Cougars Bury Bears With Threes

Women’s basketball

The Washington State University women’s basketball team used 12 3-pointers to defeat California 87-64 in Pacific-10 Conference women’s basketball at Friel Court Thursday night.

Joanna Smith hit six 3-pointers, and Yvonne Kunze went 8 for 13 from the field and 2 for 4 from the free-throw line to lead the Cougars (11-12 overall, 5-9 in Pac-10 play) with 18 points each. Alke Dietel added 15 points and Jennifer Kerns scored 13 points to go with six assists.

The Golden Bears (5-18, 1-12) were led by Paige Bowie’s 18 points, including 7 for 13 from the field. Sherrise Smith poured in 13 points and Jennie Leander added 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds.

Trailing 36-29 at halftime, Cal climbed back and trailed 45-44 with about 16 minutes left.

The Cougars responded with four consecutive three-pointers, three of them coming from Smith, to hit Cal with a 14-2 run that put WSU ahead 59-47.

Both WSU’s 12 team 3-pointers and Smiths’ six individual treys were one short of WSU single-game records.

Washington St. 87, California 64

California (5-18)- Bowie 7-13 1-2 18, Lacey 1-4 1-1 3, Leander 6-6 0-0 12, Radovic 3-7 0-0 6, Smith 4-9 4-4 13, Corley 0-2 1-2 1, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Churchill 0-0 0-0 0, Ashbaugh 2-3 5-7 9, Inoue 1-1 0-0 2, Kennon 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-48 12-16 64.

Washington St. (11-12)- Dietel 4-8 5-6 15, Evans 0-4 1-2 1, Kunze 8-13 2-4 18, Nyseth 0-2 1-2 1, Lamb 3-9 2-2 9, Harrod 0-2 0-0 0, Smith 6-10 0-0 18, Castle 1-1 1-2 3, Kerns 3-7 5-7 13, Volkman 1-1 1-2 4, Rubio 1-1 3-3 5. Totals 27-58 21-30 87.

Halftime-Washington St. 36, California 29. 3-pointers- California 4-9 (Bowie 3-6, Smith 1-2, Corley 0-1), Washington St. 12-24 (Dietel 2-6, Nyseth 0-1, Lamb 1-3, Smith 6-10, Kerns 2-3, Volkman 1-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds- California 32 (Leander 9), Washington St. 31 (Kunze 8). Assists-California 10 (Radovic 3), Washington St. 20 (Kerns 6). Technical-S. Smith. Total fouls-California 24, Washington St. 15. A-532.

(5) Stanford 71, (21) UW 59

Super sub Kristin Folkl scored 26 points, and the Cardinal (16-5, 12-1) used an 18-3 run late in the game to defeat the Huskies (16-7, 7-7) at Seattle.

The Cardinal won for the 10th straight time and 14th in 15 starts. Stanford beat the Huskies for the ninth straight time, including a 20-point victory at home last month.

The Huskies were led by Jamie Redd’s 23 points and Amber Hall’s 13.

Stanford (16-5) - Scott 7-9 0-0 14, Nygaard 4-13 0-2 11, Owen 1-4 2-2 4, Freuen 2-3 0-0 5, Flores 1-4 7-7 9, Folkl 8-12 10-14 26, Peterson 1-2 0-0 2, Batastini 0-1 0-0 0, Gbalazeh 0-0 0-0 0, Granderson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-49 19-25 71.

Washington (16-7) - Hall 5-12 3-8 13, Hills 4-6 0-0 9, Pelz 2-5 1-2 5, Redd 6-20 7-11 23, Franza 0-6 0-0 0, Erickson 0-0 0-0 0, Duncan 0-3 2-2 2, Teel 0-0 0-0 0, Lynch 1-6 0-0 2, Sheets 2-6 0-0 5, Tuiaea 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-64 13-23 59.

Halftime-Stanford 41, Washington 30. 3-Point goals- Stanford 4-16 (Nygaard 3-8, Freuen 1-2, Peterson 0-1, Batastini 0-1, Folkl 0-1, Flores 0-3), Washington 6-27 (Redd 4-14, Hills 1-1, Sheets 1-3, Lynch 0-2, Duncan 0-3, Franza 0-4). Fouled out-Pelz. Rebounds-Stanford 44 (Folkl 9), Washington 36 (Redd 13). Assists-Stanford 12 (Flores 5), Washington 10 (Hall, Redd, Pelz 2). Total fouls-Stanford 18, Washington 21. A-4,491.

Montana St. 60, EWU 37

At Bozeman, Mont., freshman Allison Bach came off the bench to score 13 points, leading the Bobcats past the Eagles.

Montana State (10-14 overall, 5-9 Big Sky) used a 9-2 run to take a 22-14 halftime lead. The teams combined for 25 turnovers in the first half.

Montana State used a 19-9 run to take a 41-23 advantage midway through the second half.

Juli Carlson led Eastern Washington with 11 points.

Eastern Washington (4-20, 2-12) - Ford 3-11 2-2 8, Carlson 3-6 5-6 11, Moore 4-13 0-0 10, Waddell 1-4 0-0 2, Horner 0-4 0-0 0, Galloway 0-1 0-0 0, Schmitt 0-1 0-0 0, Dukes 0-2 0-0 0, Olson 0-3 0-0 0, Davies 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 14-51 7-8 37.

Montana State (10-14, 5-9) - Ballek 2-6 1-2 5, Merrill 3-10 3-4 9, Smith 4-11 1-4 9, Weedin 4-13 0-0 10, Spring 2-7 3-4 7, Meckling 1-6 0-0 2, Bach 5-8 1-3 13, Sherrill 1-1 0-0 2, Martin 0-3 3-4 3. Totals 22-65 12-21 60.

Halftime - Montana State 22, Eastern Washington 14. 3-point goals - Eastern Washington 2-14 (Ford 0-3, Moore 2-4, Waddell 0-3, Horner 0-3, Schmitt 0-1), Montana State 4-19 (Weedin 2-8, Spring 0-1, Meckling 0-5, Bach 2-5). Fouled out - None. Rebounds - Eastern Washington 42 (Schmitt 8), Montana State 45 (Smith 10). Assists - Eastern Washington 10 (Schmitt 3), Montana State 13 (Spring 6). Total fouls - Eastern Washington 16, Montana State 9. Technicals - None. A - 780.

Top 25

(11) Duke 65, (10) N.C. State 62

Nicole Erickson’s jumper with 55 seconds left and Lauren Rice’s two free throws 36 seconds later sent the Blue Devils (19-6, 12-3 ACC) past the Wolfpack (20-5, 11-4).

Duke can clinch the regular season ACC title with a victory over Virginia on Sunday.

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