Whitworth Rallies To Victory

College women’s basketball

The Whitworth College women’s basketball team held off a late Willamette rally and Kristi Pentzer sealed the Pirates’ 67-64 victory with two free throws in the final 12 seconds Friday at the Whitworth Fieldhouse.

The win evened the Pirates’ over-all record at 8-8, but more importantly kept them tied for third place at 7-3 in the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges. Willamette dropped to 8-8, 5-5.

The Pirates trailed 42-27 before going on a 29-8 run in a 10-minute period of the second half.

Willamette’s Kristen Anderson scored four of her team-high 12 points in the final 3:30 and the Bearcats drew as close as 63-62 with 1:12 left.

Whitworth’s Star Olson then scored on a layup and Pentzer closed it out from the foul line.

Andrea Sherer, a senior center, led the Bucs with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Freshman forward Jamie Wakefield added 13 points.

Whitworth 67, Willamette 64

Willamette (8-8, 5-5) - Charriere 3-12 2-3 8, Sorenson 1-5 1-2 4, Edmonds 1-4 2-2 4, Moore 1-5 0-0 2, Heard 4-9 1-2 9, Waliezer 3-7 7-11 13, Hughes 0-1 0-0 0, Madson 2-2 0-2 4, Scott 0-0 0-0 0, Anderson 6-12 2-4 14, Peiretti 2-3 2-2 6. Totals 23-60 17-28 64.

Whitworth (8-8, 7-3) - Bandy 0-0 0-0 0, Sherer 7-14 4-8 18, Davis 1-4 0-0 3, Ratcliff 0-0 0-0 0, Wakefield 6-8 0-0 13, Pentzer 3-11 3-7 10, Werner 2-3 1-2 5, Olson 4-10 1-4 11, Viall 2-5 2-2 7. Totals 25-55 11-23 67.

Halftime - Willamette 36, Whitworth 27. 3-point goals - Willamette 1-6 (Sorenson 1-2, Edmonds 0-1, Moore 0-1, Charriere 0-2), Whitworth 6-14 (Olson 2-4, Wakefield 1-1, Viall 1-2, Pentzer 1-3, Davis 1-4). Fouled out - None. Rebounds - Willamette 44 (Anderson 12), Whitworth 38 (Sherer 12). Assists - Willamette 8 (Charriere 5), Whitworth 15 (Pentzer 4, Olson 4). Total fouls - Willamette 17, Whitworth 19. Technicals - None.

San Francisco 75, Gonzaga 57

The Bulldogs shot 31 percent from the field in the first half, falling behind by 23 points in a West Coast Conference game at San Francisco.

The Dons (7-12, 3-4 WCC) led 43-20 at halftime after shooting 55 percent in the first half.

Gonzaga (9-10, 1-6) was led by Holly Turner, who scored 13 points. Melanie Tipps added 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds.

Gonzaga (9-10, 1-6) - Osberg 2-5 0-0 5, Murdock 1-6 4-4 6, Tipps 4-10 3-5 11, Ledgerwood 5-8 0-1 10, Turner 6-14 0-0 13, McNairy 0-0 0-0 0, Jefferies 0-0 0-0 0, Andrews 3-7 3-4 10, Gere 1-7 0-0 2, Deal 0-1 0-0 0, Perno 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-59 10-14 57.

San Francisco (7-12, 3-4) - Tasnadi 4-9 0-0 9, Wanless 5-9 2-2 12, Woods 7-9 7-11 21, Harris 1-1 0-0 2, Huff 3-5 0-0 7, Birincioglu 2-4 1-2 5, Madkins 1-4 6-8 8, Whisler 3-5 1-1 7, Washington 2-5 0-0 4, Voiland 0-0 0-0 0, Jennings 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-51 17-24 75.

Halftime - San Francisco 43, Gonzaga 20. 3-point goals - Gonzaga 3-17 (Andrews 1-1, Osberg 1-3, Turner 1-8, Ledgerwood 0-1, Gere 0-4), San Francisco 2-4 (Huff 1-1, Tasnadi 1-2, Washington 0-1. Fouled out - None. Rebounds - Gonzaga 31 (Tipps 7), San Francisco 36 (Woods 9). Assists - Gonzaga 13 (Murdock 3, Turner 3), San Francisco 17 (Madkins 5). Total fouls - Gonzaga 16, San Francisco 17. Technicals - None. A - 784.

Pacific 60, Idaho 53

Eden Palacio scored 19 points to lead the Tigers past the Vandals in a Big West Conference game.

The Vandals (8-12, 4-3 Big West), down 35-22 at halftime, went on a 23-9 run to cut Pacific’s lead to 45-44 with 5:49 remaining in the game. But Pacific (6-11, 2-4) responded with a quick 6-0 spurt to make it 51-44 with 4:35 left.

Kelli Johnson led the Vandals with 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting.

Idaho (8-12, 4-3) - Gussett 1-9 0-0 2, Nieman 5-15 2-2 12, Stone 2-8 1-2 5, Johnson 7-12 0-0 16, Woolf 4-11 1-2 10, Newman 0-0 0-0 0, McDaniel 3-4 0-1 8, Purcell 0-0 0-0 0, Benad 0-0 0-0 0, Rico 0-2 0-0 0, Bloom 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-61 4-7 53.

Pacific (6-11, 2-4) - S. Yarbrough 2-5, 2-3 7, Palacio 6-15 6-10 19, Guggia 2-6 5-8 9, Miller 1-3 2-4 4, Smith 1-4 0-0 3, Svensson 1-4 0-0 2, M. Yarbrough 0-2 5-6 5, Lauritzen 5-6 0-1 11. Totals 18-45 20-32 60.

Halftime - Pacific 35, Idaho 22. 3-point goals - Idaho 5-14 (Nieman 0-2, Johnson 2-4, Woolf 1-6, McDaniel 2-2), Pacific 4-9 (Sarah Yarbrough 1-1, Palacio 1-5, Guggia 0-1, Smith 1-1, Lauritzen 1-1). Rebounds - Idaho 28 (Gussett 6), Pacific 44 (Sarah Yarbrough 9). Assists - Idaho 11 (Gussett, Nieman, Johnson, McDaniel 2), Pacific 10 (Palacio, Miller 3). Total fouls - Idaho 24, Pacific 11. Technicals - Pacific bench. A - 465.

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