D.J. Shelton added nine points and 11 rebounds as Washington
State (6-4) won its third straight. Royce Woolridge scored 10
points and Lacy pulled down six rebounds for the Cougars, who
won the battle on the boards 51-23.
Udun Osakue led San Francisco State (4-3) with 11 points off the
bench and Calvin Otiono added 10. The Gators, who had their
two-game winning streak snapped, received just nine points from
leading scorer Nefi Perdomo, who entered the game averaging 23.7
points.
Shelton's layup gave Washington State the lead for good with
8:36 to play in the first half. Lacy hit back-to-back 3-pointers
as the Cougars extended the advantage to 39-25 before taking a
43-31 advantage into the break.
The Gators trimmed a 21-point second-half deficit to 56-40 with
11:19 left but they went more than five minutes without a point.
The Cougars got a pair of 3-pointers from freshman guard Que
Johnson during the San Francisco State drought and built a 67-40
lead that emptied the bench soon after.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Lacy moved into ninth place on the school's
all-time 3-point list with 142. ...San Francisco State lost
82-80 against St. John's in an exhibition game earlier in the
season. ...Washington State was 12-for-34 from 3-point range.
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