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Oregon Women Overpower WSU

From Staff And Wire Reports

Women’s basketball

Renae Fegent’s game-high 22 points led the University of Oregon to an 84-66 Pac-10 women’s basketball victory Thursday over Washington State in Eugene, Ore.

All five starters for the Ducks (3-1 Pac-10, 10-3) scored in double figures. Arianne Boyer scored 19 and Cindie Edamura added 15 to lead UO.

WSU (2-3, 9-5) was paced by Susie Jarosch’s 17 points, while Jenni Ruff scored 14. The Cougars also received 10 points each from Kireen Ellis and Julie Wight.

“I thought we weren’t ready to play,” Cougars coach Harold Rhodes said. “We were playing a team with a lot of confidence, with a lot of pride and a lot of fire. I thought we would be the team that would come out with fire after beating UCLA and USC.

“Oregon did a great job of executing and taking advantage of when we were out of position,” Rhodes added. “We got outhustled to loose balls and we didn’t rotate in our press when we had traps.”

The Cougars, after hitting half of their 28 first half shots, turned cold in the final 20 minutes, shooting 36 percent in the second half and 42 percent for the game.

The first half was a series of runs by each team, with the Ducks building a 12-point advantage, losing most of it and then going back on top by eight at halftime, 40-32.

“We have to recognize not everyone will have a great game on any given night,” Rhodes said. “Tonight we didn’t have anyone step up.”

The Cougars conclude their swing into Oregon on Saturday with a 7 p.m. game at Oregon State.

Oregon 84, Washington State 66 WASHINGTON STATE (66)

Ruff 7-16 0-0 14, Saneholtz 2-7 3-4 7, Ellis 5-11 0-0 10, Jarosch 6-8 0-0 17, Wight 3-8 1-2 10, Kronberger 0-5 0-3 0, Erickson 3-8 0-0 6, Evans 0-0 0-0 0, Kunze 1-1 0-0 2, Keith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-64 4-6 66. OREGON (84)

Schutt 4-8 5-5 14, Boyer 5-8 9-11 19, Fegent 10-14 2-2 22, Edamura 4-8 6-6 15, Crowe 5-11 0-0 10, Boeving 1-4 2-4 4, Edwards 0-1 0-2 0, McKnight 0-0 0-0 0, Barton 0-0 0-0 0, Brewster 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-54 24-30 84.

Halftime score - Oregon 40, WSU 32. 3-point goals - WSU 8-20 (Ruuff 0-2, Wight 3-5, Jarosch 5-7, Erickson 0-3, Kronberger 0-3), UO 2-6 (Schutt 1-4, Edamura 1-1, Crowe 0-1). Fouled out - Erickson. Rebounds - WSU 30 (Saneholtz, Eight 6), UO 34 (Fegent 6). Assists - WSU 12 (Jarosch 55), UO 17 (Crowe 5). Steals - WSU 8 (Ruff, Ellis, Jarosch 2), UO 11 (Crowe, Boyer 3). Turnovers - WSU 25 (Saneholtz 6), UO 19 (Crowe 6). Total fouls - WSU 23, UO 12. Technicals - None. A - 1,385. (13) Washington 63, Oregon St. 58 In Corvallis, Ore., the Huskies’ Laura Gonsalves scored Washington’s last nine points, including four on free throws in the final 24.2 seconds, to hold off the Beavers.

Washington (4-1 Pac-10, 14-4) got 15 points and 15 rebounds from Rhonda Smith and 12 points from guard Cynthia Lewis.

Oregon State (1-3, 9-4) was led by forward Tanja Kostic’s 16 points.

Washington trailed 48-41 with 8:06 left in the game, but went on a 9-0 run, the key shot a 3-pointer by point guard Shannon Kelly. Kelly played her first game at the point in place of Katia Foucade, who suffered a broken eye socket against UCLA last week.

The win was Washington coach Chris Gobrecht’s 300th. Gobrecht is 300-163 in 16 years, the last 10 at Washington.

WASHINGTON

Lewis 6-12 0-2 12, Savasta 4-17 0-0 8, Pelz 2-4 0-0 4, Kelly 2-7 2-3 8, Smith 7-16 1-2 15, Niemela 2-6 0-0 5, Gonsalves 2-5 5-5 9, Tilbrook 1-2 0-0 2, Wuschnig 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-69 8-12 63.

OREGON STATE

Mollerstrom 1-4 0-1 2, Kostic 4-12 8-11 16, Vidic 4-8 2-2 10, Dionne 4-10 2-2 12, Lelas 6-8 2-3 14, McGrew 0-0 0-0 0, Lewis 1-1 0-0 2, Staton 0-4 2-2 2. Totals 20-47 16-21 58.

Halftime-Washington 27, Oregon St. 24. 3-Point goals- Washington 3-14 (Kelly 2-6, Niemela 1-5, Savasta 0-3), Oregon St. 2-4 (Dionne 2-2, Mollerstrom 0-1, Staton 0-1). Fouled out-Pelz, Vidic. Rebounds-Washington 41 (Smith 15), Oregon St. 35 (Kostic 7). Assists-Washington 16 (Savasta 7), Oregon St. 11 (Vidic 5). Total fouls-Washington 20, Oregon St. 18. A-1,632.

NIC 73, Utah Valley 55 The Cardinals dropped a 73-55 decision in Coeur d’Alene.

Utah Valley improved to 8-0 in the SWAC, 19-0 overall. NIC, led by sophomore center Stephanie Suter’s 14 points and 18 rebounds, dropped to 2-6, 6-11.

UTAH VALLEY

Harrison 1-2 0-0 2, Hawkins 6-9 3-5 16, Morris 6-18 5-8 17, Ta. Ferrin 4-9 0-1 9, Ames 0-3 3-4 3, Stilson 6-10 5-7 17, Tr. Ferrin 2-6 0-0 4, Ney 2-7 1-7 5. Totals 27-64 17-32 73.

NORTH IDAHO

McCullough 4-8 1-2 9, Howerton 0-0 1-2 1, Wilkins 3-5 0-0 7, Tollin 1-4 0-0 2, Dickson 0-2 2-2 2, Palmer 5-10 2-2 12, Suter 5-9 4-4 14, Schraufnagel 0-1 0-2 0, Phillips 0-0 0-0 0, Ross 3-9 0-2 6, Greenwood 1-9 0-0 2. Totals 22-57 10-16 55.

Half-North Idaho 33-30. Rebounds-UVSC 40 (Stilson 11), NIC 40 (Suter 18). Assists-UVSC 19 (Ta. Ferrin 7 ), NIC 15 (Wilkins 5). Fouled out-Wilkins, Suter. Total Fouls-UVSC 22, NIC 14.