No. 7 Whitworth Falls To Plu

Area college basketball

Gabe Jones tied game with 30 seconds left but the Pirates never got a good shot off in the final seconds, as Pacific Luthern University upset the NAIA No. 7-ranked Whitworth 76-75 in a men’s game Friday night at Tacoma.

After Jones tied the score a 75-75, PLU’s Brad Brevet was fouled by Sean Weston, his fifth, with 18 seconds left. Brevet make 1 of 2 and Whitworth worked for a good shot but came up empty when Tyler Jordan was stripped of ball.

Pacific Lutheran 76, Whitworth 75

Whitworth (11-2, 4-1) - Mix 7-13 6-9 20, Heimerman 4-8 1-1 9, Ga.Jones 4-13 2-2 11, Weston 5-8 4-6 18, Williams 5-11 1-2 13, Schulz 1-3 0-0 2, Jordan 0-3 0-0 0, Gr.Jones 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 27-61 14-20 75.

Pacific Lutheran (8-5, 3-2) - Albright 8-14 3-4 19, Carrell 3-5 0-0 6, Mackey 0-2 0-0 0, Douglass 2-4 0-0 4, Peirce 5-10 5-6 20, Kelly 2-6 0-0 4, Maners 4-8 3-7 11, Brevet 5-13 2-3 12, Schlottman 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-63 13-20 76.

Halftime-Whitworth 38, Pacific Lutheran 32. 3-point goals- Whitworth 7-22 (Weston 4-5, Williams 2-6, Ga.Jones 1-6, Heimerman 0-1, Gr.Jones 0-1, Jordan 0-3), Pacific Lutheran 5-15 (Peirce 5-9, Albright 0-1, Mackey 0-1, Douglass 0-1, Kelly 0-1, Brevet 0-2). Fouled out-Weston. Rebounds-Whitworth 37 (Mix 11), Pacific Lutheran 38 (Brevet 11). Assists-Whitworth 15 (Williams 5), Pacific Lutheran 19 (Kelly 8). Total fouls- Whitworth 18, Pacific Lutheran 18. Technicals-Ga.Jones. A-750.

WOMEN

Pacific Lutheran 71, Whitworth 57

Also at Tacoma, Whitworth held a 29-25 halftime lead, but couldn’t hold on and was outscored by 18 points in the second half.

Whitworth’s Rebecca Moore contined her hot-shooting streak, finishing with 20 points (8 of 22). Backcourt partner Jen Tissue, who missed last weekend’s games because of a bad back, played 12 minutes and scored two points.

Whitworth (6-7, 2-3) - Stuenkel 2-3 0-0 4, Sherer 2-8 3-4 7, Moore 8-22 2-2 20, Davis 1-4 3-4 6, Northington 3-4 2-4 8, Carr 0-1 0-0 0, Tissue 1-4 0-0 2, Werner 0-3 1-3 1, Slwooko 0-0 0-0 0, Olson 4-6 0-0 9, Viall 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 21-56 11-19 57.

Pacific Lutheran (8-5, 4-1) - Weiland 0-4 0-0 0, Preiskorn 5-10 0-2 10, Hahn 3-4 1-2 7, Corbray 7-15 2-4 18, Hoseth 1-5 0-0 2, Hampton 3-5 6-8 12, Banks 1-3 1-5 3, Millet 3-7 5-6 11, Rehwinkel 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-57 21-34 71.

Halftime-Whitworth 29, Pacific Lutheran 25. 3-point goals- Whitworth 4-20 (Moore 2-10, Olson 1-2, Davis 1-4, Sherer 0-1, Tissue 0-1, Werner 0-1, Viall 0-1), Pacific Lutheran 2-5 (Corbray 2-4, Weiland 0-1). Fouled out-Davis. Rebounds-Whitworth 35 (Moore 8), Pacific Lutheran 45 (Millet 8). Assists-Whitworth 9 (Stuenkel 4), Pacific Lutheran 10 (Hoseth 3). Total fouls- Whitworth 25, Pacific Lutheran 17. Technicals-Whitworth coach Higgs, Northington. A-150.

Pacific 64, Idaho 54

At Moscow, Idaho, the Vandals (5-9, 0-2) couldn’t take advantage of their first home game in more than a month.

The Vandals have dropped four straight and slipped to in the Big West Conference.

Pacific (3-11, 2-1) - M.Yarbrough 1-1 0-2 2, Lauritzen 5-10 0-1 12, McAllister 6-13 7-10 19, Stevens 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 2-4 6-7 10, Luckey 0-0 0-0 0, Olsen 0-0 0-0 0, S.Yarbrough 2-7 10-12 14, Martella 0-0 0-1 0, Palacio 2-6 3-5 7. Totals 18-42 26-38 64.

Idaho (5-9, 0-2) - Ortner 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 4-11 0-0 9, Gussett 3-5 0-0 6, Woolf , Skorpik 4-9 1-2 11, McDaniel 0-2 0-0 0, Newman 0-2 2-2 2, Greenwood 3-6 0-0 6, Nieman 5-13 4-8 15, Lemm 0-2 1-2 1, Stone 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 21-54 8-14 54.

Halftime score - Idaho 32, Pacific 31. 3-point goals - Pacific 2-8 (Lauritzen 2-5, Stevens 0-1, Smith 0-1, Palacio 0-1), Idaho 4-14 (Nieman 1-1, Johnson 1-6, Skorpik 2-4, Ortner 0-1, McDaniel 0-2). Total fouls - Pacific 13, Idaho 25. Fouled out - none. Technical fouls - Gussett. Rebounds - Pacific 38 (McAllister, Smith 9), Idaho 30 (Nieman 9). Assists - Pacific 6 (M.Yarbrough, Smith 2), Idaho 7 (Skorpik 3). A-942.

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