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Jaylen Harrell drops 15 a game, Cougs still hungry for that first W
Jaylen Harrell is putting up numbers. Fifteen and a half a game, shooting 91% from two-point range. That's not a typo. The redshirt freshman wing from Boston earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week, and he earned it the old-fashioned way: by being the best thing on the floor for a winless Cougar team.
Washington State is 0-2. That stings. But Harrell's emergence is the kind of small victory you grab onto in November. He came over from Providence, played six games last year before an injury shut him down, and now he's the guy making the offense go. Two-way acumen, the release says. That's coach-speak for a kid who plays hard on both ends and doesn't take plays off.
The Cougars are on the road again Tuesday at Duquesne. Then they host Division II Northwest on Saturday. That second one is a game you're supposed to win. But the first one? That's a chance to see if Harrell can keep this going against a real test. If you're looking for more on the Cougar week ahead, our piece on the Colorado State matchup, "Saturday night under the lights in Pullman with nothing left to lose", is worth your time.
For now, the record says 0-2. The tape says Harrell is real. Go Cougs.
