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Pirates Win On Road, Close In On First Seed

COLLEGE WOMEN

Whitworth (9-2 league, 15-11 overall) moved within one win of clinching the first seed in the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges basketball tournament with a 65-57 win over Pacific (4-7, 8-18) in Forest Grove, Ore.

The Pirates capitalized on a 15-7 run in the game’s final 5:20 to overcome a 30-24 halftime deficit.

Whitworth’s Jennifer Tissue led the Pirates down the stretch, scoring four of her eight points and dishing out two assists.

Tissue put Whitworth ahead 56-50 with a breakaway steal and layup with 3:20 remaining.

She grabbed 11 rebounds and Sherri Northington pulled down eight as the Pirates outrebounded the Boxers 46-31. Kim McFadden recorded seven assists to move within 11 of the Whitworth career record.

The Bucs can earn the right to host the conference tournament next Friday and Saturday with a win at Lewis & Clark today.

Whitworth 65, Pacific 57

WHITWORTH

Roberts 3-7 0-0 10, Sweeney 9-22 4-5 25, Northington 5-5 0-2 10, McFadden 0-5 1-2 1, Sherer 4-10 2-2 10, Tissue 3-9 2-2 8, Elliott 0-2 1-2 1. Totals - 24-60 14-22 65.

PACIFIC

Morris 3-10 1-2 7, Williams 5-12 1-1 11, Taylor 9-15 1-1 19, Harings 2-8 1-2 6, Smith 2-8 2-2 6, Tintzman 0-1 0-0 0, Pratt 2-2 0-0 4, Eberwein 0-0 0-0 0, Veatch 1-3 2-5 4. Totals - 24-59 8-13 57.

Halftime - Whitworth 30, Pacific 24. 3-point goals - Whitworth 3-14 (Sweeney 3-11, McFadden 0-1, Tissue 0-2). Pacific 1-11 (Taylor 0-2, Harings 1-2, Smith 0-6, Veatch 0-1). Total fouls - Whitworth 14, Pacific 19. Rebounds - Whitworth 46 (Tissue 11), Pacific 31 (Taylor 8). Assists - Whitworth 13 (McFadden 7), Pacific 17 (Harings, Smith 5). Fouled out - Williams. Technicals - none.

Oregon 81, WSU 75

Sally Crowe scored 24 points to lead the Ducks (4-8, 13-7 overall) past the Cougars (4-8, 11-10) in Pacific-10 Conference play in Bohler Gym.

Oregon became the first women’s team to win a Pac-10 game at Pullman this season, snapping WSU’s six-game home winning streak. The Cougars had a 4-0 conference mark at home.

The Cougars were led by Kireen Ellis 19 points off the bench. Oregon received doublefigure support from Renae Fegent, who scored 19.

OREGON (13-7, 6-5)

Jessica Schutt 4-13 5-8 15, Arianne Boyer 6-9 2-4 14, Renae Fegent 8-15 3-6 19, Cindie Edamura 2-4 0-1 4, Sally Crowe 5-12 14-16 24, Sandie Edwards 0-0 0-0 0, Betty Ann Boeving 2-3 0-0 5, Totals 27-56 24-35 81.

WSU (11-10, 4-8)

Jenni Ruff 4-10 4-6 12, Amy Saneholtz 5-8 1-2 11, Kristin Erickson 5-9 1-2 13, Julie Wight 3-11 0-0 9, Kelli Kronberger 2-7 0-0 5, Kireen Ellis 8-13 3-5 19, Doreen Evans 2-2 0-0 4, Yvonne Kunze 0-0 0-0 0, Adrienne Keith 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 30-61 9-15 75.

Halftime - Oregon 43, WSU 35. 3-Point goals - Oregon 3-11 (Schutt 2-7, Crowe 0-2, Boeving 1-2). WSU 6-18 (Erickson 2-4, Ruff 0-1, Kronberger 1-5, Wight 3-8). Fouled out - Erickson, Ellis. Rebounds - Oregon 36 (Boyer 12). WSU 34 (Ellis 10). Assists - Oregon 15 (Crowe 7). WSU 17 (Ruff 9). Steals - Oregon 14 (Boyer 4). WSU 11 (Wight 4). Turnovers - Oregon 17 (Boyer 6). WSU 25 (Ruff 6). Total fouls - Oregon 16. WSU 27. Technical - Ellis, Oregon bench. A - 444.

(21) OSU 74, (10) UW 70

Anette Mollerstrom led the Beavers (8-3, 16-4) to their seventh straight win with six points and an assist in the final 2:39.

Moneka Staton hit two free throws with 11 seconds remaining to seal the victory.

Oregon State beat Washington (9-3, 19-6) in Seattle for the first time since 1983.

OREGON ST.

Mollerstrom 2-6 4-8 8, Kostic 9-15 5-8 23, Lelas 7-8 2-3 16, Vidic 3-7 2-2 7, Dionne 3-9 0-0 7, Staton 1-6 4-5 6, McGrew 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 28-55 17-26 74.

WASHINGTON

Gonsalves 4-13 0-1 8, Lewis 1-2 0-0 2, Smith 10-17 6-8 26, Foucade 1-10 1-1 3, Kelly 3-9 0-0 9, Savasta 5-13 0-0 13, Pelz 1-2 2-2 4, Perkins 1-3 1-3 3, Wushnig 0-2 2-4 2, Niemela 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-71 12-19 70.

Halftime-OSU 39, UW 30. 3-point goals-OSU 1-6 (Dionne 1), UW 6-18 (Kelly, Savasta 3-7). Total fouls-OSU 19, UW 19. Fouled out-Vidic, Kelly. Technicals-None. Rebounds-OSU 42 (Mollerstrom 13), UW 35 (Gonsalves 11). Assists-OSU 13 (Vidic 6), UW 18 (Savasta 8). Att-5,699.