UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at Washington State Cougars
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Abogidi leads Washington State past UC Santa Barbara, 73-65
The Cougars took a 41-25 lead at the half and Abogidi's dunk with 2:45 left gave them a 71-56 lead.
Abogidiu hit 6 of 7 from the field, was 6 of 7 from the free throw line and his six blocked shots was the most by a Cougar since 2016. Noah Williams added 13 points and Tyrell Roberts and Michael Flowers each added 11 points. Washington State (3-0) was 28 of 61 from the field (45.9 percent) but just 2 of 16 from long range.
The Gauchos, an NCAA tournament team a year ago, got 25 points and 11 rebounds from Amadou Sow. Ajare Sanni hit just 4 of his 17 shots and added 12 points. UC Santa Barbara hit 23 of 59 shots from the floor (39 percent), including 2 of 13 from 3-point range.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 65 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 65 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Cole Anderson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ajay Mitchell. | 65 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:06 | Washington State Turnover. | 62 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:06 | Washington State Offensive Rebound. | 62 - 73 |
Statistics
 UCSB |
 WSU |
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|---|---|---|
| 23-59 | FG | 28-61 |
| 39 | Field Goal % | 46 |
| 2-13 | 3PT | 2-16 |
| 15 | Three Point % | 13 |
| 17-25 | FT | 15-18 |
| 68 | Free Throw % | 83 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 16 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 10 | Assists | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 19 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Fast Break Points | 12 |
| 38 | Points in Paint | 44 |
| 18 | Fouls | 21 |
| 1 | Largest Lead | 23 |
Game Information
Beasley Coliseum
Location: Pullman, WA
Attendance: 2,928 | Capacity:
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|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 15-5 | - | 23-10 |
| Hawai'i | 14-6 | 1 | 23-8 |
| UC San Diego | 12-8 | 3 | 23-11 |
| Cal State Northridge | 12-8 | 3 | 20-14 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 12-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| UC Davis | 11-9 | 4 | 19-14 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 11-9 | 4 | 18-14 |
| Cal Poly | 10-10 | 5 | 14-19 |
| Long Beach State | 6-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
| UC Riverside | 5-15 | 10 | 10-22 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Santa Clara | 15-3 | 1 | 26-8 |
| Oregon State | 9-9 | 7 | 17-16 |
| Seattle U | 8-10 | 8 | 20-13 |
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