Box Score La Grande, Ore – The No. 5 Eastern Oregon women's basketball team defeated Corban University for their eighteenth straight win tonight, 82-59 at Quinn Coliseum.
Senior
Brooke Randall led the Mountaineers (24-2, 14-0 CCC) with 22 points and 5 assists while teammate
Jorie Freeman recorded a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Emily Tsugawa led Corban (7-17, 3-10 CCC) in scoring with 13 points and 5 rebounds. Tess Bennett added 8 points and 3 rebounds.
Corban was the first to score before Eastern went on an 11-0 run holding Corban scoreless for three minutes. EOU led by fifteen, 27-12, with 10:38, and would extend their lead to twenty going into half up, 49-29.
Eastern shot 19-of-37 (51%) from the field in the first half and 7-of-11 (63%) from behind the arc. Corban shot 12-of-36 (33%) from the field and 3-of-11 (27%) from the three point line.
With 17:18 to play EOU jumped out to their largest lead of the game, 24. Midway through the half Corban cut the lead to just 11 before EOU regained composure and extended their lead back to twenty. Eastern's bench outscored Corban 37-25 and were plus twelve points in the paint.
The Mountaineers finished shooting 33-of-70 (47%) from the field and 8-of-16 (50%) from downtown. The Warriors shot 23-of-67 (34%) from the field and 6-of-22 (27%) from behind the arc.
Eastern will play again tomorrow night against Northwest Christian, game time is set for 5:30 pm. Live stats and video will be available at EOUsports.com