NAMPA, Idaho --- The Western Oregon women's basketball team got 28 points and 12 rebounds from Cali McClave, but lost to Northwest Nazarene 67-58 on Saturday at the Johnson Sports Center.

The Wolves (4-2 overall, 0-2 GNAC) cut a once 11-point, third-quarter lead for the Nighthawks (6-2, 2-0) down to two points at the 7:55 mark when McClave drained a 3-pointer to make it 49-47. But NNU went on a 9-1 run after the McClave 3-pointer to push the lead back to double figures and WOU wouldn't get closer than six points the rest of the contest.

"I'm really proud of our focus and how hard we fought especially in the fourth," WOU coach Holli Howard-Carpenter said. "We dominated the glass and did a solid job on defense. We need to clean up our turnovers and move the ball better, but I thought we got a lot of good looks at the basket."

The Wolves committed 23 turnovers in the contest, leading to 23 points for the Nighthawks. That's compared to 16 turnovers committed by NNU leading to 10 WOU points.

McClave was the only Wolf in double figures with her 28 points to go along with 12 rebounds and going 5-for-11 from 3-point range. Kiylynn Dawkins added nine points and six rebounds.

The Wolves return to action Friday at Corban University on Friday before playing their home opener 4 p.m. Saturday against Willamette University.