Idaho women rout Spartans

MOSCOW, Idaho – The Idaho women’s basketball team used a hot-shooting second half to put away the visiting San Jose State Spartans 64-41 and move into sole possession of second place in the Western Athletic Conference on Sunday at the Cowan Spectrum.

Idaho (11-11, 8-3 WAC) shot 12 of 21 (.571) in the second half after scoring just 27 first-half points to pull away from San Jose State (2-23, 1-11 WAC), which shot 9 of 29 (.310) in the second period.

Freshman Shaena Kuehu led the Vandals with 14 points. She also had seven rebounds, four assists and four steals. Junior Derisa Taleni added 12 points and sophomore Alana Curtis 11 for the Vandals.

The Vandals play at Nevada on Thursday.