National Basketball Association
Washington St. 76, Rice 74
When: 6:00 PM ET, Friday, November 28, 2014
Where: Alaska Airlines Center, Anchorage, Alaska
Officials:
# Bruce Corson, # Brent Watts, # Levon Zakarian
Attendance:
2554
By SportsDirect Inc.
Washington State 76, Rice 74: DaVonte Lacy hit two free throws with eight seconds remaining as the Cougars held off the Owls in a consolation bracket game at the Great Alaska Shootout.
Sophomore Josh Hawkinson, who was held to three points in the Cougars’ first-round loss to UC Santa Barbara, had a career-high 27 points on 11-of-18 shooting and added eight rebounds and two blocks. Lacy had 15 points and Dexter Kernich-Drew added 12 for Washington State (2-3), which will play Missouri State on Saturday in the fifth-place game. .
Seth Gearhart scored 22 points and Marcus Jackson added 14 for the Owls (1-4), who play host Alaska-Anchorage in the seventh-place game. Max Guercy had 11 points and six rebounds and Dan Peera chipped in 10 points.
Peera hit a 3-pointer to pull the Owls within 70-65 with 55 seconds remaining, the closest Rice had been since making the first bucket of the second half to trail by four. Ny Redding made 5-of-6 free throws to put the Cougars up 74-68 with 23 seconds remaining, but Jackson's layup and a pair of free throws by Gearhart had the Owls within 74-72 before Lacy hit two from the line with eight seconds to go.
A night after making only three baskets in the first half, the Cougars started hot against the Owls with a 12-0 run over the first five minutes and pushed the lead to 29-15 on a 3-pointer by Kernich-Drew with 8:36 left in the half. The Owls rallied on Andrew Drone's layup and four straight Maurice Rivers free throws to pull within 37-31 before the Cougars settled for a 39-33 halftime lead.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Washington State matched its total of three field goals Friday in a less than one minute span early in the first half Saturday. … The Cougars shot a season-best 47.1 percent from the field a day after shooting 22.8 percent against UC-Santa Barbara.
Top Game Performances
| Rice |
|
Washington St. |
|
Seth Gearhart 22 |
Scoring |
Josh Hawkinson 27 |
|
Marcus Jackson 5 |
Assists |
Ny Redding 8 |
|
Maurice Rivers 8 |
Rebounds |
Josh Hawkinson 8 |
|
Seth Gearhart 6 |
Free Throws Made |
DaVonte Lacy 9 |
|
Dan Peera 1 |
Steals |
DaVonte Lacy 2 |
|
Van Green 1 |
Blocks |
Josh Hawkinson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Rice
|
74 |
40.0 |
8-22 |
14-20 |
17 |
37 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
| Washington St.
|
76 |
47.1 |
7-15 |
21-29 |
21 |
32 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
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