Fast Break

Women’s basketball

GU collects outright WCC title

Gonzaga defeated host Portland 87-67 on Saturday to win its fourth consecutive West Coast Conference championship.

The Bulldogs (20-7, 11-1) had four players in double figures against the Pilots (15-12, 5-7), led by sophomore Heather Bowman’s double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds. Tiffanie Shives scored a career-high 19 points and Elaina Renius and Jami Bjorklund added 10 points apiece. Courtney Vandersloot collected a career-high 11 assists, including nine in the second half.

Gonzaga shot 50 percent from the field, also hitting half its 10 3-point attempts. The Bulldogs had a season high of eight blocked shots.

With the No. 1 seed to the conference tournament in hand, Gonzaga plays at Santa Clara on Thursday and at Saint Mary’s on Saturday.

Baseball

Clemens caught by candid camera?

Roger Clemens’ lawyer was told a photograph exists that shows the pitcher at a party hosted by Jose Canseco, an issue that was disputed in Congress this month.

A June 1998 party at Canseco’s house in Florida was one of several topics discussed during Clemens’ testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Feb. 13.

Clemens’ former trainer, Brian McNamee, said the seven-time Cy Young Award winner was at the party. Clemens denied being there when he gave a deposition to congressional investigators on Feb. 5, then testified eight days later that it was possible he could have stopped by after playing golf.

In the Mitchell Report on doping in baseball, released in December, McNamee alleged that Clemens spoke with Canseco at the barbecue and soon after approached the trainer about using performance-enhancing drugs.

College basketball

Thrill of victory, agony of defeat

Bentley set an NCAA Division II record with its 53rd consecutive regular-season victory, an 85-65 win over St. Michael’s in Colchester, Vt.. The Falcons (26-0) broke a record set by Langston University in 1945.

Then there is New Jersey Institute of Technology.

The Highlanders lost to Utah Valley State 76-50 in Orem, Utah. The Highlanders finished the season 0-29, the worst record for a Division I team in a season. The previous low set by two other schools was 0-28. They have lost 33 in a row, one away from the record.