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Patrick Conrad
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  • Next season's success in hands of freshmen

    The season is over for the WSU women's basketball team, which means it's time to reflect upon the season. After the Cougs finished the 2002-03 season with a 2-26 record, the only place it could go this year was up. It took only six games for the Cougars to reach the four-game win mark…

  • Tourney time

    The Cougars will face Oregon State to open up the Pac-10 Tournament tonight in San Jose, Calif. The top six finishers in the conference got first-round byes, while the No. 7 team will play the No. 10 and No. 8 will play No. 9. The Cougars enter the tournament with a win against Arizona State last weekend…

  • One Devil of a win

    Looking to end the season on a positive note before heading into the Pac-10 Tournament, the Cougars upended Arizona State 75-72 on Saturday afternoon in front of 913 people at Beasley Coliseum. "This is probably the most important victory since I have been here…

  • McCall's mark not enough

    Last night ended in a familiar outcome for the Cougar women's basketball team, which lost a hard-fought game, 77-72, to the Wildcats. "I felt like the effort was there for 40 minutes," coach Sherri Murrell said. "In the Washington game…

  • The disappearing act

    Those fans familiar with the "Where's Waldo" books will notice that finding Waldo has not been a hard task at women's basketball games this season. "I'm disappointed, and I think it's wrong how no one will come out and support the team…

  • Murrell writes her check

    The fans did their part and now it's time for WSU women's basketball coach Sherri Murrell to do hers. Before Saturday's game, Murrell said she would write a check for $1,000 to a local charity if 1,000 fans showed up for the game. The 1,360 fans who showed up to see the Huskies play the Cougars was the largest crowd to witness a women's basketball home game in 11 years…

  • On the road again

    After the women's basketball team struggled at home last week, a change of venues might do it some good. In a week that saw the Cougars lose by scores of 83-47 to USC and 78-57 to UCLA, coach Sherri Murrell hopes traveling will help ease her players' minds of last week's games…

  • Bruins bully Cougars

    The Cougar women's basketball team continued its up-and-down season with a 78-57 loss to the UCLA Bruins on Saturday afternoon on Friel court. The loss dropped their record to 5-17 and 1-12 in the Pac-10. Thanks to the victory, the Bruins pushed their Pac-10 record above the …

  • Women's basketball crushed

    The outcome of last night's game with the Trojans left a bad taste in coach Sherri Murrell's mouth, as the team lost their second straight game by a score of 83-47. "They walked out in fear," coach Sherri Murrell said. "They had absolutely no confidence against an athletic team…

  • Cougars need to put it all together

    The Cougar women's basketball team will have its hands full on Thursday when the team takes on the USC Trojans at home. The Trojans come into Pullman winning four of their past five games and sporting an 11-8 record overall, including 8-3 in the conference…

  • Murrell makes $1,000 plea to fans

    Looking for an excuse not to go to the Cougar Women's basketball games? WSU coach Sherri Murrell has added a stipulation to one of this week's home games with the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins. "If we get 1,000 people to come to one of this week's games…

  • Hapless Cal could be antidote for losses

    The WSU women's basketball team can see the glimmer of the sun on the horizon. The Cougars will pay a visit to California tonight to take on the Golden Bears. Cal comes into the game with a record of 9-9 and 2-7 in the Pac-10. The Cougars will enter with a record of 4-14 and 0-9 in the Pac-10…

  • Four of a kind

    When fans look at the WSU women’s basketball team, they may not notice a unique feature to the starting lineup. There are three freshmen. Heading into a game with USC on Jan. 11, the team had a record of 4-11. Coach Sherri Murrell decided to shake things up by adding two freshmen to the lineup…

  • And they're off ... 2004 Women's Pac-10 basketball preview

    The Pac-10 has provided what many experts expected would happen in women's basketball. So far this season, Stanford looks like the team to beat, as it has a record of 13-2 and are 6-0 in the conference. There have also been a few surprises, as Washington has struggled despite the return of Pac-10 Player of the Year Giuliana Mendiola…

  • Quick start for Cougars

    The WSU women's basketball team has a lot to look forward to heading into its second full week of the season. The team is off to a fast start, winning three of its first four games. In comparison, the Cougars won two games all of last season. "I'm pretty proud…