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Lauren Hefflin’s basketball career at Western Washington University began sooner than it was supposed to.

Now that she is a senior, the Ridgefield High School graduate could be playing for a while.

Center Lauren Hefflin scored 18 of her game-high 20 points in the second half as Western Washington University overcame a cold shooting night to defeat Western Oregon University 59-50 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball game on Monday, Feb. 7, to extend its winning…

Guard Zach Henifin scored a team-high 21 points, hitting a shot to force overtime and a go-ahead 3-pointer in the extra period to lead Western Washington University to a 92-86 victory over Saint Martin's University in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball game Saturday…

Guard Amanda Dunbar scored 20 points and had six assists as nationally ranked Western Washington University defeated Saint Martin's University, 63-47, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball game Saturday, Feb. 5, at Marcus Pavilion in Lacey.

On a basketball court, Zach Henifin plays one position.
Whatever.
The 6-foot-5 junior with a stork-like wingspan has started the bulk of the Western Washington University men's basketball season at the guard position. But lately he's been found defending near 7-footers…

One week after earning Great Northwest Athletic Conference player-of-the-week honors, Dunbar had 18 points and 14 assists in a pair of conference wins to extend the Vikings’ winning streak to 13 games.

John Allen's memory serves him well.
It was back when he was a junior at Mountlake Terrace High School that he faltered at the free throw line and cost his team a game.
"I had the front end of a 1-and-1 to seal the game and I missed it; The guy came down and hit a jumper,…