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WSU women win Long Beach tourney

  • Published Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at 12:05 a.m.

Wichita State's women basketball team beat Long Beach State 73-64 in double overtime Monday night to win the Beach Classic championship in Long Beach, Calif.

Haleigh Lankster scored 24 points, Jazimen Gordon had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Alicia Sanchez had a career-high 13 points for WSU.

The Shockers led 30-19 at halftime, but didn't score their first points of the second half fro nearly seven minutes.

Long Beach State forced overtime when Mary Ochiltree hit a jumper with three seconds left. Lankster's free throw with six second left in the first overtime pulled WSU even and forced another five minutes.

Jessica Diamond and Lankster hit three-point shots in the second OT to put WSU ahead for good.

WICHITA STATE: Turner 0-8 3-4 3, Gordon 7-10 2-2 16, Sanchez 4-9 4-4 13, Diamond 3-10 2-4 10, Lankster 8-17 7-10 24, Harden 3-5 1-3 7, Jones 0-3 0-0 0, O;Brien 0-2 0-0 0, Henderson 0-1 0-0 0, Jacobs 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-65 20-27 73.

LONG BEACH: Ochiltree 5-7 1-2 13, Moorer 6-13 2-2 14, Sanchez 4-13 3-4 11, Meneses 0-3 2-3 2, Dooley 4-7 2-5 10, Balthazar 1-9 0-0 2, McDonland 1-3 2-2 4, Skorpen 0-2 2-2 2, Spargo 2-7 0-0 6. Totals 23-64 14-20 64.

Halftime — Wichita State 30, Long Beach 19. 3 pt. shooting — Wichita State 3-121 (Sanchez 1-1, Lankster 1-2, Diamond 1-6, Turner 0-1, Jones 0-1, Henderson 0-1); Long Beach 4-21 (Ochiltree 2-3, Spargo 2-4, Meneses 0-3, Balthazar 0-3, Morrer 0-4, Sanchez 0-3). Rebounds — Wichita State 49 (Gordon 12); Long Beach 39 (Ochiltree 6). Total fouls — Wichita State 19, Long Beach 19. Assists — Wichita State: 11 (Turner 4), Long Beach: 12 (Sahcnez 3).

Sunday's Box Scores

Wichita St. 90, UT-Arlington 64

WICHITA STATE : Turner 2-3 1-2 5, Gordon 4-5 0-0 8, Sanchez 3-5 1-2 7, Diamond 7-8 2-3 19, Lankster 5-11 2-3 12, Jones 2-2 3-4 7, Henderson 2-8 2-2 7, O'Brien 3-6 1-1 7, Jacobs 1-2 1-2 3, Taylor 0-2 0- 1 0, Harden 5-6 1-1 11, Wells 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 35-59 16-23 90.

UT-ARLINGTON: Langford 3-7 3-4 10, Sauls 1-3 2-5 4, Rhymes 1-5 0—0 2, DeNure 1-4 0-0 2, Williams 4-8 1-1 9, Green 5-9 2-2 13, Bruce 0-2 1-2 1, Parker 1-3 0-1 2, Walker 0-4 0-0 0, Rodriguez 2-3 1-1 6, Thorpe 0-3 6-6 6, Nwanguma 4-7 1-2 9. Totals 22-58 17-24 64.

Halftime — Wichita State 43, UT-Arlington 23. 3s — WSU 4-13 (Diamond 3-3, Henderson 1-6, Sanchez 0-1, Lankster 0-1, Taylor 0-2); UT 3-9 (Langford 1-1, Green 1-1, Rodriguez 1-2, Rhymes 0-1, DeNure 0-1, Williams 0-1). Rebounds — WSU 35 (Harden 7); UT 33 (Langford 5, Nwanguma 5). Assists — WSU : 20 (Sanchez 5), UT: 10 (Rhymes 3, DeNure 3).

Kansas St. 70, N. Dakota St. 47

North Dakota State: Burich 1-4 0-2 2, Degagne 6-10 4-5 16, Linz 3-5 0-0 9, Van Kirk 2-7 3-4 7, Plucker 2-7 3-4 7, Muri 0-3 1-2 1, Lopez 0-0 0-0 0, Browning 0-0 0-0 0, Stephenson 1-4 0-0 2, Gaines 1-3 0-0 2, Jones 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 16-44 12-19 47.

Kansas State: Childs 5-11 2-2 12, Brown 3-4 0-0 6, Chambers 4-12 6-9 16, Dickey 3-5 1-3 8, White 0-2 2-2 2, Texada 1-5 0-0 2, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Caron 4-5 0-0 9, Wittsman 2-3 1-2 5, Ostermann 1-4 0-0 3, Chisholm 1-3 0-0 3, Woods 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 26-59 12-18 70.

Halftime — Kansas State 31, North Dakota State 22. 3s — ND 3-9 (Linz 3-4, Degagne 0-1, Van Kirk 0-2, Plucker 0-1, Muri 0-1); KS 6-23 (Chambers 2-8, Dickey 1-3, Caron 1-1, Ostermann 1-3, Chisholm 1-2, White 0-1, Texada 0-3,, Brown 0-1, Wittman 0-1). Rebounds — ND 39 (Plucker 9); KS 28 (Childs 5, Chambers 5, Chisholm 5). Assists — ND: 6 (Van Kirk 2), KS: 14 (Chambers 5).

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