National Basketball Association
Washington St. 66, Idaho 64
When: 10:05 PM ET, Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Where: Kibbie Dome, Moscow, Idaho
Officials:
# Michael Reed, # Mike Littlewood, # DG Nelson
Attendance:
3321
By SportsDirect Inc.
Reggie Moore hit the go-ahead basket with one second remaining as Washington State edged host Idaho 66-64 on Wednesday in the 267th edition of the “Battle of the Palouse.”
Moore scored a team-high 15 points and Brock Motum added 12 for the Cougars (5-4), who secured the 1,500th win in school history. It came against their border rival – a team they have played in each of the last 107 years in the longest running rivalry west of the Mississippi River.
Washington State, which was coming off a pair of blowout wins, looked to be on its way to another when it held Idaho to 30 percent shooting in the first half and took a 10-point advantage into intermission.
However, the Vandals (4-4) opened the second half with a 20-10 run that knotted the game at 45 at the 11:31 mark. Each team swapped baskets before the Cougars took the lead when Moore ignited a 7-0 run with a layup.
Idaho managed to tie the game at 64 on a jumper by Landon Tatum with 32 seconds remaining, but following a timeout, Moore hit a long jumper from the left baseline to seal the Vandals’ fate.
Stephen Madison paced the Vandals with 18 points.
Top Game Performances
| Washington St. |
|
Idaho |
|
Reggie Moore 15 |
Scoring |
Stephen Madison 18 |
|
Reggie Moore 7 |
Assists |
Mansa Habeeb 3 |
|
Charlie Enquist 8 |
Rebounds |
Stephen Madison 5 |
|
Brock Motum 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Deremy Geiger 2 |
|
Marcus Capers 1 |
Steals |
Deremy Geiger 4 |
|
Marcus Capers 2 |
Blocks |
Kyle Barone 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Washington St.
|
66 |
47.1 |
7-21 |
11-15 |
15 |
30 |
3 |
1 |
14 |
| Idaho
|
64 |
44.4 |
4-13 |
12-15 |
9 |
23 |
3 |
10 |
9 |