In sports briefs from Tuesday, no players were voted into the 2021 baseball Hall of Fame, and Aaron Rodgers says he sees no reason not to return as QB in Green Bay.
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The Huskies dropped their fourth consecutive women's basketball game — a 98-68 defeat at Oregon State on Tuesday night — beneath a flurry of 3-pointers from the Beavers.
To understand how Washington senior Sis Bates came to be voted the greatest college shortstop in history, you have to go back to when she was 5 and started playing Wiffle ball with her big brother and his friends.
The Washington State women's basketball team beat Oregon State 77-75 in double overtime Sunday, posting its first season sweep of the Beavers in a decade.
Sedona Prince scored 16 points and blocked five shots, Lydia Giomi added a double-double off the bench and No. 13 Oregon defeated Washington 69-52 on Sunday.
Jamal Bey scored a career-high 28 points on near-perfect shooting, ended two of Utah's last three possessions with a steal and a defensive rebound, and Washington rallied to an 83-79 win on Sunday.
Ethan Thompson scored 19 points, Warith Alatishe had 14 points and 16 rebounds and Oregon State beat No. 21 Oregon 73-61 on Saturday night.
Drew Timme scored 22 points and freshman Jalen Suggs came close to a triple-double as top-ranked and undefeated Gonzaga crushed Pacific 95-49 for its 19th consecutive victory dating to last season.
Carlos Angel, Jr. delivered 14 points and a game-high eight rebounds, but it couldn't stop a second straight loss as the Whitman College men's basketball team lost 72-65 at Pacific Lutheran.
Evan Battey had 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting, McKinley Wright IV added all 12 of his points in the second half, and Colorado rallied from an 18-point, first-half deficit to beat Washington State 70-59.
The Whitman College women's basketball team continued its perfect start to the season Saturday with an 81-74 win at Pacific Lutheran.
SPOKANE — The Whitman College swimming season opened with a bumpy start as the Blues fell at Whitworth in both the men's and women's competitions in Northwest Conference action on Saturday. The women's team lost 140-62 with the men falling 118-67.
Josh Parrish had 20 points as San Diego beat Portland 78-70.
Khalid Thomas registered 14 points as Portland State easily defeated Idaho State 69-43.
Tanner Groves recorded 15 points and 10 rebounds to lift Eastern Washington to an 82-76 win over Northern Colorado.
Walter Lum scored a team-high 17 points, Xzavier Lino put up 15 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds but it wasn't enough as the Whitman College men's basketball team fell 76-68 at Pacific Lutheran in its Northwest Conference season opener on Friday night.
Kaylie McCracken equaled a game-high with 16 points, Kaelan Shamseldin added 11 points on 3-6 three-point shooting and the Whitman College women's basketball team rolled to a season-opening 77-61 win at Pacific Lutheran in Northwest Conference action on Friday night.
Sedona Prince scored 14 points, Taylor Mikesell added 11 — including four free throws in the closing seconds — and No. 13 Oregon beat Washington State 58-50.
Tarik Cool had 17 points as Idaho State topped Portland State 64-57.
Matt Johnson II sank two free throws with 1.7 seconds remaining as Northern Colorado fought past Eastern Washington 78-76 in a see-saw game with 10 lead changes and eight ties.
Branden Carlson scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the first double-double by a Utah player this season, and the balanced, potent Utes offense handed Washington State a stinging 71-56 defeat at home.
Matt Haarms had a season-high 23 points as BYU romped past Portland 95-67.
In an interview with The Times on Thursday, members of the Pac-12's executive committee spoke about commissioner Larry Scott's departure, the search for his successor and what it will take for the conference to return to national prominence.
The Pac-12 intends to have a new commissioner in place when Larry Scott steps down at the end of June, according to Oregon president Michael Schill, chair of the conference’s CEO Group.
Blake Mazza, who was WSU’s kicker from 2018-20, announced Wednesday he would be leaving the Cougars in order to play one final college football season closer to his hometown of Plano, Texas.
Marcus Tsohonis scored a career-high 27 off the bench, Erik Stevenson added 17 points before fouling out, and Washington picked up its first conference win of the season beating Colorado 84-80 on Wednesday night.
Whitman College's basketball and swim teams return to athletic competition this weekend, while Walla Walla Community College resumes practices for prospective seasons and Walla Walla University has canceled all winter sports schedules.
Jarod Lucas and Ethan Thompson scored 13 points apiece and Oregon State beat Southern California 58-56 on Tuesday night, snapping the Trojans' six-game winning streak.
Charisma Osborne scored 28 points and No. 8 UCLA withstood a smart play by No. 25 Washington State that forced overtime for a 68-66 victory Sunday.
Corey Kispert had 17 points and five rebounds and No. 1 Gonzaga overcame a slow start with a surge to end the first half, pulling away late to beat rival Saint Mary’s 73-59 for its 18th straight victory spanning the past two seasons.
LOS ANGELES — Tahj Eaddy scored 14 of his season-high 21 points in the first half and Southern California defeated Washington State 85-77 on Saturday night for the Trojans’ sixth straight victory.
Ethan Thompson scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half and assisted on a dunk by Warith Alatishe with 4.1 seconds left to help Oregon State beat Arizona State 80-79.
Kessler Edwards had 21 points as Pepperdine defeated Portland 80-65.
Jules Bernard had 20 points and nine rebounds, and first-place UCLA survived a scare from last-place Washington to win 81-76 for its sixth straight victory.
Tevian Jones scored 27 points as Southern Utah narrowly defeated Eastern Washington 99-94.
Tre’Shon Smoots registered 14 points as Northern Colorado beat Idaho 75-61.
Xavier Bishop had 22 points as Montana State narrowly defeated Portland State 69-64.
Fardaws Aimaq had 29 points plus 14 rebounds while Trey Woodbury chipped in 20 and made the game-winning 3-pointer with five seconds left in overtime as Utah Valley edged past Seattle 93-92 in overtime.
Jordan Sanders had a season-high 24 points, Endyia Rogers scored nine of her 16 points in overtime, and Southern California beat No. 25 Washington State 81-77.
Collegiate athletic trainers are used to being the calm amid chaos.
If Eastern Washington kicked off any rust during its 75-63 dispatching of Southern Utah on Thursday, it wasn’t much.
Chris Jackson, a former Michigan State cornerback who just finished his redshirt sophomore season with the Spartans, announced his commitment to WSU on Thursday afternoon.
Corey Kispert had 23 points and eight rebounds as undefeated Gonzaga stormed back in the second half to beat Pepperdine 95-70 on Thursday for its 17th consecutive victory over the last two seasons.
Isaiah Mobley scored a career-high 18 points, Evan Mobley added 17 points and Southern California routed Washington 95-68 on Thursday night.
Johnny Juzang scored a career-high 17 points and UCLA rolled to a 91-61 victory over Washington State on Thursday, extending its overall winning streak to five and its home-court victory streak to 14.
It's been a rough season for Top 25 teams to challenge themselves with key nonconference games.
Ex-Washington State quarterback Anthony Gordon has signed a futures contract with the reigning NFL champion Kansas City Chiefs, where he'll have an opportunity to learn under the tutelage of former NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes and two-time Super Bowl champion coach Andy Reid. ESPN's Field Yates first reported the news.
Nick Saban wasn't ready to contemplate his legacy moments after capturing a record seventh national championship “because you're always looking forward.” It was time to start chasing No. 8, after all.
Kamie Ethridge was surprised to hear that Washington State had never been ranked before. Now the Cougars coach can add that to the team's list of accomplishments: They entered The Associated Press women's college basketball poll at No. 25 on Monday.
Gonzaga and Baylor were the top two teams in The Associated Press preseason men’s college basketball poll. After eight weeks of twists and turns, that hasn't changed.
