NW Briefs | Central women’s basketball rolls past Cascade
ELLENSBURG - Five Central Washington players scored in double figures, and the Wildcats posted their second-highest point total in school history in routing Cascade College 109-59 in a nonconference women’s basketball game Sunday night at Nicholson Pavilion.
Hanna Hull made her first six field-goal attempts and scored 15 points in the first 6:15 as Central (3-0) surged out to an early double-digit lead. The margin reached 20 points just once in the first half - with 1:13 remaining - but the Wildcats held a comfortable 49-30 halftime advantage.
Central opened the second half with a 17-2 run to push its advantage to 66-32. The Wildcats cruised the rest of the way, outscoring the Thunderbirds 60-29 in the half to finish with their first 100-point outing since Nov. 17, 2000.
CWU fell two points shy of the all-time record of 111 points, set in a 48-point win over Whitworth in 1977.
Hull finished as the game’s top scorer with 19 points, while Shaina Afoa had a career-best game of 18 points and 15 rebounds. Kristina Klapperich and Brooke Fernandez had 16 points each.
Men’s basketball
Western Washington guard Ira Graham has been named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference co-player of the week.
Graham, a junior from Fontana, Calif., scored 66 points in three games, all wins, on 60 percent shooting (24 of 40) and had 10 rebounds, five steals and 11 assists and did not commit a turnover. He made 4 of 9 three-pointers and 14 of 16 free throws.
He shared the honor with Western Oregon’s Brad Krischevsky.
Compiled from sports-information reports and other sources.