Washington State guard Derrick Low, who was held to a scoreless first half by Air Force defenders, scored 19 second half points on 6-8 shooting from three-point range to lead the Cougars past the Falcons 71-62 in the final game of the Cougar Hispanic College Fund Challenge Sunday.
With the Cougars trailing the Falcons by three, 40-37 at the 14-minute mark of the second half, WSU scored 14 straight points and took an 11-point lead they would not relinqish.
Point guard Rochestie Taylor added 16 second half points and led all scorers with 22.
Guard Tim Anderson paced the Falcons with 15 points. Guard Andrew Henke (seen driving past Cougar Robbie Cowgill in photo to the left) who had paced the Falcons in scoring the previous two games, made only 2-10 and finished with 9. Henke made the all-tourney team.
Both Low and Rochestie were named to the all-tourney team while Cougar teammate, Kyle Weaver was named tourney MVP.
