UTAH (11-3, 2-1) vs WASHINGTON ST. (8-7, 1-2)
11 a.m. | Sunday | Jan. 7, 2018
Pullman, Wash. | Beasley Coliseum (11,671)
MATCHUP NOTES
The Cougs finish off their home weekend with a tilt against Utah Sunday afternoon. The game is WSU's annual Cougs Have Heart game as WSU plays to bring awareness to heart health. Last season, the Cougs split Utah with both teams winning on the road. At home in the loss the Cougs struggled to get their offense going despite 19 points out of
Alexys Swedlund. Swedlund had 13 at Utah in the Cougs win. Utah holds the 14-6 advantage and has won three of the last four meetings between the two teams.
LAST TIME OUT
From beginning to end the night was owned by
Borislava Hristova as the redshirt-sophomore poured in a career-best 36 points to lead Washington State (8-7, 1-2 Pac-12) to the convincing 89-75 win over Colorado (10-4, 1-2 Pac-12) Friday night at Beasley Coliseum. Setting the tone early, Hristova got the Cougs out and running as the third-year gunner scored WSU's first 10 points of the game and 12 of the opening 20 to give the Cougs the early lead. After a brief moment lapse that allowed Colorado to take its only lead of the game to open the second quarter, Hristova and the Cougs began to separate from the Buffaloes late in the half with a 4-0 finishing run. The six point advantage at the break would swell to 13 just four minutes into the third quarter when the Cougs put together a 1:16, 9-0, run thanks to their junior center,
Maria Kostourkova, who scored five of her eight in the quarter during the onslaught. From there, Colorado would never get closer than two-possessions as the Cougs used another 9-0 run to swell the lead to as much as 17 before holding off the physical Buffaloes for their first Pac-12 win of the season.
ABOUT THE UTES
The Utes enter the game 11-3 on the year and 2-1 in Pac-12 play with wins over Arizona and most recently Washington. On Friday, Utah led from start to finish at Washington, holding off a late charge by the Huskies to win 74-65. In the win, Daneesha Provo scored 20 points while Erika Bean added 10. As a team, Utah shot 52.8% from the floor. Provo leads the team in scoring for the season at 13.8 points per game while Megan Huff and Emily Potter average 13.4 and 12.2 points per game, respectively.Â
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