 |
9 |