PULLMAN – Ranked dead-last in the Pac-12 in points per game, field goal percentage and 3-point percentage, Washington State’s slow-starting offense will get a major lift when it returns home to Beasley Coliseum this week.
And perhaps that’s even understating things.
Robert Franks, WSU’s top scorer at 22.1 ppg, returned to practice Tuesday evening from a hip contusion injury and the senior foward has been cleared to play Thursday against California, coach Ernie Kent confirmed during his weekly news conference Wednesday afternoon.
Either the Cougars (7-9, 0-3) or Golden Bears (5-11, 0-4) will claim their first Pac-12 win and end an extended losing streak when the teams go head to head in Pullman (7 p.