LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Eastern Oregon University women's basketball team won their third straight game as they defeated Warner Pacific College, 67-55, Saturday night at Quinn Coliseum.
Eastern Oregon (13-4, 5-1 CCC) had three players score in double-figures as
Madeline Laan and
Maya Ah You scored a game-high 14 points, apiece.
Jordan Klebaum added 12 points.
For the Knights (8-10, 1-4 CCC), Daesha Jackson was the scored a team high 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting.
The Knights came out on fire as they scored nine of the first 11 points of the game forcing EOU to call a timeout. After the time out, the Mountaineers scored the next seven points, tying the game at 9-9, after a Klebaum three-pointer.
Warner Pacific slowly extended their lead back to seven points, 18-11, after a Jackson three-pointer. The seven point lead for the Knights was the biggest of the game and EOU slowly mounted their comeback as they went on a 13-0 run, to make the score 24-18, which saw the Knights go six minutes without a made basket. Going into halftime, Eastern Oregon held a five point lead, 33-28.
EOU slowly started to extend their lead in the second half.
Maloree Moss increased the Mountaineers lead to nine, 39-30, on a fast break layup. After the layup, both offenses went cold for a four minute stretch and Klebaum ended the cold shooting by hitting a three-pointer growing EOU's lead to 47-35.
The Mountaineers continued to hold onto a double-digit lead and with 9:47 left,
Kelsey Hill hit a three pointer putting EOU ahead by 15, 55-40. The Knights continued to try to mount a comeback but could never trim the EOU lead to under double-figures for the rest of the game.
EOU grew their lead to a game-high 17 points, twice, in the second half before coming away with a 67-55 victory.
EOU returns to action on Friday Jan. 9 when they travel to Caldwell, Idaho to face College of Idaho. Warner Pacific returns to action on Jan. 9 when they host Corban.