No Isaac Bonton was no problem for the Washington State Cougars who continued their perfect start to the season with a resounding 82-54 victory over the Montana State Bobcats.
Bonton, the team’s leading scorer, sat out the game with what the television broadcast described as a thigh injury. And while he’s undoubtedly been inefficient with his scoring on the offensive end, it was fair to wonder how the Cougars would compensate without their talisman.
The answer was “very, very well.”
Coach Kyle Smith elected to roll out the “double big” lineup for the first time this season, starting both Efe Abogidi and Vova Markovetskyy along with Ryan Rapp, Noah Williams, and Andrej Jakimovski.