Things refuse to get better for Washington State, which lost its 12th game in a row when the Stanford Cardinal defeated the Cougars on Thursday night, 72-56.
It was thought that the Cardinal -- who entered the game with just five conference wins -- represented the Cougars' best chance for the remainder of the season to break this long losing streak. And it looked like the Cougars had a fighting chance when a Brett Boese 3-pointer pulled them to within one point at 15-14, seven minutes into the game.
It was mostly downhill from there.