WASHINGTON STATE (6-8, 1-2)
vs Utah (12-1, 2-1) | Fri., Jan. 11 | 7 p.m.
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OPENING FIVE
> The Cougars return home to Beasley for the first time in nearly six weeks having not played in Pullman since a 95-71 win over Boise State on Dec. 1.
> WSU started Pac-12 play with three road contests, beating Washington before falling at #11 Oregon State and #5 Oregon last week.
> Senior Alexys Swedlund, WSU's all-time three-point queen, became the 19th player in program history to hit 1,000 career points after scoring nine at Oregon Sunday. She is 18th all-time with 1,002 points.
> Borislava Hristova, a Cheryl Miller Watch List nominee, enters the week scoring 22.5 ppg, 2nd in the Pac-12 and 7th in the nation. 
> The Cougars are 37th in the nation in shooting (6th in the Pac-12), at 44.5%. Behind the arc, WSU hits at a 36.3% clip, also 37th in the nation.

GAME INFORMATION - VS UTAH
The Cougars return home to Beasley for the first time in nearly six weeks having not played in Pullman since a 95-71 win over Boise State on Dec. 1. WSU has played six-straight away from home, going 2-4 in those games. Playing their first Pac-12 home games, the Cougars welcome the Mountain Schools, taking on Utah Thursday. The Utes enters the weekend at 13-1 overall and 2-1 in Pac-12 play after suffering their first loss of the year last week, 65-63, to Arizona State. The Cougars have struggled against the Utes, going 6-16 all-time while dropping five of the last six. However, nearly every game has been tight, going down to the last possession or minute to decide a winner.
The Utes are led by their freshmen who have taken six of nine Pac-12 Freshman of the Week awards.

LAST TIME OUT
WSU dropped a pair of games in Oregon, falling in a close one at #11 Oregon State Friday night before succumbing to #5 Oregon Sunday. The Ducks used a pair o fbig runs in the second quarter to break open a tight game, leading by 20 at the break before finishing with a 98-58 win in Eugene. Ruthy Hebard scored a career best 34 points to lead the Ducks while Sabrina Ionescu added her 15th career triple-double. Chanelle Molina led the way for the Cougars with 14 points while Borislava Hristova was held in check to the tune of 13 points.

SWEDLUND'S  HITS 1,000
After four solid years firing away from deep, Coug senior sniper Alexys Swedlund etched her name among the best scorers in program history as she became the 19th member of WSU's 1,000-point club Sunday, Jan. 6 at Oregon. Swedlund fittingly hit a three in the third quarter to push her way over the century mark. 
She now sits 18th overall in scoring at 1,002 career points.
With Swedlund over 1,000, the Cougars have two players with 1,000 career points (Borislava Hristova as well) marking just the 6th season in program history two 1,000 point scorers have taken the court together for the Cougars (the last being 2015, Tia Presley and Lia Galderia).

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