Washington @ Wazzu +4

[FlyersFan]

Huge game for Wazzu as this is one of their last opportunities to get a real quality win this year. Already lost at home to Arizona. Can they pull it off tonight??

[FlyersFan]

Short line to me is begging for Washington money. I like Wazzu in an upset.

[uva3021]

lean wazzou, still can't believe they lost that kstate game

[BOBBYW]

Thanx...

[Gordan Gekoo]

It might be the kind of win the Cougars (14-6, 4-4 Pac-10) need to help solidify a postseason resume that so far lacks any eye-popping victories. The Cougars missed early in the season, falling 63-58 at home to then-No. 5 Kansas State, before the Wildcats tumbled out of the Top 25. Washington State beat Baylor at a tournament in Honolulu - a victory that's diminished in impressiveness with the Bears' struggles - then got routed by an up-and-down Butler in the tournament final.

Getting swept on the road at UCLA and USC to open Pac-10 conference play, then losing by two last Saturday night against Arizona at home certainly didn't help the Cougars' case either. Washington State's RPI sits at 69th in the country at the midway point of the Pac-10 season.

If the Cougars intend on finally snapping the Huskies' recent dominance, which included a gutty 59-52 victory in Pullman late last season that was part of Washington's season-ending run, they'll need something better than what Thompson has provided in his career against the Huskies.

The Cougars' leading scorer was a combined 4-for-29 shooting in the Cougars' two losses to Washington last season. A year earlier, as a freshman, Thompson went 6 for 18for a combined 17 points in two losses to the Huskies.

For most of last season, Washington couldn't figure out how to play away from home, dropping its first five conference road games. Now, the Huskies (15-4, 7-1) are riding a streak of seven wins in their last eight games away from Hec Edmundson Pavilion, their only loss coming two weeks ago at Stanford.

Since starting their run of conference road wins last February with a victory at Stanford, Isaiah Thomas has asserted himself as even more of a leader for the Huskies. Over that seven-game stretch, Thomas is averaging 20.4 points and 7.3 assists.

A win on Sunday would give the Huskies their first 8-1 start in conference play in 27 years.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS:
Date Matchup Line Total ATS Result
02/27/10 Washington 59 @ Washington State - 52 Washington -3.5 154 WASH/U
01/30/10 Washington State 64 @ Washington - 92 Washington -9 156 WASH/P

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