April 7 • 2008-09 FinAl notes 2008-09 Cougar Men’s Basketball Washington State University Athletic Media Relations Final notes Contact: Jessica Schmick • Work: 509-335-0255 • Cell: 509-781-0550 • [email protected] Student Assistant: Mike Walsh • Cell: 360-600-3209 • [email protected] March 26, 2009 www.wsucougars.com 2008-09 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WASHINGTON STATE (17-16) Nov. 15 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 76-25 nov. 18 FAirleiGH DiCKinson# W, 55-33 2008-09 FinAl notes Nov. 21 SACRAMENTO STATE W, 76-55 Nov. 25 CANISIUS W, 67-41 2008-09 enD-oF-tHe-seAson notes • 17-16 • nit First roUnD Nov. 28 vs. Mississippi State$ (HDNet) W, 63-52 STATISTICS AT A GLANCE Nov. 29 vs 4/4 Pittsburgh (HDNet) L, 43-57 WSU (Pac-10/National Ranks) CATEGORY PAC-10 LEADER NATIONAL LEADER Dec. 2 IDAHo stAte (Fsn nW) W, 60-41 Pullman, Wash. Location -- -- 23,300 Enrollment --- -- Dec. 6 24/rV BAYlor& (Fsn) L, 52-58 Pacific-10 Conference -- -- Dec. 10 4 GonZAGA (Fsn nW/KHQ) L, 52-74 Cougars Nickname -- -- Dec. 13 vs. Montana State^ (FSN NW) W, 70-51 Tony Bennett Head Coach -- -- 69-33 (3 Seasons) Coach’s Record at School (Season) -- -- Dec. 21 at Idaho W, 55-41 Same Coach’s Career Record (Season) -- -- Dec. 27 at LSU (ESPN2) L, 52-64 17-16 Overall Record -- -- Jan. 3 WAsHinGTON* (Fsn nW) L, 48-68 8-10 Conference Record -- -- N/A National Ranking (AP/ESPN-USA Today) -- -- Jan. 8 CAliForniA* l, 50-57 59.2 (9th/314th) Points Per Game 78.6 (UW) 93.8 (VMI) Jan. 10 STAnForD* (Fsn nW) W, 55-54 55.4 (1st/1st) Points Allowed Per Game 55.4 (WSU) 55.4 (Washington State) Jan. 15 at Oregon State* (FSN) W, 61-57 (OT) +3.8 (2nd/110th) Average Scoring Margin +11.5 (UCLA) 17.8 (North Carolina) 32.6 (10th/320th) Rebounds Per Game 41.1 (UW) 40.0 (North Carolina) Jan. 17 at Oregon* (FSN) W, 74-62 29.7 (2nd/--) Rebounds Allowed Per Game 29.6 (UCLA) -- Jan. 22 13 UClA* (Fsn) l, 59-61 +2.9 (6th/77th) Average Rebound Margin +8.2 (UW) 9.3 (Michigan State) .434 (5th/188th) Field Goal Percentage .490 (UCLA) .496 (Utah State) Jan. 24 UsC* (Fsn nW/W) l, 44-46 .387 (4th/10th) Field Goal Percentage Defense .387 (WSU) .371 (Memphis) Jan. 29 at 14 Arizona State* W, 65-55 .345 (4th/143rd) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .427 (CAL) .427 (California) Jan. 31 at Arizona* (CBS) L, 56-66 .362 (9th/278th) 3-Point Field Goal Pct. Defense .317 (ASU) .266 (Stephen F. Austin) .769 (5th/7th) Free-Throw Percentage .769 (WSU) 79.6 (Southern Utah) Feb. 5 at Stanford* L, 54-65 12.4 (8th/211th) Assists Per Game 15.5 (ASU) 18.4 (Missouri) Feb. 7 at California* (FSN) L, 63-71 11.4 (1st/14th) Turnovers Per Game 11.4 (WSU) 9.5 (Notre Dame) Feb. 12 OREGon* W, 67-38 10.5 (6th/253rd) Turnovers Forced Per Game 15.7 (UCLA) 19.3 (Kennesaw State) 1.1 (1st/71st) Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.4 (ASU) 1.75 (Notre Dame) Feb. 14 OREGon stAte* (Fsn nW) L, 52-54 4.3 (1st/58th) Blocks Per Game 4.7 (USC) 7.8 (Connecticut) Feb. 19 at USC* L, 51-61 3.8 (4th/330th) Steals Per Game 8.3 (UCLA) 14.2 (VMI) NCAA rankings as of March 12; 330 teams ranked nationally Feb. 21 at 20/15 UCLA* (FSN) W, 82-81 Feb. 26 AriZonA* (Fsn nW/AZ) W, 69-53 Starters Last Time Out Washington State Feb. 28 14/11 AriZonA stAte* (Fsn nW/AZ) W, 51-49 (ot) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. ppg Other Note 52 Caleb Forrest F 6-8 228 Sr. 6.7 3.3 rpg Nearly doubled his scoring averag from 2007-08 to 2008-09 with 6.7 ppg. March 7 at 16/13 Washington* (FSN) L, 60-67 11 Aron Baynes C 6-10 250 Sr. 12.7 7.5 rpg Became the 30th Cougar to score 1,000 career points March 7 at UW. March 11 vs. Oregon% (FSN) W, 62-40 0 Marcus Capers G 6-4 172 Fr. 1.7 2.3 rpg Started six of the Cougars’ final eight games...started nine total games. 1 Klay Thompson G 6-6 187 Fr. 12.5 4.2 rpg Set five WSU freshman season records and a freshman single-game record. March 12 vs. UCLA% (FSN) L, 53-64 10 Taylor Rochestie G 6-1 193 Sr.* 13.2 4.5 apg Became first Cougar since 2007 to earn All-Pac-10 First Team honors. March 17 at St. Mary’s+ (ESPN2) L, 57-68 Key Reserves 4 Nikola Koprivica G 6-6 216 Jr. 3.1 2.4 rpg Started 18 games and more than doubled 2007-08’s assist total with 52. # - Legends Classic played at Pullman 23 DeAngelo Casto F 6-8 229 Fr. 4.4 4.0 rpg Set a WSU freshman season record for blocked shots with 39. $ - Legends Classic at Newark, N.J. (Prudential Center) 32 Daven Harmeling F 6-7 227 Sr.* 3.8 1.6 rpg Ranks 12th in WSU career record books for 3-pointers made with 124. & - Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series Other Reserves ^ - Cougar Hardwood Classic (KeyArena) 5 Abe Lodwick G 6-7 200 Fr.* 0.8 1.0 rpg Appeared in 21 games...played a career-high 19 minutes vs. MVSU (11/15). * - Pac-10 Game 3 Mike Harthun G 6-3 180 Fr. 0.9 0.4 rpg Played a career-high 14 minutes in WSU’s season finale at Saint Mary’s. % - Pac-10 Tournament Played at Staples Center 40 Charlie Enquist F 6-10 222 Fr.* 1.0 0.8 rpg Appeared in 11 games...scored a career-high six minutes against Idaho St. + - National Invitation Tournament 44 Nick Witherill G 6-2 176 Fr. 0.3 0.8 rpg Appeared in six games...scored only basket against Canisius (11/25). Home games in BOLD 13 Fabian Boeke C 6-11 223 So. 1.0 1.3 rpg Played in three games...went 1-for-3 from the 3-point arc on the season. All times Pacific 24 Ryan Bailey F 6-7 220 Sr. 1.0 1.5 rpg Played in two games...scored only basket on only fg attempt (MVSU-11/15)/ **Dates and times subject to change 1 2008-09 WASHINGTON STAte Men’s BasketBALL April 7 • 2008-09 FinAl notes COUGARS MAKE THIRD-STRAIGHT POSTSEASON COUGS SECOND-MOST WINNINGEST TEAM APPEARANCE: The Washington State University men’s OVER LAST THREE YEARS: CoACHinG stAFF basketball team concluded the 2008-09 season with a • Over the last three seasons (2006-07, 2007-08, first round loss to Saint Mary’s in the National Invitation 2008-09) the Cougars have the second-most overall Head Coach: ..................Tony Bennett, Third season Tournament (NIT), marking the Cougars’ third-consecu- and conference wins among Pac-10 schools. Alma Mater: ........Wisconsin-Green Bay, 1992 tive trip to the postseason. • WSU is 69-33 (.676) overall and 32-22 in conference Record at WSU: .............. 69-33, Third season play over the last three years. Career Record: ......................................Same COUGARS IN THE NIT: • UCLA has the best three-year record at 91-19 (.827) Assistant Coaches: ................................................... • The Cougars are 4-4 all-time in the National Invita- overall and 44-10 in league play. ............. Ben Johnson (Wisconsin-Green Bay, 1992) tion Tournament. • Below is a look at where the teams rank since ......Ron Sanchez (SUNY-College at Oneonta, 1997) • WSU had won at least one game in each of its three 2006-07 (games through March 24): ..................................... Matt Woodley (Drake, 2000) previous NIT appearances (1992, 1995, 1996). Overall Conference Dir.of Player Develop./Operations: ........................... • The Cougars’ best finish came in 1995 when Isaac UCLA 91-19 44-10 ..........Mike Heideman (Wisconsin-La Crosse, 1971) Fontaine and Mark Hendrickson led WSU to the Washington State 69-33 32-22 Operations Assistant: ................................................ quarterfinals. USC 68-37 31-23 ............. Ronnie Wideman (Washington State, 2006) • WSU is 1-1 vs. WCC teams in the NIT (Gonzaga, Stanford 66-35 29-25 1996). Washington 61-39 29-25 Arizona 60-40 28-26 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE WsU FresHMen AMonG TOPS in pAC-10: California 55-44 23-31 • DeAngelo Casto led all Pac-10 freshmen in blocks Oregon 55-45 22-32 Aron Baynes ................................................. AIR-un per game with 1.3 and is fourth overall in the category. Arizona State 54-45 22-32 Fabian Boeke ..............................Fah-BE-in BO-Kay • Klay Thompson ranked in three different categories Oregon State 35-64 10-44 Marcus Capers ......................................... CAPE-ers in the Pac-10. Below is a look at where he ranks Caleb Forrest ..............................................KAY-lebb among freshmen and overall in the league. GOING THE DISTANCE: Daven Harmeling ........................................ DAY-Ven Klay Thompson • Taylor Rochestie played 1,215 minutes in WSU’s 33 Mike Harthun ...........................................Har-TOON 3-point FG Made – 1st-freshmen; 5th-overall (2.1 3pg) games this season, averaging 36.8 minutes. Nikola Koprivica .........NEE-Ko-Law Cope-REE-VEET-Zuh 3-point FG Pct. – 2nd-freshmen; 9th-overall (.419) • The senior played all but 115 of the Cougars’ 1,330 Taylor Rochestie ...............................RAW-Chest-EE Blocked Shots – 3rd-freshmen; 10th-overall (0.6 bgp) possible minutes this season. Nick Witherill ..........................................With-er-UHL • In Pac-10 play Rochestie averaged 38.8 minutes per COUG VETS IN RANKINGS TOO: game, playing in 698 of a possible 730 minutes.