College roundup: Central men fall out of GNAC top six

NAMPA, Idaho — Central Washington bounced back from an early defecit to take the lead at halftime, but couldn’t hang on, losing to Northwest Nazarene 75-70 on Saturday night at the Johnson Sports Center. It was a costly loss for the Wildcats (4-8 GNAC, 10-10 overall) because it dropped them out of a tie for [...]

College roundup: Newcomb, Jordan lift Yaks past TV

YAKIMA, Wash. — Brittney Newcomb and Simone Jordan combined to score 30 points Saturday as fourth-ranked Yakima Valley dominated Treasure Valley 67-39 in East Region women’s basketball in Sherar Gym. The Yaks’ fourth straight win improved them to 5-1 in the region and 15-4 overall. YVCC shot only 32 percent (23 for 72) and was [...]

Johnson keys CWU men’s victory over Fairbanks

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Jody Johnson continued his stellar play for Central Washington on Thursday night, scoring 17 points and grabbing eight rebounds as the Wildcats stayed in GNAC Tournament contention with a 74-69 victory over Alaska Fairbanks in Nicholson Pavilion. The win, CWU’s third in four games, improved the Wildcats to 4-6 in conference play [...]

Colleges: YVCC women rout top-ranked Hawks

PASCO, Wash. — Combining for 46 points and connecting on 8 of 13 shots from 3-point range, Brittney Newcomb and Simone Jordan powered Yakima Valley past top-ranked Columbia Basin on Saturday, 81-61 on the Hawks’ court. Newcomb and Jordan scored 23 points each as the fifth-ranked Yaks pulled into a tie for first place in [...]

College basketball: Crisp Vikings drop Central men

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Central Washington had some highlight-film performances during Wednesday night’s regionally televised game with Western Washington, most notably a couple of Roby Clyde monster dunks. The Vikings, however, shot much better and made fewer errors en route to a 99-86 GNAC victory in Sam Carver Gym. For CWU, the loss was its fifth [...]

College roundup: CWU men rally from 18 down, beat Montana St. Billings

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Down 18 points in the first half and staring yet another GNAC defeat square in the face, Central Washington’s men’s basketball team picked themselves up and staged a spirted turnaround. Lacy Haddock scored 18 of his season-high 35 points after intermission, and four other Wildcats reached double figures as Central overtook Montana State [...]

Humbled at home

Hot-shooting Falcons rout Wildcats|| ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Dean Nicholson was of firm belief that the dawn of a new day would substantially improve one’s view of the previous 24 hours, no matter how unsightly they may have been. “Things look better in the morning,” the legendary Central Washington coach was known to say. Even so, [...]

1/13/12 Central-Seattle Pacific photo gallery

  Here is a photo gallery from Thursday’s Central Washington-Seattle Pacific men’s basketball game in Ellensburg.

College basketball: YVCC teams win conference openers

WENATCHEE, Wash. — Simone Jordan and Sam Zapien teamed to score 21 points and lead cold-shooting Yakima Valley to a 54-48 victory over Wenatchee Valley on Saturday in the East Region opener for both teams. Jordan had a game-high 11 points to go with five rebounds, three assists, two blocked shots and two steals. Zapien [...]

Overtime leaves CWU men out in the cold

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The official high temperature for Fairbanks on Saturday was 25 below zero, and it probably seemed even colder for Central Washington. The Wildcats saw Alaska Fairbanks’ Dominique Brinson send their GNAC game into overtime with a long 3-pointer, then watched the Nanooks score the first eight points during the extra session en [...]

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