Whitworth women run cold in fourth in loss to Pacific
Sarah Curl scored 20 points with nine rebounds and Pacific pulled away in the fourth quarter and beat visiting Whitworth 62-47 in a Northwest Conference game on Saturday in Forest Grove, Oregon.
The Pirates (9-12, 5-7) missed an opportunity to move within a game of Lewis & Clark for fourth place in the league standings with four games to play in the regular season.
Pacific (6-15, 4-8) dominated the second period, outscoring Whitworth 25-9 to take a 32-24 lead at halftime. The Boxers made 11 of their 14 shots in the second quarter and forced five Pirate turnovers.
Madison Moffat converted a three-point play to pull Whitworth to within 37-35 three minutes into the third quarter. The Pirates then had three chances to tie or take the lead, but turned the ball over on four consecutive possessions and Pacific took advantage to extend the lead back to 41-35.
Leading 46-40 after three periods, the Boxers put the game away by outscoring Whitworth 16-7 in the final period. Whitworth missed all six 3-point tries in the final quarter and finished the period 3 of 13 (23 percent) overall.
Moffat was the only Whitworth players in double figures, finishing with 11 points. Callie Harwood and Erika Kuehn scored nine apiece.
Karli McHone added 12 points and Charli Elliot totaled 10 for Pacific.
Whitworth will return to the road next weekend when the Pirates visit Pacific Lutheran and league-leading Puget Sound.