Whitworth Defeats Willamette In Double Overtime

Sixth-ranked Whitworth won its second overtime road game in as many nights on Saturday, holding off Willamette, 90-87 in double overtime.

Nate Williams gave the Pirates (18-4, 10-2 Northwest Conference) the lead for good with 57 seconds left when he hit a short jump shot from the right baseline, making the score 88-87. With 18.2 seconds left, Sean Weston added a pair of free throws to provide the final margin.

Nate Dunham’s 3-pointer for Whitworth tied the score at 71-71 near the end of regulation.

And in the second overtime, with the Pirates down by five with about 2 minutes to play, Gabe Jones hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give Whitworth in front.

Dunham finished with 21 points, Roman Wickers had 18, Williams and Jeff Arkills added 15 apiece and Jones had 12.

Willamette fell to 8-13 2-9.

Whitworth 90, Willamette 87

Whitworth (18-4, 10-2) - Jones 3-9 4-4 12, Dunham 8-17 4-6 21, Arkills 3-6 9-12 15, Williams 5-11 3-4 15, Wickers 7-19 0-0 18, Weston 1-3 2-3 5, Mix-2-3 0-0 4, Beckman 0-1 0-0 0.

Willamette (8-13, 2-9) - VandenBrink 1-4 1-1 3, Lowe 9-20 5-8 23, Scanlan 2-8 1-2 5, Hayter 9-17 1-1 24, Moore 7-13 0-2 17, Smith 1-2 4-7 6, Nelson 2-3 0-0 4, Hakala 1-5 3-3 5.

Halftime-Whitworth 35, Willamette 30. 3-point goals- Whitworth 10 (Jones 2-7, Dunham 1-1, Williams 2-6, Wickers 4-10, Weston 1-3, Beckman 0-1). Willamette 8 (VandenBrink 0-1, Hayter 5-10, Moore 3-8, Nelson 0-1) Total fouls-Whitworth 24, Willamette 22. Fouled out-Arkills, Mix, Hakala. Rebounds-Whitworth 44 (Dunham 10), Willamette 45 (Lowe, Scanlan 10). Assists- Whitworth 15 (Williams, Wickers 4), Willamette 18 (Moore 6). Att- 800.

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