FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION SID: Rod Commons ASSISTANTS: Linda Chalich, Craig Lawson, Jason Krump, Jason Hickman (509) 335-COUG; FAX 509-335-0267 February 25, 2002 Men’s Basketball Contact: Craig Lawson COUGARS CLOSE PAC-10 SEASON IN SEATTLE THIS WEEK: Wednesday, February 27 -- WSU at Washington-7:30 p.m. (FOX Sports Net Northwest) Saturday, March 2 -- WSU vs. Centenary-3 p.m. WSU COUGAR MEN WASHINGTON STATE (5-20 / 1-16) DATE SCORE OPPONENT 11/20 L 79-75 # COLORADO ST. 11/24 W 103-55 P. VIEW A&M RADIO: All Washington State men’s basketball games will be 11/28 L 75-71 at Montana broadcast over the Cougar Radio Network…Bud Nameck is in his ninth 12/1 W 91-75 AR-PINE BLUFF season calling all the action…game can be hear on KCLK 1430 AM 12/4 W 81-55 IDAHO (Clarkston), KCLX 1450 AM (Colfax), KCVL 1240 AM (Colville), 12/7 W 70-67 TEXAS-PAN AM 12/10 L 79-52 at Texas KVAC 1490 AM and KLLM 103.9 FM (Forks), KZFN 106.1 FM 12/15 L 67-44 at Gonzaga (Moscow, Idaho), KBSN 1470 AM (Moses Lake), KZXR 1310 AM 12/22 L 79-74 * UCLA (Prosser/Sunnyside), KLFE 1590 AM and KRKO 1380 AM (Seattle), 12/29 L 78-63 * USC KXLY 920 AM (Spokane), KHHO 850 AM (Tacoma), KFLD 870 1/4 L 85-64 ^* at USC 1/6 L 81-69 * at UCLA AM (Tri-Cities), KVAN 1550 AM (Vancouver), KUJ 1420 AM (Walla 1/10 L 92-85 * ARIZONA Walla) and KJOX 980 AM (Yakima). 1/12 L 81-71 * ARIZONA STATE 1/17 L 83-50 * at Stanford INTERNET: Cougar men’s basketball games can also be accessed via 1/19 L 90-57 * at California the Washington State athletic department web site at 1/24 L 74-72 * OREGON STATE 1/26 L 94-86 * OREGON www.wsucougars.com or at broadcast.yahoo.com. 1/31 W 81-79 * WASHINGTON 2/7 L 96-45 * at Arizona State COUGAR SPORTS THIS WEEK: You can listen to the “Cougar 2/9 L 85-68 * at Arizona Sports This Week” hosted by Bud Nameck…WSU head coach Paul 2/14 L 77-56 * CALIFORNIA 2/16 L 76-63 * STANFORD Graham will be on live from The Bookie on the Washington State campus 2/21 L 115-77 * at Oregon from 6-7 p.m. every Tuesday through March 19…the show can be heard 2/23 L 91-55 * at Oregon State over the Cougar Radio Network. 2/27 7:30 p.m. * at Washington 3/2 3 p.m. CENTENARY COUGARS ON TELEVISION: Washington State is currently # = Game at Spokane Arena scheduled to make 14 appearances on television this season during its * = Pacific-10 Conference Game 27-game regular season, including five national, five regional and four ^ = Game at The Forum (Inglewood, Calif.) local broadcasts…FOX Sports Net televised the games vs. UCLA (Dec. 22), vs. USC (Dec. 29), at UCLA (Jan. 6) at California (Jan. 19) and at All times are Pacific. Oregon State (Feb. 23)…FOX Sports Net Arizona televised the game at Arizona (Feb. 9)…FOX Sports Net Southwest carried the game at WSU OVERALL: 5-20 Texas (Dec. 10)…FOX Sports Net Northwest televised the games at WSU IN PAC-10: 1-16 Gonzaga (Dec. 15) and vs. Oregon (Jan. 26) and will televise the game at WSU AT HOME: 5-8 WSU ON THE ROAD: 0-11 Washington (Feb. 27)…KUSK (Prescott, Ariz.) and KWBA (Tucson) WSU ON NEUTRAL FLOORS: 0-1 televised the Jan. 10 game vs. Arizona…KUSK televised the Jan. 12 WSU STREAK: -6 contest vs. Arizona State…KRON (San Francisco) carried the games at Stanford (Jan. 17) and vs. California (Feb.14). FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION SID: Rod Commons ASSISTANTS: Linda Chalich, Craig Lawson, Jason Krump, Jason Hickman (509) 335-COUG; FAX 509-335-0267 February 25, 2002 Men’s Basketball Contact: Craig Lawson WASHINGTON PREVIEW: With a win over Oregon State last Thursday, the Huskies are a half game back of Oregon State for the eighth and final spot in the Pacific-10 Conference Tournament…Washington is 10-17, 4-13 and closes it Pac-10 season against the Cougars…the Beavers (12-15, 4-12) play at UCLA, Thursday and at USC, Saturday. SERIES WITH THE HUSKIES: Washington leads 161-90, but the Cougars claimed their only Pacific-10 win this season (81-79) Jan. 31 in Pullman. COUGARS IN THE PAC-10 RANKINGS: Sophomore Marcus Moore (Inglewood, Calif.) leads the Pacific- 10 Conference with 2.08 steals per game…he is fourth in assists (5.00 per game), eighth in scoring (16.5 points per game), ninth in assist/turnover ratio (1.51) and 10th in three-point field goals (1.76 per game)…junior Jerry McNair (Torrance, Calif.) is sixth in three-point field goals per game (2.16)…senior Mike Bush (Riverside, Calif.) is ninth in free throw percentage (.810)…senior J Locklier (Rock Hill, S.C.) is 14th in rebounding (6.1 per game). BUSH REACHES MILESTONES: Senior Mike Bush (Riverside, Calif.) has scored 220 points this season to give him 1,052 in his career and place him 20th on the WSU all-time scoring list…he became the 23rd player in Washington State history to record 1,000 or more career points, Jan. 26 against Oregon…Bush needs 10 points to surpass Ed Gayda (1947-50) for 19th place…with one steal at Arizona (Feb. 9), Bush increased his career total to 148 and passed Bennie Seltzer (1990-93) into fourth on the WSU all-time list. MOORE IS BETTER: Sophomore Marcus Moore (Inglewood, Calif.) is averaging 5.00 assists per game which would tie him with Brad Jackson (1974) for the third best single season in WSU history…he has 52 steals this season and 92 in his career…he is tied with Isaac Fontaine (1995) and Terrence Lewis (1991-92) for 10th on the Cougar single season career lists, respectively…Moore’s 125 assists this season places him eighth on the WSU single season list and are two shy of Bennie Seltzer (1993) for seventh…he is on pace to finish in a tie for fifth with Craig Ehlo (1983) in single season assists…Moore is averaging 20.3 points per game in his last 10 outings. GET THAT SHOT OUTTA HERE: With two blocks against Stanford, Feb. 16, junior Milton Riley (Gardena, Calif.) moved into eighth place on the WSU career list with 57. FASHIONABLE COUGARS: Washington State’s Paul Graham is sixth among head coaches in the Feb. 20 Fashion Power Index according to collegeinsider.com…Gary Stewart is sixth among assistant coaches as well…for more information, check out http://www.collegeinsider.com/columnists/lento/index.html ELIGIBLE BACHELOR: Washington State Assistant Coach Gary Stewart is among college basketball’s 50 most eligible bachelor’s according to collegeinsider.com…Stewart is one of six Pac-10 coaches on the list…you can read the feature at http://www.collegeinsider.com/50/index.html LITTLE REMAINS INELIGIBLE: Washington State senior forward Framecio Little (Anderson, S.C.) remains ineligible due to his failure to meet NCAA academic requirements and will not play for the Cougars this season. INJURY UPDATE: Junior guard Nick Graham (Stillwater, Okla.) had surgery on his right ankle Nov. 23 and will redshirt this season…Graham has begun light jogging and shooting drills…senior Mike Bush (Riverside, Calif.) suffered a sprained mid right foot in the California game (Feb. 14) and has missed the last three games. KELATI’S EFFORT NOT ENOUGH IN LOSS TO BEAVERS: Freshman Thomas Kelati (Walla Walla, Wash.) scored a season-high 17 points and added eight rebounds in Washington State’s 91-55 loss at Oregon State, Feb. 23…the loss was the second worst to the Beavers in WSU history. FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION SID: Rod Commons ASSISTANTS: Linda Chalich, Craig Lawson, Jason Krump, Jason Hickman (509) 335-COUG; FAX 509-335-0267 February 25, 2002 Men’s Basketball Contact: Craig Lawson MOORE HAS ANOTHER GOOD OUTING IN LOSING CAUSE: Sophomore Marcus Moore (Inglewood, Calif.) poured in 34 points, but Washington State was routed by No. 15 Oregon 115-77, Feb. 21 in Eugene…the 115 points given up were the second most by a Cougar team in WSU history. MOORE’S EFFORT NOT ENOUGH IN LOSS TO CARDINAL: Sophomore Marcus Moore (Inglewood, Calif.) poured in 29 points on 13-of-21 shooting, but the Cougars came up short in a 76-63 loss to No. 12 Stanford, Feb. 16. POOR SHOOTING COSTS COUGARS AGAINST CALIFORNIA: Washington State shot just 33 percent, including 24 percent in the second half in a 77-56 loss to California, Feb. 14…senior Mike Bush (Riverside, Calif.) led the Cougars with 14 points and moved into 20th on the WSU all-time scoring list…sophomore Marcus Moore (Inglewood, Calif.) scored 10 points and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds…the Cougars played without senior starting center J Locklier (Rock Hill, S.C.). ARIZONA CONTINUES STREAK AGAINST COUGARS: Despite 23 points from senior Mike Bush (Riverside, Calif.) and a double-double (13 points, 12 rebounds) by senior J Locklier (Rock Hill, S.C.), Washington State lost 85-68 in Tucson (Feb. 9)…the loss was the 33rd straight to the Wildcats. SUN DEVILS ROUT COUGARS: Arizona State defeated Washington State 96-45, Feb. 7, handing the Cougars the second worst loss in school history…the record is a 93-41 loss at No.