The Cougs look to come out strong in Ernie Kent's second year as head coach.
The WSU men's and women's basketball teams will start their season Friday night with a pair of games in Beasley Coliseum. The men play the Northern Arizona Lumberjack at 5:30 pm and the women will follow at 8:30 pm against UC Santa Barbara.
The men are coming off an impressive 97-70 victory over Pacific (Ore.) in their second exhibition game last Friday. Junior guard Renard Suggs impressed in that game shooting 4-8 from three. Suggs, who trasnferred to WSU this year, finished that game with 18 points.