Tissue Helps Bucs Put Squeeze To Bearcats

Whitworth’s Jennifer Tissue is squeezably soft in name only. She plays basketball with all the style and flair of a muddy pickup truck.

She’s got the bruises from the court to prove it.

In Whitworth’s 61-53 women’s basketball win Friday night against Willamette at the Pirates’ Fieldhouse, Tissue finished with 13 points. Her final basket came in a manner in which only she could do it.

With the Pirates holding a 52-44 lead with 2 minutes to play and the 30-second shot clock running down, Tissue caught a pass at the top of the key and banked in a 3-pointer with time about to expire.

That basket proved to be the final nail in the Bearcats’ coffin. With the win, Whitworth (6-2 NCIC, 12-11) moved into a first-place tie with Willamette (6-2, 16-5).

“This win was reflection of how we practiced all week long,” Tissue said. “After losing to Pacific Lutheran last week, we just bounced back and worked really hard.”

Whitworth 61, Willamette 53

WILLAMETTE

Welter 0-1 0-0 0, Weber 2-2 2-2 6, Leary 5-18 4-4 16, Liebler 0-1 0-0 0, Ell 0-1 0-0 0, Shepard 0-3 0-0 0, Kruger 3-6 0-0 6, Joseph 6-14 2-2 14, Ulrey 2-10 0-0 5, Patillo 3-10 0-0 6. Totals 21-66 8-8 53.

WHITWORTH

McFadden 0-3 4-4 4, Sherer 2-9 0-0 4, Roberts 2-5 5-6 9, Sweeney 5-8 0-1 13, Tissue 5-7 2-2 13, Northington 7-13 4-7 18, Elliott 0-2 0-0 0, Dehn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 15-20 61.

Halftime-Willamette 30, Whitworth 29. 3-point goals- Willamette 3-15 (Leary 2-8), Whitworth 4-9 (Sweeney 3-4). Total fouls-Willamette 17, Whitworth 11. Fouled out-None. Technicals-None. Rebounds-Willamette 41 (Patillo 9), Whitworth 35 (Northington 12). Assists-Willamette 13 (Leary 5), Whitworth 14 (Roberts 6).

Montana St. 67, EWU 55

Brooke Svendsen scored 17 points to lead Montana State (4-2, 9-9) to a victory over Eastern Washington (3-3, 7-11) at Bozeman, Mont.

Montana State jumped out to a 26-9 lead with 6:51 left in the first half on a layup by Julie Brown, who finished with 12 points.

The Eagles outscored the Bobcats 14-7 to pull within 33-23 at halftime.

MSU went up 42-29 with 14 minutes left as Melissa Beil grabbed an offensive rebound and scored on the putback.

EASTERN WASHINGTON

Laky 3-4 0-0 6, Watterson 4-7 2-2 4, Sutter 1-3 0-1 2, T. Smith 3-11 3-5 10, Graber 2-3 1-2 5, Missall 9-16 4-8 22, Napier 2-11 2-2 6, Schwenke 0-0 0-0 0, Sloan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-55 12-20 55.

MONTANA STATE

Svendsen 5-12 6-7 17, Brown 3-6 4-6 12, Fluss 1-6 6-6 9, Wheeler 3-8 2-2 8, Beil 4-6 1-2 9, Zikmund 0-2 0-0 0, Bowman 1-1 0-0 2, Hommes 0-0 0-0 0, N. Smith 0-4 1-2 1, Wood 1-8 2-2 4, S. Smith 0-3 0-0 0, Nickelson 2-6 1-2 5. Totals 20-62 23-29 67.

Halftime-Montana St. 33, E. Washington 23. 3-point goals- E. Washington 1-8 (T. Smith 1-4, Sutter 0-1, Napier 0-1, Wattrson 0-2), Montana St. 4-10 (Svendsen 1-1, Brown 2-3, Fluss 1-5, Zikmund 0-1). Fouled out-Wood. Rebounds-E. Washington 37 (Missall 8), Montana St. 51 (Wheeler 8). Assists-E. Washington 12 (T. Simth 4), Montana St. 13 (Svendsen 3). Total fouls-E. Washington 23, Montana St. 19. A-1,387.

Loyola Marymount 86, Gonzaga 68

Tanya White and Latisha Beam each scored 20 points to lead the Lions past the Bulldogs in a West Coast Conference game in Los Angeles.

Gonzaga trailed by four points heading out of halftime, 39-35, but the Bulldogs shot just 11 of 33 from the field in the second half.

Joy Pauley of Gonzaga had 25 points to lead all scorers.

GONZAGA

Christensen 6-16 3-6 15, Pauley 9-13 2-2 25, Howell 1-5 3-4 5, Herman 1-4 0-0 3, Safranski 4-15 0-0 11, Gere 0-0 2-2 2, Ledgerwood 0-1 0-0 0, Morgan 0-0 0-0 0, Andrews 2-4 0-0 4, Silva 0-2 1-2 1, McCliment 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-61 11-16 68.

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

Beam 9-14 2-3 20, White 8-14 4-4 20, Boston 0-2 0-0 0, Webb 7-7 3-4 17, Ishikawa 3-6 3-4 9, Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Cunningham 0-0 0-0 0, Warren 2-4 3-4 7, Caviezel 2-3 0-0 4, Hart 4-5 1-2 9. Totals 35-37 16-21 86.

Halftime-Loyola-Marymount 39, Gonzaga 35. 3-point goals- Gonzaga 9-16 (Pauley 5-6), Loyola-Marymount 0-2. Total fouls- Gonzaga 23, Loyola-Marymount 15. Fouled out-Christensen. Technicals-None. Rebounds-Gonzaga 27 (Howell 9), LoyolaMarymount 37 (White 9). Assists-Gonzaga 13 (Herman 5), Loyola-Marymount 29 (Webb 8). Att-133.

Montana 93, Idaho 49

Sherri Brooks had 17 points and seven assists as the Grizzlies (5-1, 16-5) trounced the Vandals (4-14, 2-4) at Missoula in Big Sky Conference action.

Brooks also had six rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots in 21 minutes of play.

IDAHO

Morris 1-1 0-0 2, Wykes 0-2 1-2 1, Rice 6-10 1-3 13, Johnson 1-3 2-2 5, Skorpik 3-8 2-4 10, Ortner 0-3 0-0 0, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, James 0-4 0-0 0, McDaniel 4-7 0-2 8, Payne 3-5 0-0 8, Ackerman 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 19-45 6-13 49.

MONTANA

Langton-Schlimgen 1-6 0-0 2, Morast 3-4 2-2 8, Hinrichs 7-8 1-2 15, Koss 6-9 2-2 14, Brooks 6-9 5-5 17, Sisco 4-6 6-7 15, McElmurry 1-4 4-6 6, Turner 1-4 4-4 6, Sather 1-2 0-0 2, Bieber 0-3 0-0 0, Sackman 1-3 2-2 4, Kipp 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 33-62 26-30 93.

Halftime-Montana 50, Idaho 27. 3-point goals-Idaho 6-10 (Skorpik 2-2, Payne 2-3, Johnson 1-2, Rice 0-1, Ornter 0-2), Montana 1-6 (Sisco 1-2, Brooks 0-1, Langton-Schlimgen 0-2). Fouled out-none. Rebounds-Idaho 22 (Rice 5), Montana 40 (Hinrichs, Brooks 6). Assists-Idaho 16 (Johnson 4), Montana 18 (Brooks 7). Total fouls-Idaho 23, Montana 12. A-6,580.

Baseball

Long Beach 10, WSU 9

The Forty-Niners (1-0) scored with two outs in the ninth inning to hand Washington State (1-1) a disappointing loss in a 4-hour marathon that included 12 errors and 22 runners left on base.

The game then ended on a controversial play when Tim Hairston was safe at first on shortstop Mike Wetmore’s high throw. WSU argued that Ty Solomon tagged Hairston as Tim Falsken.

WSU’s Mike Kinkade collected four straight hits and drove home three runs.