WSU Lambastes Oregon State
College women
Freshman Tricia Lamb had 17 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and only one turnover Saturday as Washington State defeated Oregon State 75-67 in a Pacific-10 Conference women’s basketball game at Corvallis, Ore.
Lamb, coming off an outstanding career at St. John-Endicott High School, almost single-handedly made sure the Cougars snapped out of a five-game losing streak.
Overcoming Oregon State’s one-point halftime lead, WSU (10-12 overall, 4-9 in Pac-10 play) used a stingy defense and Lamb’s all-around play as the catalyst for a victory that sent Oregon State (6-16, 1-12), to its ninth consecutive defeat.
Lamb was one of four Cougars in double figures.
Alke Dietel and Yvonne Kunze scored 12 points each and Jennifer Kerns added 11 off the bench.
Monica Watts did everything she could to rally Oregon State, scoring a game-high 21 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. Nicole McAllister added 16 points for the Beavers and Sissel Pierce scored 10 before fouling out.
WSU 75, Oregon State 67
WSU (10-12) - Alke Dietel 4-13 3-4 12, Doreen Evans 4-6 1-2 9, Yvonne Kunze 4-7 4-6 12, Katie Nyseth 0-5 0-0 0, Tricia Lamb 6-11 3-8 17, Joanna Smith 1-3 0-0 3, Victoria Harrod 1-5 1-2 3, Yvonne Volkman 1-4 0-0 3, Alicia Rubio 1-5 3-4 5, Sheri Quinton 0-0 0-0 0, Team 24-62 21-35 75.
OSU (6-16) - Monica Watts 10-20 0-0 21, Kristina Walsh 4-6 1-3 9, Sissel Pierce 4-7 2-3 10, Nicole McAllister 5-12 2-4 16, Liz Barrett 0-0 0-0 0, Vanessa Morris 3-11 1-2 7, Tanesha Wade 1-1 0-0 2, Lei Salea 1-4 0-0 2, Jennifer Busen 0-1 0-0 0, Sysesha Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Angela Rosales 0-1 0-0 0, Team 28-64 6-12 67.
Halftime - OSU 38, WSU 37. 3-point goals - WSU 6-19 (Dietel 1-7, Evans 0-1, Kerns 1-1, Lamb 2-5, smith 1-3, Volkman 1-2), OSU 5-16 (Watts 1-4, McAllister 4-8, Morris 0-2, Busen 0-1, Rosales 0-1). Fouled out - Pierce, Morris, Salea. Rebounds - WSU 49 (Lamb 10), OSU 37 (Watts 10). Assists - WSU 15 (Kerns, Lamb 5), OSU 17 (Morris 4). Steals - WSU 13 (Lamb 5), OSU 11 (Morris 4). Turnovers - WSU 19 (Nyseth 5), OSU 20 (Watts, McAllister 6). Total Fouls - WSU 15, OSU 27. A-919.
Oregon 72, (17) Washington 57
Natalie Hughes scored 26 points and led two second-half runs as the Ducks (14-7, 10-3 Pac-10) defeated the Huskies (16-6, 7-6) at Eugene, Ore.
The Ducks were up by just four points, 56-52, with just over 5 minutes to play, when Hughes scored seven points in a 13-0 run that gave Oregon a commanding 69-52 lead.
Washington (16-6) - Franza 4-8 0-0 9, Hall 4-12 1-2 9, Pelz 1-3 1-2 3, Redd 4-15 0-3 11, Hills 1-5 0-1 3, Erickson 2-2 0-0 4, Duncan 1-1 0-0 3, Teel 0-1 2-2 2, Lynch 4-5 1-1 9, Sheets 1-1 0-0 2, Tuiaea 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 23-54 5-11 57.
Oregon (14-7) - O’Brien 3-5 3-3 10, Curtis 4-5 4-4 12, Wolvert 3-5 2-2 8, Hughes 10-18 5-7 26, Bowyer 0-4 9-12 9, McKnight 1-1 0-0 3, Strange 1-3 0-0 2, Benson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 23-42 23-28 72.
Halftime-Washington 35, Oregon 33. 3-Point goals- Washington 6-21 (Franza 1-4, Redd 3-12, Hills 1-4, Duncan 1-1), Oregon 3-6 (O’Brien 1-1, Hughes 1-2, Bowyer 0-2, McKnight 1-1). Fouled out-Pelz. Rebounds-Washington 28 (Hall, Redd 6), Oregon 24 (Wolvert 6). Assists-Washington 13 (Redd 5), Oregon 14 (Bowyer 5). Total Fouls-Washington 26, Oregon 15. A-4,734.
Portland 71, Gonzaga 57
Sarah Green scored 15 of her game-high 22 points in the second half as the Pilots rallied from a four-point halftime deficit to dump the Bulldogs in a West Coast Conference matchup at Portland.
Green, a 6-foot-3 sophomore center, also pulled down 12 rebounds and blocked four shots as the two-time defending league champion Pilots (17-7 overall, 8-4 WCC) picked up their fifth consecutive win by beating GU (10-14, 2-14) for the second time in three days.
The loss was the third straight and 10th in the last 11 games for GU, which got 16 points, seven steals, five rebounds and three blocked shots from freshman center Melanie Tipps.
Gonzaga (10-12, 2-10) - Jeffries 0-3 1-2 2, Tipps 7-9 2-4 16, Perno 1-1 2-5 4, Turner 2-10 3-4 9, Andrews 2-11 1-2 5, Waltz 0-1 0-0 2, 2-3 Ledgerwood 2-7 3-5 7, Gere 1-6 0-0 2, Murdock 2-3 0-0 4, McNairy 1-1 1-2 4, Deal 2-2 0-1. Totals - 20-54 13-26 57.
Portland (17-7, 8-4) - Hepton 2-3 0-0 5, K.Green 4-7 2-3 10, S.Green 8-18 6-9 22, Pompili 1-5 1-2 3, Draper 2-4 6-8 10, MacCormac 5-8 0-0 13, Rissmiller 1-3 2-2 4, Felts 1-3 2-2 4, Benton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals - 24-51 19-26 71.
Halftime - Gonzaga 35, Portland 31. 3-point goals - Gonzaga 4-19 (Turner 2-8, McNairy 1-1, Gere 1-3, Ledgerwood 0-1, Jeffries 0-2, Andrews 0-4), Portland 4-6 (MacCormac 3-3, Hepton 1-2, Pompili 0-1). Fouled out - Perno, Murdock, K.Green. Rebounds - Gonzaga 43 (Murdock 10), Portland 35 (S.Green 12). Assists - Gonzaga 12 (Ledgerwood 7), Portland 16 (Pompili 5). Totals Fouls - Gonzaga 25, Portland 21. Technicals - none. A - 1,166.
Northern Arizona 75, EWU 54
The league-leading Lumberjacks (17-5, 11-1 Big Sky) scored 25 of the last 34 points to thump the Eagles (4-19, 2-11) at Cheney.
Northern Arizona had seen most of a comfortable lead vanish when Eastern’s Juli Carlson put away a jump shot with 9:10 to play, cutting NAU’s advantage to 50-45 with 8:50 to play.
However, Jennifer Shayani answered with a 3-pointer 20 seconds later, and four free throws by Marisa von Bromssen made it 57-45.
NAU scored the first 10 points of the game, the first seven by Tina Douglas-Pedersen, and led 18-2 midway through the half. It was 35-20 at halftime.
Northern Arizona (17-5, 11-1) - von Bromssen 4-7 5-5 15, LeBlanc 6-9 0-1 12, Douglas-Pedersen 7-9 1-3 15, Shayani 3-7 0-0 9, Newman 0-4 2-2 2, Skehan 3-6 1-2 7, Metsers 1-2 0-0 2, West 4-6 3-3 11, Baker 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 29-51 12-16 75.
Eastern Washington (4-19, 2-11) - Ford 4-14 6-6 15, Moore 3-10 0-0 7, Carlson 4-7 5-6 13, Waddell 1-1 0-0 2, Horner 4-10 0-0 9, Galloway 3-6 1-2 8, Schmitt 0-1 0-0 0, Dukes 0-1 0-0 0, Olson 0-1 0-1 0, Davies 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-52 12-15 54.
Halftime - Northern Arizona 35, Eastern Washington 20. 3-point goals - Northern Arizona 5-16 (Shayani 3-5, von Bromssen 2-5, Metsers 0-1, LeBlanc 0-2, Skehan 0-3), Eastern Washington 4-15 (Moore 1-2, Galloway 1-2, Ford 1-3, Horner 1-6, Schmitt 0-1, Dukes 0-1). Fouled out - Waddell. Rebounds - Northern Arizona 35 (von Bromssen 9), Eastern Washington 27 (Horner 6). Assists - Northern Arizona 20 (Newman 7), Eastern Washington 11 (Schmitt 3). Total fouls - Northern Arizona 20, Eastern Washington 20. Technicals - None. A - 427.
Whitworth 59, Lewis & Clark 56
The Pirates (10-12 overall, 9-7 Northwest Conference) failed to score a field goal in the last 13:12, but their 10-of-17 shooting from the free-throw line was good enough to hold off the Pioneers (3-19, 2-14) in the Whitworth Fieldhouse.
The victory kept Whitworth in the hunt for the Northwest Conference’s fourth postseason berth. The Pirates have two regular-season road games remaining. The Pioneers have lost eight straight.
Whitworth led by as many as 15 points at 48-33 when Cindy Viall hit a 3-pointer inside the 14-minute mark, but that was the last bucket for the Pirates.
Lewis & Clark pulled to within one point, 55-54, on Stacey Cottle’s layup over Star Olson with 2:10 remaining.
However, Whitworth’s Kristen Davis went 3 of 6 from the free-throw line in the final 1:44.
Senior center Andrea Sherer led Whitworth with 16 points. LC’s Sara Warnock finished with 17 points.
Lewis and Clark (3-19, 2-14) - Peterson 0-1 0-0 0, Warnock 6-11 5-6 17, Getches 3-12 1-2 9, Braun 0-1 1-2 1, White 1-6 0-0 2, Kreger 1-8 0-1 2, Howard 0-2 0-0 0, Parker 0-0 0-0 0, Cottle 3-7 0-0 6, Dunnigan 0-0 0-0 0, Forrest 3-6 2-2 8, Spevecek 3-8 4-4 10, Pace 0-0 1-2 1, Emery-Cloy 0-0 0-0 0, Tu’ua 0-1 0-0 0. Totals - 20-62 14-19 56.
Whitworth (10-12, 9-7) - Bandy 0-1 2-2 2, Stuenkel 1-1 0-1 2, Sherer 7-14 2-3 16, Davis 3-5 1-2 9, Ratcliff 0-1 1-2 1, Wakefield 0-1 3-6 3, Pentzer 0-8 4-6 4, Werner 1-5 4-4 6, Olson 2-80-0 4, Viall 4-9 1-3 12. Totals - 18-53 18-29 59.
Halftime - Whitworth 33, Lewis and Clark 27. 3-point goals - Lewis and Clark 5-17 (Viall 3-6, Davis 2-4, Olson 0-1, Pentzer 0-1, Wakefield 0-1, Werner 0-4), Whitworth 2-9 (Getches 2-8, Peterson 0-1). Fouled out - Warnock, Kreger. Rebounds - Lewis and Clark 56 (Warnock 17), Whitworth 59 (Sherer 16). Assists - Lewis and Clark 12 (Cottie 6), Whitworth 13 (Pentzer 5). Total Fouls - Lewis and Clark 27, Whitworth 20. Technicals - none. A - 800.
CC Spokane 61, Walla Walla 53
Despite dreadful shooting, the Sasquatch (20-6, 8-2 NWAACC) moved closer to the East Division title, thanks to 20-point nights by Alana Carlander and Shelley Massingale and strong defense.
Massingale also grabbed 12 rebounds as Community Colleges of Spokane overcame 26 percent shooting from the floor.
Walla Walla (6-17, 3-8) - Thacker 3-9 3-4 11, Hammer 4-10 1-1 11, Schnider 4-7 2-2 11, Martin 5-18 1-3 11, Hutchins 2-6 0-0 5, Ruzicka 2-6 0-0 4, Long 0-0 0-0 0, Barton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-56 7-10 53.
Spokane (20-6, 8-2) - Pilkington 1-8 0-2 2, Gasaway 0-1 0-0 0, Bocook 1-4 2-2 5, Carlander 6-14 4-7 20, Watson 0-3 1-4 1, Bradely 2-9 2-2 6, Sells 0-5 1-2 1, Massingale 6-18 7-8 20, Reagan 2-7 2-2 6, Reardon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-69 19-29 61.
Halftime - Walla Walla 27, Spokane 30. 3-point goals - Walla Walla 6-18 (Thacker 2-4, Hammer 2-5, Schnider 1-3, Hutchins 1-4), Spokane 6-19 (Bocook 1-4, Carlander 4-8, Massingale 1-3). Fouled out - Hutchins, Ruzicka, Massingale. Rebounds - Walla Walla 28 (Martin 10), Spokane 46 (Massingale 12). Assists - Walla Walla 14 (Hutchins 5), Spokane 10 (Pilkington, Bocook, Carlander 2). Total fouls - Walla Walla 22, Spokane 10. Technicals - None.
Southern Idaho 94, NIC 82
The Golden Eagles (19-6, 10-4 Scenic West) shot brilliantly to defeat the Cardinals (19-5, 10-5) at Coeur d’Alene in a game for second place.
Southern Idaho (19-6, 10-4) - Kloepfer 0-0 0-0 0, Ward 3-5 00 7, Bates 5-9 2-2 16, Bartu 0-2 12-16 12, Norman 7-11 0-0 14, Loybold 0-1 0-0 0, Layton 0-1 0-0 0, Nelson 12-17 5-5 31, Hymas 1-8 0-0 2, Barnes 0-0 0-0 0, Harper 1-1 1-2 3, Klapprich 1-1 0-2 2, Gibbs 3-3 1-1 7. Totals 33-59 21-28 94. North Idaho (19-5, 10-5) - Goyne 7-20 4-4 21, Huddle 6-18 5-6 19, Grohs 8-14 0-0 17, Lemon 0-2 0-0 0, Rehder 1-1 0-0 2, Lindhe 0-0 0- 0 0, Fisher 0-1 0-0 0, Robison 0-1 0-0 0, Dowhy 3-5 2-2 8, Nater 4-8 0-0 8, Jensen 2-6 2-2 7. Totals 31-76 13-14 82. Halftime - CSI 45, NIC 38. 3-point goals - CSI 7-12 (Bates 4-6, Nelson 2-4, Ward 1-1, Leybold 0-1), NIC 7-21 (Goyne 3-7, Huddle 2-6, Grohs 1- 2, Jensen 1-3, Lemon 0-2, Robison 0-1). Total fouls - CSI 14, NIC 22. Fouled out - none. Technical fouls - none. Rebounds - CSI 42 (Bartu 10), NIC 30 (Jensen 6). Assists - CSI 31 (Bartu 7), NIC 22 (Goyne 8).
Top 25
(24) Alabama 73, (8) Florida 51
At Tuscaloosa, Ala., Dominique Canty scored 17 points, leading the Crimson Tide (19-7, 10-3 Southeastern Conference) over the Gators (19-6, 9-3) for their 17th straight home win.
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