From: jjungbau@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Jim Jungbauer)
Subject: Cougars defeat EWU, 83-66
Originator: jjungbau@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu
Organization: Washington State University, Pullman
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 07:04:23 GMT


Following a frustrating loss at Idaho on Wednesday, the Washington State
Cougars, led by an incredible performance from freshman Mark Hendrickson,
got back on the winning track with a solid 83-66 win over the Eastern
Washington Eagles at Friel Court in Pullman Saturday night.

Hendrickson turned in the best performance of his young college career,
pouring in 25 points and dominating the glass at both ends of the floor with
15 rebounds.  Mark just seems to get better every game, and none of his 25
tonight were off of post-ups on offense (although the fans, myself included,
wish that they would go to him more often down low)... they were nearly all
off of offensive rebounds, good hustle plays, or semi-transition.  Also
coming off a quiet night at Idaho, Bennie Seltzer played an outstanding game,
scoring 20, including a perfect 3-3 from the 3-pt line.  Brad Seagry (I think
that was his name) led all scorers with 27 off the bench in a losing cause
for Eastern (something tells me he'll be starting next game :-) ) and I was
really impressed overall with the guard play of Eastern... *very* quick, and
their excellent outside shooting kept the game fairly close all night.

The difference in this game, besides Hendrickson, was the defensive pressure
of the Cougars from the opening tip (Kelvin *finally* stuck with man-to-man
the whole night... we didn't see a single zone (yay!)).  The Cougs opened up
a comfortable 32-19 lead early on before EWU whittled it to 35-28 at the half.
The lead stayed right around 12-14 for the entire second half... the Cougs
never able to pull away completely to blow them out, but at the same time,
the game never getting close and certainly never in doubt.


Tonight's starting five:

Bennie Seltzer
Eddie Hill
Rob Corkrum
Mark Hendrickson
Tony Harris


Tonight's three stars:

1. Mark Hendrickson
2. Brad Seagry (sp?)
3. Bennie Seltzer


Play of the game:

Midway through the second half, David Vik calls timeout while the team is in
a stagnant offensive set.  Coach Sampson, frustrated with the play, the
officiating, and with Vik, shouts at him, just as it had gotten very quiet in
the coliseum (due to the timeout), "Vik! Get you ass over here!" which sent
the student section into a roar.


Some numbers:

Mark Hendrickson   25 pts   10-12 FG   5-6 FT   *15* RB
Bennie Seltzer     20 pts   3-3 3pts
David Vik           9 pts
Eddie Hill          9 pts
Rob Corkrum         8 pts
Joey Warmenhoven    5 pts
Fred Ferguson       5 pts
Tony Harris         2 pts


Cougs            EWU
------------------------
27-57     FG     23-50
5-13     3pts    5-14
24-30     FT     15-21
 42       RB      ~22


Notes:

* Sampson seems to be looking toward Joey Warmenhoven as the sixth man off the
  bench.  Joey has been getting quite a bit more PT lately, and with the team's
  lack of depth, this will likely continue.  Ferguson and Vik seem to be the
  only other guys getting any time at all.

* This might be a critical point in the season for David Vik.  He hasn't 
  played well at all, and the fans are really starting to get on him, which
  was only made worse by Sampson's open tongue-lashing tonight (although he
  did seem to play semi-inspired ball after he re-entered the game).

* The Cougs will take the week off for finals before heading down to San 
  Diego for the Texaco Star Classic next weekend.  The tournament will be on
  Friday and Saturday and will include N. Florida, SDSU, and Azusa Pacific
  (the Cougars' first round opponent).  Right now, the Cougars' second round
  game on Saturday Dec. 19 is scheduled to be televised live on Prime Sports
  Northwest at 8:30pm PST.

* Thanks to Cliff (and anyone else) who is actually reading this far down
  in my posts. :-)


Jim
r.s.bk.c contact for the Washington State Cougars
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