PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State posted a 25-17 win at Fresno State Saturday night. Checkout the postgame notes from the win.
TEAM NOTES
• WSU beat Fresno State 25-17, improved to 5-1 for the first time since 2018
• WSU recorded its second fourth-quarter comeback win this season (trailed San Jose State entering 4th)
• WSU recorded its first fourth-quarter comeback win on the ROAD since 2018 at Stanford (trailed by 7 entering 4th)
• WSU rushed for over 100 yards for the fifth time this season, had four 100-yards last season, six in 2022
• WSU recorded a pair of sacks, matching a season-high set in the Apple Cup win
PLAYER NOTES
• Christian Hilborn started at LG, his 32nd consecutive start, had started first 5 games at right tackle, 19th career start at left guard
• Fa'alili Fa'amoe made his 1st start of the season, missed first 3 games with injury, appeared at right tackle last two games, 20th career start at right tackle
• John Mateer carried 18 times for 46 yards and a TD, his sixth rushing TD of the season, tied for the sixth-most rushing TD by a Cougar quarterback in single-season history
• Mateer pushed his season rushing yard total to 499, the most by a Cougar quarterback in WSU single-season history (482, Ty Paine, 1971)
• Mateer pushes his career rushing yard total to 650, fourth-most in WSU history by a Cougar quarterback
• Wayshawn Parker rushed 12 times for 63 yards with a long of 22, has a 20-yard carry in every game this season
• Kyle Williams caught three passes, his 43rd consecutive game with a catch, owns a catch in all 43 career games played (1st 25 at UNLV (2020-22)
• Kris Hutson caught a team-high six passes for 45 yards
• Trey Leckner had a 16-yard reception, his second catch of his career (33-yard TD catch vs Portland State)
• Carlos Hernandez made his season debut, caught one pass for nine yards
• Ethan O'Connor recorded his third interception of the season, first career return for a touchdown, second by a Coug this season (Stephen Hall, 100 yards, Portland State)
• Tyson Durant picked off a pass for the second straight game, second this season, seventh of his career
• Khalil Laufau recorded his second sack of the season
• Keith Brown recorded his first sack of the season, second of his career, had one for Oregon in 2022, made career-high 1.