Brooks Leads Grizzlies Past Vandals

College women

Sherri Brooks had 17 points and seven assists as Montana trounced Idaho 93-49 Friday night in Big Sky Conference women’s basketball at Missoula.

Brooks also had six rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots in 21 minutes of play as coach Robin Selvig substituted liberally.

Montana (5-1 league, 16-5 overall) had a 16-point lead 7 minutes into the game and cruised to a 50-27 halftime advantage.

The Griz shot 53 percent from the field and 87 percent from the free-throw line, compared with Idaho’s 42 percent from the field and 46 percent from the freethrow line.

Also in double figures for Montana were Jodi Hinrichs and Skyla Sisco with 15 points each and Greta Koss with 14.

Idaho (2-4, 4-14) was led by Mindy Rice with 13 points and five rebounds, followed by Ari Skorpik with 10 points.

Montana 93, Idaho 49 IDAHO (4-14)

Morris 1-1 0-0 2, Wykes 0-2 1-2 1, Rice 6-10 1-3 13, Johnson 1-3 2-2 5, Skorpik 3-8 2-4 10, Ortner 0-3 0-0 0, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, James 0-4 0-0 0, McDaniel 4-7 0-2 8, Payne 3-5 0-0 8, Ackerman 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 19-45 6-13 49.

MONTANA (16-5)

Langton-Schlimgen 1-6 0-0 2, Morast 3-4 2-2 8, Hinrichs 7-8 1-2 15, Koss 6-9 2-2 14, Brooks 6-9 5-5 17, Sisco 4-6 6-7 15, McElmurry 1-4 4-6 6, Turner 1-4 4-4 6, Sather 1-2 0-0 2, Bieber 0-3 0-0 0, Sackman 1-3 2-2 4, Kipp 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 33-62 26-30 93.

Halftime-Montana 50, Idaho 27. 3-point goals-Idaho 6-10

(Skorpik 2-2, Payne 2-3, Johnson 1-2, Rice 0-1, Ornter 0-2), Montana 1-6 (Sisco 1-2, Brooks 0-1, Langton-Schlimgen 0-2). Fouled out-none. Rebounds-Idaho 22 (Rice 5), Montana 40 (Hinrichs, Brooks 6). Assists-Idaho 16 (Johnson 4), Montana 18 (Brooks 7). Total fouls-Idaho 23, Montana 12. A-6,580.

Whitworth 61, Willamette 53

The Pirates’ Jennifer Tissue is squeezably soft in name only. She plays basketball with all the style and flair of a muddy pickup truck.

She’s got the bruises from the court to prove it.

In Whitworth’s win against the Bearcats at the Pirates’ Fieldhouse, Tissue finished with 13 points. Her final basket came in a manner in which only she could do it.

With the Pirates holding a 52-44 lead with 2 minutes to play and the 30-second shot clock running down, Tissue caught a pass at the top of the key and banked in a 3-pointer with time about to expire.

That bproved to be the final nail in the Bearcats’ coffin.

With the win, Whitworth (6-2, 12-11) moved into a first-place tie with Willamette (6-2, 16-5) in the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges.

“This win was a reflection of how we practiced all week long,” Tissue said. “After losing to Pacific Lutheran last week, we just bounced back and worked really hard.”

After trailing 30-29 at halftime, the Pirates tightened the defensive screws on Willamette and held it to 27-percent shooting from the field the second half.

“We shut down their inside game and kept them off the offensive boards in the second half,” said Pirates head coach Helen Higgs.

The teams came out firing at one another like two first-place teams should.

Whitworth center Sherri Northington scored points inside while Annette Sweeney and Tissue converted outside. The trio finished with 18, 13 and 13 points, respectively. Northington also finished with 12 rebounds.

The Pirates play at home tonight against Linfield.

WILLAMETTE

Welter 0-1 0-0 0, Weber 2-2 2-2 6, Leary 5-18 4-4 16, Liebler 0-1 0-0 0, Ell 0-1 0-0 0, Shepard 0-3 0-0 0, Kruger 3-6 0-0 6, Joseph 6-14 2-2 14, Ulrey 2-10 0-0 5, Patillo 3-10 0-0 6. Totals 21-66 8-8 53.

WHITWORTH

McFadden 0-3 4-4 4, Sherer 2-9 0-0 4, Roberts 2-5 5-6 9, Sweeney 5-8 0-1 13, Tissue 5-7 2-2 13, Northington 7-13 4-7 18, Elliott 0-2 0-0 0, Dehn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 15-20 61.

Halftime-Willamette 30, Whitworth 29. 3-point goals- Willamette 3-15 (Leary 2-8), Whitworth 4-9 (Sweeney 3-4). Total fouls-Willamette 17, Whitworth 11. Fouled out-None. Technicals-None. Rebounds-Willamette 41 (Patillo 9), Whitworth 35 (Northington 12). Assists-Willamette 13 (Leary 5), Whitworth 14 (Roberts 6).

Loyola Marymount 86, Gonzaga 68

Tanya White and Latisha Beam each scored 20 points to lead the Lions (2-5, 5-13) past Gonzaga in Los Angeles in a West Coast Conference game.

The Bulldogs (2-5, 7-11) trailed by four points heading out of halftime, 39-35, but shot just 11 of 33 from the field in the second half.

Joy Pauley of Gonzaga had 25 points to lead all scorers.

GONZAGA (7-11)

Christensen 6-16 3-6 15, Pauley 9-13 2-2 25, Howell 1-5 3-4 5, Herman 1-4 0-0 3, Safranski 4-15 0-0 11, Gere 0-0 2-2 2, Ledgerwood 0-1 0-0 0, Morgan 0-0 0-0 0, Andrews 2-4 0-0 4, Silva 0-2 1-2 1, McCliment 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-61 11-16 68.

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (5-13)

Beam 9-14 2-3 20, White 8-14 4-4 20, Boston 0-2 0-0 0, Webb 7-7 3-4 17, Ishikawa 3-6 3-4 9, Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Cunningham 0-0 0-0 0, Warren 2-4 3-4 7, Caviezel 2-3 0-0 4, Hart 4-5 1-2 9. Totals 35-37 16-21 86.

Halftime-Loyola-Marymount 39, Gonzaga 35. 3-point goals- Gonzaga 9-16 (Pauley 5-6), Loyola-Marymount 0-2. Total fouls- Gonzaga 23, Loyola-Marymount 15. Fouled out-Christensen. Technicals-None. Rebounds-Gonzaga 27 (Howell 9), LoyolaMarymount 37 (White 9). Assists-Gonzaga 13 (Herman 5), Loyola-Marymount 29 (Webb 8). Att-133.