Whitworth Drops Position In Poll

A split last week cost the Whitworth men one spot in the NAIA Division II Top 25 men’s basketball poll.

Whitworth (13-4) dropped from No. 7 to No. 8 this week.

Montana (25, for 28th), Washington (7, for 39th) and Washington State (1, tie for 46th) received votes in The Associated Press Division I women’s Top 25.

Prep boys basketball

Visiting Garfield-Palouse outscored Rosalia 20-4 in the third quarter on its way to a 56-42 win Monday night.

The Vikings (7-0 Whitman County League, 13-3) overcame the absence of leading scorer B.J. Hill, who missed the game due to illness. Ben Scheele had 20 points for the Spartans (4-4, 10-8).

Gar-Palouse 56, Rosalia 42

Garfield-Palouse 9 9 20 18 - 56

Rosalia 10 10 4 18 - 42

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Bischoff 10, Coles 16, Fox 14, Miller 4, Thurston 4, Sheffler 3, Hegg 5.

ROSALIA Bernard 0, VanGrimbergen 0, Maley 12, Naught 4, Scheele 20, Goyke 0, Finley 3, Blank 3, Botham 0.

Prep girls basketball

Becky McLaughlin scored 14 points and Staci Bernard added seven point as the Spartans (3-5, 9-9) rallied to beat the Vikings (2-5, 9-8).

Rosalia’s Sara Blank hit a pair of free throws to tie the game at 42.

Rosalia 47, Gar-Palouse 44

Garfield-Palouse 13 10 11 10 - 44

Rosalia 9 8 10 20 - 47

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Nelson 0, Main 14, Shelden 4, Pfaff 14, J.Cottrill 6, Hodson 0, Broughton 0, Smith 0, McCabe 6.

ROSALIA Nelson 2, Blank 5, Witte 2, Nelson 9, Peringer 0, Henning 2, McLaughlin 14, Brown 0, Bernard 13, Slemp 0.

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