Area roundup: Borislava Hristova reaches 1,000 career points in WSU women’s win over Arizona

Borislava Hristova scored 17 points and Louise Brown had her fourth double-double of the season to help Washington State beat Arizona 78-60 in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday night.

Brown finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds and four assists. Caila Hailey also had 13 points, Alexys Swedlund scored 11 and Chanelle Molina added 10 with a career-high eight assists for Washington State (10-13, 3-8 Pac-12).

Hristova hit a 3-pointer to spark a 28-6 run that spanned halftime and gave the Cougars a 55-34 lead with 4 minutes left in the third quarter. WSU went scoreless for nearly four minutes as the Wildcats scored 14 straight points to pull within seven, but Hristova scored the final four points of the quarter to make it 61-50 and the Cougars led by double figures the rest of the way.

JaLea Bennett scored 24 points and Destiny Graham added 15 with 10 rebounds for Arizona (5-17, 1-10). The Wildcats have lost four in a row and 10 of their last 11.

Hristova’s first basket of the game, a jumper with 8:18 left in the first quarter, made her the 18th WSU player to top the 1,000-point plateau. The sophomore needed just 60 games to reach that mark – the second fewest in program history.

Arizona State 61, Washington 41: Courtney Ekmark had 15 points and eight rebounds and Robbi Ryan scored 14 points to help the Sun Devils rout the Huskies in Tempe, Arizona.

Ekmark’s jumper capped a 7-0 spurt that made it 9-3 and Arizona State (16-7, 7-4 Pac-12) led the rest of the way. The Sun Devils scored the final eight first-quarter points and scored 13 of the first 14 in the second to open a 25-point lead before going into the break with a 39-16 advantage.

Washington (7-15, 1-10), which has lost three games in a row and 10 of its last 11, trailed by at least 17 points throughout the second half.

Amber Melgoza had 13 points on 6-of-13 shooting for the Huskies. The rest of the Washington starters shot just 5 of 25 (20 percent) from the field.

The Huskies finished with their fewest points since a 71-36 loss to Stanford in 2013.

College baseball

Matthew Young allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings and six Pirates drove in runs as Whitworth opened its season with a 6-1 victory over East Texas Baptist at the Gents Baseball Classic in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Joel Condreay went 3 for 5 with a home run for Whitworth and Taylor Poffenroth went 2 for 4 with a double.