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Cougs Nail An Easy Win Over Asu

Women’s basketball

Four Cougars scored in double figures Thursday night as Washington State handed Arizona State its eighth consecutive Pacific-10 Conference loss with a 93-77 victory in Bohler Gym at Pullman.

Julie Wight led the Cougars (14-5, 5-3) with 22 points and seven rebounds. Five of Wight’s baskets were 3-pointers. Jenni Ruff and Yvonne Kunze added 20 points apiece. Kunze also grabbed 10 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season.

Charity Amama led Arizona State (4-13, 0-8) with 23 points.

WSU never gave Arizona State a chance. The Cougars established an 11-point lead in the first 5 minutes and soon stretched it to 19 points.

WSU 93, ASU 77

Arizona State (4-13) - Joana Ziuratits 1-2 2-2 4, Marci Stileson 0-2 0-0 0, Stephanie Freeman 6-10 1-1 13, Emma Witkowski 5-11 0-2 11, Julie Gledhill 1-2 0-0 2, Charity Amama 10-18 3-4 23, Molly Tuter 7-12 0-3 14, Christy Kellams 1-2 0-0 2, LaToya Johnson 2-3 2-2 6, Melissa Boyle 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 34-63 8-14 77.

Washington State (14-5) - Jenni Ruff 6-12 6-10 20, Dristin Erickson 5-15 1-2 11, Yvonne Kunze 8-9 4-6 20, Jade Hyett 3-4 0-2 7, Julie Wight 7-13, 3-4 22, Kelli Kronberger 3-5 1-2 9, Jennifer Kerns 1-1 0-0 2, Doreen Evans 0-0 2-3 2, Laura Wilder 0-1 0-0 0, Nikki Whaley 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-61 17-29 93.

Halftime - WSU 49, ASU 33. 3-Point goals - ASU 1-2 (Witkowski 1-2). WSU 10-23 (Ruff 2-5, Erickson 0-5, Hyett 1-1, Wight 5-8, Kronberger 2-4). Fouled out - Freeman, Gledhill. Rebounds - ASU 28 (Tuter 6). WSU 38 (Kunze 10). Assists - ASU 14 (Gledhill 9). WSU 23 (Wight 6). Steals - ASU 14 (Freeman 4). WSU 14 (Ruff 5). Turnovers - ASU 26 (Gledhill 10). WSU 25 (Ruff, Kerns 5). Total fouls - ASU 22. WSU 14. Technical - Freeman. A - 503.

Washington 77, Arizona 67

Jamie Redd scored 14 of her game-high 18 points in the second half and added 12 rebounds to lead the Huskies (12-7, 6-2) past the Wildcats (13-4, 4-4) in Pac-10 play at Seattle.

Washington forced 31 Arizona turnovers and outscored Arizona 56-40 in the second half to erase a sixpoint halftime deficit and earn its 12th victory in its last 15 games.

Arizona (13-4) - Barnes 7-17 3-4 17, Constand 2-7 0-0 5, Clark 3-5 0-0 6, Pantoja 5-12 1-3 13, Minter 3-4 5-5 11, Giordano 2-5 2-2 6, Crank 2-3 1-2 6, Alexander 1-3 1-2 3, Hambrick 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-56 13-18 67.

Washington (12-7) - Pelz 4-7 6-10 14, Lynch 1-4 1-2 3, Savasta 5-12 5-7 16, Redd 6-14 4-6 18, Kelly 1-3 1-2 4, Wuschnig 7-15 2-2 17, Hall 0-1 3-4 3, Niemela 1-2 0-0 2, Hills 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-58 23-33 77.

Halftime-Arizona 27, Washington 21. 3-Point goals- Arizona 4-8 (Constand 1-1, Pantoja 2-6, Crank 1-1), Washington 5-16 (Savasta 1-4, Redd 2-4, Kelly 1-3, Wuschnig 1-5). Fouled out-Arizona, Constand. Rebounds-Arizona 38 (Crank 7), Washington 35 (Redd 12). Assists-Arizona 13 (Pantoja 8), Washington 11 (Savasta 7). Total fouls-Arizona 26, Washington 17. A-4,513.

LMU 71, Gonzaga 63

The Lions romped to a 41-17 halftime lead then coasted to a West Coast Conference victory in Martin Centre.

Loyola Marymount substituted freely in the second half, but increased its advantage to 29 points, at 56-29, with 13:45 remaining.

Erin Caviezel came off the bench to lead Loyola with 16 points. Forward Lydia Ledgerwood was Gonzaga’s top scorer with 13.

Loyola Marymount (11-9) - Ishikawa 1-6 2-3 4, Guerrero 1-2 0-0 2, Gaines 6-11 2-4 14, Webb 3-6 4-4 11, Miller 7-11 0-0 14, Groholski 3-7 0-1 8, Caviezel 5-9 2-2 16, Hart 1-4 0-0 2, Kenny 0-2 0-0 0. Totals - 27-58 10-14 71.

Gonzaga (3-16)63 - Sherfey 3-7 2-4 9, Andrews 3-9 6-8 12, Pauley 3-9 5-6 12, McCullough 1-1 0-0 2, Ledgerwood 4-8 4-4 13, Herman 0-3 3-5 3, Gere 3-4 0-0, Phillips 0-1 0-0 0, McCliment 2-5 2-2 6. Totals - 19-47 22-29 63.

Halftime - LMU 41, GU 17. 3-point goals - LMU 7-16 (Ishikawa 0-2, Webb 1-3, Groholski 2-4, Caviezel 4-6, Kenny 0-1), GU 3-10 (Sherfey 1-2, Pauley 1-5, Ledgerwood 1-1, Gere 0-1, Herman 0-1). Total fouls - LMU 23, GU 18. Fouled out - Groholski. Technical fouls - none. Rebounds - LMU 39 (Miller 9), GU 30 (Sherfey, Pauley 5). Assists - LMU 13 (Caviezel, Webb 4), GU 5 (Herman 3). Att - 463.

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