Cougs to open season against Texas State
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Cougar guard Michael Flowers (left) drives down to the basket while teammate Dishon Jackson (right) sets a screen in WSU’s win over BYU in the NIT.
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Ian Bivona serves as the Columbia Basin Herald’s sports reporter and is a graduate of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He enjoys the behind-the-scenes stories that lead up to the wins and losses of the various sports teams in the Basin. Football is his favorite sport, though he likes them all, and his favorite team is the Jets. He lives in Soap Lake with his cat, Honey. | June 2, 2022 5:36 PM
The Washington State Cougars will open its 2022-2023 basketball season against Texas State on November 7 in Pullman, according to CBS Sport’ college basketball insider Jon Rothstein.
The Cougars will look to build off of last year’s 22-15 season that ended with a loss to Texas A&M in the National Invitational Tournament semifinals.
The Cougars have won their last 10 season openers, the last loss being an 89-81 loss to Gonzaga in Spokane.
WSU is coming off a 22-15 season, including going 11-9 in PAC-12 play. It was the first season that the Cougars finished with a record over .500 in conference play since the 2007-2008 season, the same season that saw the team make an appearance in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.
2021-2022 highlights for the Cougars included three players garnering all-PAC-12 honors, freshman Mouhamed Gueye earning five PAC-12 Freshman of the Week awards, winning four of their last five games in the PAC-12 and making a deep run in the NIT.
The Texas State Bobcats finished the 2021-2022 season with a 21-8 record and an appearance in the NIT. Their season ended with a loss to No. 2 seed North Texas in the first round of the NIT. The Bobcats have not had a losing season since 2017-2018.
A full schedule for the Cougars has not been released yet. Schedules are typically finalized in August.
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