Box Score
Klamath Falls, Ore. – The Eastern Oregon women's basketball team picked up their fourth Cascade Collegiate Conference victory with a 56-52 win over Oregon Tech tonight.
Brook Randall led all scorers with 18 points and 4 assists.
Nicole Redd and
Jorie Freeman added 12 and 10 points respectively.
Oregon Tech was led by Nicole Aboumrad with 11 points. Karissa Dixon, Karly Leveque, and Maria Ramirez each added 7 points each.
The Mountaineers jumped out to an early lead scoring off of a Randall jumper in the first 7 seconds. EOU would extend their lead by as much as 10 before the half going into the locker room up, 32-22. Randall lead all scorers in the first half with 14 points shooting 6-of-9 from the field.
As a team EOU shot 50% (14-of-28) from the field, compared to OIT who only shot 36% (9-of-25) for the first half.
The Mountaineers would start off the second half much like the first. They would extend their lead by as much as 14 with 7:28 left in the ball game. The Hustlin' Owls would not give up as they made a run and close the Mountaineers lead to only 2 with 3:15 left to play, however the run was a little too late.
EOU finished the game shooting just 35% (21-of-60) from the field while OIT shot 32% (18-of-56).
Eastern will return home to play Evergreen State College next Friday at 5:30 p.m. Live stats and video will be made available at EOUsports.com