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Cougs Head to Utah to Face the Utes Sunday

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WSU finishes its regular season road schedule in Salt Lake City.

WASHINGTON STATE (9-17, 4-11)
at Utah (19-7, 8-7) | Sun., Feb. 24 | 11 a.m. PT
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OPENING FIVE
> The Cougs close out their final regular season roadtrip in Salt Lake City, taking on Utah at the Huntsman Center. The Cougs fell to the Utes earlier in the year in Pullman, 72-68, after battling back from down 21. 
> WSU suffered a 72-61 loss at Colorado Friday night as the Buffs split the season series with the Cougs with each holding serve at home. CU used a run in the 4th to turn a 3 pt game into the 11 pt victory.
> Borislava Hristova, a Cheryl Miller Watch top-10 nominee, enters the game 15th in the country in scoring and third in the Pac-12 at 20.7 ppg. She has amassed 539 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 44.1% 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. Molina will hit the 1,000 min mark eight minutes into the game Sunday.

GAME INFORMATION - VS UTAH
The Cougs close out their final regular season roadtrip in Salt Lake City, taking on Utah at the Huntsman Center. The Cougs fell to the Utes earlier in the year in Pullman, 72-68, after battling back from down 21. The front court pair of Megan Huff and Dre'Una Edwards combined for 41 points and 14 rebounds in the game. However, Edwards suffered a knee injury Friday vs Washington. Despite losing the presumptive Freshman of the Year the Utes cruised to a 88-56 win over the Huskies. Huff enters her final home game averaging 19.3 ppg, 6th best in the Pac-12.

LAST TIME OUT
A  tough night at elevation put an end to Washington State's (9-17, 4-11) mini-winning streak as Colorado (12-14, 2-13) pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 72-61 win in Boulder Friday night. Throughout the night the Cougars never looked quite like the high flying offense of the past two contests as their shots were just off the mark. Despite the offensive woes the Cougs found themselves down just three heading into the fourth quarter, but a six-minute field goal drought ended any hopes of a comeback for WSU.

SHOOTING THE LIGHTS OUT - COUGS CHASING HISTORY
The Cougars have put together one of the best shooting campaigns in program history as WSU enters the game making 44.1% 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%.
Behind the arc the Cougs have hit 35.5%, 2nd best in WSU history (record is 35.8% in 1991-92). The 189 made 3ptFG ranks 6th all-time (record is 215 in 2013-14).

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