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Pilots Whip Poor-Shooting Eagles

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University of Portland (4-3) built a 23-point halftime lead and went on to dispatch cold-shooting Eastern Washington 76-46 in Portland.

At 41 percent, Eastern Washington (2-6) had its better shooting half while falling behind 45-22 by halftime. The Eagles were 8 for 33, including 0 for 12 on 3-pointers, in the second half and finished at 31 percent, 13 percent (3 for 23) on 3-point attempts.

Reserve Kelli Pilkington had 12 points and 14 rebounds for Eastern Washington. Starting center Lyndy Burgess added 11 points.

Leading scorers for Portland (4-3) were Shannon MacCormac with 15 points and Kristin Hepton with 10. Hepton, a Central Valley High graduate, added five rebounds. Portland’s roster also includes Alison Asher (Lake City High) and Jennifer Swinton (Ferris), who scored four and six points, respectively.

Portland 76, Eastern Washington 46

Eastern Washington (2-6) - Waddell 0-1 0-0 0, Horner , Lincoln 1-11 4-4 6, Bailey 0-0 0-0 0, Paluck 0-3 1-2 1, J. Granger 1-2 0-0 2, Dukes 0-3 0-0 0, Ford 3-8 0-0 8, Chase 0-0 0-0 0, S. Granger , Moore 0-0 1-2 1, Pilkington 5-11 2-5 12, Burgess 5-8 1-2 11, Hatcher 2-8 0-0 5, Carlson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-55 9-15 46.

Portland - Hepton 3-8 4-5 10, MacCormac 6-12 2-2 15, Green 3-7 1-2 7, Felts 2-6 0-0 4, Pompili 4-6 0-0 8, Finch 0-0 2-2 2, Standish 0-5 2-2 2, Stringer 2-5 3-5 7, Rissmiller 3-6 1-2 7, Reeder 2-6 0-0 4, Asher 1-1 2-2 4, Swinton 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 29-68 17-22 76.

Halftime - Portland 45, Eastern Washington 24. 3-point goals - Eastern Washington 3-23 (Ford 2-6, Hatcher 1-6, Waddell 0-1, Paluck 0-1, Pilkington 0-1, Dukes 0-3, Lincoln 0-5). Portland 1-10 (MacCormac 1-3, Felts 0-1, Standish 0-1, Rissmiller 0-1, Reeder 0-1, Hepton 0-3). Fouled out - None. Rebounds - Eastern Washington 40 (Pilkington 14), Portland 44 (Green 7). Assists - Eastern Washington 10 (Lincoln 3), Portland 19 (MacCormac 5). Total fouls - Eastern Washington 21, Portland 17. Technicals - None. A - 406.

Whitworth 66, Seattle 61

Jamie Wakefield had 14 points and six rebounds and Emily Stuenkel added 11 points to lead the Pirates past the cold-shooting Chieftains in a Northwest Conference game at Seattle.

Seattle was plagued by poor shooting, converting just 20 of 84 shots for 22.2 percent. Whitworth also had a poor night from the floor, hitting 29 of 69 attempts for 39.5 percent.

The win improved the Pirates to 4-2, 2-1 in the conference.

Whitworth (4-2, 2-1) - Bandy 1-3 1-2 3, Stuenkel 5-12 0-0 11, Albertson 4-6 0-0 9, Walter 1-2 0-0 2, Dreewes 2-5 0-1 4, Hamlin 0-0 0-0 0, Ratcliff 1-2 0-0 2, Wakefield 5-11 4-5 14, Turner 0-2 0-2 0, Werner 4-9 0-0 8, Slwooko 4-8 0-1 8, Olson 2-9 1-2 5, Seattle University - K. Trias 2-7 0-0 4, M. Trias 0-3 0-0 0, Flnau 4-20 4-5 12, Kloeck 3-6 3-4 10, DeLaunay 5-18 6-9 18, Matzke 4-19 2-2 12, Nelson 0-2 0-0 0, Farrar 1-4 0-0 2, Takeuchi 1-5 1-2 3. Totals 20-84 16-22 61.

Halftime - Whitworth 33, Seattle University 32. 3-point goals - Stuenkel, Albertson, Kloeck, DeLaunay 2, Matzke 2. Fouled out - None. Rebounds - Whitworth 52 (Wakefield 9), Seattle University 60 (Matzke 13). Assists - Whitworth 12 (Stuenkel, Wakefield, Werner 3), Seattle University 4 (DeLuanay 2). Total fouls - Whitworth 16, Seattle University 14. A - NA.