WASHINGTON STATE (5-4) at ST. LOUIS (7-3) 
12:00 p.m. PT | Sunday | Dec. 18, 2016
St. Louis, Missouri | Chaifetz Arena (10,600)

SERIES HISTORY
The Cougs head east for a pair of games to finish off the non-conference slate of games beginning with one at St. Louis on Sunday afternoon. Against the Billikens, the Cougars face a fresh foe as the two teams have never met on the court before. St. Louis, a member of the A10 conference, is 7-3 on the year and 3-1 at home. They finished tied for the conference title last season at 26-8 overall and made it to the 3rd round of the WNIT. The Billikens were picked to repeat as conference champions thanks to three different players scoring in double-figures on the year led by Jackie Kemph at 14.6 ppg.

LAST TIME OUT
Playing their first true road game of the season, the Washington State women's basketball team dropped a tough one at Gonzaga falling 79-61 at the Kennel Thursday night. Playing without one of their starters and their second-leading scorer for the second-straight game, the Cougars only saw the night get worse as they lost their top threat just eight minutes into the game in what would turn out to be a rough trip to Spokane for Washington State. Out of the gate, the Cougs found themselves in trouble as the Zags hit their first eight shots en route to a 34-point opening quarter. The 34 points were the most given up by the Cougars in a single quarter on the year as they found themselves down 14, 34-20, after just 10 minutes to play. Overall, the Cougs put two in double-figures in Chanelle Molina (11 points) and Maria Kostourkova (10 points). The Zags finished the night shooting 54.5% (30-of-55) from the floor, a season-best against the Cougs on the year. They did most of their damage from deep hitting 10-of-16.

ABOUT THE BILLIKENS
St. Louis was picked to win the A-10 Conference after finishing 2015-16 as co-champions. In addition to the A-10 coaches' prediction, College Sports Madness picked the Billikens to win the A-10 crown and projected them as a No. 10 seed in the NCAA Championship. This season, the Billikens lead the A-10 in scoring offense (75.0 ppg), field goal percentage (.460), assists (18.8 apg), and scoring margin (+17.0 ppg). Three players are averaging double-figures led by Kemph while Sadie Stipanovich has posted averages of 13.1 ppg and 7.3 rpg.