![]() “He can bring toughness, he can rebound – gosh, he brought us tons of energy on both ends. “I thought he was great,” Few said of Kuso. He was tough out there.”Īnother key contributor for the Zags was junior center Abdullahi Kuso, who came off the bench to score nine points, pull down six rebounds and account for four of GU’s seven blocked shots. “Matt did everything he was supposed to do – hit big shots, play great defense and grab rebounds. “It doesn’t matter how old he is, that was a great game,” he said. Junior forward David Pendergraft, who made his first start of the year in place of senior Sean Mallon, used the word “special” to define Bouldin’s breakout game. Several of his assists were of a crowd-charging nature. When the ball’s in his hand, good things usually happen.”īouldin, who started in place of junior Pierre Marie Altidor-Cespedes, scored in a variety of ways, knocking down perimeter jump shots and getting to the basket on strong, spinning drives. We’ve been after him to kind of hunt his shot and become more of a scorer, and he did that tonight. “I think early he was trying to fit in so much he was overpassing at times. “That’s why we brought him in here and what he’s capable of doing,” Few said. He’s a great, great player.”įew was equally complimentary of his 6-foot-5 guard from Highlands Ranch, Colo., who finished 9 of 12 from the field, made one good decision after another with the basketball and did a nice defensive job in helping hold Huskies scoring leader Quincy Pondexter to 13 points. Of Bouldin’s performance, Romar added, “He’s awesome. “We wanted to know where we’re at against a good team on the road, and we found out.” “There’s not a whole lot to say about that game,” Huskies coach Lorenzo Romar said after taking his young team on the road for the first time this season. They went up by 20 on a couple of occasions in the first half, held a 56-43 advantage at intermission and never let UW within 11 points the rest of the way. The Zags set an aggressive tone from the opening tip, pushing the ball at every opportunity and knocking down seven of their first 10 shots to take an early 17-9 lead. “It was just so important to respond to what we did the other night (in Pullman) and get back on the positive track before we get back on the road.” “We came out with great energy and stuck to our game plan,” said Bulldogs coach Mark Few after watching his team handle the Huskies (7-1) for the eighth time in the last nine meeting between the two cross-state rivals. It also helped ease the sting of Tuesday’s unexpected 77-67 road loss to Washington State. The win raised GU’s nation-longest home winning streak to 45 and kept its record in the McCarthey Center unblemished at 33-0. That honor went, instead, to GU’s Matt Bouldin, who celebrated his first college start by throwing in a career-high 21 points and contributing five assists and three rebounds as the 18th-ranked Bulldogs humbled the 13th-ranked and previously unbeaten Huskies 97-77 in front of a wild sellout crowd of 6,000 in the McCarthey Athletic Center.Īlong with a career effort from Bouldin, the Zags (9-2) got a game-high 25 points and six rebounds from senior guard Derek Raivio and 14 points and seven boards from sophomore forward Josh Heytvelt. Turns out, the Huskies didn’t have the best one on the floor. Much of the hype leading up to Saturday night’s men’s basketball showdown between the University of Washington and Gonzaga centered on the outstanding stable of freshmen on UW’s roster. ![]()
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