vs Detroit Mercy (3-3, 0-0) | Friday, Nov. 25 | 1 pm PT | Beasley Coliseum
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OPENING FIVE
1. The Cougars return to Pullman to host Detroit Mercy in the second home game of the season, Friday, Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. at Beasley Coliseum. The matchup marks the first all-time meeting between WSU and Detroit Mercy. The Titans are led by Antoine Davis, the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year and Detroit Mercy's all-time leading scorer with 2,882 career points (15th in NCAA history).
2. Last time out, WSU buried a season-high 15 3-pointers to beat Eastern Washington, 82-56, at Spokane Arena Monday night. The Cougars were led by Jabe Mullins with a career-high 24 points on 8-of-11 from beyond the arc. WSU also dished out a season-best 20 assists in the win with just six turnovers.
3. TJ Bamba has scored in double figures for three-straight games, including a career-high 24 points against Boise State, Nov. 12 - the first 20-point game of his career. Bamba is averaging a team-best 15.5 points per game on 51.2% shooting, to go along with 5.0 rebounds per game.
4. Jabe Mullins eight made 3-point field goals is the most by a Coug since Noah Williams had eight vs Stanford on Feb. 20, 2021. It's also the most made 3s by a Pac-12 player this season and tied for the second-most by any player in Division I this season. At 11-of-22 (.500) from beyond the arc this year, Mullins is tied for 32nd in the country in 3-point percentage.
5. The Cougars have been short-handed since preseason, when Dishon Jackson and Myles Rice were announced out indefinitely for medical issues. Since the season-opener, WSU has been without Andrej Jakimovski (foot), while Dylan Darling and DJ Rodman have both missed action due to injury or illness.

COUGARS VS TITANS
Washington State hosts Detroit Mercy, Friday, Nov. 25, in the first all-time meeting between the programs. The Cougars and Titans will tipoff at 1 p.m. PT from Beasley Coliseum with coverage on Pac-12 Networks. The Titans are led by Antoine Davis, the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year and Detroit Mercy's all-time leading scorer with 2,882 career points - 2nd in Horizon League history, 15th in NCAA history, and 785 shy of the NCAA all-time scoring record.

LAST TIME OUT – AT EASTERN WASHINGTON
Jabe Mullins scored a career-high 24 points on 8-for-11 shooting from 3-point range and Washington State avenged last year's loss beating Eastern Washington 82-56 on Monday night.The Cougars led 36-21 at the break and kept the pressure on. Mullins sank his fifth 3 of the second half with 8:55 left and the Cougars led 67-44. He was 5-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc in the second half. Washington State entered having made 22 3s in three games before unloading on Eastern Washington with a 15-for-30 shooting performance from deep. Mouhamed Gueye scored 17 points and TJ Bamba and Justin Powell each scored 14 points for the Cougars.

NEXT UP
The Cougars will play their first Pac-12 Conference game of the season with an early December trip to Eugene, Ore., to face the Oregon Ducks, Thursday, Dec. 1, at Matthew Knight Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT with television coverage on the Pac-12 Networks.

BAMBA'S BACK
TJ Bamba has scored in double figures each of the last three games, including a career-high 24 points against Boise State, Nov. 12 - the first 20-point game of his career. Bamba is averaging a team-best 15.5 points per game on 51.2% shooting, to go along with 5.0 rebounds per game. He led the Cougs with five rebounds against Prairie View A&M to along with a team-high 16 points, marking the second time in Bamba's career he has led WSU in scoring and rebounding (March 3, 2022 against Oregon State).

BOMBS AWAY
The top three-point shooting team in the Pac-12 this season, the Cougars are averaging 9.3 made 3pt FG per game. In the last outing, Jabe Mullins led WSU with eight made 3-pointers as the Cougs finished 15-of-30 from downtown. The splash show marked the third time under Kyle Smith the Cougs have made 15+ from beyond the arc. The Cougs are shooting 38.1% from deep this year.

SPOKANE ARENA
Returning to the Spokane Arena for the second-consecutive season, the Cougs' 82-56 win over Eastern Washington, Nov. 21, improved WSU's all-time record at Spokane Arena to 19-19. The Cougars have been playing in Spokane since 1995, playing every year until the Covid-19 shortened 2020-21 season.

POWELL'S PERFECT PASSING
Junior transfer Justin Powell dished out a career-high 12 assists in his WSU debut against Texas State, Nov. 7, the most assists by a Coug in a season opener since assists became an official stat in the 1985-86 season and the most by a WSU player in any game in 13 years, when Reggie Moore tallied 12 assists against Portland State, Dec. 19, 2009. It's also the first double-double with assists since Malachi Flynn dished out 11 assists to go with 11 points against Arizona, Jan. 31, 2018. In Monday's game at Eastern Washington, the Kentucky native tallied seven assists without a turnover, the first Coug with at least seven assists and no giveaways since Andrej Jakimovski tallied nine assists without a turnover against Cal, Feb. 18, 2021. This season Powell is averaging 5.0 assists per game.

MULLINS' DREAM DEBUT
Junior transfer Jabe Mullins wasted no time opening his scoring account at WSU. Mullins scored the opening basket for the Cougs in the season opener against Texas State – a fast-break layup 3-point play after a block from TJ Bamba at the defensive end. Mullins finished the game with 13 points in a career-high 34 minutes played, and a perfect 6-for-6 from the charity stripe, both career highs. In Monday night's game at Eastern Washington, Mullins eight made 3-point field goals - the most by a Coug since Noah Williams had eight vs Stanford on Feb. 20, 2021. It's also the most made 3s by a Pac-12 player this season and tied for the second-most by any player in Division I this season. At 11-of-22 (.500) from beyond the arc this year, Mullins is tied for 32nd in the country in 3-point percentage.

INJURY BUG BITES EARLY
The Cougs have been short-handed since the start of the season due to injury. Prior to the season starting, the Cougars announced they will be without junior Dishon Jackson or redshirt freshman Myles Rice. Both are out indefinitely due to medical issues. Rice announced publicly in October he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and is undergoing treatment. Jackson did not disclose his medical issue and asked for privacy. In addition, Rodman missed the game at Prairie View A&M due to illness, Darling missed the game against Boise State (hip), and WSU has been without Jakimovski (foot) since preseason.

CLOSE TO HOME
Two Cougars have played close to home this season as WSU traveled to Prairie View, Nov. 15, just west of Houston where Coach Kyle Smith played high school basketball at Alief Hasting High School. In addition, the Cougs played, Nov. 21, at Spokane Arena against Eastern Washington, just down the road from Central Valley High School where WSU freshman Dylan Darling starred for the Bears as a 1,000-point scorer in the Greater Spokane League.

GUEYE TAKING OVER
Sophomore Mouhamed Gueye, a preseason All-Pac-12 selection and All-Freshman honoree last season, picked up where he left off, leading the Cougars in scoring and rebounding in the season opener versus Texas State. The 6-11 forward picked up his fourth-career double-double and led the Cougs in scoring for the third time of his career. He followed up with 12 points against Boise State for his 12th double-digit performance of his young career.

ROSARIO'S RETURN
Junior Carlos Rosario made his return for the Cougars in the season opener versus Texas State. It had been 627 days (Feb. 18, 2021) since Rosario last played for Wazzu, having to medically redshirt his sophomore season after playing just seven games his freshman season due to medical issues. In his return to the court, Rosario scored his first-career field goal and finished with a career-high six points and three rebounds.