Box Score

FOREST GROVE, Ore. -- Sarah Anderegg scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as No. 4 ranked Whitman rolled past Pacific University this evening, 78-58, in a Northwest Conference women's basketball matchup this at Stoller Center.
 
The victory kept the Missionaries undefeated record intact at 11-0 and improved their NWC mark to 2-0. The Boxers fall to 4-6 overall and 0-2 in conference.
 
Pacific jumped out to an early 7-1 lead when Olivia Cook converted a layup but Whitman then went on a 9 to 2 run to capture the lead, 10-9, and was never headed. The Missionaries quickly extended the lead to six, 17-11, on a Hailey Ann Maeda layup with 10:24 remaining in the half. The margin grew to fourteen with a bucket by Heather Johns but the Boxers responded with two hoops and the Missionaries settled for a 10-point lead at intermission.
 
Whitman, who shot 47% from the field, continued to control the tempo in the second half, and outside of the first three minutes of the second stanza, enjoyed a double-digit lead the rest of the way. The widest margin was 22 points with 2:31 remaining, courtesy of a Johns' layup.
 
Pacific was led in scoring my O. Overtone-Mayorga who tallied 18. Cook added 11 and Sarah Curl tossed in 8 for the Boxers.
 
Johns finished up with 16 and Tiffani Traver added 13 -- nine from downtown -- to account for the Missionaries who scored in double-figures.
 
Whitman won the rebounding edge 43 to 33 with 16 coming on the offensive end.
 
The victory caps a very successful weekend for the Missionaries who opened the conference schedule with two road wins. Whitman bested Willamette last night 76-45.

"It was good to get a couple of road wins.   Never an easy thing in the NWC," said Whitman head coach Michelle Ferenz after tonight's victory. 
 
"I was proud of our defense this weekend," added Ferenz," and we got some great minutes from our bench.  We need them (the bench) to step up and they did."
 
The Missionaries, now, come home to host Puget Sound on the 10th and Pacific Lutheran University on the 11th.
 
Contact:
Andrew Holt
Whitman Sports Information Director
holtac@whitman.edu
509.527.5902