Next Up: Chico State faces Alaska Anchorage, Saturday 5pm
SEATTLE, Wash. – Renee Goldoff made six of six free throws in the final 70 seconds as CCAA champion Chico State held off a late charge by Northwest Nazarene to defeat the Crusaders 65-56 in the second game of the NCAA Division II Championship Tournament West Regional Friday at Brougham Pavilion.
The second-seeded Wildcats (28-5), who have won nine straight and 15 of 16, will play third-seed Alaska Anchorage (27-4) in Saturday’s semifinals at 5 p.m. Chico State is ranked 14th and UAA is ranked ninth in the latest WBCA NCAA Division II Top 25 poll.
Chico State, which survived a 6 minute, 57 second scoring drought in the first half, led by just three points at halftime (33-30), but then opened up a 57-44 lead with 6:47 left and still led by 14 (59-45) with 6:01 remaining following a layup by Amanda Monteith.
NNU, however, got back-to-back three-pointers by Lindsay Brady at 5:04 and 3:01, a two-pointer from Brady with 2:30 left and a free throw from Janee Olds with 2:02 remaining to cut Chico’s lead to five.
But, that was the closest the Crusaders got, as Goldoff put the game way with six free throws. Her steal with 29 seconds remaining set up the clinching foul shots.
Jade Smith-Williams led Chico State, which played without leading scorer Audriana Spencer (14.5 points per game), with 16 points. Spencer was injured in last week’s CCAA playoffs.
The Wildcats also got 13 points from Goldoff, who made nine of 10 foul shots, and 10 points from Montieth. Three players – Jennifer Williams, Brady and Kristin Hein – all had 12 for the Crusaders, who finished their season with a 19-9 record.
In the first half, NNU scored the first four points, but Chico then went on a 20-8 run to go ahead 20-12 with 12:12 left. But, the Wildcats didn’t score again until Goldoff ended a 9-0 NNU run on a jumper with 5:15 remaining in the half. Northwest Nazarene got a free throw by Brittney Roggenkamp to tie the game at 22-22, but Melissa Richardson’s three-pointer with 4:30 left in the half put the Wildcats ahead to stay.
Nichole Schutte had nine rebounds for Northwest Nazarene which outrebounded Chico 38-28, however the Wildcats had 12 steals and finished with 11 fewer turnovers (16-27) to earn the victory.
Official Basketball Box Score
Northwest Nazarene vs Chico State
03/14/08 2:20 p.m. at Royal Brougham Pavilion - Seattle, Wash.
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VISITORS: Northwest Nazarene 19-9
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
13 Roggenkamp,Brittney. f 1-4 1-2 1-2 2 1 3 1 4 1 4 0 1 19
34 Schutte,Nichole..... f 2-7 0-0 0-0 2 7 9 5 4 2 5 1 1 27
33 Williams,Jennifer... c 6-12 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 5 12 3 4 0 0 26
11 Whipple,Mallory..... g 2-6 0-1 0-0 1 4 5 0 4 5 6 0 4 38
21 Brady,Lindsay....... g 5-9 2-4 0-0 1 2 3 1 12 0 4 0 0 26
05 Knudson,Paige....... 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 7
15 Johnson,Beth........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
22 Olds,Janee.......... 2-5 0-2 2-4 1 3 4 1 6 4 2 1 2 22
24 Oliver,Krista....... 0-2 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
40 Hein,Kristin........ 3-5 0-0 6-6 3 4 7 1 12 3 1 0 0 23
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 22-52 3-11 9-14 13 25 38 17 56 18 27 2 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-31 38.7% 2nd Half: 10-21 47.6% Game: 42.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 27.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 64.3% 2
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HOME TEAM: Chico State 28-5
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 RICHARDSON, Melissa. f 3-6 2-5 0-0 1 1 2 3 8 3 1 0 2 30
22 MONTEITH, Amanda.... f 4-8 0-0 2-3 1 4 5 2 10 2 2 1 2 32
42 VEST, Christine..... c 3-12 0-0 2-2 3 6 9 2 8 2 2 1 0 29
03 SMITH-WILLIAMS, Jade g 6-12 2-2 2-2 0 2 2 3 16 2 2 0 3 35
11 SMITH, Natasha...... g 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 4 4 1 0 2 33
20 LYDON, Taylor....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
23 OELSNER, Sam........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 GOLDOFF, Renee...... 2-10 0-0 9-10 2 3 5 2 13 1 3 0 2 19
40 WASHINGTON, Ashley.. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
41 EDWARDS, Cory....... 2-2 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 1 6 1 4 1 1 16
TEAM................
Totals.............. 22-54 4-7 17-19 8 20 28 15 65 15 16 3 12 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-28 42.9% 2nd Half: 10-26 38.5% Game: 40.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 57.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5% 2nd Half: 10-11 90.9% Game: 89.5% 1
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Officials: Morell, Rodman, Jonson
Technical fouls: Northwest Nazarene-None. Chico State-None.
Attendance: 314
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Northwest Nazarene............ 30 26 - 56
Chico State................... 33 32 - 65
Points in the paint-NNUW 32,CSUC 34. Points off turnovers-NNUW 13,CSUC 24.
2nd chance points-NNUW 14,CSUC 9. Fast break points-NNUW 2,CSUC 10.
Bench points-NNUW 20,CSUC 19. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-3 times.
Last FG-NNUW 2nd-00:29, CSUC 2nd-06:01.
Largest lead-NNUW by 4 1st-18:05, CSUC by 14 2nd-06:01.
