The game was the inaugural conference contest of the season in the GNAC and kept the Wildcats (5-0) as the only remaining unbeaten team in the conference.
Perez and Harris made nine of 15 three-point shots as CWU drilled 13 of 27 from beyond the arc. Perez, who made five of nine, led five players in double figures with 21 points.
Harris, meanwhile, made four of six treys and had 18 points. He also earned eight of CWU's 19 assists.
The Wildcats also got production inside as forward Jody Johnson had 15 points and seven rebounds and center Chris Sprinker had 14 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots. Guard Jamar Berry added 11 points.
Jordan Freelander came off the bench to lead Western Oregon with 18 points, while Tarance Glynn had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. DeAngelo Davis had 11 points.
WOU, which outrebounded the Wildcats 37-30, bounced back from early deficits of 11-2, 15-5 and 18-7 to tie the game at 25-25 with a 9-0 run and then later outscored CWU 16-2 to go ahead 43-31.
The Wolves led 51-43 at halftime, but the Wildcats started the second half with a 18-4 run to go ahead 61-55 and were up by 13 (78-65) with 5:01 remaining as they held WOU to just 15 points in the first 15 minutes after the break.
Western Oregon shot just 31.3 percent (10-32) in the second half missing all seven of their three-point attempts after shooting 60 percent (18 of 30), including nine of 12 on treys, in the opening period. For the game, they shot 45.2 percent (28 of 62).
CWU, meanwhile, had nearly identical percentages in each half (48.4 on 15 of 31 in the first 20 minutes and 48.1 on 13 of 27 in the second period).
The Wildcats also took care of the basketball turning it over only 10 times as they had only three more turnovers than blocked shots (7).
Wildcats Debut In NABC National Poll At No. 24
Central Washington, fresh off wins over previously 11th ranked Metro State and Sonoma State, moved into the Top 25 in this week's NABC NCAA Division II Top 25 coaches poll.
The Wildcats, who improved to 5-0 with Tuesday night's win at WOU, are ranked 24th and and one of four West Region teams ranked, including Chaminade which earned at No. 23 rank after beating Oklahoma in the Maui Invitational. CWU plays Chaminade Saturday in a tournament at Seattle Pacific.
Cal Poly Pomona received all eight first-place votes and is ranked first. Cal State Dominguez Hills is ranked 15th.
Western Washington Loses Guard To Injury
Western Washington guard Rico Wilkins will miss the rest of the season after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left ankle during Monday's 95-76 non-conference home win over Northwest Christian.
Wilkins, who will undergo surgery, was averaging 7.6 points, 4.4 assists and 2.0 steals. He had started three of WWU's five games.
The 6-foot Wilkins sustained the injury midway through the second half when he initiated a fast break, planted hard in making a jump shot from 10 feet and came down off-balance as he went to defend the in-bounds pass.
Wilkins sat out last season after being the 2008-09 Northwest Athletic Association for Community Colleges (NWAACC) East Region MVP at Yakima Valley CC.
He averaged 15.8 points on a 22-6 team that reached the playoff semifinals, competing in the NWAACC All-Star game.
Cross Country: Friess Sweeps Coach-of-the-Year Awards
Michael Friess of Alaska Anchorage has been voted the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach-of-the-Year.
Friess was nearly a unanimous selection receiving all but one vote cast in both genders leading both his teams to GNAC and NCAA Division II West Regional titles.
The conference title was the fourth GNAC title for the Seawolf men who also finished first in 2002, 2005 and 2008 and the second for the UAA women who won in 2009. The regional title was the first for the men and the second for the women who also won in 2009.
Friess, who also led UAA to the PacWest men's title in 1997, was earlier named the NCAA Division II West Region Coach of the Year for both men and women.
Both UAA squads will travel to Louisville, Kentucky this week to compete Saturday in the NCAA Division II national meet. UAA is ranked fifth nationally in the latest women's USTFCCCA poll and sixth in the men's poll.
Friess has now won 10 cross country conference Coach-of-the-Year awards (nine in the GNAC and one in the PacWest) during his 21-year career at Anchorage.
A 1985 Linfield College graduate, he was voted the GNAC Men's Coach of the Year in 2002, 2005 and 2008 and was selected the GNAC Women's Coach of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2009. He was also named the PacWest Men's Coach of the Year in 1997.
In addition to his 10 cross country awards, he has also won two track-and-field awards winning the GNAC Men's Coach-of-the-Year prize in 2008 and 2009.
Volleyball: WWU Libero AVCA All-American
Libero Allison Gotz has been named a American Volleyball Coaches Association first team All-American.
Gotz, who is just the fourth GNAC player (all from Western Washington) to earn AVCA first-team honors in the 10-year history of the conference.
Previous AVCA All-Americans have included setter Liz Bishop in 2002, libero Courtney Schneider in 2007 and middle blocker Angie Alvord in 2008.
Seattle Pacific middle blocker Nikki Lowell was a second team selection, while four players - libero Anna Herold of Seattle Pacific, middle blockers Emily Jepsen of Western Washington and Cortney Lundberg of Alaska Anchorage and outside hitter kady Try of Central Washington were honorable mention picks.
AVCA: First Team - Allison Gotz, Western Washington (L, 5-3, Sr., Bothell, WA). Second Team - Nikki Lowell, Seattle Pacific (MB, 5-10, Fr., Claremont, CA). Honorable Mention - Kady Try, Central Washington (OH, 6-0, Sr., Brentwood, CA); Emily Jepsen, Western Washington (MB, 5-11, Jr., Kennewick, WA); Cortney Lundberg, Alaska Anchorage (MB, 6-1, Sr., Hardin, MT); Anna Herold, Seattle Pacific (L, 5-8, Jr., Bothell, WA).
Soccer: Five Earn NSCAA Team Academic Award
For the ninth consecutive year Montana State Billings women's soccer team has earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic Award.
They were one of five GNAC teams that received the award. The others were the MSUB men's team, the Seattle Pacific men's and women's teams and the Central Washington women's team.
In all, a total of 634 soccer teams (in all divisions including junior colleges) posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher to win the award.
Though the award is announced at the end of the current season, the GPAs are based on the 2009-10 academic year.
Women's Basketball: Three GNAC Teams In Top 20
Seattle Pacific, Alaska Anchorage and Western Washington are all ranked in the Top 20 in this week's USA Today ESPN WBCA Division II Top 25 women's basketball poll.
The Falcons are ranked fifth, while UAA and WWU are ranked 15th and 20th, respectively.
Delta State, Miss., is the No. 1 ranked team. Chico State is ranked 21st.
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