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PORTLAND, Ore. -- The No. 17 Eastern Oregon University women's basketball team travels to the Rose City to begin Cascade Collegiate Conference play against Concordia University and Warner Pacific College.

Games 9-10: No. 17 Eastern Oregon at Concordia and RV Warner Pacific
When: Friday, Dec. 2, 5:30 p.m. * Saturday, Dec. 3, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Portland, Ore.
Live Stats: EOUSports.com                    
Live Video: EOUSports.com
Live Radio: KUBQ 98.7 FM
Series: Eastern is 39-21 all-time vs. Concordia and 27-13 against Warner Pacific.

GAME TIME
Friday and Saturday tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Live video and stats will be available on EOUSports.com. Live radio can be heard on KUBQ 98.7 FM.

THE SERIES
* Warner Pacific has won three straight over EOU, including four of the last five.
* The Mountaineers lone victory was with a buzzer beater shot in Portland, 54-52, in 2010.
* The Knights have won by an average of 13.5 points in their last four wins over EOU.
* Eastern Oregon has won 27 of the 40 meetings all-time versus Warner Pacific.
* The Mountaineers are 17-7 against WPC under Anji Weissenfluh.
* EOU is 8-3 under Weissenfluh versus the Knights in Portland.
* The Mountaineers hold a 39-21 advantage over Concordia all-time.
* Eastern Oregon won 16 straight over Concordia from 1991 to 1999, and from 2003 to 2007, EOU won 10 consecutive meetings.
* Since then the teams have split the last eight meetings.
* Eastern won the regular season meeting in Portland last year, 72-64.
* Under Weissenfluh, the Mountaineers are 15-8 against the Cavaliers, 8-4 in Portland.

QUICK HITS
• Eastern Oregon jumped from No. 23 to No. 17 in the latest Top 25 poll.
• It is the highest ranking the Mountaineers have had since since being ranked No. 17 on Jan. 30, 2008, with a 17-2 record.
• EOU is seventh in NAIA Div. 2 in turnover margin at 6.875.
• Eastern's free throw percentage, .764, is eighth in the country.
• Eastern Oregon's scoring offense is 10th (76.6) in the nation, and it's defense is 13th (55.3).
• Dominique Johnson is 17th in the country in three-point field goal percentage (.444).
• The Mountaineers have opened five seasons under Weissenfluh by winning seven of their first eight games.
• EOU had its best start to a season in 2007-08 when it was 15-1.
• Eastern Oregon opened last season 10-1.
• The Mountaineers have split their last three opening weekends of conference play.
• EOU has lost three of its past five conference opening games, and is 7-4 since 2000.

ABOUT THE CAVALIERS
Concordia entered the season as the conference defending champion, but was picked fourth in the coaches' preseason poll. CU has won three of its first seven games. Megan Padilla leads the Lady Cavaliers averaging 12.71 points and 2.29 steals per game so far this season. Grace Cappelman leads Concordia in rebounds averaging 5.29. Courtney May is dishing out 3.14 assists per outing as well. May is adding 11.86 points per game. The Cavaliers are 11th in NAIA Div. 2 averaging 13.7 steals per game. That number leads the conference as well. Concordia is also averaging a CCC-high 20.7 fouls per game.

ABOUT THE KNIGHTS
Kelsey Mattsen leads Warner Pacific into the 2011-12 season. The senior received the second-most votes on the preseason All-Conference team. She is averaging 13 points and five rebounds per game so far this season. Cameryn Calhoun was also named to the preseason All-CCC team. Nichole Jackson is averaging 6.5 assists per game, which is third in the country. As a team, WPC is first in the conference and fifth in NAIA Div. 2 in assists per game, averaging 18.3. The Knights' 43 percent shooting from the field is 10th in the nation. They are also 14th in the country in assist to turnover ratio.