Box Score

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Guard Jenni White (Sr., Spokane/East Valley) scored a season-high 19 points, but it wasn't enough as Western Washington University fell to nationally ranked University of Alaska Anchorage, 71-58, on Thursday, Jan. 22, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball contest at the Alaska Airlines Center on the UAA campus.

The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for the Vikings, who fell to 11-6 overall and 5-3 in the GNAC.

UAA, ranked No.3 in the latest USA Today Sports NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll, improved to 17-11 overall and 7-1 in the GNAC with its fifth consecutive triumph. Forward Megan Mullings had a game-high 22 points for the Seawolves on 9-of-12 field-goal shooting.

The Vikings, who entered the game leading NCAA II in field-goal percentage (49.6), shot just 36.1 percent (22-of-61) from the field, their second-lowest mark of the season.

WWU led just once, at 6-4 less than five minutes into the game. But UAA went on a 24-7 run to open up a 28-13 advantage with 7:30 left in the first half, and held a 35-24 lead at halftime.

The gap remained in double digits the entire second half, reaching a high of 21 points, 63-42, with six minutes left.

Kayla Bernsen (Jr., Moses Lake) and Kiana Gandy (So., Des Moines/Mount Rainier) each had 10 points for Western. The Vikings had a 41-39 advantage in rebounds with Bernsen and Taylor Peacocke (So.,Kenmore/Inglemoor) each grabbing a game-high eight, but committed a season-high 22 turnovers.

KeKe Wright and Jessica Madison each scored 11 points for UAA. KiKi Robertson added eight assists and five steals, both game highs, and eight points.

WWU is at Alaska Fairbanks on Saturday, Jan. 24 (5:15 p.m.), for a GNAC counter.