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LA GRANDE, Ore. – The No. 11 Eastern Oregon University men's basketball team welcomes No. 7 Oregon Tech in a key conference matchup Friday and Southern Oregon Saturday.

Below is the weekly release for the weekend games. Live video and stats will be on EOUSports.com.

THE SERIES
* EOU and OIT meet for the 159th time, Tech has won 94 of the previous meetings.
* Eastern has won the last five meetings at home, but has not won in Klamath Falls since Feb. 16, 1979.
* OIT defeated the Mountaineers 21 straight times before EOU won in La Grande on Feb. 11, 2006.
* Tech has won 84 percent of its games since 2006-07, compared to Eastern's 77 win percentage.
* The Owls and EOU are 2 and 3 in three-pointers made per game in NAIA Div. 2.
* Southern Oregon holds a 95-73 lead in the all-time series over EOU.
* Friday's game 169th meeting will be the second-most against any other program for Eastern. EOU and Western Oregon have met 187 times.
* Eastern Oregon has won four straight over Southern Oregon.

QUICK HITS
* EOU is 36-1 in its last 37 regular season games at home.
* The Mountaineers are 59-4 in the past 63 games in Quinn Coliseum.
* Eastern Oregon has won 29 straight conference regular season home games.
* EOU's average margin of victory this year is 15.3 points.
* The margin of victory for Eastern at home this season is 19.5.
* The Mountaineers have only been outrebounded twice this season, but both times led to two of their three losses.

ABOUT THE HUSTLIN' OWLS
Oregon Tech (18-2) (9-0) rolls into the Grande Ronde Valley as the lone undefeated team in the Cascade Collegiate Conference. The Owls have knocked off every team in the league behind CCC-leading scorer Joseph Foster (21.75). The senior is 10th in the country in points per game. Kyle Gomez is in the top 15 in the CCC in 10 major stat categories. As a team the Owls are first in NAIA Div. 2 in three pointers made and assist to turnover ratio.

ABOUT THE RAIDERS
Southern Oregon comes to La Grande after having a three-game win streak snapped on Saturday at Oregon Tech. The Raiders (12-7, 5-4 CCC) have been the surprise of the league, thanks to the play of stellar newcomers Jordan Highland (15.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg) and Kyle Tedder (13.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg). SOU entered the season picked last in the Cascade Conference preseason poll, but receives votes in the NAIA Top 25 once again this week.

LAST TIME OUT
The No. 12 Eastern Oregon University men's basketball won its 15th game of the season Saturday with an 82-71 victory over Corban University. Five EOU players finished scoring in double digits led by Anthony Brown's 12 points. Both teams shot 44 percent from the field and 30 percent from behind the perimeter. The Mountaineers made 9 of their 30 three-point attempts, and Corban hit 7 of its 23 shots from behind the arc. EOU finished 16 of 21 from the free throw line, while the Warriors were 11 of 18. The previous night, EOU edged Northwest Christian University on the road, 67-63. The Mountaineers were led by Brown's first double-double at EOU. The sophomore finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

START TIMES SWITCH BACK
The Eastern Oregon University women's and men's basketball game times for this Friday flipped to women's game first at 5:30 p.m. and men's will follow. The new time alignment for the 2010-11 season has entered the second half of the Cascade Collegiate Conference schedule and will turn back to its traditional tipoff times as in years past. The rest of the CCC games this season will be women's games at 5:30 p.m. and men's games at 7:30 p.m.

DIALING LONG DISTANCE
Eastern is hitting its share of shots from behind the perimeter this season. The Mountaineers are third in NAIA Div. 2 in three-pointers made per game (9.78), and is fifth in total three-pointers made (176). EOU is 11th in the country in three-point percentage (38%). Jamar Johnson is seventh in the country with his 47 percent shotting from three-point range. Thomas McCarthy is 12th in NAIA Div. 2 with 56 three-pointers, making 3.1 per game which is ninth in the nation.

WHITE OUT HITS LA GRANDE
Fans are encouraged to wear white Friday night against Oregon Tech. Every fan who is wearing a white shirt will walk out of Quinn Coliseum with a giveaway. Prizes will be given all night from local businesses. The first 100 fans will receive a free Mountaineer rally towel. EOU is 3-0 in white out games.

MILES ABOVE THE REST
With Oregon Tech's win over Southern Oregon on Saturday night, Owls' head coach Dan Miles picked up his 924th career victory in his 40th year in Klamath Falls. With the win, Miles moved past longtime Northern State head coach Don Meyer into second-place on the all-time list of winningest coaches at four-year institutions. He trails only Harry Statham of McKendree (Ill.), the only coach in college basketball history to record over 1,000 wins.

CASCADE COLLISION
The Mountaineers and Oregon Tech have had battles over the last few years. The 159th meeting between the Oregon Institute of Technology men's basketball team and Eastern Oregon University will feature a pair of top 25 teams for only the ninth time. The Hustlin' Owls have won 94 of the 157 games. EOU has won the last five meetings at home, but has not won in Klamath Falls since 1979. Tech and Eastern have finished in the top two of the CCC standings the past three seasons.

CASCADING EFFECT
The Cascade Collegiate Conference has been a power in NAIA Div. 2 in the past few years. The same is going for this season as the league is listed as the second toughest behind the Mid-Central Collegiate Conference. OIT leads the league at No. 7, Eastern is No. 11, and Northwest is No. 18. Southern Oregon and Warner Pacific are receiving votes. The MCC has four ranked teams, and two others in the receiving votes category.

BACK AMONG ELITE COMPANY
The Mountaineers moved to No. 11 in the NAIA Div. 2 Top 25, thanks to their great start to the 2010-11 season. EOU has been in the top 10 this season for the 14th time in school history. Eastern last appeared in the top 10 before this season on March 4, 2009 when it was No. 10. The No. 8 ranking is the highest ranking since Dec. 1, 2008 when the Mountaineers were No. 5.

LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARIES
Eastern Oregon is one of five teams to have made it to the past three Sweet 16 rounds at the NAIA Div. 2 National Tournament. Two programs in those five, Oregon Tech and EOU, are from the Cascade Collegiate Conference. There are only a dozen teams that have made the national tournament in each of the past three years, including Eastern.