Tia Presley, Lia Galdeira lead WSU women past Loyola Marymount

LOS ANGELES – With guards Tia Presley and Lia Galdeira leading the way, Washington State wrapped up nonconference play with an 87-60 women’s basketball victory over Loyola Marymount on Monday.

The Cougars (9-2), off to their best start since 1995-96, received 16 points and six assists from Presley, a senior from Gonzaga Prep, and 15 points and six rebounds from Galdeira.

WSU hit a season-high 12 3-pointers.

Washington St. 87, LMU 60

 Washington State (9-2) — Cooks 3-7 3-4 9, Dheensaw 3-8 0-0 6, Galdeira 5-10 3-4 15, Presley 5-14 3-4 14, Awa 3-4 0-0 7, Bolston 0-0 0-0 0, Hailey 2-6 1-3 6, Williamson 1-1 0-0 3, Edmondson 3-8 0-0 9, Kmetovska 1-3 0-0 2, Pavlopoulou 1-3 2-2 4, Blanaru 1-3 0-0 2, Brown 3-3 1-2 8, Totals 31-70 13-19 87.

Loyola Marymount (2-9) — Ben-Jumbo 6-10 1-4 13, Lock 0-1 0-0 0, Anderson 4-12 2-2 10, Lucero 0-5 2-2 2, Lopez-Wood 4-13 0-0 12, Aimonetti 2-3 0-0 6, Hall 0-2 2-2 2, Tayloor 2-9 2-2 6, Alford 4-6 0-0 8, Olson 0-1 0-0 0, Cast 0-3 1-2 1, Totals 22-65 10-14 60.

Halftime—WSU 41-27. 3-Point Goals—WSU 12-26 (Cooks 0-2, Galdeira 2-6, Presley 3-7, Awa 1-1, Hailey 1-3, Williamson 1-1, Edmondson 3-5, Brown 1-1), LMU 6-23 (Lucero 0-3, Lopez-Wood 4-11, Aimonetti 2-3, Taylor 0-3, Olson 0-1, Cast 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—WSU 44 (Dheensaw 7), LMU 45 (Lopez-Wood 8). Assists—WSU 19 (Presley 6), LMU 12 (Ben-Jumbo 4). Total Fouls—WSU 13, LMU 4. Technicals—None. A—308.