FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION SID: Rod Commons ASSISTANTS: Linda Chalich, Craig Lawson, Jason Krump, Jason Hickman, Ilsa Gramer (509) 335-COUG; FAX 509-335-0267 November 15, 2004 Men’s Basketball Contacts: Craig Lawson/Becca Faulds

COUGARS HOSTS MONTANA STATE IN SEASON OPENER

THIS WEEK: Friday, Nov.19 - WSU vs. Montana State-8 p.m.

NEXT WEEK: Wednesday, Nov. 24 - WSU vs. Georgia Southern-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27 - WSU at Kansas State-10 a.m. (FSN Midwest)

WSU COUGAR MEN WASHINGTON STATE (0-0, 0-0 Pac-10) Date Time/Score Opponent 11/19 8 p.m. MONTANA STATE WSU HEAD COACH DICK BENNETT: Washington State Head 11/24 7 p.m. GEORGIA SO. Coach Dick Bennett begins his second season on the 11/27 10 a.m. at Kansas State 11/30 7:05 p.m. at Idaho Palouse…Bennett finished in his first season at WSU with a 13-16 12/4 1 p.m. at Oklahoma State record…coached at Wisconsin-Stevens Point (1976-85), Wisconsin- 12/7 6 p.m. GONZAGA Green Bay (1985-95) and Wisconsin (1995-2000)…owns a .631 12/11 3 p.m. ^ at BYU career winning percentage (467-273)…career highlights include a 12/18 3 p.m. at Portland 1984 NAIA national runner-up finish at Wisconsin-Stevens Point 12/22 6 p.m. at Wyoming 12/31 5 p.m. *# STANFORD and a 2000 Final Four appearance at Wisconsin…with 70-58 win vs. 1/2 2 p.m. *# CALIFORNIA California, March 6, 2004, Bennett tied Bill E. Foster for 74th place 1/6 7:30 p.m. * at UCLA on the NCAA career wins list. 1/8 5 p.m. * at USC 1/13 7:30 p.m. * OREGON STATE BENNETT MAGIC: WSU won 13 games in 2003-04, a six-win 1/15 2 p.m. * OREGON 1/23 1 p.m. * at Washington improvement over the previous season, under first-year mentor Dick 1/27 6 p.m. * at Arizona State Bennett…only other time a Cougar head coach had a better 1/29 11 a.m. * at Arizona improvement during his inaugural season was John R. Bender in 2/3 7:30 p.m. * UCLA 1907-08…Bender’s squad finished 12-3 after Everett M. Sweeley’s 2/5 2 p.m. * USC 1906-07 team posted a 5-4 record…WSU tallied seven Pac-10 wins 2/10 5:30 p.m. * at Oregon State 2/12 3 p.m. * at Oregon after winning just seven of its last 50 conference games prior to 2/19 4 p.m. * WASHINGTON 2003-04. 2/24 5:30 p.m. * ARIZONA 2/26 2 p.m. * ARIZONA STATE MONTANA STATE PREVIEW: The Bobcats will open their 3/3 7 p.m. * at Stanford 3/5 1 p.m. * at California season in Pullman, Friday…last season, Montana State was 14-13 3/10-12 TBD Pac-10 Tournament overall and 6-8 in the Big Sky Conference…leading returning scorer

^ - Played at Delta Center is sophomore forward Nick Dissly (9.9 points per game) # - Played at Spokane Arena * - Pacific-10 Conference Game SERIES WITH THE BOBCATS: Washington State leads 20-

All times are Pacific. 7…Cougars have won five straight and eight of the last nine meetings…last time the Bobcats won was 61-56 in Pullman was Dec. 20, 1972…last match up took place Dec. 21, 1982 with the

Cougars beating the Bobcats 96-64 in Pullman

PROTECTING THE HOUSE: The Cougars were 3-0 during their 2003-04 nonconference home schedule…WSU is 63-2 since 1990-91 in nonconference games played in Pullman…the mark includes a 5-0 record in Bohler Gym during the 1990-91 campaign…in addition to Montana State, the Cougars host Georgia Southern (Nov. 24) and Gonzaga (Dec. 7).

HOME SUCCESS: Washington State has won its last 16 Pullman openers…last loss was 60-54 to BYU, Dec. 3, 1987.

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 2-2-2 November 15, 2004 Men’s Basketball Contacts: Craig Lawson, Becca Faulds WSU vs. THE BIG SKY: The Cougars are 165-48 all-time against current members of the Big Sky Conference…WSU has won eight of the last nine overall and 14 straight played in Pullman against the current members of the Big Sky.

MIXING THE OLD WITH THE NEW: There are plenty of new faces in Pullman this season…six recruited freshmen, along with a pair of walk-ons, join six returning Cougars…among the returnees, five are seniors and one is a junior.

COACHING CHANGES: Tony Bennett, son of Washington State head coach Dick Bennett, was promoted to associate head coach earlier this season…in addition, Ben Johnson joins the Cougar coaching staff as an assistant…Johnson replaces Mike Burns, who departed to take the head coaching job at Eastern Washington…both Johnson and Tony Bennett played for current Cougar Head Coach Dick Bennett at Wisconsin-Green Bay.

INJURY UPDATE: Freshmen Chris Henry (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Derrick Low (Honolulu, Hawaii) are currently out with injuries…Henry suffered multiple ligament damage to his right ankle while Low has a fractured right foot…both are out indefinitely.

NATIONAL RANKINGS: Last season, the Cougars finished ranked nationally in scoring defense (12th, 59.66 points per game), free throw percentage (13th, .749) and fewest turnovers (14th, 12.1).

WSU ROAD SUCCESS: The Cougars won six road wins in a season (6-8) for the first time since 1995-96 (7- 7)…with the 57-51 win at Alaska Fairbanks, Nov. 22, WSU broke a 27-game road losing streak…previous win was 58-57 at Arizona State, Feb. 8, 2001…WSU was 6-65 in last 71 road games prior to this season dating back to January, 1998.

STREAK BREAKERS: WSU snapped several losing streaks last season…here is a look at the streaks.

GAME DATE SCORE ENDED @Alaska Fairbanks Nov. 22 57-51 27-game road losing streak @California Jan. 4 55-50 22-game Pac-10 road losing streak 8-game losing streak at California 6-game losing streak to California vs. USC (Spokane) Jan. 10 76-61 9-game losing streak to USC @UCLA Feb. 5 55-48 46-game losing streak at UCLA 38-game losing streak at Pauley Pavilion (first WSU win at UCLA) 22-game losing streak overall to UCLA @USC Feb. 7 60-51 7-game losing streak at USC

ATTENDANCE NUMBERS UP: WSU averaged 4,540 fans at Friel Court in 2003-04, the most since 1998- 99 …the 8,176 vs. Stanford, March 4 was the largest crowd at Friel Court since 8,373 watched WSU- Washington, Jan. 18, 1997…WSU drew 14,139 for games against Stanford and California, March 4/6…largest weekend for WSU basketball since 18,674 came to see California and Stanford, Jan. 25/27, 1996…Cougars drew 18,262 over three games (Feb. 14-March 6), best since Feb. 22-March 8, 1997 (21,017)…the 6,409 attending the Washington game, Jan. 24 was the most for a non-ranked opponent since 8,373 attended Washington, Jan. 18, 1997.

RADIO: All Washington State men’s basketball games will be broadcast over the Cougar Basketball Radio Network…Bud Nameck is in his 12th season calling all the action…games can be heard on KCLK 1430 AM (Clarkston), KCLX 1450 AM (Colfax), KCVL 1240 AM (Colville), KRKO 1380 AM (Everett), KBAM 1270 AM (Longview), KZFN 106.1 FM (Moscow, Idaho), KRPL 1400 AM (Moscow, Idaho), KBSN 1470 AM (Moses Lake), KZXR 1310 AM (Prosser), KYCW 1090 AM (Seattle), KXLY 920 AM (Spokane), KHHO 850 AM (Tacoma), KALE 960 AM (Tri-Cities), KGDC 1320 AM (Walla Walla) and KUSA 980 AM (Yakima).

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 3-3-3 November 15, 2004 Men’s Basketball Contacts: Craig Lawson, Becca Faulds COUGAR RETURNING PLAYER NOTES

#5 Chris Schlatter (Lafayette, Calif.) - 2003-04 notes…started 21 games…tied season-high with 11 points at USC…tied his career-high with seven rebounds four times …scored nine points at No. 15 Gonzaga and added six boards…tallied eight points at No. 5 Stanford, Jan. 2…played career-high 39 minutes against USC, Jan. 10.

#11 Thomas Kelati (Walla Walla) - 2003-04 notes…scored in double figures 16 times…tallied career-high 27 points on the strength of 11-for-13 shooting at No. 17 Arizona, Feb. 28…registered 24 points at Washington, Feb. 19…did not start for only third time in last 48 games at Oregon, Jan. 17…other two non-starts were senior days in 2002 and 2003…had worst shooting game of his career with 0-for-9 effort at Oregon State, Jan. 15…scored 18 points vs. IPFW, Dec. 1…tallied team-high 15 points at No. 15 Gonzaga, Dec. 28…has 151 career treys and ranks sixth on WSU’s all-time list…led Pac-10 with .456 three-point shooting in 2002-03

#12 Randy Green (Renton) - 2003-04 notes…made five starts…scored 12 points off the bench in 67-62 overtime loss to Oregon, Feb. 14…averaged 16.7 points per game during three-game stretch Dec. 6- 20….played career-high 39 minutes against Montana, Dec. 13…tied career-high with four steals against Washington, Feb. 19.

#22 Shami Gill (Mission, British Columbia) - 2003-04 notes…started 28 games…led WSU with 5.3 rebounds per game and ranked 16th in the Pac-10…matched his career-high with 13 rebounds, including seven offensive, at Oregon, Jan. 17…grabbed 10 boards at Alaska Fairbanks, Nov. 22 and at Southern Utah, Nov. 28…named all-tournament at BP Top of the World Classic…played career-high 36 minutes at California and dished out career-high three assists against the Golden Bears, Jan. 4…tied his career high with 17 points against USC, Jan. 10.

#25 Isaiah Simmons (Tacoma) - 2003-04 notes…walked-on and made 15 appearances…made first career start vs. No. 9 Arizona, Jan. 31…played season/career-high 29 minutes against the Wildcats…recorded seven points and two assists against Arizona…tallied five points, three assists, two rebounds and one block against Washington.

#45 Jeff Varem (Benue, Nigeria) - 2003-04 notes… played in 20 games…made 14 starts…tied for team-high honors with 21 points in 83-70 victory at Arizona State, Feb. 26…scored team-high 15 points in loss to Oregon State, Feb. 12…made 16-of-21 free throws during road games at UCLA and USC…tallied team-high five rebounds, four points and two assists in first game at Fresno State, Dec. 29…recorded 15 points at California, Jan. 4…added five boards against Golden Bears…registered season/career highs with 22 points and seven rebounds in Cougars’ 76-61 victory over USC, Jan. 10…recorded team-high 14 points against Washington, Jan. 24 while making his fourth start of the season…scored game-high 17 points against Arizona State, Jan. 29…sat out WSU’s first eight games due to impermissible benefits received prior to attending WSU.

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 4-4-4 November 15, 2004 Men’s Basketball Contacts: Craig Lawson/Becca Faulds WASHINGTON STATE CAREER LEADERS

SCORING 24. Peter Mullins (1951-53) 1,021 Thomas Kelati (2002-present) 680 (Active Leader)

SCORING AVERAGE 10. Marcus Moore (2001-04) 14.29 Thomas Kelati (2002-present) 8.3 (Active Leader)

FIELD GOALS 10. Marcus Moore (2001-04) 481 Thomas Kelati (2002-present) 233 (Active Leader)

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 10. Larry Beck (1955-57) 1,073 Thomas Kelati (2002-present) 552 (Active Leader)

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 10. Ron Davis (1975-76) .494 (310-for-627) Thomas Kelati (2002-present) .422 (233-for-552) (Active Leader)

3-POINT FIELD GOALS 1. Eddie Hill (1991-94) 233 2. Bennie Seltzer (1990-93) 230 3. Isaac Fontaine (1994-97) 208 4. Chris Crosby (1997-2000) 202 5. Marcus Moore (2001-04) 152 6. Thomas Kelati (2002-present) 151

3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 1. Bennie Seltzer (1990-93) 585 2. Eddie Hill (1991-94) 561 3. Chris Crosby (1997-2000) 516 4. Marcus Moore (2001-04) 503 5. Isaac Fontaine (1994-97) 455 6. Jan-Michael Thomas (1999-2000) 366 7. Jerry McNair (2001-03) 357 8. Thomas Kelati (2002-present) 350

3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 1. Isaac Fontaine (1994-97) .457 (208-for-455) 2. Thomas Kelati (2002-present) .431 (151-for-350)

FREE THROWS 10. Don Collins (1977-80) 335 Shami Gill (2002-present) 78 (Active Leader)

FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION 5-5-5 November 15, 2004 Men’s Basketball Contacts: Craig Lawson/Becca Faulds WASHINGTON STATE CAREER LEADERS

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 10. Keith Morrison (1983-86) 460 Shami Gill (2002-present) 105 (Active Leader)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 10. Shannon Antrum (1995-96) .7787 (183-for-235) Jeff Varem (2004-present) .769 (70-for-91) (Active Leader) NOTE: Thomas Kelati is 63-for-76 (.829) in his career, but does not have enough attempts to qualify.

REBOUNDS 10. Ted Wierman (1967-69) 667 Shami Gill (2002-present) 307 (Active Leader)

REBOUNDING AVERAGE 5. John Maras (1958-60) 9.1 Shami Gill (2002-present) 4.3 (Active Leader)

ASSISTS 10. Anthony Kidd (1986-89) 255 Thomas Kelati (2002-present) 195 (Active Leader)

ASSISTS AVERAGE 6. Dan Steward (1970-72) 3.55 Thomas Kelati (2002-present) 2.3 (Active Leader)

BLOCKS 10. Tavares Mack (1994-97) 55 Thomas Kelati (2002-present) 23 (Active Leader)

STEALS 10. Neil Derrick (1991-92) 95 Thomas Kelati (2002-present) 90 (Active Leader)

NCAA CAREER COACHING WINS 73. Jim Harrick (1980-96, 98-2003) 470 (Pepperdine 1980-88, UCLA 89-96, Rhode Island 98-99, Georgia 2000-03) 74. Bill E. Foster (1961-93) 467 (Bloomsburg 1961-63, Rutgers 64-71, Utah 72-74, Duke 75-80, S. Carolina 81-86, Northwestern 87-93) 74. Dick Bennett 467

Updated through end of 2003-04 season.

2003-04 Washington State Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 15, 2004) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (13-16) (6-6) (6-8) (1-2) CONFERENCE...... (7-11) (3-6) (4-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (6-5) (3-0) (2-3) (1-2)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------01 Moore, Marcus...... 29-29 978 33.7 146-392 .372 35-137 .255 65-82 .793 14 77 91 3.1 56 1 108 85 7 43 392 13.5 11 Kelati, Thomas..... 29-28 943 32.5 112-256 .438 71-160 .444 26-27 .963 12 71 83 2.9 66 5 65 42 10 38 321 11.1 45 Varem, Jeff...... 20-14 519 26.0 57-125 .456 7-23 .304 70-91 .769 25 58 83 4.2 57 2 37 55 7 17 191 9.6 22 Gill, Shami...... 29-28 796 27.4 61-138 .442 2-12 .167 47-57 .825 65 88 153 5.3 87 3 21 41 7 13 171 5.9 32 Ukeagu, Ezenwa..... 25-4 382 15.3 44-82 .537 0-0 .000 48-69 .696 44 49 93 3.7 37 0 6 16 3 1 136 5.4 12 Green, Randy...... 29-5 405 14.0 47-133 .353 25-75 .333 23-28 .821 14 24 38 1.3 20 0 13 12 0 27 142 4.9 05 Schlatter, Chris... 29-21 793 27.3 50-134 .373 18-52 .346 16-27 .593 37 73 110 3.8 83 1 36 45 5 17 134 4.6 23 Paterick, T.J...... 9-3 146 16.2 8-16 .500 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000 1 5 6 0.7 7 0 12 8 1 5 21 2.3 25 Simmons, Isaiah.... 15-1 147 9.8 11-39 .282 4-10 .400 6-13 .462 10 9 19 1.3 12 0 12 9 2 1 32 2.1 55 Bellegarde, Justin. 25-5 211 8.4 21-45 .467 0-0 .000 11-20 .550 11 27 38 1.5 44 0 3 9 5 6 53 2.1 21 Grant, Anthony..... 27-7 402 14.9 19-76 .250 13-51 .255 6-11 .545 6 23 29 1.1 28 0 14 15 3 7 57 2.1 03 Den Boer, Lance.... 14-0 74 5.3 8-26 .308 3-16 .188 5-7 .714 3 8 11 0.8 2 0 1 3 0 0 24 1.7 44 Garcia, Justin..... 7-0 17 2.4 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 0.6 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 0.6 02 Ayers, Terry...... 3-0 8 2.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 33 Boyd, Cody...... 2-0 4 2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 36 50 86 3.0 1 10 ------Total...... 29 5825 586-1466 .400 181-540 .335 325-434 .749 280 564 844 29.1 504 12 328 352 51 176 1678 57.9 Opponents...... 29 5827 622-1360 .457 144-415 .347 342-496 .690 255 654 909 31.3 460 - 326 404 73 126 1730 59.7

TEAM STATISTICS WSU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1678 1730 %11/20/03 vs VMI W 66-46 3757 Points per game...... 57.9 59.7 %11/22/03 at Alaska Fairbanks W 57-51 4250 Scoring margin...... -1.8 - %11/23/03 vs Rice L 49-64 3404 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 586-1466 622-1360 11/28/03 at Southern Utah L 36-55 1473 Field goal pct...... 400 .457 12/1/03 IPFW W 66-46 1515 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 181-540 144-415 12/6/03 TCU W 73-52 2219 3-point FG pct...... 335 .347 12/13/03 at Montana W 64-50 4204 3-pt FG made per game.. 6.2 5.0 12/20/03 IDAHO W 62-55 2174 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 325-434 342-496 12/22/03 at Fresno State L 29-46 13354 Free throw pct...... 749 .690 12/28/03 at #15 Gonzaga L 58-96 4000 REBOUNDS...... 844 909 *1/2/04 at #5 Stanford L 51-73 6071 Rebounds per game...... 29.1 31.3 *1/4/04 at California W 55-50 10154 Rebounding margin...... -2.2 - *#1/8/04 UCLA L 45-48 2861 ASSISTS...... 328 326 *#1/10/04 USC W 76-61 3056 Assists per game...... 11.3 11.2 *01/15/04 at Oregon State L 41-52 5951 TURNOVERS...... 352 404 *01-17-04 at Oregon L 45-60 9087 Turnovers per game..... 12.1 13.9 *1/24/04 WASHINGTON L 62-75 6409 Turnover margin...... +1.8 - *1/29/04 ARIZONA STATE W 63-56 4724 Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.9 0.8 *1/31/04 #9 ARIZONA L 57-61 6154 STEALS...... 176 126 *02/05/04 at UCLA W 55-48 7299 Steals per game...... 6.1 4.3 *2-7-04 at USC W 60-51 4788 BLOCKS...... 51 73 *2/12/04 OREGON STATE L 58-65 3947 Blocks per game...... 1.8 2.5 *2/14/04 OREGON LOT 62-67 4123 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - *02/19/04 at Washington L 67-71 9055 Home win streak...... 1 - *02-26-04 at Arizona State W 83-70 8067 ATTENDANCE...... 51321 109491 *2/28/04 at #17 Arizona L 60-72 14577 Home games-Avg/Game.... 12-4277 14-7309 *3/4/04 #1 STANFORD L 61-63 8176 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 3-2387 *3/6/04 CALIFORNIA W 70-58 5963 $03-11-04 vs #2 Stanford L 47-68 - SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total % BP Top of the World Classic (Fairbanks, Alaska) ------* Pacific-10 Game Washington State...... 726 943 9 - 1678 # Spokane Arena Opponents...... 851 865 14 - 1730 $ Pacific-10 Tournament