No. 19 EOU Women’s Hoops Blows Out Warner Pacific for Ninth Straight Win

Box Score

LA GRANDE, Ore. – Four players scored in double figures, and the 19th-ranked EOU women's basketball team shot at least 50 percent for the seventh time this season in a 98-43 rout over Warner Pacific on Friday night in head coach Anji Weissenfluh's 500th-career game at the helm.

EOU (14-2, 7-0 CCC) moved back into a tie for first place in the league with Southern Oregon, and the Mountaineers garnered 41 bench points on the way to earning their ninth straight win.

Registering double-figure scoring for the eighth time this season, sophomore guard Payton Parrish posted a game-high 17 points thanks to a 5-for-6 effort from beyond the arc. As a team, EOU went 13-for-31 from downtown for a 41.9 percent clip.

Junior guard Jessica Sexson tallied three triples for 13 points, while junior forward Mariah Swanson and junior guard Maya Ah You (Dias) added 12 and 11 points, respectively. Junior forward Stormee Van Belle pulled down a game-high eight rebounds, and three other Mountaineers snagged six boards in the dominant effort.

EOU came out of the gates on fire, drilling four early three's en route to building a 12-2 advantage in the first frame. The Mountaineers then stretched the lead to 20 (22-2), holding the Knights without a field goal for over four minutes. Senior guard Bailey Schroeder netted two layups to cap the first quarter, and the Blue and Gold scored nine of the next 11 to go up by 28 (36-8) with 5:53 remaining in the second quarter after a bucket by Ah You.

The Mountaineers took a 46-14 advantage into the locker room, tallying 10 assists on 14 made buckets and reaping 15 points from their bench. EOU was simply stifling on the defensive end, forcing 12 turnovers and confining Warner Pacific (3-14, 1-6 CCC) to a 5-for-29 effort from the field.

In the third, EOU extended the margin to 52 after outscoring the Knights, 29-9, in the frame. Ah You opened the stanza with a triple, and the Blue and Gold saw seven different players score in the quarter, including freshman guard Andi Warn, who finished with five points on the night.

BY THE NUMBERS
9 – Consecutive wins for EOU.
4 – Players in double figures for the Mountaineers.
500 – Weissenfluh picked up another 'W' in her 500th-career game.
50.6 – EOU's shooting percentage on the night, marking the seventh time this season the Blue and Gold has shot at least 50 percent from the field.

UP NEXT
EOU returns to the hardwood tomorrow against Multnomah at 5:30 p.m.

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

#1 Maya Ah You Dias: G; 5' 8"; Redshirt Sophomore

#21 Payton Parrish: G; 5' 9"; Redshirt Junior

#15 Bailey Schroeder: G; 5' 9"; Senior

#33 Mariah Swanson: F; 5' 11"; Junior

#12 Andi Warn: G; 5' 6"; Redshirt Freshman

#20 Jessica Sexson: G; 5' 5"; Junior

#34 Stormee Van Belle: F; 6' 0"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#1 Maya Ah You Dias
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Sophomore
: G

#21 Payton Parrish
: 5' 9"; Redshirt Junior
: G

#15 Bailey Schroeder
: 5' 9"; Senior
: G

#33 Mariah Swanson
: 5' 11"; Junior
: F

#12 Andi Warn
: 5' 6"; Redshirt Freshman
: G

#20 Jessica Sexson
: 5' 5"; Junior
: G

#34 Stormee Van Belle
: 6' 0"; Junior
: F

Eastern Oregon University Athletics

Offcanvas Scoreboard

No. 19 EOU Women’s Hoops Blows Out Warner Pacific for Ninth Straight Win

Players Mentioned

#1 Maya Ah You Dias

#21 Payton Parrish

#15 Bailey Schroeder

#33 Mariah Swanson

#12 Andi Warn

#20 Jessica Sexson

#34 Stormee Van Belle

Players Mentioned

#1 Maya Ah You Dias

#21 Payton Parrish

#15 Bailey Schroeder

#33 Mariah Swanson

#12 Andi Warn

#20 Jessica Sexson

#34 Stormee Van Belle