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73
Winner Eastern Oregon EOU
63
Warner Pacific (Ore.) WPU
Winner
Eastern Oregon EOU
73
Final
63
Warner Pacific (Ore.) WPU
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Eastern Oregon EOU 15 19 24 15 73
Warner Pacific (Ore.) WPU 24 12 11 16 63

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Isabelle Statkus, Sports Information Assistant

EOU Women's Basketball Takes Road Win Over Warner Pacific 73-63

PORTLAND, Ore. -  The Eastern Oregon women's basketball team snagged the first road win of the weekend against Warner Pacific (10-10, 7-5 CCC) 73-63 in Cascade Collegiate Conference play on Friday night.

The Mountaineers extended their winning streak to six games and are now 15-7 and 9-3 against CCC opponents. EOU is now in second place in the CCC standings just behind Northwest Christian.

Senior Jane Nelson led the Mountaineers' offense with 17 points along with seven rebounds. She also went 2-for-2 from the free throw line and 3-of-8 from behind the arc. Fellow senior Kylie Smith had a double-double adding 15 points of her own as well as 12 rebounds, both career highs for the senior in her Mountaineer career. Seniors Emma Logan and Rachel Fielder had 11 and 10 points, respectively.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Mountaineers started slow trailing by ten, 19-9, the most they would be all game. However, after a field goal from Fielder with 3:45 left in the first quarter, EOU settled in and began to find their pace. Working their way back into the game at the start of the second quarter, the Mountaineers found themselves only down by five at 28-23, cutting the Knights ten point lead in half.

After a good field goal by Kylie Smith and a much needed three from senior Whitney Meier, the score was 29-28 and then 36-34 to end the half in slight favor of WPU. With the first two points of the second half, the Mountaineers were tied 36-36 and finally found their stride. Taking the lead and then some, Eastern had an 11-point lead at 49-38 and ended the third with that same 11-point lead at 58-47.The final quarter was controlled by the Mountaineers, keeping at least a five point gap the whole time before ending it 73-63.

BY THE NUMBERS
8 - The number of Mountaineers who had points tonight, five of which were seniors.
25 - EOU had a total of 25 points off the bench to the Knights' eight.
10 - The Mountaineers now have two CCC wins against the Knights, beating them by 10 or more points each game.
6 - EOU's current winning streak, a season best.

UP NEXT
The Mountaineers take on the Multnomah Lions Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in Portland to finish off their weekend on the road. The Lions are 4-16 and 1-12 in CCC play. The Mountaineers already had a 76-50 win against Multnomah in La Grande earlier this season on Dec. 6, 2019.
 
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