Washington prevails against Wazzu in the 300th match

DJ Davis scored a season-high 21 points, leading six Washington players in double figures, as the Huskies defeated Washington State 89-73 in the 300th all-time meeting between rivals on Wednesday night in Seattle.

Mekhi Mason scored 15 points and Tyler Harris 14 for the Huskies (8-3). Great Oobor added 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists, and Zoom Diallo and Tyree Ihenacho each scored 12 points as Washington improved to 189-11 against Washington State.

Nate Calmese, who spent last season in Washington before joining the Palouse, scored a game-high 21 points for the Cougars (9-3), who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Ethan Price added 16 points, six rebounds and four assists and LeJuan Watts had 11 points and eight rebounds.

Washington shot 50 percent from the field (31 of 62) and set its season high with 10 three-pointers. The Huskies forced 22 turnovers and managed just seven turnovers, leading to a 24-4 advantage in points on errors. The Cougars shot 43.1 percent (25 of 58) and were just 6 of 20 from distance.

The Huskies took a 35-31 halftime lead as Davis, returning to the starting lineup for the first time since the first three games of the season, scored 11 points.

The Cougars used an early 7-0 run, capped by Isaiah Watts’ 3-pointer, to take a 12-5 lead.

Diallo made a layup and a 3-pointer for a 7-0 win that put the Huskies up 15-14.

Davis sank a 3-pointer to tie the score, and Harris followed with another three to give the Huskies a 28-25 lead with 5:06 left in the half, their first lead since the first basket of the game game. Davis hit another three-pointer to cap an 11-0 run to make it 31-25, Washington’s largest lead before halftime.

The Huskies went on a 9-0 spurt to start the second half and pulled away to lead by as many as 20 points.

Washington State’s Isaiah Watts, a Seattle native and grandson of former SuperSonics star Slick Watts, made two highlight-reel dunks.

In the first half, Watts converted an alley-oop pass from Calmese. In the second round, Watts went over Oobor in the lane. Watts issued a technical foul against the latter for taunting the Huskies’ big man after the game.

–Field level media