WASHINGTON STATE (14-10, 5-6)
at UCLA (13-11, 6-5) | Thr., Feb. 13 | 8 p.m.
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OPENING FIVE
> The Cougs begin the second part of Pac-12 play which will send them on the road for five of the final seven games including two in LA this week beginning with UCLA Thursday night. WSU defeated the Bruins 79-71 in OT in the first meeting between the two teams.
> WSU improved to 14-10 overall and 5-6 in Pac-12 play, the most wins for the Cougs since 2011-12 overall after defeating Washington 79-67 last week in the first half of the Apple Cup Series.
> CJ Elleby was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for the second time on the year after a career-high 34 points and 10 rebounds against Washington. He's the first two-time winner for WSU since Brock Motum in 2012-13.
> The 1,000 pt watch is officially on for CJ Elleby who is now 74 points shy of the milestone. He is on pace to become the 3rd fastest in program history to hit 1K.
> After battling injuries all season the Cougs are starting to get healthy with the returns of Marvin Cannon and Tony Miller. The duo missed over a month of contests but both returned to action seeing limited minutes as they work back into the rotation.

GAME INFORMATION - AT UCLA
After three-straight at home the Cougs head back on the road to begin the backend of conference play beginning with a rematch against UCLA Thursday night in Westwood. The Cougs beat the Bruins in overtime, 79-71, for their first Pac-12 win of the season in early January. CJ Elleby hit the game-tying three in the final seconds of regulation while Isaac Bonton took over in the overtime period scoring eight points to lead the way to the win. The Bruins enter the game coming off an upset of Arizona, 65-62, in Tucson and have won three of four including sweeping Colorado and Utah inside Pauley two weeks ago.
The Cougs have struggled in LA having won just three times with the last win coming in 2009.

LAST TIME OUT
WSU 79 - UW 67 | Feb. 9, 2020 | Pullman, Wash.
A career day from CJ Elleby (34 pts, 10 rbds) led the Cougs to a run-away win over Washington in the first half of the Boeing Apple Cup Series Sunday afternoon at Beasley. While the Huskies held close for most of the day, the Cougs hit big threes and used clutch free throw shooting down the stretch to snap a four-game skid against UW.

ELLEBY TOP PAC-12 PLAYER, AGAIN
Star CJ Elleby was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for the week ending on  Feb. 9, the conference office announced Monday. Elleby, who also earned the top award Jan. 18, is the first WSU player to earn multiple weekly awards in a season since Brock Motum in 2012-13 and the first underclassmen since the legend Klay Thompson went back-to-back in November of 2009. 
In the first half of the Boeing Apple Cup rivalry series with Washington, Elleby, a Seattle native, put on a show against the team from the West Side as the second year Coug led WSU to a convincing, 79-67, win over the Huskies Sunday afternoon. Elleby was nearly unstoppable throughout the day as the star forward scored a career-high 34 points while grabbing 10 rebounds to nab his fourth double-double of the season. In addition, Elleby was stellar on the defensive end, hounding the Huskies on the perimeter while protecting the paint as well to the tune of a career-best three blocks.

ELLEBY ELECTRIC
Entering the year on every ones watch list, sophomore CJ Elleby has not disappointed as he has scored in double-figures in 21 of 24 games while eclipsing 20 points in 14 games, and 30 points once. In addition to his scoring prowess, Elleby leads the team in rebounding at 7.3 rpg as well as defensively with 1.46 steals per game.
He has twice been named Pac-12 Player of the Week including after scoring a career-high 34 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to beat UW in the first half of the Apple Cup Series.
Elleby is 3rd in the Pac-12 in scoring and 53rd nationally at 19.0 ppg. Elleby has an effective field goal% of 49.3%
He has his sights set on becoming the newest member of the 1,000 pt club with 926 career points. He needs 74 points to reach the plateau. On his current scoring pace he will be the third fastest to reach 1,000 points in program history, coming in just in front of the legend Klay Thompson. His career 16.5 ppg ranks 5th all-time.
CJ has scored 455 points on the year, 6th best for a sophomore in WSU history. Klay Thompson (2010) holds the record with 602 points. Additionally, his 55 3PTFG ranks 5th. The record is held by Klay of 76.  

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