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    Huskies seek payback against WSU Friday

    SPNW StaffBy SPNW StaffFebruary 28, 2014Updated:February 27, 2014No Comments8 Mins Read
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    Senior C.J. Wilcox has three regular-season home games left in his college career. / Drew McKenzie, Sportspress Northwest

    GAME: Washington State (9-18 overall, 2-13 Pac-12) at Washington (15-13 overall, 7-8 Pac-12). WHEN: Friday, 7:30 p.m., Alaska Airlines Arena. TYPE: Conference. MEETING: 279th (UW leads 177-101). RANKINGS: Neither school ranked. COACHES: Ken Bone, Washington State; Lorenzo Romar, Washington. TV: Pac-12 Networks. RADIO: KJR 950 AM

    As Howie Stalwick’s story for Sportspress Northwest describes, Ken Bone will make his final appearance at Alaska Airlines Arena Friday as Washington State’s head basketball coach. The Cougars are apparently set to relieve Bone of his duties.

    WSU is 9-17 this year, including 2-12 in Pac-12 play. During his tenure, Bone’s teams have gone 66-63 as an encore to former head coach Tony Bennett’s three seasons (2006-09), when WSU went 69-33 and made two NCAA Tournament appearances.

    The Cougars delivered one of their rare wins this season Feb. 1, defeating Washington 72-67. WSU trailed 42-34 with 13:40 to play following 3-pointers by Nigel Williams-Goss and C.J. Wilcox, but forced the Huskies to miss 13 of their next 14 shots.

    “It’s always a battle against Washington,” said Bone, a former Lorenzo Romar assistant. “The Huskies are coming off a win (86-62 at Oregon State) and I think we’ll be seeing them at their best this season. We definitely need a win, no doubt about that.”

    Washington State hasn’t been able to generate much offense this season. The Cougars rank 12th in the conference in scoring offense (62.3 points per game), 12th in field goal percentage (40.6), 12th in free throw shooting (64.8) and 10th in 3-point shooting (33.7).

    “We need more guys to score,” said Bone. “That’s been them theme all year long. We haven’t had enough guys scoring.”

    Junior DaVonte Lacy has been in double figures in all but two games this season and twice has gone for more than 30 — 34 at Colorado Feb. 5 and 39 against California Feb. 12. But while Lacy is averaging 19.3, only one other Cougar is in double digits, D.J. Shelton at 10.0.

    As bad, the Cougars, 0-9 in conference road games, are the worst in the conference at defending the 3-ball (37.6), a stat that makes Wilcox take notice. He’s made more 3-pointers (79) than any player in the conference.

    “C.J. is just such a prolific player,” said Bone. “He lit us up (24 points) the first time we played them and we really guarded him.”

    With 13 losses, the Huskies have pretty much killed their chances of an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, but a sweep of their final three at home and a good showing in the Pac-12 Tournament could get them an invite to the NIT.

    SERIES: Dates to Feb. 16, 1910 when Washington won 13-9 in Pullman. The Huskies have won three of their last four against the Cougars, but dropped the last one, 72-67, in Pullman Feb. 1. UW held the halftime lead after shooting 52 percent, but made only 38 percent in the second half. C.J. Wilcox led the Huskies with 24 points and D.J. Shelton led WSU with 20.

    UW STATS / NOTES

    • REGULAR-SEASON SUMMARY: Record: 15-13. Home: 12-3. Road: 3-8. Neutral: 0-2. Vs. Pac-12: 7-8. Vs. Pac-12 North: 4-5. Vs. Pac-12 South: 3-3. Vs. Non-Conference: 8-5. Points: 2087 (74.5). Field Goal Pct.: 44.5. 3-Pt. FG Pct.: 33.7. Free Throw Pct.: 76.1. Rebounds: 969 (34.6). Assists: 374 (13.4). Turnovers: 322 (11.5). Steals: 149 (5.3). Blocks: 84 (3.0). Points Against: 2108 (75.3). Opp. FG Pct.: 48.0. Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct.: 32.1. Opp FT Pct.: 68.1. Opp. Rebounds: 922 (32.9). Opp. Assists: 344 (12.3). Opp. Turnovers: 314 (11.2). Opp. Steals: 151 (5.4). Opp. Blocks: 119 (4.3).
    • PAC-12 RANKINGS: Scoring Offense — 8th (74.5). Scoring Defense — 11th (75.3). Scoring Margin — 10th (-0.8). FG Pct. — 9th (44.5). FT Pct. — 2nd (76.1). 3-Pt FG Pct. — 10th (33.7). Rebound Margin — 7th (+1.7). Blocked Shots –11th (3.00). Assists — 8th (13.3). Steals — 9th (5.3). Turnover Margin — 8th (-0.29).
    • RATINGS PERCENTAGE INDEX: Nov. 11 — 99; Nov. 18 — 96; Nov. 25 — 150; Dec. 2 — 218; Dec. 9 — 198; Dec. 15 — 198; Dec. 23 — 170; Dec. 30 — 180; Jan. 6 — 127; Jan 13 — 82; Jan. 20 — 83; Jan. 27 — 71; Feb. 3 — 81; Feb. 8 — 75; Feb. 16 — 84; Feb. 23 — 79.
    • Washington’s victory over Oregon State marked Lorenzo Romar’s 250th victory at Washington.
    • C.J. Wilcox is in second place on Washington’s career scoring list with 1,814 points. No. 1 is Chris Welp (2,073).
    • Wilcox has scored 20 or more points in a game 33 times during his Husky career.
    • Nigel Williams-Goss has scored in double figures in 12 of 15 conference contests. Goss averages 13.3, tops among Pac-12 freshmen.
    • With 10 assists against Oregon State, Williams-Goss became the first UW freshman to have 10 or more in a game since Michael McClain March 3, 1994.
    • Senior Perris Blackwell posted seven double-doubles.
    • The Huskies are wearing patches on the uniforms in recognition of Marv Harshman, head coach from 1972-85, who passed away April 12. Harshman had a 246-146 record at Washington and won back-to-back Pac-10 championships in 1984 and 1985.
    • Preseason Pac-12 media poll — 1. Arizona (21, 273). 2. UCLA (2, 212). 3. Colorado (1, 211), 4. Oregon (196). 5. Cal (194). 6. Stanford (166). 7. Arizona State (159). 8. Washington (121). 9. Utah (68). 10. Oregon State (67). 11. USC (63). 12. Washington State (39).

    UW HEAD COACH: Lorenzo Romar (345-228 overall, 252-140 UW) is coming off a year in which the Huskies finished 18-16 and ended with a loss to Brigham Young in the National Invitation Tournament. Romar took the Huskies to the NCAA Tournament six times and won three Pac-10 Tournament titles (2005, 2010, 2011).

    2012-13 Washington Regular-Season Statistics

    Player G FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
    C.J. Wilcox 28 .459 .397 .854 3.8 2.6 18.6
    N.W.-Goss 28 .465 .346 .708 4.1 4.1 13.3
    A. Andrews 28 .371 .277 .798 3.8 2.5 12.1
    P. Blackwell 27 .536 .000 .656 6.9 1.0 10.5
    M. Anderson 28 .420 .294 .747 5.9 1.8 6.0
    D. Johnson 27 .338 .234 .820 1.7 0.4 5.6
    D. Simmons 18 .452 .250 .750 4.3 0.6 5.1
    Shawn Kemp 28 .571 .000 .667 1.9 1.8 4.3
    J. Taylor 17 .368 .400 .750 0.2 0.1 1.2
    G. Dierckx 13 .125 .000 .500 0.8 0.1 0.2
    Total 28 .445 .337 .761 34.6 13.3 74.5
    Opponents 28 .480 .321 .681 32.9 12.2 75.3

    University of Washington 2013-14 Schedule

    Date Opponent UW Rnk Opp Rnk W/L Score Rec.
    11/6/13 @vs. Cent. Wash — — W 95-65 0-0
    11/10/13 vs. Seattle U. — — W 88-78 1-0
    11/14/13 vs. UC Irvine — — L 86-72 1-1
    11/17/13 vs. E. Wash — — W 92-80 2-1
    11/21/13 *vs. Indiana — — L 102-84 2-2
    11/22/13 *vs. Boston Co — 18 L 89-78 2-3
    11/26/13 vs. Montana — — W 83-79 3-3
    12/30/13 vs. L. Beach St. — — W 92-89 4-3
    12/8/13 vs. SD State — 24 L 70-63 4-4
    12/14/13 vs. Idaho St. — — W 85-66 5-4
    12/17/13 at Tulane — — W 73-62 6-4
    12/22/13 vs. UConn — 10 L 82-70 6-5
    12/27/13 vs. Miss. Valley — — W 95-80 7-5
    12/29/13 vs. Hartford — — W 73-67 8-5
    1/2/14 at ASU — — W 76-65 9-5
    1/4/14 at Arizona — 1 L 71-62 9-6
    1/8/14 vs. Utah — — W 59-57 10-6
    1/12/14 vs. Colorado — 15 W 71-54 11-6
    1/15/14 at Cal — — L 82-56 11-7
    1/18/13 at Stanford — — L 79-67 11-8
    1/23/14 vs. Oregon — — W 80-76 12-8
    1/25/14 vs. OSU — — W 87-81 13-8
    2/1/14 at WSU — — L 72-67 13-9
    2/6/14 at Utah — — L 78-69 13-10
    2/9/14 at Colorado — — L 91-65 13-11
    2/12/14 vs. Stanford — — W 64-60 14-11
    2/15/14 vs. Cal — — L 72-59 14-12
    2/19/14 at Oregon — — L 78-71 14-13
    2/22/14 at OSU — — W 86-62 15-13
    2/28/14 vs. WSU — — — —– —
    3/6/14 vs. UCLA — — — —– —
    3/8/14 vs. USC — — — —– —
    3/12/14 ^Pac-12 — — — —– —
    3/13/14 ^Pac-12 — — — —– —
    3/14/14 ^Pac-12 — — — —– —
    3/15/14 ^Pac-12 — — — —– —
    3/18-19/14 NCAA 1st 4 — — — —– —
    3/20-23/14 NCAA 2nd, 3rd — — — —– —
    3/27-30/14 NCAA Reg. — — — —– —
    4/5/14 NCAA Semis — — — —– —
    4/7/14 NCAA Final — — — —– —

    @=Exhibition; *=2K Sports Classic; ^=Pac-12 Tournament
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