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Lackluster Eagles Pay For Latest Loss

By Hilary Kraus hilaryk@spokesman.com

It’s hard to imagine which was more painful for the Eastern Washington University women’s basketball team Thursday night at Reese Court.

Was it the blowout a 73-57 lackluster loss to Cal State Northridge or the aftermath a serious sprinting session orchestrated by coach Jocelyn Pfeifer?

“After you lose so many games, it gets hard,” said the first-year coach, clearly dejected by her team’s effort as well as its 4-18 overall, 2-10 Big Sky Conference record.

“But you need to start to build somewhere and for next year. We should be playing for pride now. That’s all we have left.”

The Eagles came out slowly and never got it together until the first-stringers outscored the Matadors reserves 18-1 in the final 7 minutes.

By then, it was far too late. Eastern had fallen behind 37-20 at the half, and Northridge (11-10, 7-4) led by as much as 72-39 with 7:21 remaining.

The Eagles’ starters - who were pulled with 16 minutes remaining and returned with 9:22 left - were a combined 8 of 34 from the field as the team finished 14 of 43.

The brightest spot for EWU came with 16:10 left in the second half when Courtney Horner’s 3-point basket marked the team’s 116th of the year, breaking the school record set in 1990.

Juli Carlson led the Eagles in scoring with 13 points.

Northridge’s best offensive weapons were freshman guard Edniesha Curry, who scored from what seems like every possible spot. Curry, the Big Sky’s leading scorer (15.9 points per game), finished with 15 points.

CS Northridge 73, EWU 57

CS Northridge (11-10, 7-4) - Jones 2-4 0-2 4, Milic 2-6 2-2 6, Lof 1-3 0-0 2, Mills 5-13 3-5 15, Fowler 2-6 0-0 4, Curry 3-12 7-8 15, Hamilton 0-0 0-0 0, Nelson 1-4 2-2 4, Vaillancourt 2-7 1-2 6, Gowin 1-3 0-0 2, Bell 0-4 4-6 4, Saleem 4-5 3-6 11. Totals - 23-68 22-23 73.

Eastern Washington - Ford 0-5 4-4 4, Moore 2-13 3-4 8, Carlson 3-7 7-10 13, Waddell 0-0 0-0 0, Horner 3-9 0-1 9, Galloway 0-1 3-7 3, Schmitt 1-1 1-2 4, Haworth 0-1 0-0 3, Dukes 2-2 2-2 7, Olson 1-2 0-1 2, Davis 2-2 3-4 7. Totals - 14-43 23-35 57.

Halftime - CS Northridge 37, Eastern Washington 20. 3-point goals - CS Northridge 5-21 (Mills 2-4, Curry 2-7, Vaillancourt 1-6, Gowin 0-2, Fowler 0-1, Jones 0-1), Eastern Washington 6-16 (Horner 3-9, Moore 1-1, Schmitt 1-1 Dukes 1-1, Galloway 0-1). Fouled out - none. Rebounds - CS Northridge 44 (Bell 10), Eastern Washington 44 (Moore 9). Assists - CS Northridge 14 (Curry 7), Eastern Washington 12 (Ford 2, Schmitt 2, Dukes 2). Total Fouls - CS Northridge 30, Eastern Washington 23. Technicals - none. A - 433.

Oregon 61, Washington St. 51

Lisa Bowyer scored 14 of her 16 points in the second half and pulled down nine rebounds, helping the Ducks (13-7, 9-3) turn back the Cougars (9-12, 3-9) in a Pacific-10 Conference game at Eugene, Ore.

Bowyer was one of four Oregon players scoring in double figures as the Ducks offset a 20-point night by Washington State’s Yvonne Kunze.

Neither team shot well, although Oregon picked up the pace with a 9-for-19 second half. WSU made 19 of 56 field-goal attempts for the game, shooting 33.9 percent. Oregon finished 17 for 48 for 35.4 percent.

Oregon dominated the backboards, outrebounding WSU 43-31.

Sonja Curtis made 9 of 10 free throws and scored 15 points for Oregon. Natasha O’Brien and Natalie Hughes scored 11 apiece.

For the visiting Cougars, Alke Dietel backed up Kunze with 13 points and 20 rebounds. However, their teammates made only 7 of 30 shots from the field.

Washington St. (9-12, 3-9) - Dietel 3-7 5-6 13, Evans 0-3 0-0 0, Kunze 9-19 2-6 20, Nyseth 0-1 0-0 0, Lamb 4-11 0-0 8, Harrod 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 0-2 0-0 0, McNeely 0-0 0-0 0, Kerns 3-10 2-2 10, Volkman 0-3 0-0 0, Rubio 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-56 9-14 51.

Oregon (13-7, 9-3) - O’Brien 2-7 6-6 11, Curtis 3-4 9-10 15, Wolvert 0-2 2-2 2, Hughes 4-16 2-3 11, Bowyer 5-9 4-6 16, Piers 1-1 0-0 2, McKnight 0-2 0-0 0, Strange 2-6 0-0 4, Benson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-48 23-27 61.

Halftime-Oregon 37, Washington St. 30. 3-Point goals- Washington St. 4-20 (Dietel 2-5, Evans 0-1, Nyseth 0-1, Lamb 0-4, Smith 0-2, Kerns 2-6, Volkman 0-1), Oregon 4-16 (O’Brien 1-3, Curtis 0-1, Hughes 1-6, Bowyer 2-5, McKnight 0-1). Rebounds-Washington St. 31 (Dietel, Kunze 7), Oregon 43 (Bowyer 9). Assists-Washington St. 12 (Kerns 3), Oregon 9 (Hughes 3). Total fouls-Washington St. 19, Oregon 14. Technicals-Washington St. coach. A-3,580.

(17) Washington 84, Oregon St. 74

Jamie Redd had 26 points, nine rebounds and eight assists to lead the Huskies (16-5, 7-5 Pac-10) past the Beavers (6-15, 1-11) at Corvallis, Ore.

Amber Hall added 23 points and 11 rebounds, and Megan Franza added 13 second-half points for the Huskies, who led 40-32 at halftime and broke the game open by making 7-of-8 3-point shots early in the second half.

Washington (16-5) - Hall 8-19 7-10 23, Hills 0-4 0-0 0, Pelz 1-2 0-0 2, Redd 8-15 6-8 26, Franza 5-7 0-1 13, Teel 0-0 0-0 0, Duncan 0-1 0-0 0, Lynch 4-10 3-5 12, Sheets 2-4 0-0 5, Pimley 0-0 3-6 6, Erickson 0-0 0-0 0, Tuiaea 0-2 0-1 0, Doxsee 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-64 19-31 84.

Oregon St. (6-15) - Watts 7-16 9-13 24, Walsh 1-8 0-0 2, Pierce 5-8 3-6 13, McAllister 6-13 4-4 20, Barrett 0-2 0-0 0, Morris 2-9 2-4 6, Wade 2-2 1-3 5, Salea 2-6 0-0 4, Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Rosales 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-65 19-30 74.

Halftime-Washington 40, Oregon St. 32. 3-Point goals- Washington 9-19 (Redd 4-9, Franza 3-4, Lynch 1-1, Sheets 1-2, Duncan 0-1, Hills 0-2), Oregon St. 5-13 (McAllister 4-7, Watts 1-1, Barrett 0-1, Morris 0-4). Fouled out-None. Rebounds- Washington 48 (Hall 11), Oregon St. 41 (Watts 10). Assists- Washington 20 (Redd 8), Oregon St. 20 (McAllister 5). Total fouls-Washington 22, Oregon St. 22. A-979.

NIC 96, Treasure Valley 65

The Cardinals used an astonishing 46-6 first-half burst to launch an easy Scenic West Athletic Conference win over the Chukars at Coeur d’Alene.

NIC (19-4 overall, 10-4 SWAC) tuned up for Saturday’s showdown with Southern Idaho (18-6, 9-4), which lost to league-leading Ricks 75-69. Treasure Valley dropped to 2-21, 1-12.

Treasure Valley (2-21, 1-12) - Remacle 2-10 2-3 6, Whitenett 3-6 0-0 6, Hall 1-3 0-0 2, Aldred 3-9 7-7 13, Ford 0-2 2-3 2, Funke 2-7 2-6 6, Christensen 1-1 0-0 3, Vail 1-3 0-0 2, Johnson 2-4 0-0 4, Keller 8-14 5-9 21. Totals 23-59 18-28 65.

North Idaho (19-4, 10-4) - Middlesworth 4-8 4-5 12, Goyne 6- 12 3-3 16, Huddle 5-9 3-6 15, Grohs 2-2 0-0 4, Lemon 2-4 0-0 5, Rehder 0-1 0-0 0, Lindhe 2-4 0-0 5, Fisher 1-2 2-4 4, Robison 3-5 2-2 10, Heier 2-2 0-1 4, Dowhy 3-3 0-0 6, Nater 2-4 2-2 6, Jensen 2-7 4-4 9. Totals 34-63 20-27 96. Halftime - NIC 58, TVCC 26. 3-point goals - TVCC 1-6 (Christensen 11, Funke 0-1, Vail 0-1, Whitenett 0-1, Remacle 0-2), NIC 8-18 (Robison 2- 3, Huddle 2-4, Jensen 1-3, Lemon 1-3, Goyne 1-3, Lindhe 1-1, Rehder 0-1). Total fouls - TVCC 19, NIC 21. Fouled out - none. Technical fouls - none. Rebounds - TVCC 33 (Keller 7), NIC 37 (Jensen 8). Assists - TVCC 20 (Aldred 8), NIC 22 (Goyne 6).

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