Women win, men lose in opening-round GNAC action
Guard Corinn Waltrip scored a team-high 19 on 5-of-6 3-point shooting and added a game-high seven assists, helping Western Washington University defeat Simon Fraser University, 73-60, in an opening-round Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament game Monday at Sam Carver Gymnasium on the WWU campus.
The Vikings, who are No.6 in the latest Women's Basketball Coaches Association/USA Today/ESPN/NCAA Division II Top 25 and No.1 in the most recent West Region rating, improved to 25-2 overall.
The men did not fare so well.
Guard Drew Eisinger scored on a breakaway layin with 5.5 seconds left, lifting Northwest Nazarene University to a 77-75 victory over Western Washington University in an opening-round Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament game Monday at WWU.
The Western women are the No.1 seed in the GNAC tourney after posting a 17-1 conference record, and will host a semifinal Wednesday against No.4 seed Montana State Billings, which edged Saint Martin's 55-53. The men are out of the tourney.
