Dave Trimmer

Eastern Washington University's inside-outside combination earned All-Big Sky Conference women's basketball honors, announced Tuesday afternoon by the conference. Junior center Felice Moore and record-breaking senior Stephanie Ulmer represent the Eagles on the 10-player team. Junior forward Julie Page was named honorable mention.

They can't be seen from the stands but every member of the Sprague-Harrington girls basketball team has a bead in the laces of one shoe with a M and C on the other shoe. "They're for Mitch Conrath," Falcons senior captain Abby Hatten said. "He was our friend and trainer for volleyball."

Washington State women's basketball coach Sherri Murrell is a very competitive person, so matching last season's record heading into the Pac-10 Tournament isn't exactly what she had in mind. "One of our goals was to get out of the cellar so I think we accomplished one goal this year," she said with a wry laugh.

Amanda Grumbach's debut at the State B girls basketball tournament wasn't too shabby – but that should have been expected. The Curlew sophomore showed as much poise as her famous cousins Zach and Derek Gianukakis did last year at the Arena in helping Republic win the boys title.

It took 17 years for the Eastern Washington men's basketball team to produce a three-time All-Big Sky Conference player. It took one year for it to happen again.

The numbers are staggering for the Gonzaga women's basketball team. The Bulldogs, 25-2 overall with a 21-game winning streak and ranked in the Top 25 in both major polls, head into the West Coast Conference Tournament at Santa Clara today after posting the second perfect record in conference history.

Spectacular. From the 81-35 blowout of Portland to the perfect West Coast Conference season; from to the emotional pregame ceremony for the seniors to the record crowd of 5,825, the 25th-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs were spectacular Saturday night at the McCarthey Athletic Center in running their nation-best winning streak to 21 games.

As expected, Lance Allred was a load. The 6-foot-11, 270-pound Weber State post had a typical game Thursday night with 19 points and 12 rebounds against Eastern Washington.

Marc Axton’s four seasons with the Eastern Washington University basketball team have garnered enough superlatives to fill more than one scrapbook. There’s the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year award and two all-conference honors that followed, mixed with a heavy dose of statistical achievements.

It has a familiar ring: West Coast Conference champions. With style. And, with a big, rowdy crowd at the McCarthey Athletic Center. This time it's the Gonzaga women's basketball team, which destroyed defending champion Loyola Marymount 70-48 with a near-flawless performance before a record crowd of 3,035 Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs tied the school record with their nation-leading 18th straight win and secured the WCC crown with three games to play.

Credit Rich Rasmussen for making a nice audible on the call. The Eastern Washington University tight ends coach/recruiting coordinator telephoned the house of football prospect Ryan Forney in August just to make small talk.