Palouse doubleheader; big win for EWU

The women’s basketball news for the day … Washington State has its home opener against Gonzaga, which is now ranked in the coach’s Top 25 , tonight so we caught up with Cougar senior Rose Tarnowski for our weekly notebook. … Also on the Palouse, Washington visits Idaho . … Surprisingly, both these are doubleheaders with the men, Idaho women are early (before the men play Eastern ), the WSU women are late (after the men play Grambling ). … Meanwhile, Eastern Washington gets a great win at Portland after the Pilots beat two Big Sky Conference favorites, Montana & Portland State. … Also, Gonzaga senior Kayla Standish (above) is named to the preseason Naismith watch list.