Next Stop, El Paso

On Tuesday night, the Huskies won their first postseason game in 25 years, defeating the Wyoming Cowboys 64-62 in the first round of the CBI.

It took a total team effort for the Huskies to win, as every player played tonight in key moments. Matt Janning led the Huskies with 20 points, while Chaisson Allen scored 16, including three huge three-pointers in the second half.

Both Janning and Allen stepped up to fill the void left by the absence of Manny Adako, who did not play due to injury. Nkem Ojougboh fought through foul trouble and finished with a big 11 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks.

The Huskies took a four and a half hour flight to Denver, and then drove two hours to the hotel in Laramie, Wyoming. With the altitude change, the time difference, playing on the highest altitude campus in the country and the thin lineup, the Huskies had a lot to handle. But they got the job done on the road and will live to see another game, when they travel to El Paso to take on UTEP on Monday.

Tomorrow will be a long travel day, as the team will be on the bus to Denver at 8 a.m., fly from Denver to New York where they will have a two hour layover and then land in Boston at 9 p.m. But these trips are always better after a win.