BURNABY – The Wisotzki sisters combined to score 37 points but it wasn't enough as SFU lost 69-60 to No. 13 ranked Western Washington in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference opener for both teams Saturday night in front of 530 fans in the West Gym.
 
NCAA Division II fourth leading scorer Jessica Wisotzki scored 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting to lead all scorers but it was her sister Sophia Wisotzki who turned heads Saturday, coming off the bench to score a career-high 17 points on 6-of-15 shooting in 29 minutes. Sophia's previous highest scoring game came in her second collegiate game over a year ago when she netted 14 points in a non-conference contest.
 
The sisters were a combined 5-of-10 on threes with Jessica going 4-of-6. She's shooting at 70.8 percent in five games. Sophia added three rebounds, four assists and three steals.
 
The Red Leafs were 7-of-14 on threes in the game. SFU ranks No. 36 in NCAA D2 with an average of 8.2 three-pointers per game.
 
The game was tied 11-11 after the first quarter. Western Washington led 30-23 at the half, and the Vikings led for all of the third quarter. But SFU surged in the fourth quarter, going on a 9-0 run to take the lead 59-58 on a Sophia Wisotzki layup with 3:40 to play in the game.
 
The nationally ranked Vikings took back control of the game from that point forward, closing on a 10-1 run. The Red Leafs were scoreless for the final three minutes of the game after Jessica Wisotzki scored 1-of-2 free throws at the 2:55 mark.
 
 to improve to 5-1 on the season. SFU fell to 2-3 after opening the season with two straight wins.
 
SFU forward Gemma Cutler played 38 minutes and scored nine points, grabbed 11 boards and had two blocks.
 
SFU shot 41.5 percent from the field, going 22-of-53. WWU shot 37.9 percent (25-of-66) and out-rebounded the Red Leafs 42-32, grabbing 18 offensive boards. The teams were even in most statistical categories.
 
Three players reached double figures in scoring for Western Washington, with Brooke Walling scoring 17.
 
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