Today’s Best
Top performers from the Inland Northwest and beyond:
David West
Scored 32 points – 14 in the fourth quarter – to help the New Orleans Hornets beat the New Jersey Nets.
Erica Tukainen
Scored 18 of her career-high 25 points in the second half to help UCLA beat California.
Jenn Stuczynski
Bettered her own American indoor record in the pole vault, clearing 15-10 to win U.S. Indoor title.