HOT COUGAR ACTION: Recapping The Win Against Oregon State
by Mark Sandritter on Feb 10, 2012 6:01 AM PST
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PrintThis basketball season has had it's share of lows, but yesterday was undoubtedly one of the highs. There have been times this season when WSU won a game behind a strong individual effort from Faisal Aden or Brock Motum, but Thursday it seemed the entire team played well.
This was easily the best combined game from the Cougar frontcourt this season. Motum, D.J. Shelton and Abe Lodwick combined for 46 points and 21 rebounds. Shelton shot 5-5 from the field and 4-4 from the free throw line while also grabbing nine rebounds in 24 minutes, his best game as a Cougar.
My only regret is I didn't record the audio of the end game announcer meltdown. I would email Chris to get a copy but he is either busy dividing 12 by 39 or fired. Brief highlights courtesy of KREM news here with recaps and other links after the jump.
Men's Basketball
CORVALLIS – So much for that big boost from the home court. After winning two of three on the road and with a chance to reach .500 in the Pac-12, the Oregon State Beavers returned to Gill Coliseum and got schooled by Washington State, losing 83-73 to a Cougars team that entered Thursday night’s game as a 9 ½-point underdog.
Washington State vs. Oregon State - Postgame Notes - The Washington State University Official Athletic Site
Washington State Notes: Reggie Moore finished with a season-high 11 assists...he moved into eighth on WSU's top-10 for single-season assists with 137, tying Keith Morrison (1985)...Moore was tied for the 10th spot with Marcus Moore (2002) with 131 assists in 2009-10...Moore had nine of his assists in the first half.
Motum scores 24 points in Washington State win - seattlepi.com
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Brock Motum says not much has changed during his recent offensive hot streak, but his coaches and teammates say something different.
Recap: Oregon State vs. Washington St | College Mens Basketball - The News Tribune
Brock Motum netted 24 points and was a rebound short of a double-double as the Washington State Cougars upended the Oregon State Beavers 83-73 in a Pac-12 rumble at Gill Coliseum.
Cougars earn road win at Oregon State - Spokesman.com - Feb. 9, 2012
CORVALLIS, Ore. – They slashed, they defended, they made open shots like they were playing at Beasley. After this 83-73 blitzing of Oregon State before 5,782 at Gill Coliseum, the Washington State Cougars men’s basketball team could finally celebrate a conference road victory.
The game that was: WSU 83, Oregon State 73 - SportsLink - Spokesman.com - Feb. 9, 2012
FROM CORVALLIS — It'll be a happy bus ride from here to Eugene tonight, as the Cougars put together perhaps their best team effort of the season in an 83-73 win at Gill Coliseum. Read on for our game in review.
Women's Basketball
Cougars Fall To Oregon State Behind Second Half Struggles - The Washington State University Official Athletic Site
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University's second-half offensive struggles allowed Oregon State University to overcome a four-point halftime deficit and hand the Cougars a 51-39 defeat in Pac-12 Conference play Thursday evening.
Oregon St. women rally past Washington St. 51-39 - seattlepi.com
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Thais Pinto scored 12 points and Oregon State defeated Washington State 51-39 Thursday night despite making just 1 of 24 3-point shots.
Football
Cougars un-Leached in 2012! - Pac-12 Blog - ESPN
ESPN.com Insider Ryan Magee looks at five promising rebuilding jobs for 2012 , and he rates Washington State as a team "finally turning the proverbial corner." Here's what he writes as he predicts the Cougars will be heading to their first bowl game since 2003 -- you might recall the Cougs' upset victory over Texas and Vince Young in the Holiday Bowl:
Baseball
The Daily Evergreen Online - Cougar baseball season preview
A new season, a new beginning, a new approach. The Washington State University baseball team opens up its 2012 season on Feb. 17 with a trip to Mississippi State for a three-game series.
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D.J. 4-4 from the FT line. That is awesome.
Does anyone remember D.J.’s FT shooting at the beginning of the year? I think he stood a foot or two behind the FT line. He had a horrible FT shot. I think one game he went 3-7. I felt bad for him because it looked like he at never been at the FT line before. Someone has been working with him, because it is night and day. He stands right at the line and his whole FT routine is new. This is great, because D.J. is good at getting to the FT line. He is showing a lot of signs of improvement. He is an athletic guy. It is great to see.
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Looks like the money for that freethrow coach is worth it.
by msgp501st on Feb 10, 2012 9:16 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
Pretty good chance we see OSU again first round of PAC 12
That matchup has been in place for several weeks now and I don’t see a lot of positiion changes coming.
Around these parts, a man could get hurt for wearing purple.
What is the format again?
I seem to recall it being 8 first round games (#5-12) while #1-4 get a bye the first night. Is that right?
by johnnycougar on Feb 10, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
further
5v12 → v4
6v11 → v3
7v10 → v2
8v9 → v1
Thanks
So they don’t reseed. It will be interesting to see how the standings shake out, maybe we’ll get lucky and hit Oregon State and then Colorado or something.
by johnnycougar on Feb 10, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
That's what I assumed.
Same format as the nfl.
"Shut your haggis traps" | John Spencer
by Coug999 on Feb 10, 2012 10:55 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
It is and they certainly are capable of beating us like UW last year on the third try
But, it does seem like we matchup well with them given our advantage in the paint with Motum
Around these parts, a man could get hurt for wearing purple.
Bones is doing the Crank That dance in the picture.
If My Life Is Great, Why Am I Not Happy?
by well you win some and lose others on Feb 10, 2012 11:39 AM PST reply actions
I read the OregonLive comments from Beavs about their Beavs
And would like to say thanks to all the Coug fans out there that don’t throw a public temper tantrum each time our team has a problem, Go Cougs!
Well the first mistake you made was going on the OregonLive forums.
People on there would criticize an 8th grade rec soccer team, given the chance.
"Shut your haggis traps" | John Spencer
I don't go to all the boards and forums........but aren't there some Coug sites like that?
Around these parts, a man could get hurt for wearing purple.
That's were I go when I feel like being irrational
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Feb 10, 2012 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
I do not consider the Seattle Times to be a "Coug Site".
Not enough coverage from them.
If My Life Is Great, Why Am I Not Happy?
by well you win some and lose others on Feb 12, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
have you been to cougfan lately?
i mean, don’t go….but if you go….
the going logic over there is if we fire Bone, Tony will come back and coach for free.
He is begging to get the job back.
He will pay just to be on our team.
If My Life Is Great, Why Am I Not Happy?
by well you win some and lose others on Feb 12, 2012 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
Can someone talk briefly about
this meltdown by the announcer? I don’t know what all the jokes and comments are referring to as I wasn’t able to listen to it.
If you can't Go Cougs... don't go.
by hollyweirdcoug on Feb 10, 2012 12:44 PM PST reply actions
He was hilarious.
Totally biased towards OSU (of course). His signature phrase when they scored seemed to be screaming, “COUNT IT IF IT GOES! AND IT GOESSSSS!!!!!!” When we would score he sounded like Eore. He seemed to dislike DJ Shelton, remarking on his smiling and apparent trash talking? when he made baskets. At the end of the game he had a bit of an on mic meltdown, barking at some guy named Chris about how the last time out wasn’t the end of the game, saying “I’ve been doing this 13 years” and having a conniption fit over I don’t know what. He was pretty funny all game, of course not intending to be.
by wazzu93 on Feb 10, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Someone (presumably Chris) told him the halftime score of Oregon-Washington and he didn't like it one bit either.
My favorite part may have been near the very end when he asked someone to calculate the percentage of 12 and 39 then when they said 31 a few seconds later he replied, “What is that? I don’t even know what that is for!”
by Mark Sandritter on Feb 10, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The unintentional comedy
Was that he was apparently unaware that his mic was on during the entire webcast — even during his radio breaks.
by Jeff Nusser on Feb 10, 2012 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Turns out the it's who I think it is: Mike Parker
The guy is the biggest homer in all of sports radio broadcasting. He does OSU baseball as well and when I PA’d for the baseball team at WSU, the guy would scream incredibly loudly at anything ood that happened for the Beavs and mope around when the Cougs scored. And it might be a stretch but he has the most unreasonable anger for officials I’ve ever heard. He even banged on the plexiglass of the old press box at Bailey Brayton a couple times and would spend 15 minutes stewing over a bad call. Watch Beavers All Access sometime on ROOT. When he’s interviewing a coach, he’ll look at the coach, then the camera, back to coach then back to the camera. LOOK AT THE PERSON YOUR INTERVIEWING!!!!
Two in the cake, one in the puddin'! -Kevin Calabro, Twitter: MichaelTheCoug
by Michael The Coug on Feb 10, 2012 1:24 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Having watched Beavers All Access a couple times, he makes me appreciate Jen Mueller.
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thanks for the info— I know that guy’s work. I get various feeds of PAC 12 games on my cable system- and east Coast, central and a pacific. Frequently when no west coast feed is available the east will have a PAC game or central (lots of AZ/Buff/Utes) – so i occasionally tune in for games and get the homer feeds. I agree this guy is like Hawk Harrelson on Chisox baseball— “Good guys 5 Mariners (mumbled) 3”.
If you can't Go Cougs... don't go.
by hollyweirdcoug on Feb 10, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
I have....very sad.
Read a column from John Canzano, he characterized it as alcoholism problem. I feel badly for him in that regard. But I just don’t care for his play-by-play or for that matter his attitude.
Two in the cake, one in the puddin'! -Kevin Calabro, Twitter: MichaelTheCoug
by Michael The Coug on Feb 10, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
wow...just wow.
No I hadn’’t seen it. Thank goodness this technology wasn’t around in my Pullman daze— eeeyikes. Glad he sought help- but WOW he eats and re-eats a napkin? Hasselhoff has got nothing on Parker’s breakfast vid…
If you can't Go Cougs... don't go.
by hollyweirdcoug on Feb 10, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
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