Don’t forget about the fourth former Cougar playing this year Olympics

Another Bennett recruit playing on the world stage.The Dick and Tony Bennett era was an amazing run for WSU basketball and we are still seeing the residual effects of their success. Right now we are seeing four former Cougars playing in the Olympics, including one you may not be aware of. On team USA of course we have NBA superstar Klay Thompson and team Australia has Aron Baynes and Brock Motum. However the Nigerian team includes one former player that has been forgotten about.

Josh Akognon was an original Dick Bennett recruit from his excellent first recruiting class that brought us Derrick Low, Robbie Cowgill and Daven Harmerling. Akognon led the team in scoring coming off the bench as a…