Area women’s roundup: Washington State rocked by No. 22 Oregon State

Marie Gulich had career highs of 27 points and 13 rebounds to help No. 22 Oregon State beat Washington State 80-58 in the Pac-12 opener for both teams on Friday in Corvallis, Oregon.

Gulich made 12 of 15 from the field and 3 of 3 from the free throw line. Kat Tudor had 11 points and Katie McWilliams added 10 for Oregon State, which has won seven in a row against the Cougars and nine straight overall.

The Beavers (12-2, 1-0) scored 12 straight points over a seven-minute stretch to open up a 33-23 lead late in the first half and led the rest of the way.

The Cougars scored 29 points in the third – their highest scoring quarter ever – to make it 60-54, but made just 2 of 15 from the field and scored four points in the fourth – the school record for fewest points in a quarter.

Ivana Kmetovska and Chanelle Molina had 11 points apiece for Washington State (5-8, 0-2).

Oregon State shot 49 percent and outrebounded the Cougars 48-33.

No. 9 Washington 99, Oregon 77: Kelsey Plum scored 44 points, Chantel Osahor had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the No. 9 Huskies rolled to a Pac-12 victory over the Ducks in Eugene.

Heather Corral added a career-high 19 points with five 3-pointers for the Huskies (14-1, 2-0), who won their 11th consecutive game since losing at then-No. 1 Notre Dame six weeks ago.

Plum exceeded her nation-leading 29.6-point average in the third quarter and added 14 in the fourth for her third 44-point game of the season. She was 14 of 23 from the field and 13 of 15 at the foul line to go with five rebounds and four assists.

Ruthy Hebard led the Ducks (10-3, 0-1) with 25 points, and Justine Hall added 13. Oregon played without its starting backcourt of Sabrina Ionescu and Maite Cazorla because of injuries.

Washington weathered a hot start by Oregon, which hit 9 of its first 12 shots, to lead 25-21 after one quarter and 51-39 at the half. The Huskies dribbled out their last possession rather than try for their sixth game of 100 points or more.

Wheaton (Illinois) 75, Whitworth 53: Devin Kyler scored 16 points with 11 rebounds and five blocked shots and the Thunder (8-2) handled the Pirates (4-7) at the Purple & Gold Poet Classic in Whittier, California.

Whitworth never recovered from trailing by nine, 24-15, at the end of the first quarter. Lexi Tinney led the Pirates off the bench with 13 points, while Erika Kuehn and Grace Douglas had 12 apiece.

Callie Harwood, who entered averaging 15.2 points, was held to six on 2-of-8 shooting.

North Idaho 74, Centralia 47: Lana Berg and Gianvanna Sorn scored 12 points apiece and the Cardinals (7-4) romped over the Trailblazers (6-7) in the consolation bracket at the Lower Columbia Holiday Classic in Longview, Washington.

Elish Smith had 11 points and Cierra Dvorak added 10 for NIC.

Tianno Hanohano led Centralia with 13 points.

Skagit Valley 57, CC Spokane 41: Emily Yost scored 16 points with seven rebounds and the Cardinals (10-4) handled the Sasquatch (9-2) in the championship game at the Skagit Valley Tournament in Mount Vernon, Washington.

Katlyn Ward led CCS with 13 points and eight boards. The Sasquatch hit just 24.6 percent from the field, including 3 of 21 (14.3 percent) from beyond the arc.

Bri King and Shaye Swannick were named to the all-tournament team.