Cougs celebrate against Washington

Final Regular Season Road Trip Begins in Boulder

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The Cougars go for the sweep of Colorado Friday night.

WASHINGTON STATE (9-16, 4-10)
at Colorado (11-14, 1-13) | Fri., Feb. 22 | 6 p.m. PT
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OPENING FIVE
> The Cougs final regular season road trip begins in Boulder Friday night as WSU goes for the season sweep of the Buffs. WSU beat Colorado by 26 (74-48) in early January in Pullman.
> WSU posted its most lopsided win in the Boeing Apple Cup Series Friday, defeating Washington by 33 points, 94-61. The Cougs shot 60.7% in the game, the fourth-best percentage in program history and the best since 1997. Six Cougs scored in double-figures including all five starters.
> Borislava Hristova, a Cheryl Miller Watch top-10 nominee, enters the game 14th in the country in scoring and third in the Pac-12 at 20.9 ppg. She has amassed 523 points on the season as she is in reach of a 600 pt season for WSU.
> The Cougars have put together one of the best shooting campaigns in program history as WSU enters the game making 44.2% of their shots, 2nd best in WSU history (record is 44.5% in 1991-92). The last time WSU shot over 40% from the field was in 2013-14 when the Cougs shot exactly 40.0%.
> The Cougars big three of Molina (38.1 min), Hristova (35.9 min), and Swedlund (33.7) are on pace to play the most minutes in single season history with Swedlund on pace to become the only Coug to play 1,000 min in multiple seasons.

GAME INFORMATION - VS COLORADO
The Cougs head to Boulder to begin their final regular season roadtrip beginning with round two against Colorado. WSU dominated the Buffs in Pullman earlier in the year winning 74-48, and will look for the sweep for the first time since 2016. Colorado got a boost last week with the return of their star guard Kennedy Leonard who missed 10 games with a foot injury. The Buffs enter the game just 1-11 in conference play with their lone win coming against USC two weeks ago in Boulder. They dropped a pair of games in Arizona last week. Overall, Leonard leads the attack at 13.5 ppg while Alexis Robinson has averaged 12.8 ppg. Four Buff players average double-figures.

LAST TIME OUT
In one of the most complete and dominating performances in program history, Washington State (9-16, 4-10) crushed their rivals from Washington (8-17, 1-12), 94-61, to complete the season sweep of the Boeing Apple Cup Series Friday night at Beasley Coliseum. From start to finish, the Cougars found a new level of sustained offensive excellence en route to the 33-point victory that was WSU's largest margin of victory over the Huskies in the NCAA era. The Cougars shot a season-best 60.7% (34-56) from the floor, the fourth-best single game percentage in WSU history. WSU dished out 29 assists on 34 made field goals. Six Cougs scored in double-figures including all five starters.

COUGS REPEAT THEIR RECORD FEAT OF BACK-TO-BACK 90-POINT PERFORMANCES
For the second time on the year the Cougars have posted back-to-back 90-point performances with a 90-88 win over Arizona and a 94-61 win over Washington. WSU accomplished the feat against San Francisco and Boise State in non-conference play, surpassing 90-points in back-to-back games for the first time in program history.
The Cougars 33 point win over UW was the largest margin of victory for WSU in the 96 game series dating back to 1971.
WSU scored 61 points against USF in the first half, the third-most all-time in a single half while the 34 points scored in the second quarter against USF was a quarter record or WSU. Against Boise State, the Cougs 95 points tied for the 10th most in a single game for the Cougs and the most since a 107 point effort against Oregon March 6, 2014 in the Pac-12 Tournament.

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