BROCK MOTUM RUMORS & GOSSIP

At full strength, Washington State coach Ken Bone liked his chances against Pittsburgh in the College Basketball Invitational finals. An injury to star forward Brock Motum never gave the Cougars the chance. With the Pac 12's leading scorer watching from the bench in a black sweatsuit after injuring his ankle in the semifinals against Oregon State, the Cougars fell to the Panthers...

WASHINGTON STATE COACH Ken Bone is not giving up hope that his best player will be able to compete in the best-of-three College Basketball Invitational championship series that begins at 7 p.m. Monday against Pittsburgh (TV: HDNet) at Friel Court. Bone said during his Saturday teleconference that junior center Brock Motum has not been ruled out against the Panthers.

LOS ANGELES – Washington State’s basketball season might be a done deal – does the College Basketball Invitational await? – but at the very least, WSU fans can dream sweet dreams about next season and the return of junior post Brock Motum for his senior year. Motum is coming back, right? CF.C asked him the question one day after the Cougars opening round loss in the Pac-12 tournament.

Washington State Cougars Brock MOTUM was second in scoring in the Pac-12 (18.1 ppg), was in the league top-10 for field goal percentage (.549) and was one of the top rebounders in the conference (6.5 rpg) this season. Motum's numbers took a monumental leap this year, improving from 2.9 points/.8 rebounds as a freshman and 7.6 points/3.0 rebounds as a sophomore. He had...

Thursday night was a good night for WSU Hoops. WSU dominated in the paint, outscoring the Trojans 24-14 and winning the rebound battle 34-20, holding USC to only three offensive boards Brock Motum scored 26 points to lead the Washington State Cougars past the USC Trojans 60-53 Thursday night in Pac-12 men's basketball action. Motum was hot from the onset, scoring 11...

Brock Motum scored 26 points to lead Washington State past Southern California 60-53 Thursday night. Motum was hot from the onset, scoring 11 of the Cougars' (12-10, 4-6) first 16 points. WSU led 30-24 at halftime. Southern California (6-17, 1-9) put together a 14-4 run midway through the second half, cutting the Cougars' lead to 49-45 with 6:42 remaining, but WSU went...

BROCK MOTUM FILLED up the basket like he had never done before -- alas, Wazzu's defense cancelled it out. In the 71-67 loss to ASU, the Cougars allowed the Sun Devils to shoot 54.5 percent from the field and 46.7 from beyond the arc. You're just not going to win many games in the Pac-12 with that kind of D, even when your star player goes for 30-plus.

BROCK MOTUM SCORED the first nine points for the Cougars, as Washington State played perhaps their crispest first half of the season. Oregon State launched a furious comeback, however, and things looked dicey down the stretch. Motum had an answer though, scoring the last four buckets of the game for the Cougs. Still, WSU had to hit their free throws...

Brock Motum scored a career-high 27 points to lead Washington State to a 93-55 victory against Santa Clara on Sunday. Charlie Enquist had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Cougars (6-4). Kevin Foster scored 16 points, Niyi Harrison 14 and Evan Roquefort 12 for the Broncos (5-3). Washington State dominated inside, posting a 33-25 rebounding advantage and outscoring Santa Clara...

Brock Motum scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Faisal Aden added 18 points, and Washington State rallied to beat Sacramento State 79-68 Thursday night. Motum gave the Cougars (1-1) their first lead of the night when he hit a put-back with 17:35 to play. The Hornets (2-1) hung around for the next five minutes before getting into foul trouble and allowing Washington...