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Women's hoops heads west for its next Pac-12 test
The trip west starts now, and the math is getting simple for this women's hoops squad: win the road tests, keep the Pac-12 hopes breathing. The Cougars are heading out for their next conference challenge, and it's the kind of stretch that separates the teams that hang around from the ones that fade when the calendar flips.
We've seen this script before. The football team just went toe-to-toe with Boise State, answering a punch with a Vorhees touchdown before the Broncos squeaked ahead at the half. That fight is the right mindset to borrow. Basketball doesn't get style points for moral victories, though. The Palouse knows that better than most. If the Cougs want to matter in this league race, they need to bring the same grit but finish the job.
The Pac-12 is a gauntlet, and the chaos bowl math we keep running for football applies here too. Every game counts, every possession matters, and the road is where reputations get built or buried. Head west, play tough, and don't let the travel rattle the rhythm. A win out there changes the conversation. A loss makes the climb steeper than it already is.
Go Cougs. Bring back a W.
