Washington State 65, Buffalo 54: DaVonte Lacy scored 19 points, including five 3-pointers, and the Cougars pulled away late to win the eighth-annual Cougar Hardwood Classic at Seattle's KeyArena.

Buffalo led 49-48 after Auraum Nuiriankh scored with 7:02 remaining, but the Bulls (4-8) were held without another field goal until Tony Watson’s layup with 58 seconds to play.

Brock Motum shook off a slow start and finished with 15 points and seven rebounds for Washington State (8-4), which drew clear with a 14-2 run during the Bulls’ six-minute field-goal drought. The Cougars won despite missing 11 of 24 free throws.

Watson hit four 3-pointers and finished with 18 points for Buffalo (4-7), which shot 21.4 percent in the second half after making 56 percent of its shots in the first half. Nuiriankh had 13 points, including three 3-pointers.

Both teams were 7-of-11 from 3-point range in the first half, which ended with Buffalo leading 37-35. Dexter Kernich-Drew had 10 points, including a key 3-pointer to put the Cougars ahead 56-50 with 4:57 remaining.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Washington State improved to 8-0 all-time in the Cougar Hardwood Classic. … Buffalo was playing its first game without starting PG Jarod Oldham, who will miss the rest of the regular season with a wrist injury…. Washington State held Buffalo’s leading scorer, Javon McCrea, to two points on 1-of-6 shooting.