{"id":423273,"date":"2024-11-28T15:41:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=423273"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Colorado-State-looks-for-better-shooting-vs-Washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Colorado-State-looks-for-better-shooting-vs-Washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado State looks for better shooting vs. Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington kicks off a three-game road trip to California on Thursday when it tangles with Colorado State on Day 1 of the Acrisure Invitational in Palm Desert. The opportunity to bond on a road trip is what Washington coach Danny Sprinkle said the Huskies need. &#8220;I think it will be great for our team,&#8221; Sprinkle said. &#8220;Sometimes when you go on the road it gives you a chance to come together. It&#8217;s like you against the world and while we&#8217;ve improved in some things, we are still struggling in some spots on offense and defense. It&#8217;ll be like that for a while until we start forming our team.&#8221; The Huskies (4-1) knocked off Alcorn State 77-60 last Friday behind 27 points from leading scorer Tyler Harris. The sophomore guard also pulled down eight rebounds and shot 3-for-5 from 3-point range. Zoom Diallo averages 9.4 points per game yet tallied 15 against Alcorn State. Even though the Rams (3-2) lost to UC Riverside at home, 77-75, in overtime last Wednesday, Sprinkle said the Huskies face a stiff challenge. Jaylen Crocker-Johnson came off the bench to lead Colorado State with 21 points and seven rebounds. Nique Clifford and Kyle Jorgensen each chipped in 13 points. &#8220;I know how good Colorado State is,&#8221; said Sprinkle, who coached at Utah State last season, a Mountain West rival of the Rams. &#8220;I know how well coached they are, how they play with pace. They&#8217;ve got Nique Clifford who is a pro on the wing. They have guys that play their role and are all capable of scoring.&#8221; The Rams were outrebounded 51-30 and each team struggled to shoot from the floor. UC Riverside shot 41.5 percent while the Rams shot 40.3 percent. It&#8217;s a strong defensive effort that Rams coach Niko Medved embraced, while adding CSU has to shoot better. &#8220;When you hold a team to 40 percent in your gym you&#8217;ve got to find a way to win,&#8221; Medved said. &#8220;The rebounding really hurt us tonight.&#8221; &#8220;We played some good defense in stretches. But we have to find a way to score. It&#8217;s going to be hard to win games if we can&#8217;t find a way to score.&#8221; After the two games in Palm Desert, the Huskies travel to Los Angeles for a game at UCLA on Dec. 3. &#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/1880aecbfc9876a274ba34d9b84a4916.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Mar 20, 2024; Charlotte, NC, USA; (Editors Notes: Caption Correction) Colorado State Rams guard Nique Clifford (10) warms up during the NCAA first round practice session at Spectrum Center. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>-Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington kicks off a three-game road trip to California on Thursday when it tangles with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-423273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}