Cooke scores 22, No. 24 West Virginia women beat Northwestern 66-53 at Greenbrier Tip-Off

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP)– Gia Cooke scored 22 points, Zahirah Walton had 16 points and 6 takes and No. 24 West Virginia never ever routed as the Mountaineers beat Northwestern 66-53 on Friday at the Greenbrier Tip-Off.

Khyala Ngodu included 10 points for West Virginia (4-0).

Kat Righeimer transformed a three-point play that made it 51-all– simply the video game’s 3rd tie– with 4:36 left in the 4th quarter. Divine Tumba responded to 18 seconds later on with a jumper before Walton and Cooke made back-to-back layups.

Camdyn Nelson’s layup cut the Wildcats deficit to 4 points with 2:45 staying, however West Virginia scored the last 9 points.

Nelson led Northwestern (1-3) with 12 points and Casey Harter scored 10. Lily Carmody fouled out in the closing seconds with 9 points, 8 rebounds and 5 helps however devoted 6 turnovers.

West Virginia shot simply 38% (21 of 58) from the field, 4 of 23 (17%) from 3-point variety, however outscored the Wildcats 20-8 from the free-throw line and had 22 points off 23 Northwestern turnovers.

The Wildcats have actually lost 3 directly because a 64-60 win over Milwaukee in the season opener.

Up next

Northwestern: Plays Appalachian State on Saturday at Colonial Hall.

West Virginia: Hosts Akron on Tuesday.

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