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Gu Women Try Harder, Beat Ewu

Jeff Finke Correspondent

College women

Gonzaga got back into the win column with an impressive 73-62 victory over Eastern Washington in women’s non-league basketball Saturday night at Martin Centre.

“Finally.” said Gonzaga coach Kellee Barney. “We played hard and we played smart. It feels good to get another win.”

It was a nip-and-tuck affair throughout the first half. Gonzaga (2-10) jumped to a 9-2 lead on a pair of Joy Pauley 3-pointers and a three-point play by Chelsea Herman.

The Eagles (2-9) hung tough mainly because of Nicole King’s work underneath the basket. King scored 10 first-half points and her free throw with 5:54 left in the half gave Eastern a 22-21 lead.

It turned out to be the Eagles’ only lead of the game.

Gonzaga went on a 13-6 run to take a 34-27 advantage at the half.

The Bulldogs picked up where they left off at the start of the second half, outscoring Eastern 18-10 over the first 10 minutes. The Eagles would get no closer than nine points the rest of the way.

Barney said two adjustments at halftime were keys for the Bulldogs.

“We needed to stop their scoring on the pick-and-roll play.” she noted. “And we needed to attack more offensively. I thought we did a much better job of that in the second half.”

Eastern coach Heidi VanDerveer was disappointed with her team’s effort. “We needed to come out and play hard and play with a lot of heart, but we didn’t,” she said. “That’s one thing we haven’t really done this whole year.”

King finished with 18 points and seven rebounds to lead Eastern.

Gonzaga was led by the 18 points of Heidi Phillips. Herman and Pauley each scored 15 points while former Selkirk High School star Sandy Gere scored 13.

Gonzaga 73, EWU 62

Eastern Washington (2-9) - Bartleson 2-8 0-0 4, Watterson 2-3 0-0 5, Sutter 2-3 1-2 6, King 7-14 4-5 18, Sloan 0-0 0-0 0, Bailey 0-4 0-0 0, Ray 5-9 0-0 10, Missall 4-11 0-0 8, Ferguson 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 3-10 4-5 11. Total - 25-62 9-12 62.

Gonzaga (2-10) - Ledgerwood 0-1 0-0 0, Phillips 7-10 4-6 18, Herman 2-4 10-11 15, Pauley 6-9 0-1 15, McCliment 3-9 2-2 8, McCullough 0-3 0-0 0, Sherfey 1-3 2-5 4, Steward 0-0 0-0 0, Gere 3-6 7-9 13. Total - 22-45 25-34 73.

Halftime score - GU 34, EWU 27. 3-pt goals - GU 4-6 (Herman 1-2, Pauley 3-4) EWU 3-17 (Watterson 1-1, Sutter 1-2, King 0-2, Bartleson 0-4, Bailey 0-4, Ray 0-1, Smith 1-3). Team fouls - GU 14, EWU 30. Fouled out - Bartleson, Ray. Technicals - none.

Lewis-Clark State 73, Whitworth 61

Rosie Albert had 18 points and six rebounds as the Warriors beat the visiting Pirates in a non-conference game. Sherri Northington led the Pirates inside, getting 12 points and 15 rebounds.

Whitworth (1-8) - Sanowski 0-0 1-2 1, Carr 0-2 0-0 0, Moore 5-13 1-2 17, Davis 0-0 2-2 0, Tissue 6-12 2-2 19, Peterson 1-4 6-9 8, Northington 6-12 0-2 12, Elliot 1-1 0-2 2, Werner 3-4 0-0 6, Patterson 0-0 2-2 2. Totals - 25-54, 14-23 61.

Lewis-Clark State (15-2) - DeKaye 0-1 0-0 0, Campbell 3-10 3-4 9, Ruff 0-0 0-0 0, Marquardt 3-3 0-0 12, Berg 5-6 2-2 18, Goulding 1-2 3-6 5, Benson 3-6 2-2 11, Rehder 0-2 1-2 1, Coulter 0-2 0-1 0, Guenther 0-0 0-0 0, Albert 6-14 2-4 26, Nyhoff 4-11 1-2 9, Holmes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals - 34-76 14-23 71.

Halftime - LC State 38 Whitworth 35. 3-point goals - Whitworth 3-6 (Moore 2-4, Tissue 1-2) LC State 9-19 (DeKaye 0-1, Campbell 0-2, Marquardt 2-2, Berg 2-3, Benson 1-3, Coulter 0-1, Albert 4-7). Total fouls - Whitworth 17, LC State 24. Fouled out - none. Technical fouls - none. Rebounds - Whitworth 39 (Northington 15) LC State 28 (Goulding, Albert, Nyhoff 6 each). Assists - Whitworth 11 (Tissue 3) LC State (17 (Campbell 6). Att - 1,000.

Pepperdine 83, Idaho 78 (OT)

In Malibu, Calif., the Waves (7-5) outscored the Vandals (3-8) 11-6 in overtime after squandering a 14-point lead in the second half.

UI guard Ari Skorpik scored 21 points.

Idaho (3-8) - Natalie Hawks 6-15 1-2 13, Mindy Rice 7-13 1-5 15, Kelli Johnson 5-15 2-2 12, Ari Skorpik 8-17 2-4 21, Melisa McDaniel 1-3 1-2 3, Jill Ortner 0-2 0-1 0, Jill Morris 0-0 0-0 0, Michelle Greenwood 5-10 4-5 14, Sarah Blakley 0-0 0-0 0, Jennifer Stone 0-2 0-0 0. Totals - 32-77 11-21 78.

Pepperdine (7-5) - Tabitha Bailey 13-18 2-4 28, Lisa Siders 7-11 1-2 15, Sara Pierce 4-11 4-5 12, Beatrice Godoy 0-3 0-0 0, Samantha Rigley 4-6 5-10 15, Dana Sulenski 1-3 0-0 3, Cynthia Mayers 2-8 0-0 6, Clare Walker 1-11 2-4 4. Totals - 32-71 14-25 83.

Halftime - Pepperdine 43, Idaho 33. 3-point goals - Idaho 3-22 (Hawks 0-1, Rice 0-1, Johnson 0-6, Skorpik 3-10, McDaniel 0-1, Ortner 0-2), Pepperdine 5-20 (Bailey 0-1, Godoy 0-1, Rigley 2-4, Sulenski 1-2, Mayers 2-6, Walker 0-6). Fouled out - Hawks, McDaniel, Siders. Rebounds - Idaho 46 (Hawks, Rice 8), Pepperdine 50 (Rigley 9). Assists - Idaho 10 (Skorpik 4), Pepperdine 16 (Pierce 5). Total fouls - Idaho 23, Pepperdine 22. Att. - 356

Blue Mountain 71, Spokane 48

Spokane (6-8, 0-2) shot just 32 percent and offered little opposition in the second half as Blue Mountain (8-6, 2-0) breezed to the NWAACC victory.

CCS (6-8) - Fine 0-1 2-2 2, Stark 1-6 2-3 4, Shephard 6-20 0-0 15, Moore 0-3 0-0 0, Humphery 0-2 4-4 4, Brandt 5-9 3-5 13, Lawler 0-0 0-0 0, Davies 2-2 0-0 4, Gaines 3-10 0-1 6, Grenside 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-53 11-15 48.

Blue Mountain (8-6) - McLoud 4-6 1-2 10, Merriman 1-3 2-3 4, Nash 0-3 0-0 0, Eckman 5-10 3-4 14, Taylor 1-2 0-0 3, Hathaway 1-3 0-2 2, Bannister 2-5 2-5 6, Howard 7-9 8-12 22, Osborn 4-14 2-5 10. Totals 25-56 18-33 71.

Halftime - Blue Mountain 26, CCS 20. 3-point goals - CCS (Stark 0-1, Shephard 3-11, Moore 0-2), Blue Mountain (McLoud 1-1, Eckman 1-1, Taylor 1-2.). Total fouls -CCS 28, Blue Mountain 17 . Fouled out - Gaines, Brandt. Technical fouls -none. Rebounds - CCS 31 (Brandt 8), Blue Mountain 34 (Osborn 11). Assists - CCS 8 (Stark 3) Blue Mountain 16 (Eckman 6). Att. - 200.

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