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Jakimovski scores 20 points in Washington State's 93-53 win over Utah State

AP
Nov 24, 2023

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Andrej Jakimovski scored 17 of his 20 points in the first half when Washington State Cougars built an 18-point lead and the Cougars cruised to a 93-53 victory over Utah Tech Trailblazers on Friday.

Jakimovski, from North Macedonia and in his fourth year with the Cougars (4-1), was 6-of-13 shooting, including a career-high 5 of 8 on 3-pointers. Four of his 3-pointers came in the first half when WSU took a 45-27 lead.

Freshman Myles Rice scored 18 points, his fourth double-figures game this season, and Jaylen Wells, with four 3-pointers, scored a career-high 16. Rueben Chinyelu had a career-best 10 rebounds and three blocks to go with eight points.

Noah Gonsalves and Beon Riley scored 11 points each for Utah Tech (2-3).

The Cougars scored the final 18 points of the first half and the first six of the second to lead by 23. The Trailblazers (2-3) missed their final 13 shots of the first half and the first three minutes of the second before getting a field goal. The Cougars scored 11 more unanswered points and the lead was 32.

Washington State is host to Eastern Washington and Utah Tech plays at Lindenwood in games Monday.

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1st Half
UTU
Trailblazers
27
WSU
Cougars
45

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Tanner Christensen vs. Rueben Chinyelu (Joseph Yesufu gains possession)
19:51		Jaylen Searles blocks Andrej Jakimovski's two point layup
19:49		Andrej Jakimovski offensive rebound
19:49		Jaylen Searles shooting foul (Andrej Jakimovski draws the foul)
19:49		Andrej Jakimovski misses regular free throw 1 of 2
19:49		Andrej Jakimovski misses regular free throw 2 of 2
19:49		Noa Gonsalves defensive rebound
19:36	+2	Beon Riley makes two point jump shot	2-0
19:15		Isaac Jones misses two point jump shot
19:13		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
19:07	+2	Rueben Chinyelu makes two point jump shot	2-2
18:50		Rueben Chinyelu blocks Tanner Christensen's two point layup
18:48		Beon Riley offensive rebound
18:27		Aric Demings misses three point jump shot
18:25		Isaac Jones defensive rebound
18:18	+2	Andrej Jakimovski makes two point layup	2-4
18:06		Andrej Jakimovski personal foul (Jaylen Searles draws the foul)
17:55		Aric Demings misses two point jump shot
17:53		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
17:40	+3	Joseph Yesufu makes three point jump shot	2-7
17:18		Jaylen Searles misses two point jump shot
17:16		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
17:10		Noa Gonsalves personal foul
17:08	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Joseph Yesufu assists)	2-10
16:55		Rueben Chinyelu blocks Tanner Christensen's two point layup
16:53		Isaac Jones defensive rebound
16:40		Rueben Chinyelu misses two point jump shot
16:38		Tanner Christensen defensive rebound
16:26		Isaac Jones blocks Tanner Christensen's two point dunk
16:24		Beon Riley offensive rebound
16:23		Joseph Yesufu shooting foul (Tanner Christensen draws the foul)
16:23	+1	Tanner Christensen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	3-10
16:23		Tanner Christensen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:23		Oscar Cluff defensive rebound
16:02		Tanner Christensen blocks Isaac Jones's two point dunk
16:00		Tennessee Rainwater defensive rebound
15:54		Oscar Cluff personal foul
15:54		TV timeout
15:32	+2	Beon Riley makes two point jump shot	5-10
15:15	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Oscar Cluff assists)	5-13
15:00	+3	Tanner Christensen makes three point jump shot (Aric Demings assists)	8-13
14:30	+2	Myles Rice makes two point layup	8-15
14:04		Noa Gonsalves turnover (lost ball) (Myles Rice steals)
14:00		Andrej Jakimovski turnover (lost ball)
13:48	+2	Aric Demings makes two point layup	10-15
13:29		Tennessee Rainwater personal foul (Andrej Jakimovski draws the foul)
13:16		Rueben Chinyelu misses two point jump shot
13:14		Cougars offensive rebound
13:13		Myles Rice turnover (traveling)
12:47	+2	Tennessee Rainwater makes two point jump shot	12-15
12:15	+2	Rueben Chinyelu makes two point layup (Kymany Houinsou assists)	12-17
11:56		Unisa Turay misses two point jump shot
11:54		Jaylen Wells defensive rebound
11:47		Rueben Chinyelu turnover (traveling)
11:47		TV timeout
11:18	+3	Jaylen Searles makes three point jump shot (Unisa Turay assists)	15-17
10:50		Jaylen Wells misses three point jump shot
10:48		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
10:43	+2	Rueben Chinyelu makes two point layup	15-19
10:26		Rueben Chinyelu shooting foul (Beon Riley draws the foul)
10:26	+1	Beon Riley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-19
10:26	+1	Beon Riley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-19
10:07	+2	Oscar Cluff makes two point layup	17-21
9:54		Aric Demings misses three point jump shot
9:52		Jaylen Wells defensive rebound
9:43		Oscar Cluff misses two point jump shot
9:41		Beon Riley defensive rebound
9:32	+3	Unisa Turay makes three point jump shot (Aric Demings assists)	20-21
9:09	+2	Oscar Cluff makes two point layup (Joseph Yesufu assists)	20-23
8:46		Jaylen Searles misses three point jump shot
8:44		Isaac Jones defensive rebound
8:38		Aric Demings personal foul (Jabe Mullins draws the foul)
8:26		Beon Riley personal foul (Isaac Jones draws the foul)
8:10	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot	20-26
7:40		Andrej Jakimovski blocks Tanner Christensen's two point jump shot
7:38		Oscar Cluff defensive rebound
7:27		Joseph Yesufu misses three point jump shot
7:25		Jaylen Searles defensive rebound
7:13	+3	Noa Gonsalves makes three point jump shot (Tanner Christensen assists)	23-26
6:59	+3	Joseph Yesufu makes three point jump shot (Myles Rice assists)	23-29
6:48		Isaac Jones shooting foul (Tanner Christensen draws the foul)
6:48		TV timeout
6:48		Tanner Christensen misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:48	+1	Tanner Christensen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-29
6:28		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
6:26		Noa Gonsalves defensive rebound
6:14		Myles Rice personal foul (Beon Riley draws the foul)
5:56	+3	Aric Demings makes three point jump shot	27-29
5:29		Joseph Yesufu turnover (bad pass) (Aric Demings steals)
5:13		Andrej Jakimovski blocks Noa Gonsalves's two point layup
5:11		Trailblazers offensive rebound
5:05		Oscar Cluff blocks Beon Riley's two point layup
5:03		Isaac Jones defensive rebound
4:49		Tanner Christensen personal foul (Oscar Cluff draws the foul)
4:47	+2	Myles Rice makes two point jump shot	27-31
4:14		Aric Demings misses two point layup
4:12		Oscar Cluff defensive rebound
4:00		Oscar Cluff turnover (traveling)
4:00		TV timeout
3:46		Tanner Christensen misses two point layup
3:44		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
3:32	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Kymany Houinsou assists)	27-34
3:17		Aric Demings misses three point jump shot
3:15		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
3:02	+2	Myles Rice makes two point dunk	27-36
2:38		Noa Gonsalves misses three point jump shot
2:36		Jaylen Searles offensive rebound
2:36		Rueben Chinyelu blocks Jaylen Searles's two point layup
2:34		Trailblazers offensive rebound
2:26		Tennessee Rainwater misses two point layup
2:24		Tanner Christensen offensive rebound
2:21		Tanner Christensen misses two point layup
2:19		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
2:10		Myles Rice misses three point jump shot
2:08		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
2:06		Tanner Christensen personal foul (Andrej Jakimovski draws the foul)
2:06	+1	Andrej Jakimovski makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-37
2:06		Andrej Jakimovski misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:06		Trailblazers defensive rebound
1:54		Aric Demings misses two point layup
1:52		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
1:52		Larry Olayinka personal foul (Andrej Jakimovski draws the foul)
1:52	+1	Andrej Jakimovski makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-38
1:52	+1	Andrej Jakimovski makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-39
1:39		Larry Olayinka misses two point jump shot
1:37		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
1:11		Oscar Cluff misses two point jump shot
1:09		Tennessee Rainwater defensive rebound
0:58		Larry Olayinka misses two point jump shot
0:56		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
0:51	+3	Jaylen Wells makes three point jump shot (Andrej Jakimovski assists)	27-42
0:50		Trailblazers 30 second timeout
0:36		Unisa Turay turnover (bad pass) (Jaylen Wells steals)
0:31		Andrej Jakimovski misses two point layup
0:29		Rueben Chinyelu offensive rebound
0:28		Rueben Chinyelu misses two point layup
0:26		Cougars offensive rebound
0:20	+3	Jabe Mullins makes three point jump shot (Myles Rice assists)	27-45
0:03		Unisa Turay misses two point jump shot
0:01		Myles Rice defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UTU
Trailblazers
26
WSU
Cougars
48

Time		Play	Score
19:52		Tanner Christensen turnover (lost ball)
19:38		Isaac Jones turnover (lost ball) (Noa Gonsalves steals)
19:27		Jaylen Searles turnover (bad pass) (Joseph Yesufu steals)
19:09		Tanner Christensen personal foul (Myles Rice draws the foul)
18:56		Beon Riley shooting foul (Isaac Jones draws the foul)
18:56	+1	Isaac Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-46
18:56		Isaac Jones misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:56		Andrej Jakimovski offensive rebound
18:46	+2	Rueben Chinyelu makes two point jump shot (Isaac Jones assists)	27-48
18:17		Jaylen Searles misses two point jump shot
18:15		Rueben Chinyelu defensive rebound
18:13		Jaylen Searles shooting foul (Myles Rice draws the foul)
18:13	+1	Myles Rice makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-49
18:13	+1	Myles Rice makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-50
17:56		Aric Demings turnover (bad pass) (Joseph Yesufu steals)
17:48		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
17:46		Trailblazers defensive rebound
17:38		Joseph Yesufu shooting foul (Aric Demings draws the foul)
17:38	+1	Aric Demings makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-50
17:38	+1	Aric Demings makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-50
17:29	+2	Myles Rice makes two point layup	29-52
17:04	+2	Aric Demings makes two point layup	31-52
17:04		Joseph Yesufu shooting foul (Aric Demings draws the foul)
17:04		Aric Demings misses regular free throw 1 of 1
17:04		Isaac Jones defensive rebound
16:44		Tanner Christensen blocks Andrej Jakimovski's two point layup
16:42		Beon Riley defensive rebound
16:37		Beon Riley turnover (bad pass)
16:23	+3	Myles Rice makes three point jump shot (Kymany Houinsou assists)	31-55
16:00		Angelo Kambala turnover (bad pass) (Andrej Jakimovski steals)
15:44		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
15:42		Angelo Kambala defensive rebound
15:28		Aric Demings turnover (traveling)
15:28		TV timeout
15:04		Larry Olayinka personal foul (Oscar Cluff draws the foul)
15:01		Jaylen Wells turnover (bad pass) (Jaylen Searles steals)
14:52		Jaylen Searles misses two point layup
14:50		Isaac Jones defensive rebound
14:42	+3	Jaylen Wells makes three point jump shot (Oscar Cluff assists)	31-58
14:22		Jaylen Searles turnover (out of bounds)
14:04	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Kymany Houinsou assists)	31-61
13:49		Beon Riley misses three point jump shot
13:47		Tennessee Rainwater offensive rebound
13:45		Jaylen Wells personal foul
13:42		Noa Gonsalves misses three point jump shot
13:40		Kymany Houinsou defensive rebound
13:33		Tennessee Rainwater personal foul
13:31		Tennessee Rainwater shooting foul (Jaylen Wells draws the foul)
13:31	+1	Jaylen Wells makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-62
13:31	+1	Jaylen Wells makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-63
13:19	+2	Unisa Turay makes two point layup	33-63
13:19		Rueben Chinyelu shooting foul (Unisa Turay draws the foul)
13:19	+1	Unisa Turay makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-63
12:53		Rueben Chinyelu turnover (traveling)
12:35		Unisa Turay misses three point jump shot
12:33		Jaylen Wells defensive rebound
12:17		Beon Riley shooting foul (Jaylen Wells draws the foul)
12:17	+1	Jaylen Wells makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-64
12:17	+1	Jaylen Wells makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-65
11:56		Unisa Turay turnover (lost ball) (Kymany Houinsou steals)
11:47		Larry Olayinka blocks Andrej Jakimovski's two point layup
11:45		Larry Olayinka defensive rebound
11:30		Beon Riley misses three point jump shot
11:28		Jaylen Wells defensive rebound
11:15		Jaylen Wells turnover (bad pass) (Caleb Stearman steals)
11:06		Noa Gonsalves misses two point layup
11:04		Unisa Turay offensive rebound
10:57	+3	Noa Gonsalves makes three point jump shot (Unisa Turay assists)	37-65
10:39	+3	Jaylen Wells makes three point jump shot (Andrej Jakimovski assists)	37-68
10:31	+2	Beon Riley makes two point layup	39-68
10:31		Rueben Chinyelu shooting foul (Beon Riley draws the foul)
10:31		TV timeout
10:31	+1	Beon Riley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	40-68
10:08		Isaac Jones misses two point layup
10:06		Isaac Jones offensive rebound
9:59		Larry Olayinka shooting foul (Andrej Jakimovski draws the foul)
9:59		Andrej Jakimovski misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:59		Andrej Jakimovski misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:59		Caleb Stearman defensive rebound
9:41		Unisa Turay misses three point jump shot
9:39		Caleb Stearman offensive rebound
9:29		Tanner Christensen misses three point jump shot
9:27		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
9:20		Jaylen Wells misses two point jump shot
9:18		Tanner Christensen defensive rebound
9:08		Beon Riley misses two point layup
9:06		Beon Riley offensive rebound
9:01		Noa Gonsalves misses three point jump shot
9:00		Caleb Stearman offensive rebound
9:00	+2	Caleb Stearman makes two point layup	42-68
9:00		Andrej Jakimovski shooting foul (Caleb Stearman draws the foul)
9:00	+1	Caleb Stearman makes regular free throw 1 of 1	43-68
8:52	+2	Oscar Cluff makes two point dunk (Myles Rice assists)	43-70
8:27		Tanner Christensen turnover (bad pass)
8:09		Myles Rice turnover (lost ball) (Tennessee Rainwater steals)
8:02	+2	Beon Riley makes two point layup (Tennessee Rainwater assists)	45-70
7:46		Isaiah Watts turnover (out of bounds)
7:46		TV timeout
7:31	+2	Noa Gonsalves makes two point layup	47-70
7:09	+2	Isaiah Watts makes two point layup (Oscar Cluff assists)	47-72
6:45		Jaylen Wells shooting foul (Noa Gonsalves draws the foul)
6:45		Noa Gonsalves misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:45	+1	Noa Gonsalves makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-72
6:28	+2	Myles Rice makes two point dunk (Oscar Cluff assists)	48-74
5:58		Tanner Christensen turnover (lost ball) (Jabe Mullins steals)
5:51	+3	Jaylen Wells makes three point jump shot (Jabe Mullins assists)	48-77
5:33		Tanner Christensen offensive foul (Kymany Houinsou draws the foul)
5:33		Tanner Christensen turnover (offensive foul)
5:28		Jaylen Wells misses three point jump shot
5:26		Tanner Christensen defensive rebound
5:22		Myles Rice personal foul (Beon Riley draws the foul)
5:22		Beon Riley misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:22		Jaylen Wells defensive rebound
4:55	+3	Myles Rice makes three point jump shot	48-80
4:31		Kymany Houinsou blocks Aric Demings's two point layup
4:29		Jaylen Wells defensive rebound
4:23		Tanner Christensen shooting foul (Oscar Cluff draws the foul)
4:23	+1	Oscar Cluff makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-81
4:23		Oscar Cluff misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:23		Noa Gonsalves defensive rebound
4:06		Isaiah Watts personal foul (Noa Gonsalves draws the foul)
4:06	+1	Noa Gonsalves makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-81
4:06	+1	Noa Gonsalves makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-81
4:01		Stone Hutchings personal foul (Kymany Houinsou draws the foul)
4:01	+1	Kymany Houinsou makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-82
4:01	+1	Kymany Houinsou makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-83
3:41	+3	Caleb Stearman makes three point jump shot (Noa Gonsalves assists)	53-83
3:23	+2	Isaac Jones makes two point dunk	53-85
3:24		TV timeout
3:10		Stone Hutchings turnover (lost ball) (Jabe Mullins steals)
2:45	+3	Isaiah Watts makes three point jump shot	53-88
2:27		Unisa Turay misses two point layup
2:25		Jabe Mullins defensive rebound
2:11	+2	Isaac Jones makes two point dunk	53-90
1:49		Angelo Kambala misses two point jump shot
1:47		Isaiah Watts defensive rebound
1:39		Kymany Houinsou misses two point layup
1:37		Caleb Stearman defensive rebound
1:20		Angelo Kambala turnover (bad pass) (Isaac Jones steals)
1:13	+2	Isaac Jones makes two point layup (Kymany Houinsou assists)	53-92
1:13		Cougars 30 second timeout
1:13		TV timeout
0:59		Trey Hall misses three point jump shot
0:57		Kymany Houinsou defensive rebound
0:45		AJ Rohosy misses two point layup
0:43		Jaylen Wells offensive rebound
0:36		Jaylen Wells misses two point layup
0:34		Jaylen Wells offensive rebound
0:33		Jaylen Wells misses two point layup
0:31		Unisa Turay defensive rebound
0:31		Unisa Turay misses two point layup
0:31		Trailblazers offensive rebound
0:29		Trey Hall misses two point layup
0:27		Kymany Houinsou defensive rebound
0:12		Isaiah Watts misses three point jump shot
0:10		Caleb Stearman defensive rebound
0:07		Caleb Stearman turnover (bad pass) (Isaiah Watts steals)
0:07		Caleb Stearman personal foul (Isaiah Watts draws the foul)
0:07	+1	Isaiah Watts makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-93
0:07		Isaiah Watts misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:07		Caleb Stearman defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Caleb Stearman defensive rebound