In praise of Noah Williams’ supporting cast

Jack Ellis/CougCenter Noah Williams rightfully gets almost all the postgame attention for his performance on Saturday, scoring 40 points in a triple-OT win over Stanford. To be sure, Washington State doesn’t win that game without him doing what he did, carrying the burden to get the game to overtime by scoring 34 of WSU’s 63 points in regulation — including a 3-pointer just before the buzzer to tie the game.

But because Pac-12 Refs decided to ignore an extremely blatant foul on Williams’ 3-pointer, he was denied an opportunity to win it in regulation. Heading to OT, the tank was pretty close to empty. I didn’t realize it at the time, but Noah missed his first 10(!) shots of overtime while…