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12/25: OSU lost to Nebraska 78-66 in Hawai'i.

Coming soon (today, apparently, but I haven't seen it yet) for those who enjoy podcasts and updates on WCC men's and women's basketball:

https://wccsports.com/news/2024/12/24/west-coast-conference-launches-points-in-the-paint-weekly-mens-basketball-and-womens-basketball-podcasts.aspx

Using the WCC X account should be the easy way to listen:

https://x.com/WCChoops

12/28:
- USF beat LMU 70-55.
- SMC beat UOP 70-60.
- SCU beat PU 91-80.
- USD lost to Grand Canyon in Inglewood 68-55.
- GU lost to UCLA in Inglewood 65-62. Up 2 in the last minute, GU fouled for an and-1, missed a 3P try, fouled for 2 UCLA FTs to go down 3, made a 2P and was fouled but missed the FT to tie with 8 seconds left. Had to foul, UCLA made the FTs, and GU missed a try at the buzzer.

12/30:
- USD beat UOP 75-65.
- WSU beat LMU 73-59.
- GU won at PU 89-82.
- USF beat SCU in an OT dogfight 97-94.

The Zags Embraer charter jet almost had a runway collision with Delta flight 471 at LAX. Where they were to play UCLA then Pepperdine.

Glad everyone is safe.

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I have missed reporting on a couple weeks of results.  Most games have gone as expected, with a couple exceptions.
On 01/09, UOP went to Pullman and beat WSU 95-94 in OT.
On 01/11, USF went to SCU, and got walloped.  USF actually led much of the middle part of the game.  SCU took the lead with 13 minutes to go, and outscored USF 37-15 the rest of the way. Final was 77-54.

On 01/16:
WSU ground out a win at USD 65-61.
USF won at PU 80-63.
LMU upset SCU at home 57-54.
OSU beat GU at home in OT 97-89. GU made some critical turnovers late.

There are currently four teams with one conference win. Besides the Pilots, UOP, USD and PU. LMU has 2 wins. Everyone else has 4 or 5 wins.

GU lost their 2nd game in a row, at home to SCU 103-99.
USF beat OSU at home 81-70.
SMC won at PU 74-50.
LMU beat USF at home 77-70.

up7587 wrote:GU lost their 2nd game in a row, at home to SCU 103-99.
USF beat OSU at home 81-70.
SMC won at PU 74-50.
LMU beat USF USD at home 77-70.

18 3-pointers from SCU to earn its first win in Spokane since 2007.