Idaho Women Lose Season-Opener 73-71

The University of Idaho women’s basketball team lost its season-opener 73-71 to Lewis-Clark State on Tuesday before 953 fans in Memorial Gym in Moscow, Idaho.

The Vandals, who trailed 71-61 with 45 seconds left, went on a 10-1 run capped by Susan Woolf’s jump shot with 3 seconds remaining to close LCSC’s lead to one. Woolf, fouled on the play, intentionally missed the free throw. The Warriors, though, recovered the rebound to claim the win.

LCSC (3-0) won its third straight non-conference game.

The Warriors turned the ball over just 10 times, while the Vandals had 21 - 11 at the guard position.

“We need to get the ball down-court in pressure situations, and I need to do a better job coaching these guys on it,” Idaho coach Julie Holt said.

Jodi Benson and Amanda Campbell each led the Warriors with 15 points. Campbell, a guard, also grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.

Alli Nieman scored a game-high 17 points for Idaho, while Kathryn Gussett chipped in 16 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.

Idaho plays Friday against Oregon in Memorial Gym at 8 p.m. following the men’s basketball game against Montana Tech at 6.

High school girls

Jamie Bornitz totaled 17 rebounds, four blocked shots and five steals Tuesday as Kootenai defeated visiting Logos 31-13 in a non-league, season-opening girls basketball game at Harrison.

The Warriors won despite shooting 17 percent (14 of 82) from the floor. The Knights, of Moscow, missed 17 of 22 attempts from the field.

Kootenai 31, Logos 13

Logos 5 5 2 1 -13

Kootenai 8 10 6 7 -31

LOGOS-Budwig 7, Wilson 3, Lemons 3, Miller 0, Highsmith 0, Casebolt 0.

KOOTENAI-S. Kraack 2, Reinhardt 2, Andersen 4, Bornitz 13, Goodson 6, Damiano 4. , DataTimes