Whitworth got the road upset it needed, beating Puget Sound 61-56 on Saturday night, but the Pirates fell just short of qualifying for the NWC women's basketball tournament.
Pacific had interim head coaches in both men's and women's basketball this season, and today they replaced them both with assistants from other NWC schools.
Helen Higgs, the winningest and longest serving women’s basketball coach in Whitworth history, has elected to step down from that position following her 24th season with the Pirates.
The NCAA announced the 142 athletes who have been nominated by their conference for recognition as the Association's Woman of the Year, and they include five Division III basketball players. Find out whom was selected and what happens next inside.
The 10 men's and 10 women's finalists for the honor given to Division III basketball's top all-around student-athlete were announced on Tuesday, including one of last year's winners.
A week ago, two ranked teams stood in front of the Whitworth women’s basketball team and the NCAA Tournament. But that's not anything new. A Road to Stevens Point feature by Josh Smith.
Whitworth edged Whitman in the NWC final, ending the Missionaries' perfect season and the season period for someone else. Plus Messiah extended its streak one more year and four programs secured their first trip to the Big Dance.
The Whitworth University women’s basketball team repeated as the Northwest Conference tournament champions with a 68-65 win over #1 Whitman College on Saturday evening in the Sherwood Center.
Five ranked women's teams were eliminated from their conference tournaments in the semifinals, some by ranked foes and others by underdogs. Plus the CNU men kept rolling and John Carroll edged OAC top-seed Mount Union.
Whitworth knocked off Whitman and put the Missionairies on the NCAA tournament bubble. Plus a long run of consecutive tournament appearances may be over after Thursday's results
Newbury ended Becker's bid for history while another group of Hawks continued to soar. Plus Whitworth upsets the newly ranked Whitman women and the men survived in double overtime.
Mackenzie Bieker hit a pair of free throws with eight seconds left in overtime to secure an 87-83 win for visiting Pacific Lutheran over Whitworth in a Northwest Conference women’s basketball thriller on Saturday evening at the Whitworth Fieldhouse.
Lauren Picha sent the game into overtime with a late basket, then hit a huge three in the extra period to help lift Whitworth to a 70-68 win over visiting Pacific University in a Northwest Conference women’s basketball game on Friday night at the Whitworth Fieldhouse.
Jocelyn Riordan only scored 10 points for Puget Sound, but all ten points came over the final 10 minutes of the game to lead the Loggers back from a seven-point deficit into a 74-68 win over visiting Whitworth in a Northwest Conference women’s basketball game on Saturday at Memorial Field House.
Visiting Whitworth used an entire team effort to overcome the huge performance by Pacific Lutheran’s Samantha Potter in an 80-67 Northwest Conference women’s basketball victory on Friday night at Olson Auditorium.
Emily Guthrie exploded for 29 points and tied a school record with eight three-pointers to lead Whitworth to a 95-49 win over Lancaster Bible College on Saturday night at the Kim Evanger Raney Classic hosted by Whitman.
While the final score will go down as an 81-69 win for visiting George Fox, host Whitworth hopes that tonight's Northwest Conference women's basketball loss means that the missing shooting touch has returned.
Whitworth hung with 18th-ranked Lewis & Clark for 35 minutes, but the visiting Pioneers pulled away over the final five minutes for a 69-56 win in the Northwest Conference opener for both schools on Friday night.