N.C. State Drills 3s, Hammers Cougars At Rainbow Classic

College women

Jennifer Howard made six 3-pointers in the first half and finished with 28 points Sunday as No. 13 North Carolina State routed Washington State 92-64 for fifth place in the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu.

Umeki Webb scored half of her 24 points in the first 20 minutes as the Wolfpack (2-1) raced off to a 44-26 lead at intermission.

For the Cougars (1-2), Kristin Erickson had 20 points and Jenni Ruff added 12 points and 10 rebounds.

The Cougars played the entire tournament without 6-foot-2 forward Amy Saneholtz after she injured a knee while practicing in Honolulu.

North Carolina St. 92, WSU 64

WASHINGTON ST. (1-2)

Wight 4-14 1-1 9, Ruff 3-7 5-6 12, Erickson 7-17 5-7 20, Hyett 0-5 3-5 3, Kronberger 2-9 0-0 6, Kern 0-2 1-3 1, Wilder 2-4 1-3 5, Whaley 0-3 0-0 0, Kunze 3-6 0-0 6, Keith 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 21-67 18-27 64.

NORTH CAROLINA St. (2-1)

Howard 9-13 2-3 28, Davis 2-6 1-2 5, Melvin 6-6 2-3 14, Mitchell 1-9 2-2 4, Webb 9-14 4-4 24, Jones 1-1 2-2 4, Williams 1-1 0-0 2, McLendon 3-5 3-4 9, Shepard 1-1 0-0 2, Poteat 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-57 16-20 92.

Halftime-No.Carolina St. 44, Washington St. 26. 3-Point goals-Washington St. 4-21 (Kronberger 2-6, Ruff 1-2, Erickson 1-5, Hyett 0-1, Wight 0-7), North Carolina St. 10-16 (Howard 8-12, Webb 2-3, Mitchell 0-1). Fouled out-Davis. Rebounds-Washington St. 35 (Ruff 10), North Carolina St. 36 (Howard, Webb 7) Assists-Washington St. 9 (Hyett, Kronberger 3), North Carolina St. 14 (Webb 6). Total fouls-Washington St. 18, North Carolina St. 26. A-NA.

Tulane 85, Eastern Washington 63

Barbara Farris dropped in 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds, both team leading to lead the Green Wave (1-0) over the Eagles (0-2) in New Orleans.

Kelly Bartleson, formerly of Shadle Park, and Tina Smith led Eastern Washington with 11 points.

EASTERN WASHINGTON (0-2)

Smith 3-10 4-4 11, Missall 5-9 0-0 10, Bartleson 4-10 2-3 11, Watterson 1-4 0-0 2, Sutter 2-4 2-2 6, Bailey 2-4 0-0 6, Ray 4-9 1-2 9, Ferguson 1-1 0-0 2, Hollinberry 2-4 2-2 6, Sloan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-55 11-13 63.

TULANE (1-0)

Bryant 4-10 1-2 9, Marino 3-4 2-2 9, Farris 10-12 5-8 25, Lowry 5-12 5-7 16, Thomaskutty 2-8 0-0 5, Vicknair 4-9 6-9 14, Williams 2-5 1-2 5, Koch 1-4 0-1 2. Totals 31-64 20-31 85.

Halftime-Tulane 44, EWU 27. 3-point goals-EWU 4-10 (Smith 1-4, Bartleson 1-3, Bailey 2-3). Tulane 3-14 (Marino 1-2, Lowry 1-3, Thomaskutty 1-7, Koch 1-2. Fouled out-Missall. Rebounds-EWU 32 (Sutter 6), Tulane (40 (Farris 8). Assists-EWU 9 (Sutter, Bartleson 3), Tulane 16 (Marino, Thomaskutty 5). Total fouls-EWU 23, Tulane 12. A-NA.

Montana Tech 74, Whitworth 52

Jennifer Tissue and Rebecca Moore each had 11 points and four assists for the Pirates inthe loss to the Orediggers at the Peg Sarsfield Tournament in Butte, Mont.

Whitworth trailed 36-21 at halftime but could never get on track, shooting just 6-26 (23%) from the 3-point line.

MONTANA TECH

Berger 4-9 0-0 9, Belknap 0-2 0-0 0, Speer 0-1 0-0 0, Carnahan 1-3 0-1 2, Evenson 1-3 1-1 3, Anderson 6-11 3-3 17, Wood 3-5 2-2 9, Piippo 3-6 2-2 8, Heringer 1-3 0-0 2, Keeland 0-0 2-4 2, Stamy 5-7 4-6 14, Gorman 0-2 4-4 4, Harris 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 26-54 18-23 74.

WHITWORTH

Andreas-Feen 0-1 0-0 0, Sanowski 0-2 1-4 1, Patterson 2-5 0-0 4, Sherer 1-5 0-0 2, Moore 4-11 0-0 11, Davis 1-9 0-0 3, Tissue 5-14 1-2 11, Ratcliffe 2-2 0-0 4, Peterson 2-6 0-0 6, Northington 3-6 0-2 6, Elliot 0-1 0-0 0, Werner 2-2 0-1 4. Totals 22-64 2-9 52.

Halftime-Montana Tech 36, Whitworth 21. 3-Point goals-Montana Tech 4-11 (Anderson 2-6, Wood 1-1, Berger 1-2, Belknap 0-1, Carnahan 0-1), Whitworth 6-26 (Moore 3-7, Peterson 2-6, Davis 1-9, Sanowski 0-1, Patterson 0-1, Tissue 0-2). Fouled out-Tissue. Rebounds-Montana Tech 28 (Wood 7), Whitworth 33 (Sherer 7). Assists-Montana Tech 17 (Berger, Belknap, Wood 3), Whitworth 11 (Moore, Tissue 4). Total fouls-Montana Tech 11, Whitworth 20. A-NA.