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Pacific Nails Freebies In Win Over Pirates

Women’s basketball

You know it’s a road game when your opponent shoots 22 more free throws than you do.

Whitworth (3-11, 1-3 Northwest Conference) shot 4 for 6 from the line while Pacific (6-7, 3-1) was 18 for 28 in the Boxers’ 69-55 win Friday.

The Pirates were whistled for 21 fouls compared to 10 for Pacific.

Whitworth’s Jennifer Tissue and Rebecca Moore each scored 14 points.

Pacific 69, Whitworth 55

Whitworth (3-11, 1-3) - Tissue 6-16 1-2 14, Northington 6-10 1-2 13, Elliot 4-7 2-2 10, Moore 6-20 0-0 14, Davis 0-4 0-2 0, Sanowski 0-0 0-0 0, Sherer 2-4 0-0 4. Totals - 24-61 4-6 55.

Pacific University (6-7, 3-1) - Pratt 3-6 0-2 6, Wilson 4-10 3-4 12, Taylor 8-18 0-3 16, Harings 4-8 8-10 16, Freitag 5-15 7-9 17, Wright 0-1 0-0 0, Bass 1-3 0-0 2, Veatch 0-1 0-0 0, Wade 0-0 0-0 0, Powers 0-0 0-0 0. Totals - 25-62 18-28 69.

Halftime - Pacific 32, Whitworth 26. 3-point goals - Whitworth 3-14 (Tissue 1-4 Moore 2-8 Davis 0-2); Pacific 1-5 (Pratt 0-1 Wilson 1-3 Harings 0-1). Total fouls - Whitworth 21 Pacific 10. Fouled out - Elliot. Technical fouls - none. Rebounds - Whitworth 32 (Northington 10) Pacific 48 (Taylor 13). Assists - Whitworth 17 (Moore 6) Pacific 15 (Harings 6).

S. Utah 73, Idaho 54

Idaho, playing without star center Mindy Rice, was beaten soundly by Southern Utah in a non-conference game at Memorial Gym in Moscow.

Rice sat out after having a cortisone shot in her left foot due to a strained arch.

Without Rice, Southern Utah center Myndee Larsen finished with 25 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots.

Sophomore Melissa McDaniel led Idaho with 11 points. The Vandals fell to 5-10 and Southern Utah improved to 7-11.

Southern Utah (7-11) - Mortenson 2-5 0-0 4, Frandsen 6-11 0-1 12, Larsen 11-16 3-4 25, Wardle 2-6 2-4 7, Newton 0-4 0-0 0, Welch 0-1 0-0 0, Webster 0-0 0-0 0, King 0-0 2-2 2, Shaheen 1-1 4-4 6, Sparrow 0-1 0-0 0, Torres 6-6 1-2 13, Doman 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 30-55 12-17 73.

Idaho (5-10) - Johnson 3-12 0-1 9, Greenwood 1-7 3-4 5, Stone 2-5 3-4 7, Skorpik 0-7 0-0 0, McDaniel 5-9 1-2 11, Ortner 1-2 1-3 4, Hawks 4-14 2-4 10, Morris 0-0 0-0 0, Beard 0-0 0-0 0, Ackerman 2-7 0-0 4, Blakely 1-2 2-4 4. Totals 19-65 12-22 54.

3-Point Goals - SUU 1-2 (Wardle 1-1, Newton 0-1), Idaho 4-24 (Johnson 3-12, Skorpik 0-5, McDaniel 0-2, Ortner 1-1, Hawks 0-3, Ackerman 0-1). Fouled Out - Mortneson (SUU), Greenwood (Idaho). Rebounds - SUU 45 (Larson 12), Idaho 40 (Hawks and Johnson 4). Assists - SUU 17 (Wardle and Newton 5), Idaho 11 (Johnson and Skorpik 3). Total Fouls - SUU 20, Idaho 16. Halftime Score - SUU 31, Idaho 27. Technical Fouls - None. A - 363.

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