The Huskies got a glimpse of life without prized freshman forward Isaiah Stewart and for a while things looked pretty hairy on Friday night.
Still, No. 25 Washington overcame foul trouble, poor perimeter shooting and shoddy ball-handling to claim a 73-56 nonconference win over Montana in a sloppy game that included 51 fouls and a combined 41 turnovers.
Considering all that went wrong for Huskies, they were fortunate to escape with their second straight win and improve to 4-1.
Washington’s three leading scorers were saddled with foul trouble and yet Nahziah Carter (13 points and six rebounds), Jaden McDaniels (12 and six rebounds) and Stewart (14 points) provided just enough offense to avoid what could have been an embarrassing defeat.