SEATTLE -- Sami Whitcomb hit an open 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds left to lift Washington to a 67-66 victory over Brigham Young on Wednesday night.

PULLMAN -- Senior Kevin Lopina will start at quarterback for Washington State on Saturday against 20th-ranked Oregon State, said Cougars coach Paul Wulff.

PULLMAN -- The Washington State Cougars will celebrate Senior Day at Saturday's final home football game, but there doesn't figure to be much of a party atmosphere at Martin Stadium.

PULLMAN -- Faisal Aden has signed to play basketball for Washington State next season.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State's winning streak at home against nonconference teams was in jeopardy.

PULLMAN -- Washington State broke a six-match losing streak with a 25-20, 25-13, 25-21 non-conference win over Eastern Washington in Pullman.

BOISE -- Kellen Moore grew up in sparsely populated central Washington. Now he is out here in Idaho, still way off Broadway.

EAST LANSING, Mich -- Gonzaga coach Mark Few was not particularly impressed with his young team's sloppy play in a season-opening win over Mississippi Valley State.

PULLMAN -- Jason Stripling, a starting linebacker for Washington State, was suspended after being arrested early Sunday morning and charged with fourth-degree assault and obstruction of a public servant.

PULLMAN -- Klay Thompson scored 24 points Monday night to lift Washington State to a 67-61 victory over Eastern Washington.

MISSOULA, Mont. -- Chase Reynolds ran for 151 yards and three touchdowns to lead Montana (10-0, 7-0 Big Sky) over Northern Colorado (3-8, 1-7).

BOISE -- Coach Chris Petersen claims to not pay any heed to the BCS popularity contest.

CEDAR CITY, Utah -- Matt Nichols threw for 380 yards and four touchdowns as Eastern Washington (7-3) rolled up 608 yards of offense to put away Southern Utah (4-6).

PULLMAN -- Washington State football coach Paul Wulff prayed for snow Saturday. Oh baby, did Wulff want it to snow.

CORVALLIS -- Once again, Oregon State has played its way into the thick of the Rose Bowl race.

PULLMAN -- Here is a preview of today's game with UCLA (4-5, 1-5 Pac-10) at WSU (1-8, 0-6 Pac-10):

PULLMAN -- Washington State running back Dwight Tardy gamely played on a bad knee last season, and for what? He finished with career lows for rushing yards and touchdowns, and the Cougars lost a school-record 11 games.

PULLMAN -- Klay Thompson scored 20 points as Washington State beat Mississippi Valley State 94-66 Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

The Pac-10 is ranked first in four of the six computers used by the Bowl Championship Series.

PULLMAN -- Washington State signed in-state recruit Patrick Simon to a national letter of intent to play next season.

PULLMAN — Klay Thompson scored a game-high 19 points, including 4-of-4 from behind the 3-point line to help Washington State to a 73-51 exhibition victory over Lewis-Clark State on Monday at Beasley Coliseum.

SEATTLE -- Freshman Marcy Hjellum -- a Kamiakin graduate -- had 10 kills, four service aces and a career-high 26 digs as Central Washington completed its suspended match at Seattle Pacific with a five-set win over the Falcons, 27-25, 25-12, 15-25, 15-25, 15-13.

PULLMAN -- The Washington State University women's soccer team received an at-large bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Championship on Monday.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The headline, plastered across the top of Page 1 of the Tucson daily newspaper's sports section Saturday, read: Cats fear hungry Cougars.

MOSCOW, Idaho -- Ryan Mathews ran for 143 yards and three touchdowns as Fresno State defeated Idaho 31-21 on Saturday night.

MONMOUTH, Ore. -- The high winds and pouring rain did not deter No. 2 Central Washington from posting an undefeated regular season, as the Wildcats handed Western Oregon a loss at McArthur Field .

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ugly losses, a frustrated fan base, a coach under fire; it's been a rough first two seasons for Paul Wulff at Washington State.

EUGENE -- University of Oregon football coach Chip Kelly says there's nothing to report about the possible reinstatement of suspended running back LeGarrette Blount.

Nikki DePeel (Hanford/CBC) scored 22 points and her 11-for-12 performance from the free throw line helped the Lewis-Clark State College women's basketball team defeat Northwest Christian University 87-48 on Monday.

SEATTLE -- University of Washington basketball coach Lorenzo Romar announced Monday that 6-foot-9 sophomore forward Brendan Sherrer had made the 14th-ranked team as a walk-on.

NEW YORK -- Texas took a small step forward in the Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday, and the remaining unbeaten teams held down the first seven spots.

PULLMAN -- Washington State football has morphed into Chinese water torture, with a twist.

PULLMAN -- Washington State football coach Paul Wulff said that junior strong safety Chima Nwachukwu is expected to miss at least one game with the ankle sprain he suffered in Saturday's 40-14 loss to Notre Dame.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Before he took his first snap in college, Jimmy Clausen arrived on the Notre Dame campus in a stretch limo to announce he would sign a letter of intent with the Fighting Irish.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Washington State coach Paul Wulff has expressed concern that his young team might get caught up in the aura of Notre Dame's storied football tradition and forget to focus solely on the Fighting Irish team that takes the field today in the Alamodome.

PULLMAN -- Charlie Weis hopes for a mercy killing when Notre Dame battles Washington State on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- The California Bears do everything fast.

SEATTLE -- This is really taking the rivalry between Oregon and Washington fans to new heights.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Paul Wulff's dream job turned into a nightmare by his second game as coach of the Washington State Cougars.

LOS ANGELES -- Pete Carroll touts Oregon State tailback Jacquizz Rodgers as the second coming of Emmitt Smith.

PROVO, Utah -- TCU can't reach the BCS without a win over BYU.

WSU (1-5, 0-4) vs. Cal (4-2, 1-2)

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Nobody in the Washington Huskies camp was certain what broke down on Arizona State's final touchdown -- a 50-yard pass from Danny Sullivan to Chris McGaha with no defender in sight -- in the final seconds of Saturday night's 24-17 Pacific-10 Conference loss.

NEW YORK -- Florida, Alabama and Texas hold the top three spots in the first BCS standings and control their fates in the national championship race.

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- In his first start of the season, Cody Kempt threw three touchdown passes, including a 36-yarder in overtime, to lead Montana State (4-2) past South Dakota (3-4).

TACOMA -- Taylor Eglet threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to former Royal standout Kyle Scroggins and Whitworth (3-4, 1-2 Northwest Conference) scored all 24 points in the second quarter in a win over Puget Sound (0-5, 0-2).

SEATTLE -- Garrett Rolsma kicked a 44-yard field goal with 32 seconds remaining to cap a run of 23 unanswered points in the second half as Central Washington (8-0, 3-0 GNAC) came back to defeat Western Oregon (3-4, 2-2) in front of 5,374 fans at Battle in Seattle VII at Qwest Field.

MISSOULA, Mont. -- Chase Reynolds plunged into the end zone from 1 yard out with 1:18 to play Saturday to lift Montana to a 41-34 victory over Eastern Washington.

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The last time Danny Sullivan played at home, he was booed off the field. Now, the cheers are probably still ringing in his ears.

MOSCOW, Idaho -- De'Maundray Woolridge rushed for four touchdowns and finished with 81 yards to lead Idaho past visiting Hawaii 35-23.