COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula women lose to Skagit Valley

PORT ANGELES ­– The Peninsula College women’s team proved to be no match for the first-place Skagit Valley Cardinals in Wednesday night’s 66-35 loss.

Up by 22 points at half, the Cardinals (10-1 in North, 17-4 overall) led the entire game.

Peninsula (2-9, 5-15) had no answer for Skagit’s Brittany Gray and Brandi Benner, who scored a combined 44 points in the loss.

Megan Smith had seven points for the Pirates and Jasmine Jackson dropped in six.

Callie Monfrey had a team high 10 rebounds for Peninsula to accompany her five points.

The Pirate women will host North Seattle Saturday at 5 p.m.

SKAGIT 66, PENINSULA 35

Skagit 36 30 — 66

Peninsula 14 21 — 35

Individual Scoring

Skagit (66)

Gray 23, Benner 21, Ruscha 6, Williams 6, Newman 4, Anderson 2.

Peninsula (35)

Smith 7, Jackson 6, Monfrey 5, Pullen 4, Goodwin 4, Thein 4.

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