Bowman on Naismith list

Gonzaga University women’s basketball player Heather Bowman was named to the Naismith Trophy Early Watch List. Bowman, a junior forward averaging 19.3 points and 8.8 rebounds for the Bulldogs this season, became the first Gonzaga player named to the list.

Earlier this season, Bowman was also named to the preseason Women’s Wooden Award All-American Team and Player of the Year trophy.

The Naismith Trophy watch list was compiled by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s Board of Selectors, which based its criteria on player performances from the previous year and expectations for the 2008-09 college basketball season. The Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T will be awarded at the 2009 NCAA Women’s Final Four in St. Louis.

•Senior forward Jamie Schroeder drove through traffic to score a layin with 4.3 seconds left, part of her team-high 21 points, and the Northern Colorado Bears scored a 65-63 victory over the Washington Huskies at the Caribbean Classic at Cancun, Mexico.

Laura McLellan had a game-high 22 points for Washington (4-5), which finished 1-2 in the tournament, losing to top-ranked Connecticut on Friday before rebounding to defeat Florida State on Saturday.

The Huskies led 60-55 with 3:53 to play but Northern Colorado scored eight straight points to go up three. Washington’s Michelle Augustavo tied it with a long 3 with 30 seconds left before Schroeder’s game-winner.

Northern Colorado (5-6) also got 12 points from Kaisha Brown and 10 from Courtney Kranz. Schroeder scored 11 of her 21 points in the second half.

Junior hockey

Joel Stewart scored two goals and assisted on another to help the Spokane Braves to a 5-3 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the Princeton Posse Saturday night at Eagles Ice-A-Rena.

Connor Olstad, Jacob Walsh and Nick Redding also scored goals for Spokane (16-16-2-0).