PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Brock Motum scored 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field to help Washington State crush Utah Valley 72-49 on Wednesday night.
Mike Ladd added 13 points, DaVonte Lacy chipped in 11 and hit three 3-point baskets and contributed with six assists to help Washington State (2-0) start its season perfect.
Washington State ended the half with a commanding 45-22 lead which included nailing seven 3-pointers in the half. The Cougars would stretch their lead to 64-36 with just over 11 minutes to play.
The Cougars executed the perfect inside-out game plan and the Cougars exposed the undersized Utah Valley posts. Washington State would outscore the Wolverines 40-20 in the paint and shoot 58 percent from the field in the first half. Utah Valley (1-2) would end the night shooting 51 percent from the field.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Utah Valley (1-2) | 22 | 27 | 49 |
| Washington State (2-0) « | 45 | 27 | 72 |
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| Utah Valley Wolverines | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Hubbard, F | 22 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| N. Thompson, F | 19 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| B. Aird, C | 29 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| H. Hunsaker, G | 27 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Johnson, G | 22 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Hosley | 20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Z. Jones | 19 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| K. Enos | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Brown | 13 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| W. Sinclair | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-43 | 6-10 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 49 | |
| 44.2% | 60% | ||||||
| Washington State Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Shelton, F | 24 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| B. Motum, F | 21 | 6-11 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| D. Lacy, G | 28 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| R. Woolridge, G | 27 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Ladd, G | 21 | 5-10 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Kernich-Drew | 22 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| W. DiIorio | 16 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Ballard | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Longrus | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Boese | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Hunter | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Hayenga | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-56 | 6-8 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 72 | |
| 51.8% | 75% | ||||||
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