SEATTLE (AP) — Wesley Yates III scored 23 factors and Desmond Claude scored 20 factors and short-handed Washington escaped a fiesty Southern staff beating the Jaguars 99-93 in double extra time on Tuesday night time.
Quimari Peterson scored 15 factors and reserve Lathan Sommerville 10 for the Huskies (4-1).
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Michael Jacobs scored 24 factors, Cam Amboree 18 and Terrance Dixon Jr. 17 for Southern (2-3).
Claude’s jumper to start out the second extra time gave Washington an 88-86 lead and the Huskies led for the rest. Jasir Rencher’s made two foul photographs for Washington’s largest lead of the sport at 98-90.
In his Washington debut, Claude shot 6 of 14 from the sector and seven of 8 from the foul line. Claude, who got here from USC, had been battling a sprained ankle he suffered in a preseason observe.
He left the court docket for the locker room after regulation then returned with 1:48 left within the first extra time. After he scored the go-ahead basket within the second extra time he briefly returned once more to the locker room.
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Getting into the sport he was placed on a 20-minute enjoying time restriction however as a substitute performed 35.
Peterson made a layup with 1.9 seconds left to drive the second extra time.
Southern led 85-81 with 11 seconds left within the first extra time when Peterson gave Jacobs a head faux from behind the 3-point line and drew the foul. Peterson then deliberately fouled Jacobs and he made simply 1 of two foul photographs for an 86-84 lead establishing Peterson’s layup.
Southern led by 12 on three separate events within the second half earlier than Washington — enjoying with 9 attributable to accidents — started whittling away.
It was the first-ever assembly between the applications.
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