Cougars beat Trojans 73-58 at the Galen Center

Daven Harmeling missed two games due to a broken thumb but he came back from the bench to help Washington State in their victory against USC 73-58.

The 22 year old forward scored a season-high 19 points, 14 of them in the first half, Aron Byrnes also helped with 18 points and nine rebounds to give the undefeated Cougars their best start in ninety one years. For a team that is more known for its defense than his offense, they really played an aggressive match at the Galen Center in Los Angeles California.

WSU is currently the highest ranked team in the Pac-10 and this is their best start since the 1916-17 squad won its first 15 games. Now the Cougars have a bigger rival in front of them, UCLA, who is also in the first five teams of the Pac-10, Washington has beaten the Browns just once in 50 road games.

Does the Trojans lost have to do with bad decisions by Coach Tim Floyd? Like sitting down Davon Jefferson, his second best scorer, some says that he didn’t saw action due to disciplinary reasons but Floyd said he will be playing on Saturday.

Floyd is clear about the Washington’s superiority: "We hope to get to that point. I don't remember them taking a bad shot, and I recall we did a few times." He said.