George Raveling returned to Pullman Friday night to see his former team blow out Pacific, 97-70, in its second exhibition game of the season in Bohler Gym.

Prior to tip-off, the 2,427 spectators on hand in Bohler Gym gave Raveling, a former Cougar men’s basketball head coach, a standing ovation to show their support.

“It certainly allowed me an opportunity to revisit a lot of pleasant memories during my 11 years here at Washington State,” Raveling said.

The Cougars came out swinging early against the Boxers, thanks to a spark off the bench from junior forward Renard Suggs. The Minnesota native entered the game with 16:37 remaining in the first half and nailed his first five shots. Suggs finished the night shooting 7-12 from the field for 18 points. He also went 4-8 from behind the 3-point line.

“First of all, I want to thank my teammates for finding me and giving me open looks,” Suggs said. “Without them I wouldn’t be able to hit those shots.”

WSU freshman point guard Viont’e Daniels was one of the players looking to distribute the ball to Suggs often.

“You really start to look for (Suggs) because you know he’s hot and when he gets hot he gets going,” Daniels said. “So when we were both in the game that’s what I wanted to do was keep giving him the open shots and for him to keep knocking them down.”

Daniels also showed his scoring talents during the exhibition. The Federal Way High School alumnus tallied 16 points off 7-9 shooting.

WSU sophomore point guard Ny Redding also supplied the Cougars with depth by upping the pressure on defense and distributing the ball in the right areas.

“When we looked at starters and rotations, the thing we looked at with Ny, what we wrote by his name, was we needed some toughness and energy, that was the guy we turned to,” WSU Head Coach Ernie Kent said. “I felt like he gave us a great spark in the first half, and he really got us going in the second half when I felt like that second unit didn’t start the game with the unit they needed to start with.”

Redding finished the game with eight points, and tallied five assists and four steals.

“It’s nice to have those kind of numbers and that kind of depth on this team, because it just allows you to hold guys accountable to playing hard and staying focused and Ny was certainly really good in the game,” Kent said. “He really turned the game for us in terms of the energy tonight.”

WSU’s game plan entering its second exhibition game was to speed up the pace more, which they certainly did. The average time of each possession for WSU was about 13 seconds. The Cougars also managed to outscore Pacific in fast break points, 14 -3.

“That is pretty good, that’s about where we need to be and I think we can even play faster,” Kent said. “Guys will see that on tape, by getting the rebound cleaner, the outlet cleaner, but I love the way we’re running the floor right now, I love the way we’re sharing the ball right now.”

The Cougars will play their first regular season game against Northern Arizona at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Beasley Coliseum. The Pac-12 Networks will broadcast the game.