Ernie Kent will be heading into the new year in search of answers.
Washington State remained winless away from home Saturday, struggling without its leading scorer and rebounder in a 79-71 loss to Santa Clara at the Arena.
The Cougars have lost three straight games, and they wrapped up the nonconference portion of their schedule with a 7-6 record. WSU, which is 0-6 outside of Pullman, begins Pac-12 Conference play next Saturday at Washington.
“We’ll take a couple of days off to get our legs back and take a deep breath,” said Kent, the Cougars’ head coach.