Wednesday, November 14, 2007

What Happened Last Night...

A whole lot of basketball, that's what happened.

0-82 here Seattle comes!!! Not really, but the Sonics did lose again last night. This time to the Orlando Magic and our good friend Rashard Lewis. Lewis went for 22 pts. against his former team while Durant was 4 for 13 with 10 points. The Sonics play the Heat tonight in Miami, getting another chance to pick up that elusive first victory.

The #9 team in the nation, the Washington State Cougars (we love typing that), went on the road into the smurf-court and beat the Boise State Broncos 86-74. Kyle Weaver played a much better game then he did in the opener and Derrick Low brought the Cougs back from a halftime deficit. Also, Daven Harmeling chipped in with 18 points, shooting 8 0f 12 from the field.

We don't know about you but when we think of basketball we think of the New Jersey Institution of Technology. And that's why the Huskies' blowout win last night was so surprising. UW is now one victory away from Madison Square Garden, where they can play the likes of Texas A&M, Syracuse, and Ohio State. Two guys who didn't play last year, Tim Morris and Joel Smith, went for 16 and 12 points respectfully. The rock in the middle, Jon Brockman threw in 12 pts. and grabbed 9 rebounds in the winning effort.

Magic extend Sonics' franchise-worst start to eight games [ESPN]
Cougars catch up, then coast [Seattle Times]
Huskies open season with runaway victory [Seattle PI]