Huskies Add to Long-Running Mississippi Valley State Misery

On a most unusual night for the University of Washington basketball team, the Huskies were permitted to shoot 3-pointers whenever and however much they wanted and their aim was good enough to hand Mississippi Valley State a 77-64 defeat at Alaska Airlines Arena.

Danny Sprinkle let his guys launch 50 shots from behind the line, which was a school record and one shy of a Big Ten record.

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They made 17, which tied a school record set 15 seasons earlier.

Here’s how weird this one was: the Huskies tried just 17 regular shots and made 11.

With this take-no-prisoners approach, Sprinkle unleashed his imported 3-point shooters in Davidson transfer Parker Friedrichsen and Gonzaga newcomer Steele Venters and they were two of the Huskies’ three top scorers.

The 6-foot-4 Friedrichsen led the Huskies (2-0) in points by coming off the bench to score 17 on 5-for-11 shooting from behind the line.

Venters chipped in 15 points by connecting on 5-for-13 treys, his most in three injury-hampered seasons since he played for Eastern Washington, before Gonzaga.

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“Me and Parker, in those situations, can let it fly as much as we want,” said the 6-foot-7 Venters, who’s originally from Ellensburg.

Add to them starting point guard Ryan Beasley, who finished with his first career double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds, with the playmaker having his own success behind the line by dropping in 4 of 9. Mississippi Valley State had to wonder what hit it.

The Delta Devils (2-0) were a lot better than the typical Southwestern Athletic Conference entry that’s often been described as America’s worst college basketball team.

In their three prior seasons, they were 3-30, 3-28 and 1-30, and they had won just 19 of 210 games since 2020.

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Yet with a new coach in Mike Davis, the former Indiana leader, and an influx of junior-college talent, Mississippi Valley State was far more competitive than expected.

Against the Huskies in a gym maybe a third full, the Delta Devils actually built an…

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