Jaylen Wells works the post against Washington, Feb. 3, 2024
90
Winner Washington St. WSU 16-6,7-4 Pac-12
87
Washington UW 12-10,4-7 Pac-12
Winner
Washington St. WSU
16-6,7-4 Pac-12
90
Final
87
Washington UW
12-10,4-7 Pac-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
Washington St. WSU 44 39 7 90
Washington UW 40 43 4 87

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | By Tim Booth

Jones Scores 20 Points, Wazzu Tops Rival Washington 90-87 in OT

Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) -- Isaac Jones scored 20 points including a dunk in the closing seconds of regulation that forced overtime, Myles Rice scored five of his 18 points in the extra session, and Washington State rallied to beat Washington 90-87 on Saturday night.

Washington State (16-6, 7-4 Pac-12) won for the sixth time in seven games and continued to strengthen a resume that’s putting the Cougars into contention for a possible at-large berth for the NCAA Tournament.

Rice was scoreless in the second half before hitting a pair of free throws and a key 3-pointer with 1:50 left in overtime.

Jaylen Wells added a career-high 19 points for the Cougars and Oscar Cluff scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half.

Washington’s Keion Brooks Jr. scored a career-high 35 points, but missed an off-balance 3-point attempt with two seconds left in overtime that could have pulled the Huskies even. Brooks was 12-of-23 shooting and 11 of 13 at the free-throw line.

The 298th all-time meeting between the schools was the last in Seattle for the foreseeable future with both teams part of the same conference. Washington is off to the Big Ten next season while Washington State will play in the West Coast Conference.

It was a classic that had Washington State fans chanting “Go Cougs,” during the postgame celebration.

Washington’s Moses Wood missed the second of two free throws with 11 seconds left in regulation and Jones’ tying dunk with 4 seconds remaining sent the game to overtime. Washington (12-10, 4-7) failed to get a good look off before the buzzer.

Washington led by as many as 11 in the first half, but Washington State closed the half on an 18-3 run, including the final 13 points, to take a 44-40 lead at the break. Thanks largely to Brooks carrying the scoring lead, Washington built a 76-71 lead with 4:06 left after Wood hit his fifth 3-pointer. But the Huskies couldn’t hold the lead in the final moments.

Wood finished with 18 points and Sahvir Wheeler had 16 points.

UP NEXT

Washington State: at Oregon State next Thursday.

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