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SEATTLE – The points kept coming for Central Washington – and kept not coming for Seattle Pacific.
 
Cici West's seventh double-double of the season wasn't enough on Thursday night as Central put 16 straight on the board in the first quarter, part of a 24-2 run, and stayed in control the rest of the way to beat the Falcons in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball game, 74-56.
 
Senior forward West scored 17 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, leading SPU (7-13, 6-7 GNAC) in both departments. Jaylee Albert added 13 points for the Falcons.
 
Seattle Pacific was down just 8-6 after senior center Carly Rataushk drained a jumper from the right of the foul line with 7:48 left in the opening quarter.
 
But it was during the next 6 minutes, 15 seconds when the Wildcats (13-7, 8-5 GNAC) put up their 16 in a row, with 12 of those coming from 3-point territory. That boosted their lead to 24-6.
 
During that same stretch, the Falcons missed seven straight shots before senior guard Albert put in a 15-foot jumper from the right of the lane with 1:19 left in the quarter to make it 24-8.
 
Central Washington responded with another eight in a row, making it 32-8. That spurt ended when freshman guard / forward Ashley Alter got to the foul line and hit a pair of free throws with 7:26 left in the half. It was also Alter who drained the next field goal for the Falcons, a 3-pointer from the right side with 6:57 to go.
 
The closest SPU came after that was 62-50 when Madi Hingston nailed a trey with 7:53 remaining in the game.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
-- Of Central's 45 first-half points, 27 came from downtown.
-- West got nine of her 17 points at the foul line, where she hit 9 of 13. In the last three games, she has gotten to the stripe 26 times, hitting 20 of those (76.9 percent), well above her season percentage of 62.3.
-- The only other Falcon who got to the line was Alter, and she hit all four of hers.
-- West's 11 rebounds put her back alone on top of the GNAC list. She has 181 for the season, a 9.05 per-game average. Central's Kassidy Malcolm, who was dead even with West coming into the game (each of them had 170) collected eight, leaving her average at 8.9.
-- It was a tough for SPU leading scorer Riley Evans (14.5 per game) and third-leading scorer Hailee Bennett (9.5), as both were kept off the board.
 
UP NEXT
Seattle Pacific concludes a four-game homestand on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 when No. 7-ranked Northwest Nazarene comes to town. The Nighthawks won last month's game on their home court in Nampa, Idaho, 82-64.
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.
 
Central Washington 74, Seattle Pacific 56
 
CENTRAL WASHINGTON (13-7, 8-5 GNAC)
Shaw 5-13 0-0 14, Bowman 2-3 0-0 4, Malcolm 4-11 0-0 10, Phiakhamngon 3-7 1-2 9, Mensing 12-19 0-0 25, Lancaster 0-0 0-0 0, Richardson 1-4 1-1 3, Aliyah Pna 0-1 0-0 0, Flores 4- 0-0 9. Totals 31-64 2-3 74.
 
SEATTLE PACIFIC (7-13, 6-7 GNAC)
West 4-10 9-13 17, Rataushk 2-6 0-0 4, Evans 0-3 0-0 0, Albert 6-13 0-0 15, Bennett 0-0 0-0 0, Hingston 3-7 0-0 7, Skidmore 0-3 0-0 0, Boston 2-10 0-0 6, Alter 1-6 4-4 7, Hoff 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-58 13-17 56.
 
Central Washington           27           18           15           14           -- 74
Seattle Pacific                      8           16           21           11           -- 56
 
3-point goals – CWU 10-27 (Shaw 4-11, Malcolm 2-5, Phiakhamngon 2-4, Mensing 1-5, Pana 0-1, Flores 1-1), SPU 7-17 (Rataushk 0-1, Evans 0-2, Albert 3-5, Hingston 1-3, Boston 2-4, Alter 1-2). Fouled out – None. Rebounds – CWU 41 (Malcolm 8), SPU 32 (West 11). Assists – CWU 18 (Malcolm 5), SPU 8 (Hingston 3). Turnovers – CWU 15, SPU 14. Total fouls – CWU 16, SPU 10. Technical fouls – None. Attendance – 194.
 
 
Next game
Northwest Nazarene at Seattle Pacific
Saturday, Feb. 9     2:00 p.m.
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.