Spokane Bounces Back To Beat Centralia

College women

After falling behind 15-2, Community Colleges of Spokane got stingy on defense and held Centralia to just 12 points over the final 12 minutes of the first half and cruised to a win at the Olympic Crossover tournament at Bremerton, Wash.

While Kelly Gaines of CCS scored a game-high 21 points, the Sasquatch (3-4) provided strong bench support as nine players got in the scoring column.

Spokane led Centralia 26-20 and were never threatened in the second half.

CCS 65, Centralia 47

Centralia (4-3) - Kiser 1-2 0-0 3, Springer 1-3 0-3 2, Steindorf 3-7 5-8 12, Balough 1-3 0-0 2, Ralston 1-8 2-2 4, Johnson 0-2 2-2 2, Justice 0-0 0-0 0, Forcier 5-10 1-3 11, Failor 0-2 0-0 0, Cooper 5-9 1-5 11, Totals- 17-46 11-23 47.

CCS (3-4) - Fine 2-6 2-3 6, Stark 0-2 1-2 1, Mackin 1-4 0-1 2, Shepherd 1-8 2-2 4, Zahrowski 0-0 0-0 0, Bloom 0-1 0-0 0, Humphrey 4-9 0-0 8, Brandt 3-5 4-5 10, Lawler 2-4 0-0 4, Davies 3-7 3-4 9, Gaines 8-17 5-8 21. Totals- 24-63 17-25 65.

Halftime - CCS 26, Centralia 20. 3-point goals -Centralia 2-6 (Kiser, Steindorf); CCS 0-4 . Total fouls - Centralia 23, CCS 21. Fouled out - Johnson. Rebounds - Centralia 37 (Cooper 7), CCS 50 (Davies, Gaines 9). Assists - Centralia 13 (Steinsdorf 4), SCC 18 (Humphrey 7). Att. -101.

Portland 64, Idaho 59

Central Valley High graduate Kristin Hepton had a game-high 12 rebounds for Portland and teammate Wendy Toonen led the Pilots with 18 points as they defeated Idaho (2-5) in a non-conference game in Moscow, Idaho.

Deana Lansing and Laura Sale chipped in 15 and 12 points, respectively, for the Pilots (5-2), who handed Idaho its third straight loss at Memorial Gym.

Portland - Lansing 5-14 1-2 15, Sale 6-16 0-0 12, Hepton 4-9 1-2 9, Peterson 2-3 0-1 4, Toonen 8-19 2-2 18, Stein 0-2 0-0 0, Draper 0-1 0-0 0, Green 3-4 0-0 6, Wiseman 0-1 0-0 0, Olson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals - 28-70 4-7 64

Idaho - Johnson 2-9 2-3 7, Greenwood 3-9 5-6 11, Rice 7-15 7-8 21, Skorpik 1-6 3-3 5, McDaniel 2-4 0-0 6, Ortner 0-1 0-1 0, Hawks 0-1 0-0 0, Ackerman 2-3 0-0 5, Stone 2-2 0-3 4. Totals - 19-50 17-24 59

3-point goals - Portland 4-10 (Lansing 4-7, Sale 0-1, Hepton 0-1, Stein 0-1), Idaho 4-10 (Johnson 1-5, McDaniel 2-3, Ortner 0-1, Ackerman 1-1). Fouled out - Lansing, Portland. Skorpik, Idaho. Rebounds - Portland 44 (Hepton 12), Idaho 35 (Greenwood 9). Assists - Portland 15 (Sale 4), Idaho 12 (Skorpik, McDaniel, 4). Total fouls - Portland 19, Idaho 14. Halftime score - Idaho 33, Portland 25. Technicals - none. A-312.

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