PULLMAN – With their best player sitting on the bench, the Washington State Cougars found another post player to lead them in the interior during an easy 74-57 win over visiting Cal-State Los Angeles.
Junior college transfer Conor Clifford was perhaps the most highly anticipated of WSU’s seven newcomers heading into the 2015-16 season, but a knee injury kept him out of the Cougars’ preseason games and limited him in the first two nonconference games played by WSU (3-0).
On Tuesday night, with star forward Josh Hawkinson held out because of a groin injury, Clifford showed why coach Ernie Kent was so excited about signing the 7-foot center.