Led by 18 points from Noah Williams, the Washington State Cougars picked up their fifth consecutive win to open up the 2020-21 season with a 69-60 defeat of the Portland State Vikings on Sunday.
Williams, who is quickly establishing himself as one of the Cougs’ go-to players, also contributed 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in 32 minutes.
In this one, the Cougars finally got off to a strong start for the first time all season behind some deadly early shooting from outside: WSU made 8 of its first 13 shots — including four 3-pointers (two from Andrej Jakimovski, and one each from Bonton and Williams) — to take an 11-point lead after the first 10 minutes, 20-9.