The intensity of the game was high from the beginning as Beasley Coliseum was rocking with hopes that WSU would defeat its rival Washington for the second time this season. However, junior guard Andrew Andrews decided to take the game into his own hands, hitting the game-winning three-pointer with 2.7 seconds remaining, silencing the crowd, and winning the game for the Huskies, 87-84.

Senior guard DaVonté Lacy said there wasn’t anything more Cougars could have done to defend Andrews’.

“It was a contested 25-footer and it was just a really good shot, hit nothing but net,” Lacy said. “Ike (Iroegbu) couldn’t have contested it any more better without fouling him so he did his job, it’s just better help (defense).”

For the Huskies (15-11, 4-10 in Pac-12), Andrews finished with 35 points and hit six of his 12 three-point attempts, many of them coming from NBA range. Sophomore guard Nigel Williams-Goss had another outstanding game against WSU (11-5, 5-9). Williams-Goss scored 20 points and dished out six assists while only turning the ball over once. The Huskies shot 50 percent from the field for the game.

Lacy, sophomore forward Josh Hawkinson and sophomore guard Que Johnson led WSU. Lacy led the team with 23 points while Hawkinson secured his 16th double-double of the season with 17 points and 14 rebounds, one short of the school record for a single season. Johnson added 18 points on 4-5 shooting and hit all seven of his free throw attempts. The Cougars as a whole shot 55 percent from the field and 66 percent from three-point range.

The Cougars will turn around and resume action Wednesday night as they head out to southern California to take on the USC Trojans. The game will be played at 7 p.m. and can be seen on the Pac-12 Networks.

Reporting by William Cheshier