Huskies set to learn road rules
December 5, 2003
After suffering their first loss of the season to 17th-ranked Gonzaga, the Huskies return to facing unranked opponents away from the comforts of home. Washington starts a three-week, three-game road swing starting tomorrow against Wyoming.
Wednesday's 86-62 loss to the Zags is a lesson learned to the Huskies, who were schooled by the Bulldogs for 40 minutes. Husky junior Will Conroy led the Huskies with 15 points and said his team will take bits and pieces of the Bulldogs' brash style and put them into their game.
"What we learned is when you're playing a team like that you get to pick up on some of the things that they do well," Conroy explained. "They were savvy, poised and played together as a team the whole time."
Last season, the Huskies (3-1) got then-first-year coach Lorenzo Romar his first win, 79-70 at home over a Wyoming team coming off an NCAA tournament run. Now the stakes are higher, since the Cowboys (2-2) play well at home and UW has beaten them in four consecutive tries.
"We just need to be focused and play our game," Conroy added.
Wyoming is also coming off a defeat -- 80-67 to Kansas State -- and is hoping to turn its early sub-par season around when the Huskies visit Laramie. Guards Donta Richardson and Jay Straight lead the Cowboys, while Tacoma native David Adams is overdue for a breakout game.
The matchup between the teams' guards will be exciting after Richardson and Conroy's battle in Washington's win a season ago. Richardson had 18 points to Conroy's 13, but the Huskies hit six consecutive free throws in the final 40 seconds to seal the victory.
Coming off a tough loss is never easy, but at least the Huskies have reversed last season's trend, when they started 1-3. Washington is 5-1 in first road games over the past six years, losing only to UNLV 82-61 one season ago.
Washington does not return home until Dec. 30, when it takes on Columbia.
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