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Pirates Knock Off Puget Sound to Close 2018-19 Season
February 16, 2019Whitworth 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. -
Whitworth picks Williams assistant as new head coach
May 21, 2018Joial Griffith, who spent last season as an assistant to Pat Manning at Williams, will be Whitworth's new head women's basketball coach.
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Pacific women hire NWC assistant, too
April 11, 2018Pacific 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.
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Higgs steps down at Whitworth
April 07, 2018Helen 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.
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Higgs Nabs 350th Career Win at Whitworth
February 03, 2017
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Thunder Roll Past Whitworth's Women
December 30, 2016
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Douglas' 29 Points Leads Whitworth Past La Verne
December 28, 2016
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Five advance in NCAA Woman of the Year process
July 27, 2016The 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.
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2016 Jostens Trophy finalists announced
March 01, 2016The 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.
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Harwood's Heave Lifts Whitworth Over Whitman
February 02, 2016
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Whitworth Women Rally Past L&C
January 30, 2016
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Whitman Women Hold off Whitworth
January 05, 2016
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Whitworth Women Roll By Rutgers-Newark
November 20, 2014
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Pirates head down same road
March 04, 2014A 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.
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Saturday women: Buccos bust a bubble
March 01, 2014Whitworth 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.
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History Repeats! Pirate Women Win NWC Tournament
March 01, 2014The 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.
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Thursday: Low five
February 27, 2014Five 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.
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Women's wrap: Bucs stop Whitman
February 21, 2013Whitworth 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
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Travis Lifts Whitworth to an Upset of No. 7 Lewis & Clark
February 01, 2013An Emily Travis basket with 1.8 seconds to play lifted Whitworth to a 53-52 upset of 7th-ranked Lewis & Clark on Friday night.
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Tuesday wrap: Whitworth wins, Becker bounced
January 08, 2013Newbury 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.
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PLU Tops Whitworth in Overtime Thriller
February 04, 2012Mackenzie 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.
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Belcher's Double-Double Lifts Whitworth Over UPS
February 03, 2012Lexi Belcher’s 17 points and 11 rebounds led Whitworth to a 69-61 upset of visiting Puget Sound on Friday night.
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Whitman Surges Past Whitworth in the Second Half
January 17, 2012Janele Peterson scored 22 points to lead visiting Whitman to a 78-70 comeback win at Whitworth.
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Guthrie's Free Throws Give Whitworth a Win
January 14, 2012Emily Guthrie made a pair of free throws with 10 seconds left to help Whitworth University hold off visiting Linfield College 75-73.
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Picha Lifts Whitworth Over Pacific in Overtime
January 13, 2012Lauren 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.
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Pirates Watch Second Half Lead Slip Away
January 07, 2012Jocelyn 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.
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Whitworth Ends Long Losing Streak at PLU
January 06, 2012Visiting 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.
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Guthrie's Shooting Leads Whitworth to an Easy Win
December 10, 2011Emily 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.
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#3 George Fox Holds Off Whitworth
December 03, 2011While 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.
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#18 L&C Goes Inside to Beat Whitworth 69-56
December 02, 2011Whitworth 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.
