Washington learned a lesson one would rather not grasp against a rival: The one about letting a team struggling on offense to hang around until they get hot.
Washington State was the teacher Saturday at Alaska Airlines Arena. The Cougars’ normally potent offense was nonexistent to open their women’s basketball game against UW. But the Huskies weren’t that much better, clinging to a five-point lead at the end of the third quarter.
Most of the buckets came on second chances or in transition following WSU turnovers. The Cougars cleaned up a few minor tweaks – rebounding, taking better care of the ball – in the fourth quarter in time for their offense to arrive and pull off a 66-59 win in basketball’s version of the Apple Cup.