On Sunday, the Washington State Cougars completed their home-and-home sweep of the Washington Huskies in Seattle to close out Apple Cup weekend.
Compared to Friday’s overtime battle in Pullman, this one wasn’t close as the Huskies never seriously threatened in the first half and WSU pulled away in the fourth quarter.
Washington only trailed by six points to begin the fourth period.
The Dawgs drew closer and were only down 41-37 with 7:43 to go in the game.
However, the Huskies did not score again until a Haley Van Dyke jumper with 4:03 left on the clock.
During their first 4th period scoring drought, the Huskies missed three 3-pointers and committed 2 turnovers.
Likewise, after Haley’s jumper (at 4:03), the Huskies did not score again until there was only 1 minute and 20 seconds left in the game with the Huskies trailing 54 -41.
The Huskies second scoring drought of the final period removed all hope of a UW comeback, as the Cougars lead grew as large as 16 points with 40 seconds left in the game.
Ultimately. Washington only managed to score eight points in the final period.
The Huskies committed six (6) turnovers in the fourth quarter.
For the game, Washington had 18 turnovers compared to only six turnovers by WSU.
And the Cougars capitalized from UW’s turnover mistakes by scoring 22 points (off turnovers), which accounted for 39% of WSU’s total offense.
DAWGS OF THE GAME
Haley Van Dyke – In 34 minutes and 21 seconds, Haley scored 17 points on 54.5% shooting on two-pointes and 50% from three-point range; as well as, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.
UP NEXT
The Huskies will spend next weekend looking for a Rocky Mountain high as they look for their first PAC-12 win against theUtah Uteson Friday night and theColorado Buffaloes on Sunday.
