Gu Women Defeated By San Diego St. 78-59

Tameka Johnson scored 12 of her 18 points in the second half as San Diego State downed Gonzaga 78-59 in non-league women’s basketball Monday night at Martin Centre.

Johnson grabbed five rebounds and was 6 of 9 from the field as the Aztecs (5-1) won their third straight game over the Bulldogs (1-7).

San Diego State built a 42-23 lead in the first half as Gonzaga struggled from the field.

The Bulldogs made just 8 of 26 field-goal attempts and were 2 of 8 from 3-point range the first half.

Staci Andrews led Gonzaga with 13 points. Joy Pauley added 11.

Jurate Zukauskaite had 15 points for the Aztecs. San Diego State made 13 steals and forced 19 turnovers.

San Diego State 78, Gonzaga 59

SAN DIEGO STATE (5-1)

Rodriguez 1-1 0-0 2, Wright 0-3 0-0 0, Johnson 6-9 6-7 18, DiCamilli 6-10 0-1 12, Nowlin 4-6 2-4 11, Woods 1-2 0-0 2, Walker 6-12 1-2 14, Cazier 1-1 0-0 2, Zukauskaite 5-9 0-0 15, Burleigh 1-4 0-0 2. Totals - 31-57 9-14 78.

GONZAGA (1-7) Herman 0-3 0-0 0, Andrews 3-6 6-8 13, Pauley 4-9 0-0 11, Phillips 4-5 0-0 8, Sherfey 1-4 0-0 3, Gere 2-8 0-1 5, Ledgerwood 2-5 0-2 5, McCullough 2-4 0-0 4, Silva 1-4 2-3 4, Steward 1-3 1-2 3, McCliment 1-1 1-3 3. Totals - 21-52 10-19 59.

Halftime - SDS 42, Gonzaga 23. 3-point goals - SDS 7-20 (DiCamilli 0-3, Nowlin 1-1, Walker 1-6, Zukauskaite 5-8, Burleigh 0-2. Gonzaga 7-18 (Herman 0-1, Andrews 1-2, Pauley 3-6, Sherfey 1-2, Gere 1-4, Ledgerwood 1-3). Total fouls - SDS 20, Gonzaga 13. Fouled out - Pauley. Technical fouls - none. Rebounds - SDS 33 (Nowlin 6). Gonzaga 32 (Silva 6). Assists - SDS 12 (Wright, Walker, Zukauskaite, Burleigh 2). Gonzaga 9 (Gere,, Ledgerwood, McCliment 2). Att - 248.

(7) Penn State 84, Washington 66

Katina Mack scored 20 of her season-high 24 points in the second half as the Lions (8-2) beat visiting UW (3-5).

Vandal honored

Despite two tough defeats for the Vandals, Idaho senior forward Mindy Rice is the Big Sky Conference women’s basketball player of the week.

Rice hit 18 of 35 field goal attempts (51.4 percent), 12 of 13 free throws and averaged 24.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in losses to Washington State and Portland.

High school boys

Ritzville 60, Ch. Heritage 36

Travis DeVore scored eight of his 13 points in the third quarter and John Galbreath and Kristian Boness added six each in the period as the Broncos blew open the Bi-County League game.

Ch. Heritage 4 9 10 11 - 36

Ritzville 12 12 28 8 - 60

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE Klein 6, J.Fischer 2, B.Newbill 6, B.Bishop 3, J.Newbill 3, Bell 14, T.Fischer 2.

RITZVILLE T.DeVore 13, Marcus 0, Benzel 0, Duff 3, S.Galbreath 12, D.DeVore 9, J.Galbreath 8, Taylor 0, Russel 5, Boness 10, Arlt 0, Umland 0.

Springdale 60, Davenport 59

Josh McCurdy’s basket with 45 seconds left tied it and his two foul shots with 17 seconds to go gave the Chargers a nonleague win over the Gorillas.

McCurdy finished with 24 points.

Davenport 15 14 11 18 - 58

Springdale 18 12 13 17 - 60

DAVENPORT Erhart 0, Buchanan 2, Swain 10, Parsons 7, Telecky 9, Bailey 0, Fitzpatrick 4, McClure 0, Hammond 8, Turnbough 18.

SPRINGDALE Brisbois 2, Farnsworth 0, Nolander 16, McCurdy 24, Peterson 11, Blanchard 2, Hargrave 1, Lozano 4, Nortz 0.

High school girls

Gar-Pal 57, Logas 36

Kacey Pfaff hit 5 of 7 shots from the field, including two 3-pointers, in her 17-point effort that led the Vikings to a non-league victory in a physical game.

Garfield-Palouse 19 14 10 14 - 57

Logas 6 14 12 4 - 36

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Nelson 3, Main 2, Sheiden 0, Pfaff 17, J.Cottrill 11, S.Cottrill 0, Sheffler 0, Hodson 2, Broughton 12, Smith 2, McCabe 8.

LOGAS Lemons 10, Lucas 6, Rigg 5, Scheibe 8, Harken 5, Myers 0, Jordan 0, Atwood 2.

Springdale 57, Davenport 42

Springdale’s pressure paid dividends as the Chargers dropped the Gorillas in the non-league game.

Hillary Dixon led Springdale with 20 points. Jamie Mikelson led Davenport with 16.

Davenport 8 10 25 17 - 42

Springdale 13 15 16 13 - 57

DAVENPORT Wagner 0, Marriott 5, Stiles 0, Pauls 14, Emery 6, Jacobson 0, Mikelson 16, Dixon 2.

SPRINGDALE A.Bade 0, Peone 0, Diedrich 0, K.Bade 2, Campbell 3, Hendricks 0, Cates 18, N’Deeo 0, Dixon 20, Sulgrove 12, Cates 0.

Soccer

Terri Patraw, an assistant coach at Washington State for two years, has been hired as the first women’s soccer head coach at Arizona State, which begins playing the sport in the fall of 1996.

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