WASHINGTON STATE 2010-11 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAMES 10-12 • DIAMOND HEAD CLASSIC • DEC. 22, 23, 25 • STAN SHERIFF CENTER • HONOLULU Cougar Men’s Basketball Washington State University Athletic Media Relations Game Notes Contact: Jessica Schmick • Work: 509-335-0255 • Cell: 509-781-0550 • [email protected] Student Assistant: Casey Johnson • Cell: 360-713-8770 • [email protected] Dec. 23, 2010 www.wsucougars.com 2010-11 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Nov. 13 SOUTHERN W, 86-47 WASHINGTON STATE (9-1) VS. NO. 15 BAYLOR (8-1) Nov. 16 IDAHO W, 88-71 COUGARS FACE N0. 15 BAYLOR IN DIAMOND HEAD • With Baylor ranked 15th, either WSU or Baylor Nov. 23 vs. Portland^ (FSN NW) W, 84-68 CLASSIC SEMIFINAL: With its 83-57 victory over Mis- have been ranked in the last three meetings. Nov. 26 at Fresno State W, 66-55 sissippi State Wednesday, Washington State men’s Washington State vs. Baylor Dec. 30, 1972 - WSU 65, Baylor 64 Nov. 30 SACRAMENTO STATE W, 84-36 basketball (9-1) will take on No. 15 Baylor (8-1) in the Diamond Head Classic Semifinals, Thursday, (Far West Classic - Portland, Ore.) Dec. 3 No. 5 KANSAS STATE& (FSN) L, 58-63 Nov. 20, 2007 - WSU 67, Baylor 64 Dec. 23 at 1:30 p.m. HT (3:30 p.m. PT) at the Stan (Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series - Waco, Texas) Dec. 8 GONZAGA (FSN) W, 81-59 Sheriff Center at Honoulu. Dec. 6, 2008 - Baylor 58, WSU 52 Dec. 10 vs. Texas-Pan American! W, 74-52 (Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series - Pullman, Wash.) ABOUT THE COUGS: Dec. 19 at Santa Clara W, 85-79 (OT) • Washington State is 9-1 overall and receiving votes WSU IN TOURNAMENTS: Dec. 22 vs. Mississippi State$ (ESPNU) W, 83-57 in the Associated Press Poll and the USA Today/ESPN • The Cougars have played in a tournament each of Coaches Poll. Dec. 23 vs. No. 15 Baylor (ESPNU) 3:30 p.m. the last four seasons. • The Cougars are 2-0 in neutral site games, having • WSU holds a 11-1 record in those tournaments Dec. 25 vs. TBA$ TBA defeated Mississippi State, 83-57, Wednesday in and has appeared in the championship game in Dec. 29 at UCLA* (FSN) 8 p.m. the opening game of the Diamond Head Classic at each tournament, capturing three of the four titles. Hononulu...WSU also defeated Portland at Seattle in • Last year WSU won the Great Alaska Shootout, in Dec. 31 at USC* (FSN NW) 3 p.m. a neutral site game. 2007-08 won the Cougar Hispanic College Fund Jan. 6 OREGON STATE* 7 p.m. • Juniors Klay Thompson and Faisal Aden are sharing Challenge and in 2006-07 won the John Thompson Jan. 8 OREGON* (FSN NW) 7:30 p.m. the scoring load, averaging 21.7 and 17.2 points per Foundation Challenge. game, respectively...the sharpshooting duo account • The Cougars fell to then-No. 4 Pittsburgh in the Jan. 13 at California* TBA for two of the top four scorers in the Pac-10. championship game of the Legends Classic in 2008- Jan. 15 at Stanford* TBA • Thompson leads the league and the team in assists 09. Jan. 20 ARIZONA STATE* 7 p.m. per game with 4.7...he dished out a career-high • WSU last played in a tournament in Hawaii in nine assists against Idaho (Nov. 16). 1996-97 as it appeared in the Rainbow Classic at Jan. 22 ARIZONA* (FSN NW) 7:30 p.m. • Aden and Thompson are contributing 2.5 and Honolulu. Jan. 30 WASHINGTON* (FSN) 7 p.m. 2.4 3-point field goals per game, respectively... • The Cougs went 1-2 in the tournament with their Thompson is second in the Pac-10 with 2.2 steals Feb. 3 at Oregon* TBA lone win coming against Northwestern in their third per game. game. Feb. 5 at Oregon State* (FSN NW) 5 p.m. • Sophomore forward Brock Motum ranks fourth on Feb. 10 STANFORD* 7 p.m. the team with 8.7 points per game, while leading THOMPSON IN TOURNAMENTS: the league in field goal percentage with a .655 mark Feb. 12 CALIFORNIA* 3 p.m. • Klay Thompson has shown over his three seasons (36-for-55). at WSU that he can come up big in regular season Feb. 17 at Arizona* (FSN) 5:30 p.m. • DeAngelo Casto, who missed two of the Cougars’ tournaments. Feb. 19 at Arizona State* (FSN NW) 11 a.m. games with a sprained foot, is adding 9.4 points and • Thompson has wound up on the all-tournament 6.0 rebounds an outing. team in both of the tournaments he has played Feb. 27 at Washington* (FSN) 7 p.m. • Reggie Moore scored 10 points in his first outing in with WSU (Legends Classic-2008, Great Alaska March 3 USC* (Wildcard) TBA of the season against K-State (Dec. 3)...Moore is Shootout-2009). March 5 UCLA* (Wildcard) TBA averaging 8.3 points a game...he missed the first • At the Great Alaska Shootout Thompson was four games with a wrist injury. named the MVP. March 9-12 Pac-10 Tournament (FSN/CBS) TBA • Junior Marcus Capers leads the team and is 11th • He was the only Coug on the all-tournament team ^ - Cougar Hardwood Classic at KeyArena at Seattle in the league with 6.2 rebounds a game, adding of the Legends Classic and one of three at the Great & - Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series 7.2 points...he grabbed a career-high 15 boards in Alaska Shootout. ! - Played at Spokane Arena at Spokane, Wash. the season opener against Southern...he leads the • Thompson’s lone double-double of his career $ - Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu) * - Pac-10 Game league and the country with a 4.8 assists/turnover came in the Legends Classic (19 points, 10 re- % - Pac-10 Tournament Played at Staples Center ratio (29/6). bounds) and his career high of points came in the Home games in BOLD Great Alaska Shootout (43 points). WSU AGAINST BAYLOR: • Thompson is averaging 28.3 points per game in • The Cougars faced Baylor in both 2007-08 and his six tournament games as a Cougar. 2008-09 as part of the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series. • WSU won the game at Waco, Texas, 67-64, Nov. 30, 2007, but fell at home, 58-52, Dec. 6, 2008... the Cougars lead the series, 2-1. DEC. 22, 23, 25 • GAMES 10, 11, 12 • DIAMOND HEAD CLASSIC •HONOLULU COUGARS AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS: WSU CAREER LEADERS • WSU is facing the No. 15 team in the country, COACHING STAFF Baylor. SCORING AVERAGE Head Coach: .........................Ken Bone, Second season 1. Steve Puidokas (1974-77) 18.6 • The Cougars are 45-209 all-time against teams Alma Mater: .............................. Seattle Pacific, 1983 2. Jim McKean (1966-68) 18.3 ranked in the Associated Press Top-25. Assistant Coaches: .................................................... 3. Klay Thompson (2009-present) 16.8 • WSU is 1-16 against the top-25 at neutral sites. ...................................Curtis Allen (Washington, 2005) 4. Isaac Fontaine (1994-97) 16.7 • The Cougars are 0-1 against ranked Baylor ........................... Jeff Hironaka (Eastern Oregon, 1980) teams. ....................Ben Johnson (Wisconsin-Green Bay, 1992) 3-POINT FIELD GOALS Coordinator of Basketball Operations: .......................... 1. Eddie Hill (1991-94) 233 • WSU is 18-155 against the AP Top-15 and 6-11 all-time against the No. 15 team in the country. ............................Jared Barrett (Eastern Oregon, 1998) 6. Chris Crosby (1997-2000) 202 Operations Assistant: ................................................... 7. Klay Thompson (2009-present) 169 • The Cougars have faced one other top-25 team .........................Tim Marrion (Washington State, 2006) this season, then-No. 5 Kansas State...that game BLOCKED SHOTS marked WSU’s lone loss of the season. 1. James Donaldson (1976-79) 176 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 2. Carlos Daniel (1995-98) 136 COUGARS AGAINST THE BIG 12: 3. DeAngelo Casto (2009-present) 125 • WSU holds a 10-17 record against current mem- Faisal Aden ..........................................Fays-UHL Aid-in bers of the Big 12 Conference. Steven Bjornstad .................................... Be-YORN-stad SCORING Marcus Capers ................................................CAPE-ers 1. Isaac Fontaine (1994-97) 2003 • Oklahoma is the only current Big 12 member Will DiIorio ......................................................De-Oreo 12. Carlos Daniel (1995-98) 1285 that WSU has never faced. Dexter Kernich-Drew .......................................Ker-nick 13. Larry Beck (1955-57) 1263 • The Cougars have winning records against Bay- 14. Eddie Hill (1991-94) 1242 lor (2-1), Texas A&M (1-0) and Texas Tech 15. Klay Thompson (2009-present) 1240 (1-0). ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS • Of all the Big 12 teams, WSU has faced 1. Bennie Seltzer (1990-93) 585 Nebraska the most with a 2-6 record against the Asst. Director/MBB Contact: ................Jessica Schmick 7. Isaac Fontaine (1994-97) 455 Huskers. Office Phone: ..............................(509) 335-0255 8. Klay Thompson (2009-Present) 439 • The Cougars’s only other ranked opponent so Cell Phone: .................................(509) 781-0550 far this season was also a Big 12 team, Kansas E-Mail: [email protected] 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE State, whom WSU hosted Dec. 3. Student Asst./Secondary Contact ...........Casey Johnson 1. Isaac Fontaine (1994-97) .457 Cell Phone: ...................................360-713-8770 9. Chris Crosby (1997-2000) .391 THOMPSON MOVING UP SCORING LIST: E-Mail: ...................................... [email protected] 10. Klay Thompson (2009-Present) .385 Director: .................................................... Bill Stevens 11. Shamon Antrum (1995-96) .384 • With 22 points at Oregon last season, Klay Assistant Directors:............Linda Chalich, Craig Lawson 12. Jan-Michael Thomas (1999-2000) .383 Thompson surpassed the 1,000-point for his ca- .....................................................Jessica Schmick, TBA David Adams (2000-01) .383 reer...he finished the season with 1,023 points.