The Colorado College women's basketball team kicked off their three-game road trip to the Pacific Northwest with a dominating 66-44 win over Whitworth on Friday, Dec. 8 in Walla Walla, WA. 
 
Zoë Tomlinson led the way with 20 points, six rebounds and three steals in only 18 minutes on the floor. She went 4-5 from the line and also dished out an assist. 
 
Freshman Rose Kohler scored a career-high 16 points, shooting 87.5 percent from the floor on Friday (7-8), while also being effective on the boards, nabbing three rebounds. The Bend, OR native also played a career-high 22 minutes. It is the second in the last three that Kohler has played 21 or more minutes. She played 21 against Illinois Tech back on Nov. 24. 

"Tonight was a fun win on the road," head coach Katherine Auguste said. "From Zoë's scoring to Kyle [Rowland]'s charge to Rose's barrage of pull-up jumpers and Healy [Bledsoe]s rebounds, everyone contributed."
 
CC's bench contributed 30 points to the final score, outsourcing Whitworth's bench by 13. 
 
The Tigers played a full four quarters of basketball, having the lead for more than 75 percent of the game. They outrebounded the Pirates 36-28 and the defense forced 21 turnovers. 
 
CC led by a close margin in the first half, leading 17-10 after the first quarter and then 35-25 going into the halftime break. The Tigers held the Pirates to only 10 made field goals in the first half while countering that by shooting 46.4 percent from the floor. 
 
The Pirates battled out to a lead in the first half but lost it at the 7:14 mark in the first quarter and never got it back once when CC made the score 8-6, thanks to a Tomlinson layup. Tomlinson scored eight of the Tigers' first 14 points. 
 
In the third quarter, CC continued to assert their dominance and shot 53.3 percent from the floor while holding Whitworth to 14.3 percent from the floor off of only made shots. They built their lead up to 21 points as Kyle Rowland and Audrey Bayston led the team with nine points each in the third. 
 
Into the fourth, CC continued to shoot above 50 percent, making seven of 13 shots in the quarter led by Emma Nawara who had six. She finished the game with eight points and two steals in her 16 minutes off the bench. 
 
The Tigers held the Pirates to 28.75 percent from the floor in the second half. 
 
Junior Healey Bledsoe led the team with eight rebounds to go with her six points, two assists and one steal. Bayston added eight points and seven boards while Isa Nelson led the bench with four rebounds. 

"As we hone in our strengths approaching conference play, this was a great example of how impactful our team defense can be when we are dialed in," Auguste said.
 
The Tigers will play the second game of their back-to-back on Saturday when they take on Whitman at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time.