Eastern Oregon University’s Beverly Slater was named the Embrace Health-Santiam Hospital Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the third-straight week.
 
Slater, a five-foot-11 junior guard from Boise, Idaho, scored in double figures in two games to lead EOU to a 2-0 start in CCC play. She had a double-double on Friday with 17 points and 14 rebounds, followed by another 14 points the next night. Slater shot over 50-percent in both games to average a .522 field-goal percentage on the week with 15.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. She also had three blocks and a steal.