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January 26, 2022
Vol. 121 NO. 3
Person entered SURC with knife; no injuries were reported By Sean Bessette and Morgana Carroll Editor-in-Chief and Staff Reporter
Women’s and Men’s basketball team combine for three straight wins over weekend Photo Courtesy of CWU Athletics, Senior Kassidy Malcolm led women’s basketball to two wins this weekend, scoring 28 against Saint Martin’s University and 22 against Western Oregon University.
By Jared Galanti Sports Editor The CWU men’s and women’s basketball team returned to Nicholson Pavilion and won three straight games combined this past weekend, after having to postpone home games earlier in the month due to COVID-19 issues. The first win came on Thursday, Jan. 20, when the CWU women’s team (11-4) beat visiting Saint Martin’s University (SMU) (9-6) 90-75. Redshirt senior forward Kassidy Malcolm led the team in scoring with 28 points off 12-20 shooting (2-5 from three). Redshirt senior guard Kizzah Maltezo finished second on the team with 27 points off of 10-18
shooting (6-9 from three). Redshirt junior center Samantha Bowman led the team in rebounds with 14. CWU finished the night shooting 57.6% (34-59) from the field and an efficient 52.2% (12-23) from three, while the defense held SMU to just 48.3% from the field (29-60) and just 30% (6-20) from three. The CWU women’s team continued its roll on Saturday when it beat Western Oregon University (WOU) 74-55. After only leading by two points at halftime, CWU outscored WOU (7-7) 43-26 in the second half. Malcolm again led CWU in scoring with 22 points on 9-12 shooting (6-9 from three) and Bowman once again led CWU in rebounds with 14.
CWU once again shot efficiently, shooting 47.5% (29-61) from the field but struggled with threes only making 43.3% (13-30). The defense, however, showed up again, holding WOU to only 32.9% (23-70) from the field and 28% (7-25) from three. The CWU men’s team (93) followed the women’s with another strong win with a 9067 victory over WOU (3-10). The men were led by the duo of senior forward Marqus Gilson and senior guard Xavier Smith, who put up 23 and 20 points respectively. Gilson shot 10-17 from the floor and also led the team in rebounds with 12 and had one assist and steal.
The CWU men shot an efficient 59% (36-61) from the field while shooting 46.7% (7-15) from three. The defense held WOU to just 42.4% (25-59) from the field and 40.7% (11-27) from three. The CWU men will next face Simon Frasier University (SFU) in back-to-back games on Jan. 25 and Jan. 27, one of them being a rescheduled home game from Jan. 1 before traveling to take on Western Washington University on Saturday Jan. 29. The CWU women will go on the road to face SFU on Jan. 25 before playing at home Saturday Jan. 29 against Northwest Nazarene University.
An incident in which a person with a knife entered the SURC last Saturday evening, Jan. 22 took place. No injuries were reported. The SURC was evacuated as a “precautionary measure.” According to CWU’s emergency notification system, the person was experiencing a mental health crisis. Multiple updates were sent to the campus community via CWU’s emergency notification system throughout the evening. After hours of negotiation with the suspect, they were taken into custody, according to an update provided at 10:12 p.m. The SURC resumed normal operations on Jan. 23. The suspect had supposedly been pinned between the two sets of doors at the rear of the SURC, according to multiple eyewitnesses on the scene. According to eyewitness Soren Janson, a CWU student, the police showed up at around 6 p.m. There were six officers, according to Janson. By the time more students had begun to gather around the event, half an hour later there were multiple police cars and more officers on the scene. They had begun to tape off the area.