NEVADA WOLF PACK (6-3, 0-0 MVC) at WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS (3-6, 0-0 WCC)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2025
2 p.m. PT
Pullman, Washington
Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum
Capacity: 11,671

COUGAR RADIO NETWORK
Seattle 770AM & 94.5FM 
Spokane 920AM & 100.7FM
Pullman 104.3FM | Tri-Cities 610AM
Chris King & Craig Ehlo

STREAMING
ESPN+ & ESPN App
Play-by-Play: Trevor Williams
Analyst: Dan Dickau
Producer: Tim Sullivan

SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: 4-1
Record at Pullman: 2-0
First Meeting: Dec. 22, 1970 (90-68)
Last Meeting: Dec. 2, 2024 (68-57)

OPENING TIPS
1. Washington State hosts Nevada, Sunday, December 7 in the first Cougar home game since November 19. The Cougars and Wolf Pack will tip off at 2 p.m. from Beasley Coliseum in the second half of a home-and-home series that began last year in Reno. The Cougs beat the Pack in a low-scoring 68-57 mudfight and improved to 4-1 all-time against Nevada.
2. True freshman Ace Glass broke the WSU freshman scoring record with 40 points in the November 25 Maui semifinal against Arizona State, earning All-Tournament honors and being named the WCC Freshman of the Week. Glass became the first underclassman and freshman in the country to score 40 points in a single game, The Rialto, California native leads WSU averaging 17.3 ppg, 10th-best in the country by a freshman, and shoots at a 53.8% clip.
3. ND Okafor is leading the team in efficiency, shooting the ball at 62.9% from the floor. Okafor delivered career-highs 27 points and eight rebounds against Southern Utah, Nov. 19. The junior power forward finished 12-of-14 from the floor, the best percentage with as many field goal attempts by a Coug since at least 1996.
4. The Cougars are shooting 76.9 percent at the free throw line, top 40 in the country. Ace Glass finished 16-of-18 at the free throw line against ASU, the most free throws by a Coug in a single game in 15 seasons. WSU punishes with the whistle, converting 16-of-17 and-1 opportunities.
5. Six different Cougars are averaging over eight points per game, including four starters, Rihards Vavers, and Emmanuel Ugbo. Four different Cougs average 4.0+ rebounds.

LAST TIME OUT
Washington State lost to Bradley, 60-64, Tuesday night at Carver Arena in Peoria, Illinois. Ace Glass led the team with 15 points and four rebounds, marking his sixth-consecutive game scoring in double figures. Eemeli Yalaho tallied 10 points and 11 rebounds, matching his career high, and delivering his second double-double in the last five games. ND Okafor added 10 points and six rebounds, leading the Cougs with eight first-half points. Tomas Thrastarson matched Okafor with 10 points and six rebounds, one board shy of his career high.

UP NEXT
The Cougars will visit Southern California to face USC, Sunday, December 14 at the Galen Center. The Cougs and Trojans are scheduled for tip off at 4:30 p.m. on FS1.

OKAFOR EFFICIENCY
Returning redshirt-junior ND Okafor delivered a career-high 27 points and career-high eight rebounds against Southern Utah, November 19. Okafor shot 12-of-14 from the floor, the best single-game percentage by a Coug with as many attempts since at least 1996. The Irishman is leading the team at 62.9% from the field. Last year, Okafor finished his sophomore season with a 62.3 field goal percentage, the fifth-best single-season percentage in program history. Okafor also led the team in blocks with 40 rejections last season, fourth in the WCC, on a team that finished 20th in the country in blocks per game. 

MORTON MOJO
Junior Morehead State transfer Jerone Morton has found a starting role in the Cougar lineup, sharing ballhandling responsibilities through nine starts, and leading the team in assists four times. Morton is averaging 6.4 points per game, 2.4 assists per game, and one steal per game. At Bradley, the Lexington, Kentucky native finished a perfect 6-of-6 at the free throw line, a career high from the charity stripe.

GO YALAHO GO
Junior Texas Tech transfer Eemeli Yalaho has quietly become a double-double threat, delivering two in the last five games. The Finn is averaging 9.7 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per game. Twice this season Yalaho has pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds and scored 10+ points on five occasions.

FREE THROW PURITY
As a team, the Cougars are shooting 76.9 percent at the free throw line, top-40 in the country. WSU has gotten to the line 182 times in nine games, sinking 140 charity shots, for an average 15.6 free throws per game on 20.2 attempts per game. In last Tuesday's contest with Arizona State, Ace Glass finished 16-of-18 at the free throw line, the most free throws by a Coug in a single game since Klay Thompson made 18 free throws back in 2009.

BENCH BUCKLES DOWN
The WSU bench scored a season high 67 points in  the Maui opening win over Chaminade, the third time this season with more than 40 Cougar bench points. The Cougs average 34.2 ppg from the rotation, outscoring opponent benches by an average of eight points per game.

EMMANUEL ENCHANTS
Transfer Emmanuel Ugbo (Boise State) led the Cougars in scoring twice and rebounding in three of the first four games, now averaging 8.6 ppg and 4.0 rpg after suffering an ankle injury at the start of the November 19 win over Southern Utah. In his WSU debut in the season opener versus Idaho, Ugbo matched his career high with 17 points and added a career-high eight rebounds. At Davidson, Ugbo earned his first Coug start, delivering 16 points and five rebounds. The Dutchman is shooting over 55% from the floor.

LINE IN THE SAND
Washington State opponents are averaging 79.8 points per game this season. When the Cougs hold their opponent under 80 points, they are 2-2. When the Cougs allow their opponent to score more than 80 points, Wazzu is 1-4. On the offensive end, the Cougars are 3-1 when shooting over 50% from the floor, and 0-5 when held under 45% shooting.

TOMAS TURNS UP
Returning sophomore Tomas Thrastarson has turned heads with his offseason development after being named to the 2024-25 WCC All-Freshman Team, playing in 31 games with 11 starts, averaging 4.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg, and 19 blocks. In the season opener against Idaho, Thrastarson matched his career-high with 17 points and delivered a career-high 11-of-12 from the charity stripe. He broke his career high November 10, scoring 19 points, including 18 first-half points to lead WSU to its first win of the year. The Viking matched his career-high again with a team-high seven rebounds in the win over St. Thomas. Tomas did not play against Southern Utah.

ADRIA DISHES SPANISH FLARE
Incoming senior Adria Rodriguez, a member of Spanish second-division club Alicante, has shown is floor general prowess as the Cougs leading assister in seven of the first nine games. The Catalonia kid is averaging 3.2 assists per game, including some eye-popping between-the-legs passes through heavy traffic. Adria has also led the team in steals five times.

MAKE 'EM PAY WITH THE 3-POINT PLAY
The Cougars are an impressive 16-of-17 on three-point plays this season, converting nearly every and-1 attempt at the charity stripe. Eemeli Yalaho leads the team with four and-one conversions.

RILEY RUNS IT BACK
David Riley began his second season at WSU after finishing his first season on the Palouse 19-15 with a postseason berth to the inaugural College Basketball Crown. The selection marked a third postseason in four seasons for Coach Riley, and fourth-consecutive postseason for the Cougs. 

COUGS BOND IN EUROPEAN TRIP
The Cougars took an international tour this summer, visiting England and Spain. WSU played three exhibition games over 10 days, while sightseeing London, Malaga, and Barcelona. The Cougs say the London Eye, Big Ben, La Sagrada Familia, and excursioned around the Mediterranean Sea in southern Spain. Division-I teams are allowed foreign tours once every four years. The Cougar men last traveled in 2015 to Italy. Freshman Brunel Madzou and senior adrià Rodriguez did not play, as they were not cleared through the NCAA at the time of the tour, and Rodriguez joined the Spanish national team for a pair of exhibition matches.

COUGARS PICKED SIXTH IN WCC
Entering the 2025-26 season as an affiliate member of the West Coast Conference, Wazzu was selected sixth in the preseason coaches poll. The Cougars did not receive an honoree on the conference preseason team.

BRAYDEN KYMAN INKS DEAL
Class of 2026 senior Brayden Kyman, a 6-8 power forward from Rancho Santa Margarita, California, signed a financial aid agreement to play basketball at Washington State beginning next season. The versatile forward can score at all three levels with a deep range and length to work inside. 

OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER
The Cougars will look to continue a high-powered offense which Coach Riley instilled last season on Friel Court. During Riley's first season the Cougs set school records in shots made (968) and assists (574), more than any previous team in school history. The Cougs finished ninth in the country in field goal percentage, 19th in assists, and 20th in blocks.

NEW PAC-12 ON THE HORIZON
The revitalized Pac-12 Conference is set to launch July 1, 2026 with a strong slate of men's basketball programs including Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Oregon State, San Diego State, Texas State, and Utah State.

COWARD JOINS THE ASSOCIATION
Cedric Coward, a 2024 WCC All-Preseason selection, and graduate of WSU, was drafted No. 11 in the 2025 NBA Draft, joining the Memphis Grizzlies after a trade. Coward, who played just six games last season prior to suffering a season-ending injury, linked up with 2024 WSU Draftee, Jaylen Wells. There are currently five Cougars playing in the NBA — Cedric Coward, Mouhamed Gueye, Isaac Jones, Klay Thompson, and Jaylen Wells.