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OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Eastern Oregon University women's basketball team won its third straight game with a 71-65 victory over The Evergreen State College Saturday.

The Mountaineers (18-9) (10-8) finish the regular season in the sixth spot in the Cascade Collegiate Conference standings and will head to Northwest University Tuesday for a quarterfinal matchup.

Eastern broke the school record for three-pointers made in a single season. The Mountaineers needed to hit four three-pointers to pass the 2003-04 team's mark of 238 shots made from behind the arc. Saturday, EOU hit 10 of its 22 three-point attempts. Kyle Miller hit the fourth three-pointer at the 11:38 mark of the first half. This season the Eastern men and women each broke the single season made three-pointers school records.

Miller led EOU with 17 points on 6 of 13 shooting from the field. Kelsea Hurliman finished with a double-double of 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds.

The Mountaineers trailed 7-2 early in the game before making a 9-0 run to take the lead at the on a Shaylee Nielsen three-pointer with 14:31 remaining in the first half. Eastern Oregon continued its run and took a 10-point lead into halftime, 32-22. EOU outscored Evergreen 16-2 in bench points in the first half.

Eastern stretched its lead to 15 points three minutes into the second half after a Rosebud Guthrie jumper gave the Mountaineers a 41-26 advantage. EOU had its largest lead of the game at the 14:39 mark of the second half when Hurliman connected on a three-pointer to make the score, 48-30.

The Geoducks (5-20) (3-15) began to slowly cut into the lead over the next 12 minutes until they only trailed 64-60 with 1:57 remaining in regulation when Shekia Hill made a lay-up. TESC would come no closer.

LaTrina Woods led Evergreen State with 17 points. The junior was 7 of 18 from the field, and added eight assists and seven rebounds. Vanessa Caskey chipped in 15 points, and hit 3 of 6 from behind the arc. Danielle Swain had a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Shavon Tate went 3 for 4 from three-point range and scored 11 points.

The Mountaineers shot 48 percent from the field, 45 percent from behind the perimeter, and just 45 percent from the free-throw line. Evergreen was 46 percent from the field, 7 of 12 from three-point range, and 4 of 10 from the free-throw line. The loss ended the Geoducks' season.

Eastern Oregon outrebounded TESC, 35-34. Evergreen State threw 18 assists to the Mountaineers' 16, and committed fewer turnovers than EOU, 11 to 13. The Geoducks had a 15-3 points off of turnovers advantage, but Eastern led second chance points, 15-8. The Mountaineers owned a 24-4 points off of bench advantage.

EOU will play in its 10th straight postseason beginning Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Northwest University. The Mountaineers swept the third-seeded Eagles (18-9) (12-6) during the regular season, including Friday's thrilling 91-85 double-overtime win. NU limps into the Cascade Collegiate Conference playoffs on a four-game losing streak. EOU rides into the postseason on three-game win streak, and have won six of its last seven and eight of its last 10.

There will be live video and stats from the first round game on EOUSports.com. A live Eastern broadcast will also be available from the NU Pavilion on KEOL 91.7 FM in the Grande Ronde Valley and worldwide on cast.eou.edu.