Briggs leads Vikings to GNAC win over NNU

Junior forward Tia Briggs scored a game-high 21 points, helping Western Washington University survive a second-half rally by Northwest Nazarene University to claim a 59-56 victory in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s basketball game Thursday, Jan. 6, at Whatcom Pavilion.

It was the eighth victory in the last nine games for the Vikings, who improved to 9-4 overall and remained unbeaten in the GNAC at 5-0. The Crusaders had their three-game win streak snapped falling to 4-7 overall and 2-3 in conference play.