When Washington faces Washington State on Saturday, the Cougars will look a little different then they did during UW’s 85-67 victory in December.
This time, leading scorer Robert Franks will be back on the floor. Franks missed four games from the end of December until mid-January after suffering a hip contusion. Washington State lost all four of those games, falling to Santa Clara, UW, Colorado and Utah.
But Franks put together two of his best performances of the season last week against Arizona State and Arizona, leading the Cougars to a road sweep. Franks had 34 points and 13 rebounds against the Sun Devils before scoring 31 points and grabbing eight rebounds in the victory over the Wildcats.