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Kaelan Shamseldin
Whitworth Athletics
68
Montana Western MontW 0-1
87
Winner Whitman Whitm 2-0,0-0 NWC
Montana Western MontW
0-1
68
Final
87
Whitman Whitm
2-0,0-0 NWC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Montana Western MontW 18 16 19 15 68
Whitman Whitm 21 19 26 21 87

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

No. 4 Women's Basketball Too Much For Montana Western

SPOKANE, Wash. - Kaylie McCracken led a well-balanced Blues performance with 16 points and 10 rebounds and the No. 4 Whitman College women's basketball team took down Montana Western in the opener of the Quality Inn Whit Classic on Friday night.

McCracken also had four blocks and shot a perfect 8-8 from the line. Kaelan Shamseldin added 14 points on 4-8 shooting from beyond the arc and Korin Baker scored 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds. The story of the game was Whitman's size leading to second chance points and the Blues grabbing 20 offensive rebounds.

Brynley Fitzgerald was the offense for the Bulldogs with a game-high 26 points on 9-18 shooting.

Despite the blowout win for Whitman, the Bulldogs hung around for much of the first half and only trailed by six points at halftime. The Blues were hot early though as buckets from Shaira Young and Shamseldin gave them a 12-5 lead with 5:41 to play in the first quarter. Montana Western stayed in the game with hot shooting from beyond the arc as three balls from Sydney Sheridan and Natali Denning kept the game close.

Whitman pushed the lead to eight points early in the second quarter. Baker's jumper put the Blues up 25-18 and Shamseldin responded to Fitzgerald's layup with a three pointer and Whitman led 28-20 with 6:57 to play. The Bulldogs responded with a 9-2 run capped by a Jenni Webber three pointer to make it a one-point game, but a three pointer from Macy Hampton as the half wound down helped the Blues to a 40-34 halftime lead.

The Blues grabbed their first double digit lead early in the third quarter. The Bulldogs again responded, going on a 10-3 run capped by an and-one three point play from Fitzgerald and it was back to only a one-point Whitman lead. The Blues regrouped quickly as Hampton and Caira Young drained back-to-back threes to help their team go up 60-50 with 2:19 to play. Carly Martin's late three pointer pushed the lead to 13 points heading to the fourth quarter.

Whitman made the mountain too tall to climb early in the fourth. Martin again drained a three pointer before McCracken's bucket put the Blues up 16 with 5:49 remaining in the game.

Whitman concludes the Classic on Saturday, tipping off against Southern Oregon at 2:00 p.m.

 
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