Eastern women win opener
Six players scored in double figures, led by Tatjana Sparavalo's 16 points to go with 11 rebounds, as Eastern Washington opened its women's basketball season with an 80-70 win over Cal State Fullerton Friday night. (It was a late game, doubleheader with the men, and we may not have a link tonight.)
Gonzaga led by seven at halftime but couldn't put the game away and USC out-played the Bulldogs, ranked 22nd in the coach's poll, for a 79-73 win in Los Angeles Friday afternoon.
Washington State loses at Saint Mary's 73-69.
For updates on area players (we know LC grad Lyndi Seidersticker had a big game in a loss and GPrep grad Tara Cronin led Portland in a win, Post Falls frosh Katie Loper had an impressive debut in Hofstra loss), check Twitter, SRtrim.
At Cheney, Wash.
EASTERN WASHINGTON 80, CAL STATE FULLERTON 70
CAL STATE FULLERTON (0-1)
Richardson, Megan 5-17 11-13 23; Grove, Lyndsey 6-12 3-3 15; Olivier, Mya
3-6 3-6 9; Thomas, Alex 3-4 0-3 8; Breite, Jenna 1-3 4-5 6; Chow, Lauren 2-4
0-0 5; Grayson, Jasmine 1-1 0-0 2; Avila, Katie 1-2 0-0 2; Yvont'e Neal 0-3
0-0 0; Richie, Ashley 0-7 0-0 0; Crisp, Alicya 0-0 0-0 0; Bushong, Lauren
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-59 21-30 70.
EASTERN WASHINGTON (1-0)
SPARAVALO, Tatjana 6-13 2-2 16; COOPER, Chene 4-15 2-2 11; PIPER, Julie 5-8
1-1 11; RYAN, Brianne 4-5 3-3 11; OJEDA, Carrie 3-3 4-4 10; NOLEN, Courtney
4-6 2-6 10; SCHOENING, Jordan 2-3 0-0 5; RUSSELL, Breauna 2-7 0-3 4; EVANS,
Kyla 1-3 0-0 2; ASHENFELTER, Aubrey 0-1 0-1 0; PAKOOTAS, Chenise 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 31-64 14-22 80.
Cal State Fullerton........... 31 39 - 70
Eastern Washington............ 38 42 - 80
3-point goals--Cal State Fullerton 5-13 (Richardson, Megan 2-5; Thomas, Alex
2-3; Chow, Lauren 1-2; Yvont'e Neal 0-2; Grove, Lyndsey 0-1), Eastern
Washington 4-20 (SPARAVALO, Tatjana 2-7; SCHOENING, Jordan 1-2; COOPER,
Chene 1-6; RUSSELL, Breauna 0-1; EVANS, Kyla 0-2; RYAN, Brianne 0-1; PIPER,
Julie 0-1). Fouled out--Cal State Fullerton-Richardson, Megan, Eastern
Washington-None. Rebounds--Cal State Fullerton 35 (Breite, Jenna 8), Eastern
Washington 42 (SPARAVALO, Tatjana 11). Assists--Cal State Fullerton 11
(Grove, Lyndsey 4), Eastern Washington 22 (COOPER, Chene 6). Total
fouls--Cal State Fullerton 23, Eastern Washington 25. Technical fouls--Cal
State Fullerton-None, Eastern Washington-None. A-