National Basketball Association
Washington 64, Washington St. 62
When: 11:30 PM ET, Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Where: MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officials:
# Michael Irving, # Tony Padilla, # Kurt Walker
Attendance:
8566
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Washington 64, Washington State 62: Scott Suggs scored 19 points and the sixth-seeded Huskies advanced to the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals despite blowing a 19-point second-half lead in Las Vegas.
C.J. Wilcox added 11 points, Shawn Kemp Jr. scored 10 and Abdul Gaddy contributed nine points and a season-high 11 assists for Washington (18-14), which will play third-seeded Oregon in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
Brock Motum scored 28 points for Washington State and matched his career high with five 3-pointers but the senior forward missed his final attempt from beyond the arc with four seconds left. D.J. Shelton added a career-high 19 points and Royce Woolridge scored 12 for the Cougars (13-19).
Washington still led by 15 points with 8:36 left before the Cougars got hot, scoring 15 straight points to tie the score at 62 with 2:50 on the clock. Both teams missed shots before Desmond Simmons sank a jumper for the Huskies for a 64-62 lead with 1:17 remaining and the Cougars couldn’t answer on their final two possessions.
A 14-0 run that began with a Wilcox 3-pointer and ended with a 3 from Suggs gave the Huskies an 18-5 lead with 11:43 left in the first half. The lead ballooned to as much as 15 in the opening 20 minutes before Washington took a 36-25 lead into the locker room.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Washington coach Lorenzo Romar improved to 14-6 in the conference tournament. His winning percentage of .700 trails only former UCLA coach Walt Hazzard (.750) and former Arizona coach Lute Olson (.727). … Woolridge, the son of former NBA player Orlando Woolridge, scored in double figures in 11 of the last 12 games after hitting that mark seven times in the first 20. … The teams made a combined 18 3-pointers.
Top Game Performances
Washington |
|
Washington St. |
Scott Suggs 19 |
Scoring |
Brock Motum 28 |
Abdul Gaddy 11 |
Assists |
Dexter Kernich-Drew 4 |
Aziz N'Diaye 8 |
Rebounds |
Mike Ladd 6 |
Scott Suggs 3 |
Free Throws Made |
D.J. Shelton 5 |
Abdul Gaddy 1 |
Steals |
Will DiIorio 2 |
Aziz N'Diaye 2 |
Blocks |
D.J. Shelton 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Washington
|
64 |
48.0 |
8-19 |
8-11 |
15 |
23 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
Washington St.
|
62 |
46.0 |
10-27 |
6-7 |
13 |
18 |
1 |
6 |
11 |