COWICHE -- Granger's Caleigh Brown hit a shot and made the free throw for an and-one with three seconds left to lift the Spartans' girls basketball team to a 41-38 victory on Wednesday at Highland.
Brown scored five of her game-high 16 points as Granger (1-4) overcame a two-point deficit entering the fourth quarter for its first victory of the season. They'll start EWAC East play on Friday at Mabton.
Anya Rydberg scored 14 points to lead Highland (1-5), which will start EWAC West play on Saturday at home against Goldendale.
In the boys game, Granger beat Highland 66-39.
GRANGER -- Caleigh Brown 16, Valenzuela 1, A Garcia 0, Ochoa 2, Almaguer 0, Guadarrama 0, Molina 2, J Garcia 2, Castro 9, Torres 0, Herrera 9 Bobadilla 0.
HIGHLAND -- Anya Rydberg 14, Rylee O'Neal 10, Howell 8, Estrada 6, Alcala 0, Avalos 0, Huerta 0.
Granger=17=7=6=11= -- =41
Highland=6=15=11=6= -- =38
Highland highlights: Rydberg 10 rebs, Avalos 10 rebs, 5 blocks, 3 assts; O'Neal 10 rebs, 2 stls; Adrianna Howell 12 rebs, 3 asts; 2 blks.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Wildcats suffer first loss
CARSON, Calif. -- A day after entering the Division II rankings for the first time, Central Washington's women suffered their first loss against the best opponent they've played this season.
A big third quarter run doomed the No. 24 Wildcats, who fell 85-73 at No. 9 Cal State Dominguez Hills. Central led 48-47 after Shelby Blodgett's free throw with 3:17 left in the third quarter before giving up a 15-5 run over the next two and a half minutes.
Asher Cai led the way with 18 points for the Wildcats and Sunny Huerta tallied 16 as they shot 46% from the field and 40.7% from 3-point range as a team. But CWU struggled to overcome 33 turnovers in its first road game in over a month.
The Wildcats (7-1) will play at Cal State Los Angeles Thursday.
CENTRAL WASHINGTON -- Asher Cai 18, Sunny Huerta 16, Coronado 7, Sims 4, Blodgett 3, Malia Smith 17, Marsh 6, Demott 2.
CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS -- Nala Williams 24, Asia Jordan 19, Joe'l Benoit 10, Pearson 6, Walker 4, Teagan Thurman 16, Lewis 3, Tuttle 3, Ferrel 0, Goldsmith 0, Jones 0. 32-69 16-21 85.
Central Washington=14=19=21=19= -- =73
Cal State Dominguez=19=15=28=23= -- =85
CWU highlights: Huerta 5 assts; Sims 7 rebs, 3 blks; Cai 4 assts.