OLYMPIA, Wash. – Mountaineer Women's Basketball put on a show Saturday afternoon as they routed the Evergreen State Geoducks 82-57 on the road. Eastern Oregon improves its overall record to 12-7 and is now 9-2 in conference play.

How it Happened
• EOU shot the ball well going 32-65 for 49.2% and nailed seven threes on 20 attempts for 35%. Defensively, Eastern held Evergreen (4-10, 3-8 CCC) to just 30% overall and 10.5% from deep.
• Giving the Mountaineers a boost was their reserves who scored 20 points, while the Geoducks had just six. Points in the paint also favored Eastern, 42-24. 
• In the opening minutes, EOU grabbed a 6-2 lead after trailing 2-0 to start. The Geoducks responded with four unanswered to tie the game at 6-6. It remained a close battle the rest of the frame.
• EOU looked to create some space yet again and went ahead 11-6, but Evergreen closed the gap and got within one, 11-10, at the midway point of the quarter. Eastern closed out the quarter with a 12-0 run to take a 23-10 lead in the second.
• The Mountaineers' run grew in the second quarter as they scored nine straight points to lead 32-10. The 21-0 run forced an Evergreen timeout in the first two minutes, but it made little difference.
• EOU ultimately scored 11 points in the frame before the Geoducks got points on the board. They did not score until the 5:55 mark, but never managed to keep pace with Eastern the rest of the half.
• The Geoducks performed better in the second quarter scoring 16 points, but 26 by the Mountaineers gave them a commanding 51-26 lead at the break. EOU shot 60% overall (18-30) and went 6-8 from deep for 75% in the first half.
• In the third quarter, the Geoducks put up their best scoring performance with 20 points, but EOU kept pace scoring 19 to lead 70-46 going into the fourth quarter.
• Despite the close scoring third quarter between the two squads, Eastern managed to grab its largest lead of the day in that frame. They led by 36 twice in the quarter by scores of 64-28 and 66-30.
• The fourth quarter was the lowest scoring one of the day as the Mountaineers and Geoducks combined for just 23 points. EOU won the scoring battle 12-11 to secure the 25 point road win and the weekend sweep.

Mountaineers Stat Leaders
• Maddy Juul had a day scoring 13 second half points to finish with a team-high of 21. She also grabbed eight rebounds.
• Taylor Stricklin added 15 points in the win, going 5-8 from the floor, all from three-point range.
• Adyson Harris scored 12 points and had six rebounds.
• Kaiea Waiwaiole chipped in 10 points in 14 minutes of play off the bench. 
• Haley Robinett led all players with a game-high 10 points and scored six points.

For the Geoducks
• Trinity Betoney scored a game-high 24 points and tied a team-high in rebounds with seven.
• Sha'nece Garret was the only other double figure scorer with 17 points. She also dished out a game best five assists and grabbed five boards.
• Jayln Sackrider added eight points in the loss and grabbed seven rebounds to tie the team high.

By the Numbers
22 - EOU has now won 22 straight games against Evergreen State.
21 - Maddy Juul's 21 points on Saturday are a single-game career-high.
52 - EOU grabbed a season best 52 rebounds in the win over the Geoducks.
23 - The Mountaineers finish the weekend dishing out 23 assists in both wins for a total of 56.
80 - Eastern finished the weekend scoring 80-plus points in both road wins.

Up Next
• Eastern will return to Quinn Coliseum for its next five games. The Mountaineers begin the homestand hosting Oregon Tech on Friday Jan. 21 at 5:30 p.m., followed by Southern Oregon on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 3 p.m.

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