Eagles Hold Off UI To Grab Fourth Place

College women

The Eastern Washington Eagles gave the Idaho Vandals several chances to win Saturday’s game at Memorial Gym, but in the end Idaho couldn’t convert as the Eagles beat the Vandals 46-45.

Idaho had the ball out of bounds with 55 seconds left and trailing 46-43, but Idaho missed four consecutive shots without giving up possession of the ball.

Finally, Ari Skorpik was fouled with 23 seconds left, and she made both free throws to cut the lead to 46-45. Eastern’s Jennifer Sutter missed the front end of a one-andone with 23 seconds left to set up Idaho’s last chance to win the game. Kelli Johnson’s 15-footer with 2 seconds left bounced off the rim and rolled out of bounds to end the game.

“We had numerous opportunities and didn’t do a very good job of converting,” Vandals coach Julie Holt said.

Eastern (5-5 Big Sky, 9-13) is in sole possession of fourth place. Idaho (3-7, 5-17) is two games behind Eastern and one game behind fifth-place Northern Arizona.

The top four teams advance to the conference tournament in March.

Eastern was led by Lori Napier’s 14 points.

Idaho got 14 from Skorpik, who hit all 10 of her free throws.

EWU 46, Idaho 45 EASTERN WASHINGTON

Watterson 1-5 1-2 3, Sutter 1-3 1-3 3, T.Smith 4-12 0-1 8, Missall 3-9 3-4 9, Napier 7-19 0-3 14, Schwenke 1-1 2-2 5, Laky 1-6 0-0 2, Graber 0-0 1-2 1, Sloan 0-1 1-2 1. Totals - 18-56 9-19 46.

IDAHO

Johnson 1-9 2-2 5, Anderson 1-4 1-3 3, Skorpik 2-10 10-10 14, Rice 3-10 2-2 8, Wykes 1-4 0-0 2, Ortner 2-3 0-0 5, James 0-2 0-2 0, McDaniel 3-4 2-2 8, Ackerman 0-1 0-0 0. Totals - 13-47 17-21 45.

Halftime score - Idaho 26, Eastern Washington 21; 3-point FG - Eastern Washington 1-9 (Schweknw 1-1, Laky 0-2, Watttterson 0-2, Smith 0-3, Napier 0-1), Idaho 2-10 (Ortner 1-2, Johnson 1-6, Skorpik 0-2). Rebounds - Eastern Washington 38 (Smith, Napier, 6), Idaho 45 (Anderson, 10). Total fouls - Eastern Washington 18, Idaho 20. Fouled out - Missall, Eastern Washington. Technical fouls - None. A-428 Whitworth 67, Lewis and Clark 49

Before the start of Whitworth’s women’s basketball season, Pirates head coach Helen Higgs was the only one to vote against having the winner of the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges receive double-elimination status in the postseason tournament.

Whitworth’s regular season-ending 67-49 road win against Lewis & Clark gives the Pirates (10-2, 16-11) the NCIC crown - and double-emination status.

After playing the Pirates tight in the first half, the Pioneers didn’t have enough to keep up.

The Pirates finish the regular season with the same conference record as Willamette. However, a sweep of the Bearcats gives Whitworth the title.

Friday night at the Whitworth Fieldhouse, No. 2 Willamette will play No. 3 Lewis & Clark at 8 p.m. The top-seeded Pirates will face No. 4 Whitman at 6 p.m. Winners play Saturday night. If Whitworth loses Friday or Saturday, it will play Monday night for the postseason championship.

Times have yet to be determined.

WHITWORTH (10-2, 16-11)

Bloom 0-0 0-0 0, McFadden 5-9 0-0 10, Sherer 4-11 0-0 8, Roberts 3-4 1-2 7, Sweeney 8-20 1-4 20, Tissue 1-5 1-1 3, Northington 5-12 1-4 11, Elliott 2-34-4 8, Dehn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-64 8-15 67.

LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE (6-6, 12-14)

Honl 2-6 2-2 7, McInturff 2-4 5-6 9, Woodward 3-10 0-1 6, Gray 2-5 2-2 7, Fillbach 3-5 0-0 9, Currit 0-1 0-0 0, Getches 3-6 1-1 7, Cottle 0-1 2-2 2, Winters 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 16-43 12-14 49.

Halftime - Whitworth 32, Lewis and Clark College 26. 3-Point goals - Whitworth 3-11 (Sweeney 3-10, McFadden 0-1), Lewis and Clark College 5-12 (Honl 1-3, Gray 1-4, Fillbach 3-5). Total fouls - Whitworth 16, Lewis and Clark College 15. Rebounds - Whitworth 34 (Northington 10), Lewis and Clark College 31 (Fillbach 5). Assists - Whitworth 13 (McFadden 6), Lewis and Clark College 13 (Gray 6). Fouled out - none. Technicals - none. Attendance - 350.

CC Spokane 68 Big Bend 65 The Sasquatch (11-1 NWAACC) finished the regular season against Big Bend with a narrow victory.

“We came out flat again,” said CCS coach Bruce Johnson. “They really took it to us on the boards, but we somehow managed to hold on.”

The Sasquatch were paced by Shelly Johnson’s 21 points. She was joined in double figures by Melissa Davies (14), Kelly Gaines (12) and Laura Frahlich (12).

In spite of a cold shooting night, Frahlich hit two key 3-pointers to help preserve the win.

BIG BEND (5-7, 12-12)

Willey 1-3 0-0 3, Soto 2-6 0-2 4, Carr 8-10 1-2 17, Adamyck 6-11 0-0 14, Lindh 0-2 2-2 2, Dunkel 4-12 0-0 8, Glasser 8-11 1-2 17. Totals - 29-56 4-8 65.

CC SPOKANE (11-1, 19-5)

Hurlbert 2-7 2-2 7, Mackin 0-0 0-0 0, Shepherd 1-2 0-0 2, Johnson 8-14 5-9 21, Fralich 3-16 4-6 12, Holder 0-0 0-0 0, Gaines 6-13 0-0 12, Davies 7-12 0-2 14. Totals - 27-64 11-19 68.

Halftime - CCS 30, Big Bend 26. 3-point goals - Big Bend 3-8 (Willey 1-2, Carr 0-1, Adamyck 2-5). CCS 3-5 (Hurlbert 1-2, Fralich 2-3). Rebounds - Big Bend 31 (Soto 9), CCS 23 (Gaines 9). Assists - Big Bend 18 (Soto 7), CCS 15 (Fralich 5). Total fouls - Big Bend 18, CCS 14. Fouled out - Dunkel. Technicals - none.

Portland 89, Gonzaga 67 At Portland, the Pilots ran the Bulldogs (4-8, 9-14) off the court - a 15-5 run late in the first half, a 10-2 run early in the second and another 16-2 run put the Pilots (11-1 West Coast Conference, 20-4) out of reach.

The Bulldogs (4-8, 9-14) shot 35 percent for the game compared to 53 percent for the Pilots.

GONZAGA (4-8, 9-14)

Herman 1-5 4-4 6, Safranski 4-15 3-3 12, Howell 2-9 2-6 6, Christensen 9-19 0-0 19, Pauley 4-10 3-3 11, Silva 1-4 0-0 2, Andrews 2-4 3-4 7, McCliment 1-1 0-0 2, Gere 1-2 0-0 2, Ledgerwood 0-2 0-0 0. TOTALS 25-71 15-20 67.

PORTLAND (11-1, 20-4)

Petersen 3-3 2-2 8, Lansing 4-9 0-0 10, Claboe 10-15 2-2 23, Sale 6-11 3-4 15, Geis 4-10 3-4 11, Stein 2-5 0-0 4, Johanson 0-1 1-2 1, Toonen 3-7 2-2 8, Idsinga 3-4 0-0 6, Green 0-1 1-2 1, Draper 1-2 0-0 2, Braune 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 36-68 14- 18 89.

Halftime - Portland 41, Gonzaga 35. 3-point goals - Gonzaga 2-11 (Christensen 1-2, Pauley 0-3, Safranski 1-6), Portland 3-11 (Sale 0-2, Claboe 1-1, Lansing 2-6, Stein 0-2). Rebounds - Gonzaga 41 (Howell 10), Portland 44 (Claboe 8). Fouls - Gonzaga 15, Portland 19. Fouled out - None. Assists - Gonzaga 12 (Safranski 6), Portland 27 (Geis, Petersen 6).