EWU Eagles misfire on road

Brianne Ryan had a double-double and Julie Piper was two rebounds shy, but poor shooting doomed Eastern Washington in a 58-55 non-league women’s basketball loss at Cal State Fullerton Monday night.

Piper had a team-high 13 points and eight rebounds and Ryan had 12 points and 10 rebounds, but the Eagles shot just 38.5 percent from the field, hitting just 1 of 12 3-point attempts.

Still the Eagles (6-6) had a chance to send the game to overtime, but Chene Cooper’s 3-pointer at the buzzer failed to fall.

Eastern, which never led, made it to the free throw line just seven times to 25 for the Titans (4-6), who also outrebounded the Eagles by 20. Eastern also committed 22 turnovers.

Boys basketball

Ferris 68, North Central 65: Riley Stockton made 3 of 4 free throws down the stretch to help the Saxons overcome the visiting Indians, who led midway through the fourth quarter in the non-league makeup game between the Greater Spokane League rivals.

Stockton led four Saxons (1-3) in double figures with 18 points. Lucas Evans, who led NC (3-5) with 12, tried a half-court buzzer-beater that missed.

Coeur d’Alene 56, Priest River 50: Deon Watson had 15 points to lead four Vikings (6-1) in double figures in the non-league road win. Jake Weimer had 22 points and Eric Holbrook 17 – 15 in the second half – for the Spartans (5-2).

Lakeland 49, Riverside 44: Foul trouble sidelined Joel Underdahl in the third quarter after he hit two of his three 3-pointers, but he scored four of his game-high 19 points in the fourth to help the visiting Hawks (3-2) win the non-league game. Dustin Martin led the Rams (2-3) with 16.

Soap Lake 54, Wilbur-Creston 53: Kyler Moats hit a 22-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer as the home team snapped the Wildcats’ (7-1) seven-game win streak and spoiled a career-high 32-point night for Austin Snavely in the non-league game.

Girls basketball

Lakeland 50, Riverside 44: The Hawks (3-6) got scoring from 10 of the 11 who played, led by Emily Stecker’s 11, in the non-league road win. Courtney Davis led the Rams (1-4) with 12 points.

Arena football

The Spokane Shock will hold an open tryout for players on Feb. 14 at Washington State University’s indoor practice facility in Pullman. Registration will begin at 8 a.m and the tryout will begin at 9.

Cost of the tryout is $50 for those who pre-register, and $65 at the door. Registration forms are available on the Shock website, www.spokaneshock.com.