Jaylen Wells scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Isaac Jones scored 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting and Washington State never trailed as the Cougars beat UC Riverside 86-49.
The Pac-12 is returning to the College Football Playoff for the first time in seven years, has another school as part of the New Year’s Six and will send a total of eight teams to bowls in the last year with its current membership.
The Washington state Supreme Court has granted a request by the University of Washington and the Pac-12 to put on hold a lower court’s ruling that gave Oregon State and Washington State control of the conference.
Freshman Myles Rice had career highs of six 3-pointers and 28 points and Washington State pulled away inside the final nine minutes to beat Eastern Washington 82-72.