Washington Huskies Suffer Third Loss to Stanford, 71-59

Washington fell once again for the third consecutive game as the once ranked 11-0 Huskies are now 11-3 and struggling to find footing in the nation’s best conference.

It wasn’t close after the first quarter, the Huskies managing to keep the score at 13-15 Stanford. For a moment, it appeared as though the game could be won, this 11-2 team ready to complete a serious upset that ESPN metrics favored the Cardinal with over 91% in. Were the Huskies back?

By the second half things were beginning to be lost, Stanford pulling away slightly with a 35-30 edge. This was an all too familiar sign, Louisville and California doing the same by their halftimes. The Huskies were losing steam, but remarkably…