�� women get defensive in victory

It would be easy to think after seeing the Western Washington University women's basketball team surpass 80 points for the second straight game and the third time in its past five outings that it had another strong offensive output on Thursday, Feb. 21, against Northwest Nazarene.

And though the eighth-ranked Vikings did have a relatively good game on the offensive end of the court, it was a smothering defensive effort that quite literally fed the offensive beast.