{"id":2641,"date":"2023-01-20T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/stifling-defense-lifts-womens-basketball-past-linfield-whitman-college-athletics\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T22:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T22:16:00","slug":"stifling-defense-lifts-womens-basketball-past-linfield-whitman-college-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/stifling-defense-lifts-womens-basketball-past-linfield-whitman-college-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Stifling Defense Lifts Women&#8217;s Basketball Past Linfield &#8211; Whitman College Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"sidearm-story-template-text_post-3\">\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-text-aside\" aria-label=\"Related Sport Links\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p>                    <span id=\"docs-internal-guid-012207f8-7fff-3c54-65d9-e4bc89fee9f5\"\/><strong><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-012207f8-7fff-3c54-65d9-e4bc89fee9f5\">MCMINNVILLE, Ore.<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.whitman.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/elena-mchargue\/4654\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"4654\" target=\"_blank\">Elena McHargue<\/a><\/dfn> led four Blues in double figures with a game-high 17 points, and the Whitman College women&#8217;s basketball team locked in defensively for a 64-42 win over Linfield in Northwest Conference action on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-012207f8-7fff-3c54-65d9-e4bc89fee9f5\">The victory came on a night when the Blues (10-5, 5-2 NWC) recorded a season-high 22 steals. <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.whitman.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/natalie-lundberg\/4651\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"4651\" target=\"_blank\">Natalie Lundberg<\/a><\/dfn> led the heist off the bench with a game-high eight thefts and McHargue added six more to her solid statline. <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.whitman.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/korin-baker\/4648\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"4648\" target=\"_blank\">Korin Baker<\/a><\/dfn> delivered a solid performance of her own, chipping in 15 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and three steals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-012207f8-7fff-3c54-65d9-e4bc89fee9f5\">Jordan Worthington led the Wildcats with 11 points and six rebounds. As a team, though, Linfield shot only 18% in three pointers and 36% from the floor overall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-012207f8-7fff-3c54-65d9-e4bc89fee9f5\">Whitman set the stage for the dominant win after giving itself a 12-point cushion after one quarter. The Blues led by only two points midway through the period, but closed the final 5:52 with 10 unanswered points. McHargue scored eight in the run, kicking it off with a three pointer and ending with a basket with 25 seconds to play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-012207f8-7fff-3c54-65d9-e4bc89fee9f5\">Both teams struggled to score in the second quarter, but the Blues all but sealed the win after halftime. Early in the third, Lundberg forced Worthington into a turnover, then found McHargue on the break who scored to put Whitman up 31-15. <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.whitman.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/carly-martin\/4653\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"4653\" target=\"_blank\">Carly Martin<\/a><\/dfn> later nailed a three pointer and Baker scored in back-to-back possessions as the Blues opened up a 21-point lead with 5:49 to play. Late in the quarter, Lundberg scored to give Whitman its largest lead of 27 points, making the fourth quarter a formality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-012207f8-7fff-3c54-65d9-e4bc89fee9f5\">Whitman is back in action on Saturday, Jan. 21 at Willamette. Tipoff is set for 4:00 p.m.<\/span><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-012207f8-7fff-3c54-65d9-e4bc89fee9f5\"\/><strong>#GoWhitman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                    <button id=\"show-story-btn\">Read Full Article<\/button>\n                <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.whitman.edu\/news\/2023\/1\/20\/stifling-defense-lifts-womens-basketball-past-linfield.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; MCMINNVILLE, Ore. &#8211; Elena McHargue led four Blues in double figures with a game-high 17 points, and the Whitman College women&#8217;s basketball team locked in defensively for a 64-42 win over Linfield in Northwest Conference action on Friday night. 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