Box Score

SEATTLE (Nov. 21) -- Junior Brittany Duerr (Bellevue/Newport HS) scored a career-high 18 points, but Central Washington fell to 0-2 on the women's basketball season with its 70-58 loss to Colorado Christian at the Sodexo Tip-Off Classic on the Seattle Pacific University campus on Saturday afternoon.

For the second straight game, the Wildcats scored the opening basket before surrendering a scoring run by their opponents. In Saturday's contest, Central scored the game's first points before the Cougars (1-3) reeled off eight straight points and the Wildcats never caught up with CCU the rest of the way. They did close to within two at 19-17 near the midway point of the opening half, but an ensuing 13-2 run by Colorado Christian pushed the lead back to 13.

Starting the second half with a seven-point deficit, Central spent most of the final 20 minutes trailing by 10 or more points as an 11-1 Colorado Christian to open the half gave the Cougars their largest lead of the game at 17 points with 15:32 remaining. The Wildcats responded with a 7-0 run to cut it to 10.

Duerr carried the Wildcat offense by making 7 of 12 shots for her 18 points. She hit 3 of 7 three-point attempts while adding four rebounds, three assists, and two steals without a turnover. Three others were next in the scoring column with seven points apiece, including senior Shaina Afoa (Anchorage, Alaska/A.J. Dimond HS), who had team-highs of 10 rebounds and three blocked shots.

Colorado Christian had three double-digit scorers including Juanise Cornell, who had game-highs of 19 points and 10 rebounds. Brittany Long also scored 19 for the Cougars, while Bre McBeth added 11.

Central Washington continues on the road next weekend by visiting the Northwest Nazarene University Classic in Nampa, Idaho. The Wildcats will get a rematch with Colorado Christian in Friday's tournament opener before playing Cal State Stanislaus on Saturday (Nov. 28). Both games are scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (noon Pacific Standard Time).