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Pirates Clobber Lutes

Women’s basketball

The Whitworth Pirates women’s basketball team used a balanced offensive scoring attack and took advantage of bad shooting by Pacific Lutheran to blast the Lutes 78-49 Saturday night at the Whitworth College Fieldhouse.

The Pirates (1-0 Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges, 6-9 overall) raced to a 37-19 halftime lead and were never threatened.

The Lutes (0-2, 6-7) shot just 22 percent from the floor in the first half.

“I’m happy with the win, but there were certain times in the game in which I felt like we got away from some of the things I wanted them to do,” Pirates head coach Helen Higgs said.

“Anytime you hold a team to 19 points in the first half, you’ve got to be impressed with the defense, but 15 turnovers is just too much,” Higgs said.

Whitworth 78, PLU 49

PACIFIC LUTHERAN

Corbay 5-10 5-6 16, Weberg 1-5 2-2 4, Hausch 0-4 1-2 1, Riches 2-8 1-2 5, Nelson 0-5 2-3 2, Hoseth 0-5 0-0 0, WIlson 6-16 2-5 14, Preiskorn 3-8 1-3 7, Price 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 17-65 14-23 49.

WHITWORTH

Bloom 0-0 0-0 0, McFadden 3-9 3-4 10, Sherer 3-11 1-4 7, Roberts 5-11 1-3 11, Sweeney 6-15 2-4 18, Tissue 4-7 1-3 9, Northington 6-10 3-3 15, Elliott 3-4 2-3 8, Dehn 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 30-71 13-24 78.

Halftime - Whitworth 37, Pacific Lutheran 19. 3-point goals - Pacific Lutheran 1-3 (Corbay 1-3), Whitworth 5-8 (McFadden 1-2, Sweeney 4-6). Fouled out - None. Rebounds - Pacific Lutheran 46 (orbay, Nelson 8), Whitworth 64 (McFadden 11). Assists - Pacific Lutheran 2 (Corbray, Price 1).Total Fouls - Pacific Lutheran 18, Whitworth 20. Technicals - Pacific Lutheran bench, Whitworth bench. A-N/A.(5)

Stanford 94, WSU 59

Kate Starbird led the Cardinal’s balanced scoring with 16 points and fifth-ranked Stanford (2-0, 11-1) rebounded from a sluggish performance in its Pac-10 opener to rout the Cougars (0-2, 7-4) in Stanford, Calif.

WSU couldn’t overcome its 34 turnovers, a 26-9 Cardinal run in the first half or a subpar peformance by senior center Kireen Ellis, who was held to 10 points.

WASHINGTON STATE

Jenni Ruff 8-155 3-5 19, Amy Saneholtz 3-6 1-2 7, Kireen Ellis 5-10 0-0 10, Julie Wight 0-4 0-0 0, Susie Jarosch 3-5 1-1 7, Kelli Kronberger 0-3 1-2 1, Kristin Erickson 3-5 7-9 13, Doreen Evans 0-0 0-0 0, Nikki Whaley 0-0 0-0 0, Yvonne Kunze 0-1 2-4 2, Adrienne Keith 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 22-50 15-23 59. STANFORD

Olympia Scott 5-6 5-7 15, Bobbie Kelsey 5-9 0-0 10, Anita Kaplan 5-10 0-1 10, Kate Paye 2-6 4-5 8, Kate Starbird 7-10 2-2 16, Rachel Hemmer 4-55 1-2 9, Naomi Mulitauaopele 3-4 1-1 7, Jamila Wideman 0-1 0-0 0, Heather Owen 3-3 2-2 8, Kristin Folkl 3-6 0-1, Charmin Smith 0-2 0-1 0, Vanessa Nygaard 0-2 0-0 0, Tara Harrington 1-1 0-0 2, Regan Freuen 1-2 1-2 3, Totals 39-67 16-24 94.

Halftime score - Stanford 48, WSU 32. 3-Point goals - WSU 0-2 (Wight 0-1, Jarosch 0-1), Stanford 0-7 (Kelsey 0-1, Paye 0-3, Starbird 0-1, Nygaard 0-1, Freuen 0-1). Fouled out - Ellis, Erickson. Rebounds - WSU 33 (Wight, Saneholtz, Erickson 5), Stanford 36 (Scott 8). Assists - WSU 9 (Jarosch 4), Stanford 23 (Paye 7). Total fouls - WSU 24, Stanford 24. Technicals - None. A - 5,310.

Gonzaga 71, EWU 62

The Bulldogs scored the first eight points of the game and went on to down the Eagles (5-6) at the Martin Centre.

Sarah Christianson had six points during the run and 10 in the first half and Amy Jo Silva had 10 of her 15 points in the second half and finished with 10 rebounds as the Bulldogs ran their record to 4-8.

Gonzaga 71, EWU 62

EASTERN WASHINGTON (5-6)

Watterson 7-16 2-2 20, Sutter 0-4 0-0 0, Napier 5-6 0-0 10, Smith 6-19 1-3 14, Missall 4-12 0-0 8, Laky 0-3 0-0 0, Schwenke 3-8 0-0 8, Sloan 0-2 0-0 0, Hollingbery 0-0 2-2 2, Bailey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-70 5-7 62.

GONZAGA (4-8)

Herman 3-7 4-4 11, Safranski 6-18 4-4 17, Howell 4-8 2-2 10, Christensen 8-13, 0-0 16, Silva 4-12 6-8 15, Ledgerwood 0-0 0-0 0, Morgan 0-0 0-0 0, Andrews 0-4 2-2 2. Totals 25-62 18-20 71.

Halftime - GU 36, EWU 24. 3-point goals EWU 7-26 (Watterson 4-11, Sutter 0-2, Smith 1-6, Laky 0-1, Schwenke 2-6), GU 3-10 (Herman 1-3, Safranski 1-4, Christensen 0-1, Silva 1-1, Andrews 0-1). Fouled out - Smith, Herman. Rebounds - EWU 44 (Sutter 8), GU 41 (Silva 10). Assists - EWU 9 (Sutter 5), GU 13 (Herman, Safranski 5). Total Fouls - EWU 19, GU 11. Technicals - none. A - n/a.

CCS 96, Wenatchee 64

Annie Shepherd came off the bench to have her best game of the season and provided the Sasquatch with the spark they needed as they got on track for an NWAACC victory at the Johnson Sports Center.

Shepherd had 11 points, four rebounds and three assists to compliment the five CCS starters, who also scored in double figures, as the Sasquatch (1-0, 9-4) scored 26 points over their average. The Knights are 0-2, 3-10.

CCS 96, Wenatchee 64

CCS (1-0 NWAACC, 9-4)

Hurlbert 5-8 2-5 15, Johnson 5-6 5-8 15, Fralich 5-8 4-4 14, Gaines 6-9 2-2 14, Davies 3-9 7-8 13, Sheperd 3-7 5-6 11, Field 1-2 3-4 5, Holder 2-4 1-1 5, Mackin 1-1 0-0 2, Boston 0-0 2-2 2, Brown 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-55 31-40 96.

WENATCHEE (0-2, 3-10)

Simmons 4-5 9-11 17, Stoner 3-6 4-7 10, Hamilton 4-6 0-2 8, Hart 3-8 0-0 7, Hamilton 3-8 0-0 6, Dexter 2-9 0-1 5, Thomas 2-3 0-2 4, Hoffman 1-2 0-0 2, DeFolo 1-3 0-3 2, Johnson 0-4 0-1 0, Gladson 0-0 0-0 0, Green 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-55 14-28 64.

3-point goals - CCS 3-5 (Hurlbert 3-5), WVCC 2-8 (Stoner 0-2, Hart 1-2, Dexter 1-4). Fouled out - none. Rebounds - CCS 33 (Davies 11), WVCC 22 (Stoner 6). Assists - CCS 18 (Hurlbert 7), WVCC 2 (Stoner 2). Total Fouls - CCS 24, WVCC 24.

(14) Washington 71, Cal 60

At Berkeley, Calif., Washington’s (1-1, 11-4) Laure Savasta scored eight straight points down the stretch and California (1-1, 6-5) went cold from the field.

WASHINGTON (11-4)

Lewis 1-5 1-2 3, Pelz 4-6 0-0 8, Smith 7-15 7-9 21, Foucade 3-9 0-1 6, Kelly 3-6 1-3 8, Gonsalves 2-8 0-0 4, Wuschnig 0-4 3-4 3, Savasta 7-14 0-1 16, Niemela 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 27-68 14-22 71.

CALIFORNIA (6-5)

Barrett 3-6 3-4 9, Czpiec 4-8 0-0 8, Snijder 0-6 2-5 2, Lear 6-10 2-2 15, Sokolowska 5-18 5-6 15, Folsom 0-2 0-0 0, Tatum 3-7 4-4 11. Totals 21-57 16-21 60.

Halftime-Washington 33, California 31. 3-Point goals- Washington 3-10 (Savasta 2-5, Kelly 1-2, Foucade 0-1, Gonsalves 0-1, Wuschnig 0-1), California 2-5 (Lear 1-1, Tatum 1-2, Snijder 0-1, Sokolowska 0-1). Fouled out-Czepiec. Rebounds-Washington 50 (Smith 12), California 34 (Snijder 15). Assists-Washington 18 (Kelly, Savasta 5), California 12 (Sokolowska 6). Total fouls-Washington 21, California 18. A-1,320.

Portland AAU 73, Idaho 60

The Vandals dropped an exhibition game to the Saints in Memorial Gym, despite 15 and 14 points for Kelli Johnson and Ari Skorpik.