Washington sets pace in win over Washington State
Associated Press
SEATTLE — The Washington Huskies didn't look forward to playing grind-it-out Washington State.
Elaine Thompson • Associated Press
"It was something we're definitely not used to," Jamaal Williams said. "You just have to tough it out."
Washington State freshman guard Derrick Low, an Iolani School alum, is defended by Washington's Will Conroy in the second half. No. 10 Washington won, 66-48, to move into a tie for first in the Pac-10.
Nate Robinson scored 13 points and the No. 10 Huskies moved into a tie for the Pac-10 lead with a 66-48 victory over the Cougars yesterday.
Williams and freshman Joel Smith came off the bench to each score 10 points for the Huskies (16-2, 6-1), who won their 18th straight at home and tied a school record with their 12th straight Pac-10 home win.
The Huskies are tied for first with Arizona (6-1), which beat Oregon State, 92-83, on Saturday night.
It wasn't a classic Washington offensive performance. The Huskies shot a season-worst .359 percent from the field (23 for 64) and 3 for 13 from 3-point range, but coach Dick Bennett's ball-control Cougars had a lot to do with that.
The purple-clad student section didn't appreciate the Cougars' deliberate, slowdown tactics, chanting, "Boring, boring, boring," in the second half.
Washington came into the game averaging 89.4 points a game, tops in the Pac-10 and second in the nation. The Huskies had their lowest point total of the season.
"The fact that we were able to win by 18 points despite it not being an uptempo game makes you feel pretty good," Huskies coach Lorenzo Romar said. "If we would do this every time we play them, we wouldn't have to be uptempo."
Freshman point guard Derrick Low, an Iolani School alum, scored three points on 1 of 5 shooting from the field and had three assists for Washington State (8-8, 3-4).
