Whitworth Overwhelms Pioneers

Women’s basketball

Jamie Wakefield scored 16 points and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds to spark the Whitworth Pirates to a 74-49 victory over the Lewis & Clark Pioneers in Northwest Conference women’s basketball action at the Whitworth Fieldhouse on Saturday.

Whitworth (16-7, 10-4) forced 26 turnovers and held the Pioneers (8-15, 3-11) to 27 percent shooting from the floor.

The Pirates used an 18-5 run midway through the second half to turn a 38-28 lead into a 56-33 advantage with 10:44 to play.

Whitworth guard Emily Stuenkel hit 3 of 5 3-pointers and finished with 16 points.

Whitworth 74, L&C 49

Lewis & Clark (8-15, 3-11) - Dunnigan 1-6 1-2 4, Terada 1-6 1-2 4, Spellacy 5-12 1-1 12, Pace 0-6 1-2 1, Forrest 1-5 2-2 4, Gildner 4-12 4-7 12, Vericolli 2-5 2-2 6, Costa 0-1 0-0 0, Higman 0-1 0-0 0, Braun 2-5 2-4 6. Totals 16-59 14-22 49.

Whitworth (16-7, 10-4) - Ewart 2-4 0-0 5, Middlesworth 1-5 0-0 2, Stuenkel 6-11 1-2 16, Hamlin 1-1 0-0 2, Moore 0-1 0-0 0, Dreewes 0-4 2-2 2, Olson 3-6 1-1 8, Wilder 2-6 3-4 7, Ratcliff 0-2 2-4 2, Slwooko 2-4 1-2 5, O’Neal 0-0 0-0 0, Wakefield 7-18 2-2 16, Austin 1-2 0-0 2, Bandy 2-6 1-3 5, Matthews 1-1 0-2 2. Totals 28-71 13-22 74.

Halftime - Whitworth 33, Lewis & Clark 23. 3-point goals - Lewis & Clark 3-7 (Dunnigan 1-1, Spellacy 1-2, Terada 1-3, Costa 0-1), Whitworth 5-17 (Stuenkel 3-5, Olson 1-2, Ewart 1-2, Slwooko 0-1, Dreewes 0-1, Austin 0-1, Wakefield 0-2, Middlesworth 0-3). Fouled out - Forrest. Rebounds - Lewis & Clark 46 (Gildner (7), Whitworth 50 (Wakefield 12). Assists - Lewis & Clark 8 (Dunnigan, Pace, Costa 2), Whitworth 17 (Stuenkel 5). Total fouls - Lewis & Clark 21, Whitworth 21. Technicals - None. A - 486.

Sacramento St. 67, EWU 63

Sephora Scoubes scored a game-high 21 points, 15 in the first half and four in the final 2 minutes, to spark the Hornets (6-17, 4-8) to a Big Sky Conference win over the visiting Eagles (8-14, 4-8).

Eastern overcame a 12-point second-half deficit and took a 62-61 lead on a Janelle Ruen basket with 3:44 left in the game.

Scoubes hit a jumper to make it 63-62 and after a Ruen free throw tied it up, Scoubes nailed another jumper.

Eastern Washington (8-14, 4-8) - Demetruk 1-1 0-2 2, Bailey 2-8 2-2 6, J. Granger 3-5 0-0 6, Ruen 6-8 3-6 17, Ford-Phelps 4-11 2-2 10, Chase 0-0 0-0 0, S. Granger 1-2 0-2 3, Moore 3-10 0-0 6, Burgess 4-7 2-4 10, Carlson 0-2 3-7 3. Totals 24-54 12-25 63.

Sacramento State (6-17, 4-8) - Hardaway 4-9 5-5 13, Scoubes 7-12 7-12 21, Rodriguez 1-2 0-0 3, Kenyon 1-5 0-0 2, Dunn 1-5 5-8 8, Gatson 2-4 1-4 5, St. Clair 5-16 1-1 13, Mayes 0-1 0-0 0, Smurzynski 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 22-56 19-30 67.

Halftime - Sacramento State 41, Eastern Washington 31. 3-point goals - Eastern Washington 3-6 (Ruen 2-2, S. Granger 1-1, Ford-Phelps 0-3), Sacramento State 4-14 (St. Clair 2-8, Rodriguez 1-1, Dunn 1-3, Scoubes 0-1, Kenyon 0-1). Fouled out - Bailey. Rebounds - Eastern Washington 41 (Moore 11), Sacramento State 33 (Hardaway 14). Assists - Eastern Washington 16 (Ford-Phelps, S. Granger 3), Sacramento State 15 (Kenyon 4). Total fouls - Eastern Washington 23, Sacramento State 21. Technicals - None. A - 243.

St. Mary’s 76, Gonzaga 68

Rebounding was the difference in Moraga, Calif., as the Gaels (18-7, 10-2) handed the Bulldogs (9-16, 2-10) their seventh straight West Coast Conference defeat.

St. Mary’s outrebounded Gonzaga 54-27.

Jessica Malone’s 18 points, five rebounds and six assists paced Gonzaga.