Washington leaves UW men’s basketball

Junior Anthony Washington is leaving the University of Washington men’s basketball team and will transfer to another school, coach Lorenzo Romar announced Tuesday.

The 6-foot-9, 245-pound center played 27 games last season, averaging 10 minutes per contest. He averaged 3.3 points and 2.1 rebounds in 2004. A product of Seattle’s Garfield High School, Washington averaged 4.8 points and 3.2 rebounds as a freshman in 2002-03.

He didn’t declare his transfer destination.

College golf

UC-Riverside came from eight strokes off the first-day pace to capture the team title at the Inland Empire Women’s Intercollegiate golf tournament at the 5,977-yard, par 72 The Highlands Golf and Country Club course in Post Falls.

After posting a 299 on Monday, the Vandals fell to 315 and would up second. Carlie Allen of Eastern Washington University shot a 2-under-par 70 to go with an opening-round 75 to finish second at 145 in helping the Eagles take third with a 622. Gonzaga finished sixth.

•The 20th-ranked Washington men’s golf team turned in its best round of the tournament to place third at its Opus NW Invitational at Gold Mountain golf course in Bremerton.

The Huskies shot 3-under-par 357 to complete the 54-hole event at 14-over 1,094, two strokes behind 15th-ranked BYU.

Washington was led by sophomores Alex Prugh of Spokane and Erik Olson during the team’s first tournament of the season. Prugh posted a 4-under 68 during the final round to move up from 14th to a tie for third. It was his best finish in a collegiate event.

College soccer

Whitworth junior defenseman Trevor Osborne has been named the Northwest Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

•Whitworth’s women (5-0) are ranked 24th in the NSCAA/adidas Division III top-25 poll.