The Washington State Cougars saw their run in the WNIT come to an end earlier this week with a 59-51 loss to North Dakote State in Fargo.

WSU again struggled from the floor, shooting 38.2% on the evening. The Cougs also committed 15 turnovers against the Bison, compared to just six by the opposition.

“We didn’t get quality shots in the first quarter. I don’t think we got quality shots in the fourth,” head coach Kamie Ethridge said postgame. “[NDSU was] very physical on our ball screen defense. We had some bad turnovers and then we missed a few really great looks. So, you know, they made them, they made some threes they made some deep catches in the paint and scored over us with some of their moves, and we kind of dried up in some of the shots that we got.”

Eleonora Villa and Alex Covill were WSU’s leading scorers with 14 points each.

Senior guard Tara Wallack also contributed four points with five blocks, three assists, and three rebounds. Wallack finishes her time in a WSU uniform as the first Cougar to reach over 4,000 minutes played, with 1,289 career points, 167 career blocks (second in program history), and 669 career rebounds.

WSU played this one without starting forward Dayana Mendes, who entered the transfer portal earlier this week after 12.4 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in her last ten contests.

“I know our team and program will be in great hands with the people that we have coming back,” Ethridge noted looking ahead to the 2025-2026 season.

Washington State’s 2024-2025 season ends with an overall record of 21-14 and conference record of 14-6 in their first season as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

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Miami Heat (33-41, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (16-58, 15th in the Eastern Conference)

Washington; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Washington hosts Miami looking to stop its four-game home losing streak.

The Wizards are 6-7 against Southeast Division opponents. Washington is ninth in the Eastern Conference with 10.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Richaun Holmes averaging 2.1.

The Heat are 9-5 against the rest of the division. Miami ranks seventh in the NBA allowing only 110.1 points while holding opponents to 46.6% shooting.

The Wizards’ 13.2 made 3-pointers per game this season are only 0.5 fewer made shots on average than the 13.7 per game the Heat give up. The Wizards average 109.5 points per game, 11.4 fewer points than the 120.9 the Wizards allow.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alex Sarr is averaging 13.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks for the Wizards. Jordan Poole is averaging 16.1 points over the last 10 games.

Tyler Herro is averaging 23.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.6 assists for the Heat. Alec Burks is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Wizards: 3-7, averaging 111.6 points, 42.7 rebounds, 25.9 assists, 8.4 steals and 5.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 123.3 points per game.

Heat: 4-6, averaging 106.6 points, 37.2 rebounds, 25.3 assists, 9.4 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 49.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 107.9 points.

INJURIES: Wizards: Saddiq Bey: out (knee), Bilal Coulibaly: out for season (hamstring), Corey Kispert: out for season (thumb), Kyshawn George: day to day (ankle), Khris Middleton: day to day (knee), Anthony Gill: day to day (hip), Malcolm Brogdon: day to day (ankle).

Heat: Dru Smith: out for season (achilles), Nikola Jovic: out (hand), Kevin Love: day to day (personal), Andrew Wiggins: out (hamstring), Duncan Robinson: day to day (back).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.