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BELLINGHAM, Wash. - In a battle of regionally-ranked NCAA Division II women's basketball teams, the West Region fourth-ranked Western Washington University Vikings defeated the eighth-ranked Northwest Nazarene University Crusaders 64-61 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game at Carver Gym on Thursday night in Bellingham.

 

Janee Olds led the Crusaders (12-7, 5-3 GNAC) with a game-high 20 points and both Lindsay Brady and Brittney Roggenkamp scored 10, but the Crusaders shot just 65.2-percent (15-23) from the free throw line and committed 22 turnovers in the road loss.

 

The Vikings (13-5, 5-2 GNAC) were led by Willow Cabe with 15 points and 11 rebounds, Claire Pallansch with 14, and Amanda Dunbar with 11.

 

The Crusaders out-rebounded WWU 42-38 and shooting percentages were just as close at 39.3-percent (22-56) for the Crusaders and 35-percent (21-60) for the Vikings, however, WWU converted 20-of-29 (69-percent) free throw attempts and out-scored NNU at the line by five.

 

Lindsay Brady posted her first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds, while Kristin Hein led the NNU attack on the glass with 11.

 

The Crusaders will now travel to Seattle and face West Region third and nationally-ranked #19 Seattle Pacific on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. MT.  The game will be broadcast on national television by CBS College Sports and will be the first time an NNU team will be featured on national television. 

 

Fans in the Treasure Valley may watch the game live on both DirecTV (Ch. 613) and Dish Network (Ch. 152), or view a live web broadcast of the same broadcast at www.ncaa.com, which will be free of charge.  Cableone in the Treasure Valley does not host the CBS College Sports Network.

 

The broadcast is one of nine live national broadcasts of NCAA Division II men's and women's basketball during the 2008-09 regular season.