Erickson, Ruff Help WSU Knock Off Arizona, End Skid

College women

Kristin Erickson and Jenni Ruff combined for 50 points as the Washington State women’s basketball team snapped a five-game losing skid with a 76-67 Pacific-10 Conference win over Arizona Thursday in Tucson, Ariz.

Erickson finished with a career-high 27 points, while Ruff tallied 23 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds for WSU (16-10 overall, 7-8 Pac-10). Center Yvonne Kunze added 10 for WSU. Adia Barnes led the Wildcats (17-7 8-7) with 17 points.

Washington St. 76, Arizona 67

Washington St. (16-10) - Ruff 7-13 7-8 23, Erickson 10-20 0-0 27, Kunze 5-8 0-0 10, Hyett 3-6 0-1 6, Kronberger 0-3 0-0 0, Wight 3-9 0-0 8, Evans 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 28-60 9-11 76.

Arizona (17-7) - Barnes 8-16 1-2 17, Constand 3-12 4-4 13, Clark 4-7 0-1 8, Pantoja 2-13 0-0 5, Minter 4-9 6-9 14, Crank 1-3 0-0 3, Giordano 3-8 0-0 6, Alexander 0-1 1-4 1. Totals 25-69 12-20 67.

Halftime-Washington St. 36, Arizona 33. 3-Point goals- Washington St. 11-27 (Erickson 7-13, Wight 2-7, Ruff 2-4, Kronberger 0-3). Arizona 5-25 (Pantoja 1-10, Constand 3-9, Giordano 0-3, Minter 0-2, Crank 1-1). Fouled out-Erickson. Rebounds-Washington St. 37 (Ruff 11), Arizona 43 (Constand 9). Assists-Washington St. 19 (Hyett 9), Arizona 21 (Pantoja 14). Total fouls-Washington St. 17, Arizona 12. A-1,485.

Arizona St. 87, Washington 72

In Tempe, Ariz., Molly Tuter had 18 points and 11 rebounds in leading the Sun Devils past the Huskies (14-12, 8-7).

Tuter, Arizona State’s leading scorer, had eight of her 13 first-half points to start a 23-6 run as the Sun Devils (7-17, 3-12) took a 36-26 lead with 2:33 left in the first half.

Washington (14-12) - Wuschnig 5-9 2-2 12, Redd 4-17 5-5 14, Pelz 4-8 1-4 9, Savasta 5-14 0-0 10, Kelly 3-10 1-4 7, Hall 7-10 2-3 16, Niemela 0-1 0-0 0, Lynch 1-2 0-0 2, Hoffmann 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 30-74 11-18 72.

Arizona St. (7-17) - Tuter 5-13 6-10 18, Witkowski 7-13 4-8 19, Ziuraitis 1-6 2-3 4, Gledhill 2-7 7-9 11, Johnson 11-19 2-3 24, Amama 2-2 1-1 5, Boyle 0-0 2-2 2, Freeman 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 30-64 24-36 87.

Halftime-Arizona St. 36, Washington 28. 3-Point Goals- Washington 1-15 (Redd 1-6, Niemela 0-1, Savasta 0-3, Kelly 0-5), Arizona St. 3-7 (Tuter 2-5, Witkowski 1-2). Fouled Out-Wuschnig, Redd, Pelz. Rebounds-Washington 42 (Hall 12), Arizona St. 49 (Tuter 11). Assists-Washington 14 (Savasta 5, Kelly 5), Arizona St. 24 (Gledhill 13). Total Fouls-Washington 23, Arizona St. 19. Technicals-Washington bench 2. A-451.

WCC

Portland 77, Gonzaga 60

Deana Lansing scored 26 points, including six 3-pointers, as the Pilots ended the Bulldogs season at the West Coast Conference tournament in Santa Clara, Calif.

In other WCC tournament games, Pepperdine beat St. Mary’s 48-44, San Francisco dropped Loyola Marymount 65-35 and San Diego eliminated Santa Clara 68-57.

Gonzaga (60) - Ledgerwood 3-12 1-2 7, Andrews 0-5 2-5 2, Phillips 1-3 1-4 3, Pauley 9-16 1-2 14, Sherfey 4-13 0-0 10, McCliment 1-4 5-5 7, Gere 2-4 1-1 5, McCullough 1-1 1-2 3, Herman 1-3 2-2 4. TOTALS: 22-61 14-23 60.

Portland (77) - Petersen 0-1 0-0 0, Lansing 9-12 2-2 26, Toonen 6-11 2-2 14, Sale 5-14 3-4 14, Hepton 1-9 2-2 4, Green 1-2 0-0 2, Olson 4-5 0-0 8, Stein 2-8 3-4 7, Pompili 0-1 0-0 0, Wiseman 0-0 0-0 0, Draper 0-0 2-2 2.

Halftime - Portland 38, Gonzaga 23. 3-point goals - GU 2-9 (Pauley 0-3, Ledgerwood 0-1, Sherfey 2-4, Andrews 0-1); UP - 7-14 (Sale 1-1, Hepton 0-4, Lansing 6-9). Rebounds - GU 39 (Pauley 14), UP 39 (Lansing 8). Fouls - GU 12, UP 19. Fouled out - Pauley. Assists - GU 5 (Herman 2), UP 18 (Lansing 7). Turnovers - GU 16 (Andrews 4), UP 11 (Lansing 5). Blocked shots - GU 0, UP 10 (Toonen 6). Steals - GU 5 (Herman 2), UP 7 (Lansing 3).