EOU Women's Basketball Falls 55-49 to Cal Maritime in Season Opener 11/3/2018 1:31:41 AM REDDING, Calif. – The Eastern Oregon women's basketball team opened up their 2018-19 schedule with a tough 55-49 loss to Cal Maritime on Friday evening. The No. 7 Mountaineers (0-1) traveled down to California for the Simpson Classic, but had trouble getting going against the Keelhaulers. Cal Maritime (3-2) notched a big upset of the No. 7 team in the NAIA Division II, and forced 27 turnovers in the game. Those turnovers led to 20 points of their own, over 36 percent of their points in the contest. The Mountaineers' offense was led by junior Madison Crews who recorded 10 points, who was the only EOU player that reached double-digits. The Mounties offense shot 43.8 percent from the field in the game, but struggled at the free throw line shooting 12.5 percent (1-for-8), as well as from behind the arc converting 27.3 percent (6-for-22) of their opportunities. Junior Whitney Meier and senior Maren Herrud also provided some offense, scoring nine and seven points, respectively. On a bright note, the Mountaineers were able to control the glass thanks to transfer Julia Hanni who grabbed eight rebounds, and senior Khadija Neumeyer who tallied seven. Hanni also added four assists to her eight boards, and converted two of her three shots as well, making for an efficient night. Despite outrebounding the Keelhaulers 37-29, EOU managed only two second-chance points on six offensive rebounds. Eastern Oregon's defense was strong, and held Cal Maritime to 40.7 percent from the field, but they managed to hit 43.8 percent of their three-point attempts (7-for-16). Neither team played their best, but the Mountaineers had problems taking care of the ball and from the free-throw line, making it very difficult to overcome their troubles from the field. Eastern Oregon will play against Simpson on Saturday at 4 p.m. to finish out the Simpson Classic in Redding. The Mountaineers are slated to scrimmage Walla Walla CC on Nov. 7, then will officially open their home schedule against Whitman on Nov. 10 at 5:30 p.m. in Quinn Coliseum. FOLLOW EOU ATHLETICS Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Contact: Iain Dexter; 541-962-3946; idexter@eou.edu