The Washington State Cougars couldn’t quite close out a hard-fought game in Los Angeles against the USC Trojans, falling 80-70.
Despite being down three players, WSU (10-14, 5-8 in Pac-12) fought valiantly with one of the best teams in the conference all game long. The Cougars were able to secure a two point lead with under five minutes to go. USC (16-6, 8-3 in Pac-12) quickly delivered a haymaker in the form of a 15-3 run down the stretch to steal the win away from the undermanned Cougar team.
WSU, once again, suffered from a case of the injury/illness bug that results in yet another close loss.