Eastern Oregon Completes Regular Season Sweep of Warner
LA GRANDE- It's not easy beating a team three times in one season. That's what Warner Pacific did to the Eastern men last season, but EOU is now returning the favor. The Mountaineers won the second their two regular season meetings Friday night, 102-91.
The game featured Eastern who is tied for first in the conference and Warner Pacific who is in third-place in the current standings. The match also pitted the nation's number 13 team in EOU and Warner Pacific as number 21.
Eastern Oregon's Dan Blanchard came off the bench to have a team-high, 26 points, and made six of seven from behind the perimeter. Paul Carollo added 19 points, while Mark Carollo and Neil Fryer each had 19 and 14 respectively.
The Knights were led by Scott O'Gallagher's game-high 28 points. Josh Jackson added 17 points, while Jalonta Martin had 12 points and Shane Stewart also had 14 points for Warner Pacific.
Both teams currently sit in the top half of the standings and may meet again in the conference tournament in late February.