Northridge Survives Eastern’s Late Bid

College women

Cal State Northridge defeated visiting Eastern Washington 56-49 in Big Sky Conference action Thursday night, despite a 25-point effort by the Eastern’s Tanya Kirk.

EWU (5-17, 2-10) pulled within two points of the Matadors with 4:41 remaining before CSUN’s Tammie Mills sank 5 of 6 free throws and Lisa Vallencourt connected on a 3-pointer to push the lead back to eight. The Eagles could not rally back after that.

Mills finished with 15 points and nine assists to lead the Matadors (4-18, 2-9).

CS Northridge 56, Eastern 49

Eastern Washington (5-17, 2-10) - Ray 4-13 3-4 11, Kirk 8-19 8-10 25, Sloan 0-0 0-0 0, Schmick 0-2 0-0 0, Sutter 1-3 0-1 2, Bartleson 0-4 2-2 2, Ford 0-2 0-0 0, Carlson 1-5 0-0 2, Ferguson 1-3 5-6 8. Totals 15-51 18-23 49.

CS Northridge (4-18, 2-9) - Mahoric 3-6 1-1 7, Bowling 2-5 0-0 4, Bell 4-8 0-0 8, Jones 2-8 0-1 4, Mills 3-14 9-10 15, Karbowski 0-0 0-0 0, Reese 0-0 0-0 0, Nelson 4-6 0-0 8, Vaillancourt 2-6 2-2 8, Hagman 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 21-56 12-14 56.

Halftime score - CSN 27, EWU 23. 3-point goals - EWU 1-8 (Kirk 1-5, Sutter 0-1, Bartleson 0-2), Csn 2-6 (Jones 0-1, Vaillancourt 2-5). Total fouls - EWU 15, CSN 17. Fouled out - Bell. Technical fouls - None. Rebounds - EWU 33 (Ferguson 8), CSN 43 (Mahoric 10). Assists - EWU 11 (Sutter 4), CSN 14 (Mills 9).

USF 76, Gonzaga 47

The Dons improved their homecourt winning streak to 22 games by defeating the Bulldogs in a West Coast Conference game at San Francisco.

Brittany Lindhe and Andrea Kagie each scored 18 points to lead the Dons (20-4, 9-2). Kagie finished with 11 rebounds and three 3-pointers.

Gonzaga’s Bulldogs (4-19, 2-9) were led by Lydia Ledgerwood and Jennille Jeffries with eight points apiece.

Gonzaga (4-19, 2-9) - McCullough 0-3 0-0 0, Ledgerwood 3-5 1-4 8, Osberg 2-2 1-2 6, Herman 1-4 0-0 2, Jeffries 3-10 2-4 8, Waltz 0-0 0-0 0, Andrews 2-5 2-3 7, Clark 0-0 0-0 0, Gere 2-3 0-0 4, Deal 2-3 0-0 4, Steward 2-3 0-0 4, Perno 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 19-44 6-13 47.

San Francisco (20-4, 9-2) - Demirdjian 4-5 0-0 8, Murdent 2-4 2-2 6, Woods 3-8 1-5 7, Shadian 4-8 2-3 12, Lindhe 7-12 0-4 18, Kagie 7-16 1-4 18, Ltow 0-2 0-0 0, Voiland 0-1 0-0 0, Madkins 1-3 0-1 3, Richardson 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 30-63 10-22 76.

Half time - GU 29, USF 46. 3-point goals - GU 3-7 (Ledgerwood 1-1, Andrews 1-2, Jeffries 0-2, Gere 0-1, Osberg 1-1), USF 6-16 (Shadian 2-4, Kagie 3-6, Ltow 0-2, Voiland 0-1, Madkins 1-3). Total fouls - GU 20, USF 15. Rebounds - GU 32 (Perno, Andrews 7), USF 40 (Kagie 11, Woods 10). Fouled out - Perno. Assists - GU 12, USF 21 (Demirdjian, Shadian 6). Technical fouls - none. Attendance - 728.

North Idaho 95, Eastern Utah 60

The first-place Cardinals dominated the Golden Eagles in a Scenic West Athletic Conference victory at Christianson Gym in Coeur d’Alene with the help Jana Nearing’s 20 points and 16 rebounds.

Eastern Utah (13-12, 5-8) - Young 1-2 2-3 4, Rowbury 2-5 1-2 6, Carlson 2-7 2-2 6, Hale 4-13 4-5 13, Angel 3-10 1-2 8, Tobiasson 0-6 0-0 0, McAteee 1-4 0-1 3, Baker 1-1 0-0 3, Snarr 1-4 1-2 3, Butler 4-4 2-3 10, Riffle 2-7 0-1 4. Totals 21-63 13-21 60.

North Idaho (22-2, 12-2) - Rehder 1-1 0-0 2, Goyne 2-6 0-0 4, Jacques 3-6 0-0 7, Richards 0-0 0-1 0, Dickson 5-8 0-0 11, Viebrock 4-7 3-3 11, Albers 0-0 0-2 0, Nearing 10-17 0-1 20, Roylance 0-0 2-2 2, Rainer 5-17 3-3 13, Clark 0-1 0-0 0, Shepard 2-3 0-0 4, Jensen 2-4 0-0 6, Dowhy 7-7 1-4 15, Smethers 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 41-80 9-16 95.

Halftime - NIC 45, Eastern Utah 30. 3-point goals - CEU 5-17 (Baker 1-1, McAtee 1- 1, Angel 1-5, Hale 1-6, Rowbury 1-3, Young 0-1), NIC 4-9 (Jacques 1-1, Jensen 2-3, Dickson 1-3, Goyne 0-2). Total fouls - CEU 15, NIC 17. Fouled out - none. Technical fouls - none. Assists - CEU 18 (Hale 6), NIC 27 (Jacques 5). Rebounds - CEU 37 (Hale 8), NIC 50 (Nearing 16).

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