Washington 85, Idaho State 66
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Find The Seattle Times game recap here.
Get the full box score here.
Star of the game: Jeffrey Solarin. With 14 points and six rebounds in 32 minutes, Solarin continued an excellent junior season. The JUCO transfer from Northwest College is fourth for the Bengals in scoring (12.7), second in field-goal percentage (61.8 percent) and second in total rebounds (48, 8.0 per game).
As I’ve written before on this blog, the Bengals competed hard with Portland State to nab Solarin. He’s a great energy guy, who, despite a listed height of 6-foot-4, is the most natural rebounder I’ve ever seen in person.
Solarin knows exactly who he is. He plants himself under the basket and grabs any loose ball or rebound in his vicinity. His value to the Bengals can’t be overstated.
Reason for concern: Washington shot 55 percent from the floor and 48 percent from beyond the arc.
The Huskies are just the latest Bengal opponent to hit at least 10 3-pointers in a game. Evergreen State (10), Arizona State (12), San Francisco (17), Bakersfield (10), Utah (11) and Washington (10) have all done it.
It’s been a point of emphasis for Evans and the ISU coaching staff. They know they’ll give up some 3s — it’s inherent to playing zone defense. Take the San Francisco game, for example. The Dons had 17 3-pointers but they shot 46 (37 percent) of them. The Bengals can live with that. But a team like Washington hits 10 and only needed 21 attempts to do it.
On another note: Idaho State’s next opponent, Idaho (5-6), beat Portland State Saturday night in Portland 76-75. The Vandals are now 1-1 this season against Big Sky opponents after losing at Montana 69-58 Dec. 11.
Idaho State vs Washington
12/14/13 1:00 p.m. at Seattle, Wash. - Alaska Airlines Arena
At Seattle, Wash. - Alaska Airlines Arena
WASHINGTON 85, IDAHO STATE 66
IDAHO STATE (3-4)
SANCHEZ, Tomas 3-10 7-8 14; SOLARIN, Jeffrey 7-9 0-0 14; HATCHETT, Andre
5-11 2-2 12; HANSEN, Chris 3-12 4-6 11; HALL, Evann 3-6 3-3 9; PREH,
Ayibakuro 3-3 0-0 6; TYLER, Scotty 0-0 0-0 0; SMITH, Justin 0-1 0-0 0;
THOMAS, Clint 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-52 16-19 66.
WASHINGTON (5-4)
Blackwell, Perris 9-11 2-4 20; Wilcox, C.J. 7-12 0-0 19; Andrews, Andrew
6-15 3-3 17; Williams-Goss, Nigel 6-7 0-0 13; Johnson, Darin 1-8 2-2 5;
Taylor, Jahmel 1-2 2-2 5; Kemp Jr., Shawn 2-3 0-0 4; Anderson, Mike 0-0 2-2
2; Sterling, Quinn 0-0 0-0 0; Smith, Connor 0-0 0-0 0; Dierickx, Gilles 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 32-58 11-13 85.
Idaho State................... 35 31 - 66
Washington.................... 46 39 - 85
3-point goals--Idaho State 2-13 (SANCHEZ, Tomas 1-6; HANSEN, Chris 1-6;
HALL, Evann 0-1), Washington 10-21 (Wilcox, C.J. 5-9; Andrews, Andrew 2-6;
Taylor, Jahmel 1-1; Williams-Goss, Nigel 1-1; Johnson, Darin 1-4). Fouled
out--Idaho State-None, Washington-None. Rebounds--Idaho State 21 (PREH,
Ayibakuro 6; SOLARIN, Jeffrey 6), Washington 31 (Blackwell, Perris 7).
Assists--Idaho State 14 (SANCHEZ, Tomas 6), Washington 19 (Williams-Goss,
Nigel 5). Total fouls--Idaho State 15, Washington 17. Technical fouls--Idaho
State-None, Washington-None. A-7256
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