The Pioneer women's basketball team defeated the visiting
Willamette Bearcats 61-43 (box score) Saturday
night at the Pamplin Sports Center. Allison Farr tallied 19 points,
including scoring the 1,000th point of her Pioneer career.
The two teams played a fairly even first half, with five ties
and six lead changes in the period. The Pioneers went ahead 20-18
on a layup by Laura Snider (senior, Colorado Springs, Colo.) with
4:46 remaining in the first half. A layup by Christina Herring
(freshman, San Dimas, Calif.) closed out the first half scoring,
giving the Pioneers a 27-22 advantage at the break.
The Pioneers scored the first six points of the second half,
including a pair of layups by Kelly Vega (sophomore, Beaverton,
Ore.), to give the Pioneers their first double-digit lead of the
game. There were only four short periods of time in the duration of
the game that Willamette managed to get the differential back into
single digits, coming no closer than seven points, 35-28, with
12:38 remaining. Snider immediately answered with a three-pointer
to put the Pioneers back up by ten. They held on for the 61-43
victory.
Allison Farr (senior, Lakeport, Calif.) followed her 18-point
performance at George Fox Friday night with a 19-point game. Farr
was 6-15 from the floor, but her biggest point of the night was her
final freethrow with exactly 4:00 remaining in the game. The shot
was the 1,000th point of Farr's Pioneer career. She joins teammate
Crystal Castle (senior, Rocklin, Calif.) as one of eight players to
ever reach that milestone in the Pioneer careers. Castle scored her
1,000th point in the December 8 game against Concordia.
Kim Kittell (sophomore, Tillamook, Ore.) had six assists with
zero turnovers. She also scored six points with four rebounds.
Crystal Castle scored nine points with five rebounds and four
assists.
With the victory, the Pioneers improve to 7-8, 3-3 NWC.
Willamette falls to 3-12, 1-5 NWC.
The Pioneers have three straight home games, including a pair at
Pamplin next weekend. They host Puget Sound on Friday night,
January 25, followed by Linfield on Saturday.
