Clark’s Penguins Nudge Sasquatch

Angie Rosales scored 17 points for Clark College (25-4, 12-1) Thursday night, leading the Penguins past Community Colleges of Spokane (21-11, 7-5) 57-54 in the first round of the NWACC women’s basketball tournament at Mount Vernon, Wash.

The Sasquatch had several chances to pass the top-ranked Penguins in the final minutes, but failed to connect on easy layups and were eliminated.

Spokane plays Bellevue in a loser-out game today at 1 p.m.

Massingale honored

Shelley Massingale was the lone Community Colleges of Spokane player named to the All-NWAACC women’s team, gaining second-team honors in the Eastern Division. Suzie Haynes of Blue Mountain CC was named league MVP.

Clark 57, CC Spokane 54

CC Spokane (20-11) - Pilkington 1-3 1-2 3, Shelton 0-3 0-0 0, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Titchenal 1-2 0-0 2, Carlander 2-6 0-0 4, Stark 5-9 5-5 16, Massingale 2-7 0-0 4, Kuh 0-1 1-2 1, Marchand 0-4 2-2 2, Brandt 4-7 6-8 14, Lawler 2-5 4-4 8. Totals 17-47 19-23 54.

Clark College (25-4) - Fallon 1-8 2-2 4, Helm 0-0 0-0 0, Callahan 0-0 0-0 0, Topte 3-3 0-0 6, Sitko 0-1 0-0 0, Waters 3-5 2-5 9, Rosales 6-20 2-2 17, Rinker 0-0 0-0 0, Wilson 0-0 0-0 0, Moss 4-12 2-2 11, Gambill 1-4 0-0 2, Bradstreet 4-6 0-0 8. Totals 22-59 8-11 57.

Halftime - CCS 33, Clark 30. 3-point goals - CCS 1-11 (Shelton 0-2, Titchenal 0-1, Carlander 0-1, Stark 1-2, Marchand 0-3, Brandt 0-1, Lawler 0-1), Clark 5-16 (Sitko 0-1, Waters 1-2, Rosales 3-9, Moss 1-4). Total fouls - CCS 16, Clark 17. Rebounds - CCS 46 (Stark, Lawler 9), Clark 23 (Bradstreet 5). Fouled out - none. Assists - CCS 9, Clark 18 (Rosales 7). Technical fouls - none. Att. - not available.