Naaah. Not really. We can't call it a statement win. But certainly an important one against a very good and gutty Washington State team early in this conference season.
Ben Ball warriors throttle number 4 ranked Washington State in the House that Coach Wooden built. The final score was 81-74. (Early boxscore)
If not for an unreal last min desperate shooting display from the Cougs hitting one 3 after another in last few mins of the game (draining something like 7 bombs in last 2 mins) the game would have been a total rout. And you have to give huge props to the Cougars for not giving up and making all of us a tad bit nervous in those last 2 mins.
So what we end up with is another classic (or should we just call it "ho hum"?) win for our Ben Ball warriors in which they came out of the gate, locked down their opponent defensively, dominated the boards, and ripped apart a great opposing defense with their own offensive execution:
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Shipp ended up with 14 points. He played a great game along with Collison (who nailed down some clutch shots and FTs in the second half), Luc, and Russell ... well here is the video from grok451:
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