PULLMAN – The last eight days came with plenty of discouraging news for the Washington State basketball team.
What started with a five-point upset loss to Montana State continued four days later when reserve forward Arinze Chidom announced plans to transfer. Then, at some point along the way, Viont’e Daniels suffered a concussion, keeping the veteran guard out of the Cougars’ lineup for the first time since his sophomore season – a span that stretched 60 games.
Monday’s game against Rider, played in front of a sparse home crowd that numbered just 1,673 – but appeared much smaller than that – could’ve been the next bump in WSU’s road.