Christensen’s Free Throws Help Rogers End 11 Years Of Frustration

GSL girls

Jaime Christensen made two free throws with 15 seconds left Thursday to seal Rogers’ 59-57 Greater Spokane League home win over Lewis and Clark.

Rogers hadn’t beaten LC since the 1984-85 season and had lost 34 of 37 GSL games to the Tigers. For the first time in seven seasons, the Pirates own wins over three GSL rivals.

LC (6-11, 2-11) trailed by nine points with 2 minutes left. Sara Giebel made a 3-pointer with 7 seconds left, but the Tigers couldn’t close the gap further.

Teana Scott had 10 rebounds and six steals for Rogers (4-11, 3-9). LC’s Becki Huddle had 27 points, including 9 of 11 free throws.

Rogers 59, LC 57

Lewis and Clark 10 15 13 19 - 57 Rogers 11 15 12 21 - 59

LEWIS AND CLARK Marquess 0 0-0 0, Barlow 0 0-0 0, Huddle 8 9-11 27, Davey 0 1-4 1, Weiler 1 0-0 2, Giebel 5 2-4 14, Wendle 0 1-2 1, Springer 3 0-0 6, Oeljen 1 0-1 2, Stillian 0 4-8 4. Totals 18 17-30 57.

ROGERS Wells 0 0-0 0, Christensen 5 5-8 16, Tannehill 3 0-0 6, Abrahamson 2 5-10 9, Scott 5 5-6 15, Fairbanks 0 0-0 0, Flores 1 0-0 3, Mullerleile 4 2-4 10. Totals 20 17-28 59.

3-point goals - Huddle, Giebel, Christensen, Flores. Total fouls - LC 26, Rogers 24. Fouled out - Flores, Huddle, Stillian. Technicals - none.

Ferris 49, Gonzaga Prep 42

At The Arena, Jayme Morrisette hit four 3-pointers and all six of her free-throw attempts to lead the Saxons (13-3, 10-2) over the Bullpups (10-6, 6-6).

Ferris 13 12 9 15 - 49 Gonzaga Prep 10 11 7 14 - 42

FERRIS Pruett 1 3-3 6, George 3 2-2 9, Jay.Morrisette 6 6-6 22, Martin 0 0-0 0, Rasmussen 2 0-0 4, Swinton 2 2-4 6, Jan.Morrisette 1 0-2 2. Totals 15 13-17 49.

GONZAGA PREP Jordan 3 0-0 6, Bradley 2 1-5 5, Cronin 2 0-0 4, Main 0 0-0 0, Kendrick 1 0-0 3, Hession 0 0-0 0, Williams 6 1-3 13, Palmer 5 1-3 11, Nadeau 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 3-11 42.

3-point goals - Pruett, George, Jay.Morrisette 4, Kendrick. Total fouls - F 11, GP 17. Fouled out - none.

CV 62, University 51

Crystal Lee scored 19 points and the fifthranked Bears (15-2, 11-2) unleashed their uptempo style in the second quarter to rally against the visiting Titans (7-9, 5-8).

Syd Perno of U-Hi scored eight points in the first quarter, 11 in the fourth and finished with 23.

University 21 6 9 15 - 51 Central Valley 15 18 19 10 - 62

UNIVERSITY Stuenkel 4 0-0 9, Jamison 1 0-0 2, Conant 2 0-0 6, Wilson 1 2-2 4, Hinckley 3 1-1 7, Oglesbee 0 0-0 0, Perno 9 5-6 23. Totals 20 8-9 51.

CENTRAL VALLEY Kallas 0 0-0 0, Carpenter 1 0-0 2, Ault 1 0-0 2, Clark 3 4-7 10, MacPhee 1 4-6 6, Sanders 2 1-2 5, Lee 4 10-11 19, White 3 0-1 7, Coyle 0 0-0 0, Jackson 3 3-4 11. Totals 18 22-31 62.

3-point goals: Stuenkel, Conant 2, Lee, White, Jackson 2.

Shadle Park 46, NC 32

At The Arena, JoEne Heimbigner and Rainie Drake made two 3-pointers apiece and the Highlanders (11-6, 8-5) pulled away from the Indians (0-16, 0-12) in the fourth quarter.

Shadle made six 3-pointers while NC shot 0 for 7 from long range. Shadle beat NC 64-18 the first time the teams met.

Shadle Park 8 13 7 18 - 46 North Central 8 6 10 8 - 32

SHADLE PARK Larkin 1 0-3 2, Christensen 1 0-0 2, Pilkington 3 3-4 9, Heimbigner 4 2-2 12, Drake 3 0-1 8, Olzendam 0 2-2 2, Alexander 1 0-0 3, Clary 0 0-0 0, Nelson 0 0-0 0, Potter 0 1-2 1, Johnson 1 2-2 4, Harchuck 1 0-1 3. Totals 15 10-17 46.

NORTH CENTRAL Young 1 4-4 6, Schumacher 0 7-10 7, Nelson 2 0-0 4, Delauder 0 0-0 0, Meredith 0 0-0 0, Emery-Cloy 0 0-0 0, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Wilson 1 5-7 7, Kostelecky 0 0-0 0, Hammond 2 0-0 4, Stotts-Johnson 0 0-0 0, Smith 1 0-0 2. 8 16-21 31.

3-point goals - Heimbigner 2, Drake 2, Alexander, Harchuck. Total fouls - SP 19, NC 15. Fouled out - Smith, Shumacher. Technicals - none.

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