Ruff Honored

Jenni Ruff, a senior forward from Washington State University, has been named the Pacific-10 Conference Women’s Basketball player of the week for Dec. 4-10.

Ruff, who hails from Mossyrock, Wash., scored a career-high 36 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the Cougars’ 69-66 win over Boise State Friday. Ruff hit 15-of-23 shots from the floor (.652) and added three assists and three steals to her ninth career double-double.

This week’s honor was the first in Ruff’s career and the sixth overall for Washington State.

Troy 45, Rosalia 41

Jason Smith’s layup with less than a minute to play gave the Trojans (2-1) a win over the Spartans (3-2) in a nonleague boys basketball game Monday night.

Rosalia rallied back from a 31-19 deficit in the final quarter, but could get no closer than the game’s final margin.

Troy 7 13 11 14 - 45

Rosalia 11 4 4 22 - 41

TROY Potter 4, Payne 1, Hazeltine 7, T.Smith 0, LeBlanc 15, Johnson 0, J.Smith 10, Kozeni 8, Loveland 0.

ROSALIA Bernard 0, VanGrimbergen 2, Maley 16, Naught 2, Scheele 13, Goyke 0, Finley 4, Blank 4.

, DataTimes MEMO: Changed from the Idaho edition.